Ali's 1st Birthday!

Aly had her big 1-0 last Wednesday, and of course we had to have a little party.

Thanks to everyone for thinking of us on that day - we got lots of calls and e-mails, but of course my usual e-mail address had gone down (my tech support guy was playing Fishville at the time...a total slacker!) and so I know that it was tough to find me!

You may notice that in some of these photos Ali has a bandage on her hand - we did have a little mishap. I ws baking lasagna and Ali was with me on the kitchen floor and before I knew she had crawled over and supported herself on the oven door, as she often does, and the outside of that oven door was hot enough to give her a nasty burn. Ali's first trip to the emergency room followed...

Anyway, back to the happy stuff. Check out that cake!

Nelly's sister Martha took care of the cake for us, and as you can see, it was a fancy one!

Dinner was barbecued chicken..super tasty! Ali does love her bones...

Blowin' out the single candle!

And the best part - face in the cake!

Opening up her gift...of course she played with the paper, not the toy inside.

Alright, let's speed things up a bit here...

And these next two are just from the archives...

Coming home from our trip over Christmas we spent a day in Guayaquil. We rented one of those little kiddie push cars to walk around the boardwalk and Ali loved it!

And of course she does love her bath time!

And here we have a few videos! This first one is of Ali opening up her presents during her birthday party.



And this is just some stock footage of Ali jumping around in her toy.

Christmas 2009!

So I am FINALLY putting up a few pictures and videos from Christmas. It was so great to see everyone! It was a very special time for all of us, especially for Ali, because she was finally able to spend some time with her cousins.


Ali with a big ol' smile on her face!


Kim and Adil hanging out with the Ali monster!



Kim and her niece!


Grandma Bev and two of her grandchildren!


All bundled up to see the lights!


Zoe hanging out with Ali!


Jason and Nelly with full stockings!


Christmas morning hike, a little running down the mountain!


New Years in Seattle with Dad, Michelle, Zoe, and Dana!


Grandma Bev playing with the little monkey!



Union Square in SF the night (or a few nights?) before Christmas!



And of course the classic family shot in front of the Christmas tree...

Nelly and Ali soaking up the view of Union Square from a dozen floors up!

Fathers and babies in the long line for a picture with Santa..

This is a video of Ali and I jumping on the trampoline.



This is a video of Ali during our hike on Christmas morning.



This is a video of Ali playing on Christmas morning