We're constantly amazed at the words she knows without having been formally taught them (When asked, "Where's your blue bracelet?", she makes a pondering, "Hmm?", then goes off and finds it), as well as her ability to understand things and do what we ask. Her vocabulary is large enough that we've lost count. Today, she saw a Pillsbury Dough Boy doll in the kitchen and exclaimed, "Snowman!" (which sounds more like "no-nan"). She's starting to learn her colors, pointing out the orange, green, and blue stacking rings that she was wearing as bracelets. She's also starting to string words together: "Bye bye, dada" (even "bye bye, dada hat!") and, "cut nana!" (cut banana) or, "mama cut!" (that's what we do in the kitchen - we cut).
Here she is enjoying bubbles. She's asking for "more" with her hands.
Alyssa didn't like the first snowfall of the season, but she really enjoyed the second one.
We went to Connecticut for Christmas - our first long trip in a year. Here she is with her Great Grandma:
In the photos below, you might think that we had one picture of Alyssa that we cut-and-pasted in to each photograph - what an unwavering expression. But as you can see, "Aa aa aa" is in a different position in each photo. Here she is with Grandma and Pete, Aunt Cheryl, and Aunt Kathy and Uncle Bob.
Here's a photo from earlier in December with Oma - and a cute smile.
