Turning 1 Tomorrow!

With one day until her birthday, time for an update! Been having lots of fun the last few weeks. First, we learned how to make faces in the mirror (Eliza starts it, we only follow along).

Then it was off to Madison to celebrate Easter, as well as Aunt Sarah's baby shower. The countdown to the cousin is on! The highlight of Easter was probably getting to play underneath her high chair.

Eliza was a big help in getting our taxes done. Thanks Little Miss Dependent!

An empty bottle. Eliza is already into metaphors, as she ponders the fate of the baseball team on her bib.

Next up: Birthday Party!!!

Ready for Spring

It seems like every weekend has been something fun and exciting for Eliza. First Auntie Sarah came to say hello (and pick up some hand-me-downs)

Eliza, now crawling around and pulling herself up to stand, asked us to set up a place for her to play (since plopping her on a blanket and expecting her to stay there is no longer an option):

Next up: a weekend in Madison! Her mom and dad were taking Meme and Papi to NYC for a show, so Eliza got to spend some quality time with Grammy, Grampa J, and the feline fur rug known as Sam

10 months old and already posing for the camera

First piano lesson!

The next weekend, Ryan and Toya came to visit. Eliza took to them right away and had a great time.

Thanks for visiting!

St Thomas!

Despite the challenges of traveling (alone) with a baby, we couldn't resist taking our good friends' offer to let us stay at their place in St Thomas. It was a great time, and Eliza was even pretty good on the plane, making great friends with the flight attendants and the people in the row behind us.

Here we are having our first meal in St Thomas. Eliza definitely prefers the breakfast bar to a high chair

Eliza was quite obsessed with the stray cat Amaretto that the Fosters feed...Amaretto seemed less interested in Eliza

Off to the beach! Eliza's first time in a swimsuit

She wasn't a big fan of the ocean...but learned to love the pool a bit more each day

St Thomas was fun, there was lots of peek-a-boo with the towel, and saying hi to just about every islander, tourist, and iguana we met. A good first time leaving the country!

Grandparents in Somerville

A couple visits from the grandparents earlier in February. But first we had to bundle up Eliza and try out the swing for the first time (I guess she's still a little small for it)

Here she is showing off the beautiful sweater given to her from one of her mom's classmates, Danilo.

Next was a visit from Grammy and Grandpa J.

It looks like Eliza is a little more attentive when her grandparents read than when her parents do.

In between all that, Eliza wore her pink bear suit, courtesy of Diem:

Next up, Eliza's first time on a plane, and in a pool, and in the ocean...

Christmas Part 2 - Meet the Stones

A few weeks late we were lucky enough to get the entire Stone family together, just like old times, but this time there was one new guest who decided that having 18 people around her couldn't be more fun.

Eliza had met almost everyone before, but it was a long time ago. So she was pretty excited to re-meet her great-grandfather.

She also couldn't have been happier to meet her second cousins for the first time.

And the whole family for that matter...

Almost forgot this bonus pic from Gramps!

Once we got home we saw our first real snow. Future posts will probably have her in her snowsuit, but for now we watched from inside