It's been one lovely year.

One of my favorite things is when Aria sits at the piano (on somebody's lap) and bangs on it and sings "AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH". She'll join in when we're singing around the piano, otherwise she'll just accompany herself. Man, I love that!

Aria now waves bye-bye to people and says bye-bye at the same time. She also says bubble for bubble gum bubbles and has a much more solid grasp on the meanings of mama and dada, though she still uses these two words as her favorite babble as well.

We got a piano! Used, from the Piedmont Piano Company warehouse in SF. We walked right past the $189,000 grand (drooling a little) into the back where they had quite a few used pianos for cheap. We think it's great, (All the keys work and everything!) but when the guy sold it to us, he said he hopes the lessons for Aria go well (lessons?) so that ( Read more... )

It's our wedding anniversary today!

Aria took what I would consider her first steps today. She started from stable independent standing, stepped once with each foot, ended stable, then grabbed onto me ( Read more... )

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We're now in San Bruno, really close to David's work. He comes home every day for lunch and Aria-time ( Read more... )

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Well, we decided to vaccinate, at least partially and on a somewhat separated and delayed (for some) schedule. (I'm pretty sure she won't get any live viruses, though, so for those who care, babies she plays with shouldn't catch anything ( Read more... )