ABCs

Her current favourite song, the ABC song (complete with a 1-2-3 intro)!

It's all about 'Angie'

Angie, as she calls herself, is becoming very independent these days. When she is struggling to put on her own shoes and one of us says 'Can we help you?' the response is 'No! Angie help you!' Instead of sitting on our lap, it's 'Angie own seat.' At the library they are all 'my books.' It's very cute to see a 22-lb, 2 and half foot person assert their dominance.

Here we are at the 'pungking pash':


Watching TV with partner in crime Taran:And on the plane on our way to LA - where she incidentally expanded her vocabulary with the dramatic 'oh my god!' and 'fabbess' (fabulous)

Chatting

Anjali is chatting lots these days, saying simple phrases like 'all gone,' 'fall down' and 'close the door.' she still has trouble with some words though, making for cute new words like 'kaput' (ketchup) and 'emens' (m and m's).

Here are some pics from an outing to San Gregorio beach.

Baby theme park

Here is anjali at gilroy gardens, one of her favorite summer hangouts. They all look so cute and serious on the rides!

Houston trip and other random outings

Anjali has been out and about lately, most notably to Houston to visit her grandma and grandpa and great-grandparents. She enjoyed lots of attention, good food and trips to Galveston and on Grandpa's boat. She's been really chatty lately, with her newest trick being the dreaded 'NO' accompanied by vigorous head-shaking. She tries to be very serious when she says no but it just ends up being super-cute!

toddler adventures

anj and mommy have been hanging with a group of moms and toddlers and exploring kid-friendly activities in the area. in addition to the requisite parks and home playdates, we've also been to the beach, to a kiddie theme park (like a mini great america) and to a few kids' museums. how will we ever have time to go back to work?

Summer fun.

Fun at the water park

We have to bring at least 3 changes of clothes every time we go to the water park because Anjali keeps breaking free and running back into the jets!

Memorial day weekend

This long weekend we went boating and went to the city for a day trip.

Anjali looks like her auntie Amy in her big sunglasses.

Out and about

Anjali has been getting tan in recent weeks, as we've been outside a lot having picnics and playdates. Maybe eventually she will actually look half indian :)

Easter bunny

Anjali was suspicious of the easter bunny. Understandable, he is kind of creepy.

Not Ronaldo quite yet

Anjali loves soccer but she gets easily distracted, see:

Playing in the meadow

A glorious spring weekend. Anjali's new favorite thing is playing with wildflowers and berries - quite the little hippie chick!

playdate in the park

Spring break 2009

We just returned from Puerto Vallarta, where Anjali got to splash around in the pool, play in the ocean and try lots of new yummy foods. The whole family had a great time!

Toddling along

We had a break from posting because our camera broke, but now we are good to go again. In the meantime Anjali has started walking, and she is quite the little girl now.

First birthday!

On January 5 Anjali turned one, and we had a little party for her (or for us?).

She got a ton of great toys and loads of attention. She especially loved crinkling the colorful wrapping paper and smearing ice cream cake all over her face.