Stories from BabyHomePages.net site aliyahviall http://www.babyhomepages.net/aliyahviall/stories.php Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:56:45 CDT Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:56:45 CDT http://www.babyhomepages.net/aliyahviall/baby_pics/IMG_0819_thumb.jpg http://www.babyhomepages.net/aliyahviall/stories.php 144 July 27, 2009 - Hi everyone.Its been since November since we last wrote a story here. It's past time that we do so. We survived the bitter winter this year, with lots of snow and cold weather. I think I snowplowed the driveway almost every other day for awhile. Aliyah has been getting stronger and becoming more of a little kid these days. After what seemed like an entire winter (starting in October) of colds and some such malady's, and at one point the doctors thinking she might have had whoop http://www.babyhomepages.net/aliyahviall/stories.php November 04, 2008 - Aliyah's birthday in August was great, and we have been woefully negligent in getting pictures and especially stories onto the website. Aliyah is doing great these days, though mom and dad have been dealing with cold issues lately. Mostly mom. Aliyah is running, not walking, running, throughout the house. We had a bout with some sinus problems with her and the doctors prescribed a nebulizer. We used it for a few days and she was fine after that. She is a big eater these d http://www.babyhomepages.net/aliyahviall/stories.php August 08, 2008 - Today will be known the world over, as the day the USA entered into the Beijing Olympics, soon to celebrate record medal wins. But more importantly, today Aliyah turned 1 yr old. How cool is that? We had Aliyah's birthday at our new house in Rosemount, where we had about 35 adults and kids show up. Thanks to every one of you who could make it. We are continuing to upload new pictures to the site from that day. -- Al http://www.babyhomepages.net/aliyahviall/stories.php July 16,2008 - Holy cow, does a few days make a difference or what. I leave for Chicago for overnight, I come home, and I find out Aliyah is now climbing stairs. If you hold her hands, she will walk on her own, and very quickly I might add. Its so incredible how quickly this all happens. Everyone said that, but to actually experience it makes a huge difference. We expect she will be walking by her birthday. http://www.babyhomepages.net/aliyahviall/stories.php July 8, 2008 - Aliyah turned 11 months today. She has been crawling for about two weeks now. It started with the whole rocking back and forth, or scooching backwards, then all of a sudden, crawling. In fact, I picked her up one afternoon from Grandmas house and Juli said 'look at this', put Aliyah on her hands, and she crawled across the floor and emptied out an endtable. Needless to say, I came home that night, and began to fully childproof the house. We were on the boat from the 3rd to the 7 http://www.babyhomepages.net/aliyahviall/stories.php June 8, 2008 - Aliyah turned 10 months today. [ Susan and I will add more to this one when we get a chance ] http://www.babyhomepages.net/aliyahviall/stories.php May 8,2008 - Aliyah turned 9 months today. Check out some of the latest pictures from this month. She is getting so big, and so alert. Not really crawling yet, but she has learned how to flip from one side to another in order to get to something. Crawling should be any day now. Aliyah stands up just fine. In fact, if you hold out your hands for her to lean on, she will stand herself up and actually laughs as she does it as she knows she has accomplished standing up. We are still doing swim l http://www.babyhomepages.net/aliyahviall/stories.php April 8, 2008 - Aliyah turned 8 months today. She is such a happy sort of baby, smiling all time. Aliyah has been rolling over and back again for quite some time now, sleeping thoughout the night, and eating solids. Not only the rice and oatmeal, but also the carrots, squash, etc. Watch out for the peas. Eating solids is quite an experience, especially at first when we started at 6 months, but now she actually is into the whole ritual. Her gross motor skills are great, and she is doing really http://www.babyhomepages.net/aliyahviall/stories.php Feb 8, 2008 - Aliyah turned 6 months today. Susan and I can't believe how fast this has happened.  For the first few, Aliyah just acted like any other new born. But now, at 6 months, stages we thought we would see for awhile are gone, and replaced with wonderfully new stages. She smiles sooo much, cries when she is hungry, tired, or does not get her way (already has me around her finger). Aliyah always smiles at me and she is constantly searching the room for where I have gone. But one thing h http://www.babyhomepages.net/aliyahviall/stories.php Feb 4, 2008 - Wow, it's been a long time since I've written.  Aliyah is doing great.  She is so much more aware of her surroundings and she's growing like a weed.  She sleeps 8 - 9 hours at night.  We are gearing up to take her on a plane to Florida, which will be a whole new experience. http://www.babyhomepages.net/aliyahviall/stories.php