Words...and more fun

Alyse is a word machine! Watch out world we have a chatter box on our hands! Each day I swear (not bad words) she has a new word. Her latest have been; home, neigh, toad and please. She is so fun to have around. When we are in the car she loves to rattle off her list of names; steve, nana, bobby, amy, mommy, daddy, meme, che che, papa and her latest is Ally (one of our youth group girls). This is also a fun time to teach her new names, so don't worry I am trying. Of course there is much anger when something has to leave her possession, that is not so fun! One of her newest things is when we say "bye" to someone she immediately says "bye". Yesterday I finally heard it on the phone when I called Tim and it made me smile (and get a little teary, softy)! Every time I make something she always wants me to pick her up, which she says "up". So I finally got smart and Tuesday when I was making pizza , I gave her a chair and the pictures tell the rest of the story!

The Great Pumpkin

Today we had the chance to find the great Habecker pumpkin! (of course we already have our "little pumpkin"!).

Grama and Grampa Habecker came for a visit so we dragged them along! Alyse wasn't too sure about the pumpkin patch but really enjoyed the hay ride over. She did find a few that were just her size but

decided to show off her bowling skills and needless to say they didn't come home with us. It turned out to be a beautiful day and very successful!Thanks Aunt Peggy and Cousin Mak for the cool hat!!

All by myself

Someone is growing up way too quickly! Everyday it seems we have new word. The other day a Fire Truck drove past us and Alyse said "truck"! Yesterday we spent a few minutes at the pool before saying adios to summer and on the way she kept saying "pool". Before we know it, she will be always talking and we will be wanting her to be quiet! Here are some pics from the last several days. Last Thursday we had a rainy day so she played in the homemade house (thanks Dad) and we got out the crayons for the first time (yes that is her hugging her paper). Auntie Amy sent us our first baby doll from Alaska and we named her Abby (the street that Amy lives on). Now if I say where is your baby, she goes and gets her! Alyse loves trying on shoes (we may have a girlie girl on our hands) and is always stealing shoes, another word she can say! This morning we got the chance to play outside for most of it. Dusty joined us and I discovered that Alyse can go down the slide all by herself! Thanks Aunt Peggy and Makenzie for the new shoes!

Updates

It has been a while since you last heard about our adventures. My excuses include the following: 1. Summer Vacations 2. Being very busy at work (one day we took 5 Seniors pictures, 2 sets of twins) 3. Tim going on Mission Trips/camp 4. Spending as much time with the girls from SPC before they leave for College 5. The motherboard in my computer crashed! Thankfully not the hard drive but this meant not being able to work on my pictures. So I have had to bring myself to shoot in jpeg mode since I have no Photoshop or regular computer, bummer. Anyway Alyse turned 15 Months, walking everywhere and is still in the 97% for height! We are making sure she watches the Olympic swimming, volleyball and basketball to get ideas and take notes! She does say Ball now so we are well on the way.

Speaking of words, we now have a few more to add on to the list: Car, Rock, Juice, Yea (one of my favorites). It is a new adventure everyday! Lately she has developed some skills that I hope will continue for a while, cleaning, taking care of her baby, feeding herself and little Miss Fix it!