Dear Alistair

Dear Alistair,
I realize this letter is a little belated so forgive me.....Happy Birthday! You are now one year old. And I wanted to write this letter to remind you (and us) of all the cute, sweet and funny things you do.
First of all you are a VERY sweet boy. You love to laugh and to make others laugh. Your Dad taught you how to go "Boo!" and you love to do your own version of it where you throw your voice and go"HUH!" You give kisses and brush your hair with your little comb. You are AMAZING in the water, you can even hold your breath and go under, a bit of a fearless spirit. You like being the center of attention and enjoy crowds but you are a momma's boy at heart. You always want to be in the kitchen, between my legs when I'm cooking. You share, handing us rubber duckies or pieces of toilet paper, whatever happens to be in your hand. You think it's especially funny to pretend feed me your bottle.
You always wake up happy, and you clap when Mama or Daddy opens their eyes. You can walk now, almost run. You LOVE music, especially reggae, and especially especially when we hold you and dance with you.
You are just all around fun loving and fun to be with and I love you with all of my heart!
Love,
Mama

My first Birthday party!!!

We had an awesome day! So many friends and family came to celebrate. Love to everyone who came!

Swim Lessons

Natural Bridges

dancer

Alistair has proven himself to be quite the little dancer. When the music is on he's always shakin' it. I am attributing this to his new "Music Together" class that we do on Mondays. He LOVES it!

Ali's first Steps

Ciopino

The other night Greg went down to the Catalyst to see a friend's band play so Ali and I were alone for dinner. I made up some ciopino, put on a Roberta Flack record and poured myself a glass of red wine and had an evening with my little guy. It felt so nice to be able to just hang out with Alistair. He is actually a pretty great conversationalist even if his vocab is limited to Ma-ma, Da-da, Na-na, Ba-ba and Moooo.