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Alice is . . .

A thumb sucker.

A toe sucker!

Very bendy.

Eater of anything crinkly.

Fierce chewer of books.

Eater of pages.

Reader of books.

A solids enthusiast!

No longer this small.

Or this small!

Loved by her grandma Sara!

Pretty.

Happy.

Talkative.

Sleepy.

Big enough to sit up in the Target cart.

Always interested in new surroundings.

A scrump-diddly-umptious little beach baby.

Make that a sand-eating scrump-diddly-umptious little beach baby.

Make that a roly, poly, roliest, poliest, bathing-suited sand-eating scrump-diddly-umptious little beach baby.

I WANT TO EAT THIS BABY RIGHT UP! Is what I’m trying to say.

There’s just something about babies in bathing suits with their roly poly little baby flesh just begging to be kissed and snuggled.

Mom?

Mom? It’s time to get on with it.

Okay, the baby is right. Time to move on.

Where were we? Oh.

Alice is . . .

My little office companion.

Able to pull herself up! (When did this happen?)

A Chicagoan.

Blue-eyed.

Dimply.

Mine!

Mine, mine, mine!

Okay . . . and his.

Ultimately, God’s.

Jenna:

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  • i say this every time you post about alice...but precious! and so cute. i love your commentary too :)

  • how i love her, too!! also....if we have girls, can you be their wardrobe consultant????? and where did you procure that fantastic stripey dress??? the one where she's standing in her crib???? holy cramoly that is the cutest thing of all.... I love you alice! See in you in just over a week!

  • It's actually a polka dot dress, and it was what she wore for her dedication at church. =) And looking through the pictures, it's one of the few things that I bought for her--almost everything was given to us by other people with fantastic taste!
    And with you being Ms. Fashion Designer (okay, costume construction, whatever =), I don't think you'll need any help dressing your kiddos!

  • I love this! Love how you picked one adjective for each picture....it was very moving and precious. :)

  • So wonderful, precious, delightful, lovely, cute, huggable, and I WANT HER NOW!!
    Well, I'll be able to wait until next week, but this was, as usual, a delightful post about some of the people I love the most!!

  • Adorable Jenna, I loved the beach pictures. I got some with lil man in the pool and I love his roly-polys too :)

  • Just came back for another grand baby fix!! I sit and gaze at each photo and see her little personality, the delight of new discoveries, the adventure of just being alive. What a gift from God!!