We made a trip to the park today since it was so warm and were joined by our photographer friend and his wife. He followed Alyssa around and took some great action shots of her. She even posed for him a couple of times. Here are some of the great shots he got. (Some have been edited by me.)

The Many Faces of Alyssa

Alyssa just wanted to show off her pretty pink purse.

We have had a busy weekend here at the Brock home! Alyssa has made a new friend, a little boy named Blake who is a couple of months older than her. They hit it off right away! She got to hang out with him on Friday and Saturday.






On Saturday night mom and dad got to get dressed up and go out with Aunt Hilary for her wedding anniversary. We had a great dinner at Ichiban, where they cook your food in front of you.

Valentine's Day

Alyssa came home today to a lovely surprise...a Valentine's present from Nanny and Papa. She is very excited about it because she loves the Backyardigans. When we put it in for her to watch, she jumped up and down shouting "Pablo! Pablo!" which is the name of her favorite character from the show. Here are some pics of Alyssa showing off her present. Alyssa says please excuse her bad hair day, she just woke up from a nap.

Alyssa has been a very good girl lately and is learning so many new words. Some new additions to her vocab are: pop tart, banana and shoe. She is also learning how to help clean up her toys when she is done playing with them. Another trick she has learned, much to our delight, is to put something in the garbage can when we ask her to. Alyssa is also doing a very good job of going to sleep at night in her own bed without mom or dad staying with her. Her cousin Lily came over to play recently and here are a few pictures of the girls together...

Snow Day!

We had a couple of inches of snow today. So, after work mom and dad took Alyssa out to play in it. She had fun, even though she didn't want to touch the snow with her hands.