As requested some video!

Here is some video footage from our recent travels, enjoy!

In the autumn of her second year...

A is for Apples, B is for Books:



C is for cute.

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Now playing: Barenaked Ladies - These Apples
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August and everything after (?)

As summer slowly winds down, Leila has been making the most of it, enjoying the nice weather, learning words, singing and dancing, and ordering around the universe. Here's the video compilation:





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Memorial Day Weekend Recap

We might not have gone to the parade, but we did say hi to a Bald Eagle.

Happy 2009!

It's been a busy year so far, with Leila busy running around like a maniac, learning to play basketball, working on simple words, and then running around like an even bigger maniac.

Avalanche or Roadblock?

For the TMBG fans out there, Leila is not a Snowball in hell, just a cute baby experiencing the lovely Rochester winter weather. Sledding proved to be fun, and prompted her parents to act ridiculous, as you can see:



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Wake her up when September ends

Leila has been enjoying October, as evidenced by the leaf-gathering exploits we showed you in the last post. Here's some video from the past month, featuring additional cuteness...

You've got to crawl before you can...

Leila's birthday has inspired her to new developmental milestones:



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She's a Watermelon?

L had her 1 year checkup and weighs in at 17 lbs 1oz and is now a whopping 28 3/4 inches (that's 50% for height!).

So far she is having the wonderful ones and has been in good spirits. She is not quite walking on her own, but will now walk while holding our hands.

Here is our Birthday Princess:

Cruisin'

It's not quite "one small step for a baby, one giant leap for something" level progress, but boy are we glad we decided to get something to keep the electronics out of reach...



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Moving forward and stepping up

Leila has passed a few milestones recently. Ella aprendió gatear en el Cinco de Mayo...¡Olé!

More recently, she took a step up in this world, opening up whole new spaces to explore, or at least the rest of our ground floor, as you'll see.


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Now playing: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Crawling Back To You
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Also playing: Bruce Springsteen - One Step Up
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Looking forward to Passover

Actually, Passover is here, and it's Leila who is not only looking forward, but moving forward as well. She seems to enjoy it, and her parents are very proud and more than a little panicked at all the babyproofing we'll need to do. Video evidence:



Link to the video here
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Strutting her stuff

The day after the naming ceremony, Leila got to experience her first Purim. Thanks to the peacock costume that Aunt Lauren sent her, she was the belle of the ball, or perhaps the queen of the roost (On the top perch? Foremost in the pecking order? Something to shake a tailfeather at?), as you can see in the video:



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Further adventures in breakfast

Leila's breakfast experiences are getting much more adventurous as we speak. In today's installment, she goes bananas:



and then decides to take after dad and have a cup o' joe.



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First Foods

Leila get her first taste of rice cereal. . .



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Two months

Leila got an unpleasant birthday surprise today, as her two month anniversary of life on the outside was greeted with her first round of vaccinations. On the good side, she's up to 8 lbs., 12 oz., and 20.5 inches long (10th and 5th percentile, respectively). To remember happier days, here's a video of Leila at play. You'll notice that she seems to have noticed the existence of her hands and seems to be learning what they can do, though she's still new at it.



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Outdoors and Indoors

As promised, Grandpa Lou and Grandma Elaine's visit, now in video form:



Coming up tomorrow: Leila turns one month old!

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It's a photoshoot

One of the benefits of having a professional photographer for a grandparent is free chances to model. Luckily, a documentary crew was on hand to capture the experience:



Here's the whole family, through the magic of a tripod and a 10-second shutter delay:



and here's the lady of the hour:



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More from Bubbe and Zayde's visit

Tonight, some videos. First, a shopping trip to buy some cute outfits and a new blankie or two...:



and then just chillin' at home with the family:



More from her first professional photoshoot tomorrow!

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When we was fab

So, more videos and pictures of Bubbe and Zayde will be coming soon, but in the meanwhile, we had a visit from Uncle Dmitry (see here for photos of our visit to our nephew Ellis). Here's my brother from another father and mother with Leila:



and in his honor, a rare, never before seen concert by a previously unknown member of the Beatles:



and here's another rarity -- an a capella performance from the same artist...



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