Aliya and I went to a baby shower this afternoon! It was a TON of fun and had lots of great food. Everyone was impressed with how much Aliya had grown and what a big girl she's becoming. (most people there hadn't seen her in about 5 months) She helped herself to a red pepper slice and shocked everyone as she said, "mmm" when she bit into it. Does red pepper slobber stain? We played a few games while Aliya played with the little ducks on the floor. She kept saying "duck" over and over. Then she'd look at me and say "aweeeeya". Yep, she said her name today for the first time. Now she won't stop saying it! After the game it was time to eat. We got in line and her eyes got big with every item I placed on our plate. We ended at the hummus tray and she squealed with delight. (our sitter, Jennifer, often feeds her hummus and she loves it) After eating almost the entire portion of hummus and Peta bread she reached over at the woman next to me and begged for her's. And of course, her big eyes won her over and she fed her her whole portion of hummus. After her fill she crawled off to play with the balloons. Then she eyed the cake and reached for it until she got some. I'm not sure if we're raising a monster or what, but this girl LOVES food. I'm so thankful she's not picky. I can't wait to see what this diaper is going to look like (chicken salad, potato salad, tomato and mozzarella salad, hummus, red peppers and cheese ball) could be interesting! She worked the crowd, as usual, and made a ton of new friends! **Of course, I didn't think to get my camera out, as always!** Oh well, everyone will just have to visualize her with a red pepper in one hand and hummus on her face! She crashed on the way home, unfortunately she only slept for about 20 minutes, hopefully it will be an early night tonight!
