School Pics

Ali is growing and changing by leaps and bounds now. She is finally starting to vocalize. She is so smart! She does struggle with hearing properly though and with a constant build-up of fluid in her ears. She gets tubes put in her ears on June 10th so we hope this will finally solve the problem. She is trying really hard to talk but we believe now that it is obvious that she doesn't hear properly. Other than that she is doing great. She continually amazes us with all the things she knows and is learning every day. Now that we can understand what she is saying..LOL!! Ali got her first formal set of school pictures (daycare-preschool class). She did a great job for the photographer and they turned out just beautiful. Our baby girl is growing up!!

Chinese New Year

We celebrated Chinese New Year 2009 with Ali, some friends and some of the Chinese community in our area. We are now in the year of the Ox. We would like to wish everyone a very happy and prosperous 2009.

Christmas 2008

We had a great Christmas with no major incidents. Ali did really good despite all of the travelling and running around. She had a lot of fun but still isn't crazy about sleeping away from home. She was a little tired for pictures at night. Ali has become a very emotional little girl and much more attached to her mommy and daddy.









Ali recieved this painting of her last year. She has come a long way in a year.

Ready for Christmas

Miss Ali is all ready for Christmas. She helped mom and dad decorate the tree. She went to see Santa at our Christmas party and sat on his lap and didn't cry or complain and she went and helped pick out and buy presents for her cousins. We are all looking forward to spending time with family and friends over the next couple of weeks.

Halloween 2008

Ali really enjoyed Halloween this year but it was a long day for her. She was up early because she had school (daycare). She enjoyed giving treats to her little friends and received many in return. After school Ali and mom went trick-or-treating. They visited 5 houses (mostly relatives near by) and showed off her 3 costumes. She looked so cute in all of them that we just couldn't decide so she just kept changing and wore them all. Everybody had their favourite which were all different. Daddy liked the elephant. Mommy liked the skunk and Ali liked the monkey so they all worked! It took an hour and a half. By the time Ali got home and had some supper she was wiped out. She spent the rest of the evening checking out the little ones costumes at the door and headed to bed early and exhausted!

End of Summer

We couldn't believe how Ali is pointing at Abby in this picture. It made even more precious.


Grandma & Papa Loebach's house for 2nd birthday.


The Loebach cousins - Trevor, Jacob, Meghan, Melissa, Rachel and Ali


Riding Grandma Loebach's horse. Ali was using her cousin Melissa's riding helmet. We remembered safety first!!!


Ali and Papa watching Elmo together and sharing some cuddles.

Ali turned 2 on September 12th

Miss Ali is 2. We can't believe it. She is such a joy to have around. Her dancing continues to get better and her love for Elmo is even stronger. She now just doesn't give you a hug but gives you a pat on the back as well. Ali continues to enjoy daycare (still cries when I drop her off but as soon as I am out of eye sight she goes and plays happily). We have had a few minor medical problems but are getting them taken care of. Ali had a lot of ear wax build up but we now are seeing an ears, nose and throat doctor. We are hoping this will help with her delayed speech. Even though she is not talking much she has no problem communicating with us and continues to be her happy loving self.

Next week we are planning her birthday celebration with family. We will post more pictures then.