It’s been a fantastic first year for Belle, and we’re have more and more fun with her every day. Enjoy the pics and vids of her birthday party and other adventures this month. Thanks to all the friends and family who made it special.

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Time is flying.  Belle has transformed in the month since she started crawling – her body has become longer and leaner, and her attitude is more adventurous.   She’s realized that she can influence the world around her a bit, and get’s frustrated when she can’t do exactly what she wants.  She pointed and called me “Dadt” when I came back from a business trip, lets go and stands momentarily unassisted, and feeds herself the small pieces of food Cynthia has cut up for her.

Here are the 11 month pics with lost of pictures of Nick and Fergus including Nick’s first birthday:

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Cynthia’s mom visited last week.  We did some Taipei sightseeing, and went down to the beach and aquarium in Kenting, the southernmost tip of Taiwan for a couple of nights.

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I continued the tradition with another highlight video:

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I also added a video highlighting Belle’s 10 month skills.

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As far as we can tell, the cute quotient continues to rise around here.   Belle has started eating solid food, and spends most of her days sitting up. She still only rolls over in one direction but is getting more wiggly; though she has yet to figure out that things not only come to her but she can also come to them. She loves sitting in front of the mirror on her play mat, watching college football (woot), standing (with support), and eating fruity things (of which we have many in Taiwan). The only food she’s rejected so far are peas, a distaste for which she seems to have interited from her mother.

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I made a couple of videos – one of her very first bites of food, and volume 2 of the “skill” videos.

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12 hours from now I’ll be at back work after a month off for bonding leave.   Most of that time was spent in our RV travelling up and down the west coast seeing friends and family.  I’ll just cut to the chase:

California Friends:

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Cynthia’s mom’s family in Angels Camp:

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Cynthia’s dad’s family and the Oregon coast:

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You should check out the professional pictures Megan took while we were in Davis.

I also made this time lapse video of the Halloween Party:

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