This morning, as we were getting ready to leave, I had to put the car seat from David’s car in the car next to Lanie so my parents could use it today. Well, the only time Alana has ever seen me put another carseat next to her is when we have gone somewhere with Rylee and Cassy. So, when I put it in, she started to say “na-na,” which is what she calls all of her friends that are around her size ever since we spent so much time with Anna (whom she called “na-na”) in Norway. Well, since she has been calling Rylee “na-na”, I told her that no, Rylee wasn’t coming with us, and then she said in her sweet little voice, “Ry-ree.” It’s really the first time she has gotten out anything close to Rylee’s name and it was just so darn cute. Of course, she immediately went back to saying “na-na” everytime I said Rylee after that, but I know she CAN say it when SHE wants to!

As for her friends that are a bit bigger than her, them she calls “me-me.” It started when she started calling her friend Amy that but now it just seems to be all children older than her. We were out for ice cream last week and there was a little girl there probably around 6 years old, and she started calling her “me-me.” Then we had someone over to the house who had her 5 year old son with her, and, again, “me-me.” So we have an awful lot of na-nas and me-mes around!

Last night, Alana and I met our friends, Cassy and Rylee, for dinner at Sushi Rock in Plano. Rylee was born the same day as Alana and we like to get together so the girls can play. Well, we ordered the girls some rice and vegetables, of which Alana ate some, but she was more interested in our sushi rolls. She managed to get a hold of a piece of California roll and proceeded to shove it in her mouth. She got a pretty good bit and actually seemed to like it. When she got a bit more of the crab in her mouth, she wasn’t quite as pleased, I think mostly due to the consistency (it was kind of stringy). Unfortunately I did not have my camera with me, so no pics! But we did have a good time and the girls got to run around a bit together when we went out for ice cream afterwards.

Before we left to go eat yesterday, Alana had fallen in the bathroom and hit her head against the side of the bathtub. She just cried for a minute and then was fine, so I didn’t really think much of it. Then at dinner, Cassy asked me what happened to Alana’s head next to her eye. It had started getting red and seemed to just get redder as the evening progressed. This morning when we got up, Alana had a bit of a black eye. She is always getting all these bumps and bruises. I keep putting of taking her to get some professional pictures taken until her latest bruise heals, and then she just gets another one! I guess if I keep thinking that way she’ll never get any pictures taken!