Amari has big smiles for everyone when he crawls out from behind the chair during a game of peek-a-boo.

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Mama demonstrates using the hammer on the hammering toy BMB Alef made.

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Amari tries his hand at using a hammer.

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The more interesting the tower the more fun it is to knock over.

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Amari thinks tasting the box is an impaortant part of ejoying his presents.

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Our lavender Christmas Festivus Bush.

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Amari has been enjoying the visits with dogs and the friends and relatives who own them.

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"What can I do with a big blue bowl?"

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Where is Amari?

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"Do you like my hat?"

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peek-a-boo!

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More drumming!

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Playing xylophone with Pepe Anton was great fun.

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"Would you care to hear some guitar?"

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Meme Eleanor visited for 2 weeks so there was lots of music, fun, and help for Mama Anna.

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Playing in the sandbox at The Coop.

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Making sound effects while pushing the cart.

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Amari has shown his love for Kinka by honoring him with his first word "diddy dat"

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Checking out a sculpture at a gallery opening with his BMB Alef.

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Post Thanksgiving walk in the park.

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Dancing with Daddy (no he is not standing on his own yet).

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Grammy Pat and Amari enjoyed dancing to some Motown during her visit at Thanksgiving.

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Amari and his BMB celebrate Obama Is Elected Day!

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We had a lovely visit with Auntie Jessica and Auntie Faith.

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My little Halloween Lion.

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Auntie Lynnise and Uncle Khemenec so happy together.

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Family portrait at the wedding.

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Swimming with Daddy in the pool during Lornie's 24 hour visit to Tobago.

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Sitting with Pepe Anton by the pool in Tobago.

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Swimming in the caribbean

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Amari holds court with Grammy Pat, Aunt Lisa, and Meme Eleanor.

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Grammy Pat got a visit with Korbin and Amari during our brief stop in Houston on the way to Tobago.

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We visited Jane in her lovely Sukkot house and she fed us yummy harvest treats. Amari is looking a bit distracted by the two dogs who he was concerned about.

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Baby on a mission (most likely involving eating leaves and sticks).

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The arrival of birthday balloons from Lornie was very exciting and provided lots of fun (closely supervised )play time.

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The wonders of balloons and ribbons.

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"Hey mama getting old can't be too bad if you still get to play with balloons."

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Fiona let us borrow her ball run which has been a fun toy to explore . Not to mention a unstable but fun prop to use to practice deep knee bends.

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As with all non-food items the golf ball must be tasted.

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Amari has figured out that it is quite fun to catch the ball as it is rolling down the run.

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Shaking the ball run back and forth is another very effective way to create lots of sound and action.

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Last Sunday (the 5th) Alef and I took Amari up to the North Bay. We visited with our friend Leslie and her puppy Chewbacca.

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Getting his feet wet in the salt water pool at Alef's job site in Occidental.

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Admiring the dream catcher at Great Aunt Krysten and Great Uncle Christopher's house.

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Although it looks like Amari is telling Dr. Krosen to talk to the hand we actually had a very nice visit and Amari was happy to meet Siri and Mike.

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