Lobster anyone??? ( 8 months old)

Allison is our little lobster for Halloween and plays the part well.For her festive props, Allison's mom will be the cooking pot which Ally will fit inside and her dad will be the cook. Don't worry no harming of any lobsters will actually occur.

Cousins visiting

Allison was very lucky to have her two cousins, Kevin and Julia, visit her for a week.

Grandpa visited with all three grandkids and took time to read Allison a bedtime story.

Ally must have the "Baumgardner" smile

During their visit we went to the pumpkin patch and other local cousins joined the fun too.

While at the pumpkin patch Mallory's passion with horses is already influencing young Allison. Next thing you know, Ally will be asking for a pony now!

Yet another "Baumgardner" smile! It's genetic.

Good times at the Exploratorium in SF.

The madness of physics and

ohh the wonders of steam.

Cousins just having fun

Megan, Ally and Grandpa

UCSB revisted

While mom works on her Master's thesis, Ally and daddy hang out around our favorite beach town university UCSB.

Mom stops now and then to take a break to play with her favorite baby

Avacado Ally

Allison's favorite meals are yogurt, squash, carrots and especially fresh avacado. Here, Ally put more avacado all over her face than in her mouth but that was half the fun!

"YOU TALKIN TO ME?!"

"What? Do I have something on my face?"

Hang Ten

Just another day loungin at the beach in Capitola

Allison is embarrassed by her parents already thinking, "Gosh my parents are silly." Yeah, she is right.

Gooo Bears!!! (7months old)

Allison went to her first UC Berkeley football game with 3 generations of Cal Bears! (Great grandparents, grandparents and mommy!) She had a blast and flirted with all the fans. She even put on blue and gold to support our team.

Mostly due to teething, Allison is great at gggrrrgrowling like a little bear! GGrrrrr-aaa

4th generation Cal bear in the making!!!

GOOOOOOOOOOO BEEEEEAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRSSSSSS!!!

Summertime fun! (6 months old)

Allison had a few visitors over the summertime.
Uncle Chad came back home to say hello...

and monkey around with Ally.

Mmmmm.... toes can taste great!!!

"Aunt" Courtney visited us too! Ally was very curious about the lady behind those crazay Jackie-0 glasses. Where did her eyes go?

Ally wanted to try out the new look but soon wondered who turned out the lights!

Allison loves "Aunt" Courtney's great fashion style! They will have to go shoppin as soon as Ally gets her shopping legs ready.

Girls just wanna have fun!!!

Other visitors include Grandpa Matt and ...

Great Aunt Enid.



Allison visited a local winery in the Santa Cruz hills where she quickly made friends...

and owner of the winery took Allison on as his temporary wine staff. She dazeled the patrons with her charm as she poured their finest chardonays.

After a long afternoon at the winery, she took a nap to refresh herself and then

headed to the beach to go on a hike.

At the end of the day she finally got her beauty sleep to recharge for the next adventure.