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Up a tree
Alice is a great climber

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Stop, thief!
Daddy absconds with Alice

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Grazing
Sammy investigates the shrubbery

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Passing on the gift
Daddy teaches Sammy to look for four-leaf clovers

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Superfriends
Mommy's honeys strike a dramatic pose

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Soccer girl
Alice practices kickball

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Look out!
Comin' atcha!!

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Pet the baby
Alpha is unimpressed by her cousin.  The feeling is mutual.

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Who's that girl?
Alice the fashion plate

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Everybody but me
Daddy, Sammy, Alice, Alpha, Carla.  Not necessarily in that order.

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How did you get there?
Sammy notices Daddy

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Zrbtt
Sammy giggles

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My husband is a freak.
See?

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Sunshine girl
Check out that day-glo lawn!

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I got it I got it!
Alice thoroughly stops the ball

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Another sunshine girl
Pretty, huh?

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Hee hee hee
Sammy's got a secret

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Diaper change
Mommy loves nakey babies in socks

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Pouty face
Alice actually really likes her fire hat.  Really.

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Laying back
Sammy reclines

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Is it bedtime yet??
Sammy is not as tired as Mommy is, apparently.

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The Tao of computing
Does this look comfortable to you?

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It's not just our baby, is it??
All babies look like Winston Churchill, right?

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Blithe spirit
Sammy's just happy to be here

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Dogpile
This is Mommy's life

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Grasp reflex
Daddy is not going anywhere

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Ta-dah!
Sammy, live and in person

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Oy
I have nothing to say here

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"Excuse me?"
"Can I help you?"

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Nice hat
A little big, though...

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Upsy baby!
Sammy thinks we're pretty funny

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New friend
She is OBSESSED with the cats

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My kids
Alice holds her sister

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Alice took this pic
I like this shot for some reason.

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A li'l drinky-poo
Apparently mom's been hitting the tequila...

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Cuddlebug
She's got mommy's drawstring

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Squeaky clean
A rare spec-less shot of Alice

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Makes ya sleepy...
...doesn't it?

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Help me!
I'm adorable and I can't get up!

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Modeling
An Alice original

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Halloweenie
Thanks again, Helen!

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Daddy-nap
Sammy takes a break

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Crawling
This was big news, LAST week

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Four views
The many moods of Sammy

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Pulling up
This was big news, too, LAST week

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Sitting pretty
The Alice-puppy

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STANDING
This is the big news for THIS week

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I'm going to Disneyland
Sammy models the latest in baby torture

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Apple cap
Carrie (RedHairedGirl) made this for her!!

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Cheeeeese!!!
Daddy's girls

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Vogue!
Alice strikes a pose

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Tres chic, y'all
Hillbilly fashion plate

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Hey bud!
Sammy's stoner face

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Yard work
Alice prepares for fun

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Payoff
Can you find the bean?

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Total nap
Worn-out Alice girl

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Can I help?
Patron of the arts

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Froggy sit
She's still not perfectly steady

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Woops!
See what we mean?

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Alas, poor bumblebee
Sammy auditions for Hamlet

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Teether envy
There's always something better to be chewed on

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Perfect Sammy pose
Isn't this a great picture?

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Yin and Yang I
Lovely girls

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Yin and Yang II
They're looking at YOU

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Giddyap
Sammy's in the driver's seat

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Get off my back!
She enjoys the feeling of power

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Mwah hah hah
Sammy has big plans.  BIG PLANS, I tell you!

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Too early!
Sammy and Daddy sleep in

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Solids
She likes to suck on a bit of apple

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Easy, easy!
She spends half the day practicing this

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Beatitude
Smiling down at Daddy

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On her feet again
She's getting the hang of it now

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Playmates
Alice rocks Sammy's boat

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Oh, um, hi!
She wasn't doing anything, really!

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Expectant
Can I help you with something?

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More standing
Crazy, huh?

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Ready to run
She's not even 6 months old yet!

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Classic pose
Cute tushie, huh?

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Mommysnuggle
Hanging out in her favorite place to be

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It snowed!
Alice all bundled up and ready to play

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Wow, what's that stuff?
Sammy checks out the white

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A long nap
Can't get enough of that sleeping baby vibe

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Old school
Look, the camera has a "sepia" setting!

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Hangin' out
Sammy enjoys a nice snack in the sling

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Tickle face
I defy you to look at this picture and not smile

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Mommy's so proud
"Welcome to McDonald's, may I take your order?"

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It's not all roses
She's not ALWAYS smiling.

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Mussolini
Sammy comtemplates

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Baby geek
We start 'em early around here

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Find the Sammy
Samantha, to scale

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Plugged in
Sammy gets a taste for computing

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Snow?!?
Taking a nibble

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Snow!!!
Pronouncing it good

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Alice of the Antarctic
We got about 9 inches of the white stuff!

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Typing lessons
She types 75 wpm with her toes

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Lessons
Sammy studies with the master

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Handful
She practically fits in the palm of his hand

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Yeah, baby!
Sammy swivelhips

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Family Portrait I
This one...

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Family Portrait II
...Or this one?

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Autumn
We found this little gnome in our backyard...

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All she surveys
An artsy shot of our backyard

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Some fresh air
It's nice to be out and about!

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Nature study
Sammy looks for deer scat

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Rainbow girl
Striped bean

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Toe-rific
Mommy has a nibble

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Comin' at ya!
Sammy investigates the man behind the lens

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Advanced Maya
Demonstrating the advanced back-carry

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The aftermath
Apparently a bomb hit our living room...

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Holiday solids
Sammy-Claus sucks on a carrot stick

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Sparkly paper!
Still getting the hang of this 'present' thing

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Christmas girl
The bigger bean in velvet

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Ballet bean
Santa brought Alice a new ballet bag

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Let me help you... 1
Alice gives Christmas lessons

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Let me help you... 2
Sammy takes notes

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Let me help you... 3
"I've got it now!"

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Santa came through!!
Just what the Alice ordered

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Gettin' licked
Sammy likes her present from her sissy!

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"Pleased to meet you!"
Sammy and 'Honey-bear' (the dog) get to know each other

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Hey there!
Sammy says hi, Mommy checks her mail

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We got snow for Christmas!
Alice and Daddy made a new friend

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Spot the loony
They're look-alikes, you know!

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GQ
A suave pose

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Skip-bo
Alice, Daddy and Pop-pop play a game

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Pleased with herself
Sammy clap-clap-claps!

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Pleased to make your acquaintance
Sammy meets her cousin Tyler

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Cozy
Mommy strenuously refrains from sit-ups, in order to maintain that soft resting-place

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Now THAT is silly
Alice and Daddy play the "how silly can you dress" game

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Bridal bean
Will you marry her?

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Home
Sammy is right where she needs to be

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Serious
Daddy baby self-portrait

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Not so serious
Later in the photo shoot, things loosen up

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Switcheroo
Alice's baby Rose tries on the glasses

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Comin' at ya, Alice version
Alice in 3-D!!!

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Caught in the act!
She's beating up on our diapers!

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Mom's eye view
How sweet it is

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Caught in the act
You know, most 7-month-olds are content to practice SITTING UP.

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Tubby time
She loves to play in the water

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Peeking
She likes to look at it like this

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Rollin' rollin' rollin'...
Sammy enjoys the birth ball

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Caught in the act
They're all up to something, but what?

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Naked rampage
Sammy at her most fearsome

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Snuggle bunny
She's got her Mommy

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Getting clean
Girls in the tub

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Nice pose
Daddy and Sammy

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Mad scientist
Sammy tastes her first buckyball

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Easter bonnet
The latest spring fashion!

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Relaxation
Sammy's feeling mellow

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Sweet Sammy
Sammy says hi!!

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Waving hi
Sammy is always happy to see you!

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Climber girl
No, she did not have any help getting up there

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Comin' at ya!
Sammy gets right up in your face

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Almost TOO happy
She's got her Mommy!

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She's free!
Sammy figures out the secrets of snaps

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This is an awfully big room...
Sammy's first time on the lawn

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Your tour guide
Alice plans to snap some pictures

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Lovely girls, lovely day
See the last of the snow down at the end of the yard?

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Huggies
Sammy refuels on mommy-love

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What a nice day!
Everyone enjoys the weather

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Get out of the way!
Alice heads for the house

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We're watching you
Sammy and Mommy look baaaaaad

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The spell worked!
Sammy examines her newly-miniaturized sister

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Yay for Spring!
Applause for the weather

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A little snack
Sammy enjoying what my friend Cate calls "the salad bar"

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Nice form
Alice practices her throw

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So proud
She has inherited the old-fashioned film camera

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The evolution of man
Daddy just threw the frisbee; that's why he looks like that

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"Now it's my turn!"
She needs to remember to keep her thumb on top!

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Who knows...
...what the heck she's doing!?

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Cheater
Sammy investigates alternative ways to get the frisbee to its target

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Tasty ride
Nice day for a stroll, and a snack

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Picnic girls
Mama's sweet little Teeny Bits

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Sammich boy
Daddy enjoys some al fresco dining, as well

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Perfect picnic weather
All food tastes better when eaten in a warm breeze

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Posing
Ain't she cute?

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Climbing up and up
This is her climbing tree

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Post-prandial
It's not a picnic without a nap on the blanket afterwards

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Cheeeeese!
Sammy smiles her darn fool head off

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Strawberry girl
Checking out the plants

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Bubbles
A nice day for floating spheroids

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Pop 'em!
Sammy thinks bubbles are fascinating

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Dashing young woman
This hat belonged to her great grandma

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Strained expression
When you gotta chew, you gotta chew

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Solar collector
There's nothing nicer than having a warm tongue

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What's that sound?
I think it's the sound of SPRING!

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Blossoms
These smell good.  How do they taste?

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Apparently...
...not very nice

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A rare occurence
Sammy, asleep, without touching a human body

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Resolute
Grinding her new toofers together

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Kickin' it...
...in her sweet ride

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Some things are genetic
Trying to give her mommy a heart attack

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What are you doing there?
Strapped in, waiting for mommy to come out of the post office

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Just a blur
This is the essence of my daily life

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Hi!!!!!!!!!
Right up in your face

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Lap
Sammy sits on Sissy

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Waaaaay too cute
Alice leaves for school