As Promised

As promised, here are some recent pictures of Alli. Here she is eating some spaghetti. She is very much in the "I can do it all by myself" stage.

She loves it when we just let her go at it, but it sure does make for big messes!

This was a really fun snack, but she won't be eating this kind of yogurt snack again. It broke her out in a rash. Luckily it didn't affect her any. She stayed in a good mood in her bath and throughout the afternoon as it went away.

She LOOOOVES talking on the phone. Yes, she is sitting on the counter, sometimes we let her sit up there with us standing right there to eat a small snack or as the other parent prepares a meal. She thinks it is loads of fun. As soon as she starts moving around she has to get down though.

This is her and her friend M. This is at the indoor playground that they go and play at.

M is one day older than Alli. They are playing with M's socks and M has one in her mouth I believe! They do really well playing together.

Other news, Michael and I celebrated our 3rd anniversary yesterday! It was nice. We went out to IHOP for breakfast with Alli. Then we cleaned house really well (great fun!). We were getting ready for our new furniture. We are so excited to finally have furniture in our living room! Then our friends Jeremy and Natashia came over and watched Alli for us while we went out. We had dinner and then we went a bowled a game, then played a couple of games of air hockey in their arcade!! It was nice, we just went and fun.

The past two nights we have gotten Alli to sleep without nursing! This a HUGE improvement. The first night we had a LOT of resistance, last night a little less. We still nursed a bit throughout the night, but we know it won't all happen over night. We are using some tips that we got from Supernanny!

Well, I need to get up and do some laundry, but I wanted to follow through with my promise of pictures!

Soo Much Going On

these days. Allisyn is growing like a weed. She is so amazing. It seems like she is learning something new every minute. She likes to lay next to you and point out your nose, mouth, and eyes. The only bad thing is if you have your glasses on, she thinks they need to come off. I have been wearing my contacts a lot lately so she doesn't like it when I have my glasses on. Right now Michael's youngest brother Stephen is here with us. He is finishing up his mural in the playroom. It is looking really nice. I can't wait until it is done and I can post pictures. He is really talented. Allisyn really likes having him here. She climbs all over him and talks to him. It is really cute.



We have started coloring. It is really fun to watch her. She is definitely right handed. She really seems to enjoy it until she tries to eat the crayon or hits with it. Then we have to put them up. We are starting the hitting phase. I know that all little kids go through this, but why does it seem to come naturally? Michael and I have different approaches on how to handle it, and it leads to some disagreements. It is something we are having to pray about.



The weaning and getting her to sleep in her own bed campaign have come to a halt. Not sure why, I just think we are too tired to keep fighting with it. It will happen when it happens I guess.



Michael is seriously thinking about finding another job. Right now they do not have any technicians, which makes his job a lot harder. With having no help and having a 30-45 minute drive depending on traffic he is really tired of the store.



Other news, my great-grandma who is 96 is in the hospital after a bad fall. She shattered her pelvic bone. She has been living by herself up until the fall and will probably have to go to a nursing home now. She will not be happy with not being able to live in her own home. Right now she is in a lot of pain and they are keeping her pretty drugged up to try to make her comfortable. They do not think she will be able to walk again with this. She is so special to me and I hate to think of her in all that pain. She has been the glue that has held me together so many times in my life, especially when I was younger.


Well, this post has taken me a few days to post, and Michael is about to go hang out with some of his friends and Allisyn isn't happy about it. Must tend to her.

13 month appt.

So Allisyn had her 13 month appointment. Yes, 13 month, because we got off on her check-ups and she didn't have her 9 month until 11 so we had her 12 at 13. Anyway, she is weighing in at 31 lbs 10 ounces, measuring 32 1/4 inches. She got her MMR and Chicken Pox and her Hep B vaccine. These are the shots she has fared the best with! Something I did not know is that when they have these shots, the MMR and CP, they have to stay away from individuals who have had chemo. This was nice info to receive since my grandma has received her first chemo treatment and is having a rough enough time the way it is. Alli's dr was very happy with everything and told us what we already knew about weaning and getting her to sleep in her own bed.

Other news, my parents are calling it quits....again. This time for good I think. After 30 years of not trying to work it out I think it is for the best. My mom is waiting to hear about a loan for a house she wants, then she will be moving out. It has already started to get dramatic, but I'm trying to stay out of it.

Katy will be coming back to school this month. It will be nice to have her closer to us again. I may be helping her get around a bit until she can get a car. She is wanting to find a job off campus because they usually pay more and offer more hours.

It has been really hot and it makes for looong days. We don't have much shade in the back yard so I can't let Allisyn spend too much time outside without her getting to hot and risking a sunburn.

I really thought I had more to stay when I started this blog, but I just can't seem to come with much more. Michael's pharmacy is experiencing the typical speed bumps that comes when a major transition happens in a business. It makes for him to have long days. Today was his full day off and I could tell he needed it. This is weekend to work and he is not looking forward to it. Allisyn and I were going home this weekend because my brother is going down, but I don't think that is going to happen. Our budget has been a bit stretched the last couple of months due to moves and such.

Well, I am at a road block so I will wrap it up.

We made it!!

That's right, we finally made it to church this morning! We were running a bit behind, but luckily their classes do not start right away so it was no biggie! I called Kim last night (one of my brother's best friends from college wife) and let her know we were going to be there and she told us what class they went to. It actually turned out that Brian, her husband, was teaching our class today. Allisyn went to her class by herself and then she went back to the nursery during worship. She was not a huge fan, but there were not any major problems. We were really happy we made and can see this becoming our new church home! This evening Michael went back to play basketball with some of the guys that were in our class. He is not home yet so I am sure he is having a good time!

Yesterday, my in-laws came down for the afternoon. We went to the Omniplex for a while. It was fun. Allisyn actually went to them some, which does not happen very often. Then we came back and grilled some burgers.

This afternoon after church we met up with Jeremy and Natashia and we went to the Botanical Gardens. It was nice, but not worth the $6. Then we went and got some ice cream at the Marble Slab Creamery. Soooo good.

Our mission to get Allisyn to sleep in her own room is not going very well. Last night we were so tired from the battle the night before, she slept in her room for 30 minutes before waking up and we just brought her to bed with us and that was it. We also had to get up at 3 this morning for a bath. She has been having a bit of tummy troubles and sometimes the bath helps relax her to helps her poop. All that happened last night was gas, but it allowed to go back to bed and sleep the rest of the night. Tomorrow she has her check-up and we will talk to her ped. about it.

Overall today has been a really great day! We are really happy that we made it to church and are excited about getting back into a church family!

In a bit of a rut

with blogging right now. There is lots going on, but some stuff I can't bring myself to blog about yet.

My BIL has been here since Sunday working on Allisyn's play room. It is looking really good! He is such and amazing artist. He will be leaving us tomorrow, which is kind of sad. It has been nice having him here, and Alli really enjoys his company. He may come back in a week or so if he isn't finished. The in-laws are coming up on Satuday. I reallly need to pray about my attitude about them. I have great in-laws, I just don't enjoy spending time with them and I'm not sure why.

I'm going to a Mother's Night Out with the mom's from my mom group. We are going for coffee and ice cream at a new shop in town. I'm really looking foward to it.

I am adding my dad to our cell phone plan and it is going to save me about $40 a month! We cancelled our wireless internet card, and they were able to take that account and switch it to a line, which saved us a $175 disconnect fee!! I was soooo excited! I'm also excited that my daddy is going to be leaving the trucking life behind him. He is tired of it and he doesn't want to do it anymore. That's why I'm adding him to my plan, cause he will have to give up his phone.

Michael's store is doing their switch from Albertson's to William's tonight. He is going to stick with them to see how it goes for a while. Their pay period is from Sunday to Saturday so it will require them to do some schedule changes to make sure that they get 40 hours each week. Hopefully it won't be anything too extreme.

Well, this has been a come and go blog so I'm going to wrap it up before something else calls me away and Allisyn wakes up from her nap.