Alison is now 9 mo. and has 4 teeth. She really likes to use them too. She is now eating some solid, big people foods. She is also pulling herself up to a stand. She will stand there, with both feet on top of each other. She is a bit pigeon-toed. It is too cute! She will also lift one leg up high to practice standing on one foot at a time. She will even walk along the coffee table, or if you are sitting close, she will let go and turn around toward you as if she is going to walk. She ends up free falling, but luckly, I always catch her. She is going to be walking sooner than Kriss would like. We will have one nervous Daddy! He always gets freaked out about her falling and such. Poor baby will probably have Daddy hovering around all her life, hehe.

Kriss got a new computer program, so he has been taping Alison with the video camera more now. It allows you to make the videos right on your computer and store them there. Thing is, each video is HUGE! So big, that it is the size of a program or two. There is no way that we can email them to people or even display them here. The site would never pull up, so, unfortunatly, I can't host them for ya.
She is crawling around much more now. And of course, getting bigger and bigger everytime I look at her. I can't believe that she is 8 months now. Seems just like yesterday she was born. I don't know how parents do this. I almost break down each month, realizing, I will never see that month of her life again. Makes me cherish each day with her and her progress so much more.

Alie cut her second tooth on Wednesday. You can't see it, but you can feel it. Now she won't look so funny with her one tooth.

Alison can now almost crawl like a pro. She is getting better and better at it everyday. She also has several new tricks that she has added in the last few weeks. About 3 weeks ago, she learned how to wave. At first we really didn't think she was really waving, but she kept doing it so much when she would see someone, that we finally figured she knew what she was doing. Just today she figured out how to make farting noises on her arm. Not that she knows it is farting noises, but she does like the noise non the less. She will entertain herself by taking her arm and making the "ba ba ba" sound really fast or just blow on her arm to get the "Ptttthhhh" sound. She now also shakes her head like saying "no". This is another new trick she learned today. She doesn't realize that she is saying no yet, but likes the new rhymthmic movement that she makes. She was so hyper today, we could hardly get her to calm down to go to bed.

Click on the picture above to see more! We got Alison a baby pool today. She usually screams all through her bathtime, so we figured it would be the same. We filled the pool up with warm water and sat her in it. She seemed to really enjoy herself and the water. She even got really brave to stick her face in the water and blow bubbles and even drink the water. She only got choked up twice. I was so amazed and delighted to see how smart my sweet baby really is.

Just some pics I took of Alie today. The first one shows how she gets up on her knees, but she doesn't crawl yet. Click thumbnail to see a bigger pic!

Alie Pics

Time to baby proof the house! Alie now gets up on her knees and rocks back and forth. She is able to scoot all over on the floor, mostly going backwards. She is pretty mobile without crawling.

Her first tooth is now about halfway through. She is working on getting the second one, next to her first tooth on the bottom. She chews on everything constantly and sometimes gets fussy. Poor girl. Thank goodness, she hasn't had any fever with it.

Alie Pics

Alie is getting more mobile everyday rolling around all over on the floor, as well as smarter. She can now hold her bottle almost all by herself. Also, May 1, I noticed that she had finally cut one of her bottom teeth! She is also able to sit up by herself, but I have to sit around her. She still falls over occasionally. I will try to post more photos of her on here tonight.

Alie Pics

Alie Pics


Look what my friend Cary made for me! At first I didn't recognize who it was in the pic, and then by second glance, I was cracking up! My baby looked so grown up, lol!

We went to the doctors today. Alison did very well and she has grown a lot since she went last. My favorite nurse was there today, she was so surprised to see Alie's progress. Alison only got 2 shots this time. She didn't cry at all for the first shot and the second one, she cried for maybe 2 seconds. She even smiled at the nurse afterward. I think it definitely made the nurse feel better. I was so proud of her that she did so well. I think I must have the greatest baby in the world!

Alie officially throws fits now. She will scream and kick her legs and it just cracks me up. I know it isn't supposed to, but she looks so funny. She is also more vocal now. She will scream on the top of her lungs, but not in a mad way. She just likes the sound of her voice. Tomorrow we go see the doctor and that means more shots! Ouch! I will let you know her new measurements.

Guess what... She has new tricks now! When she plays in her "baby cadillac", she now bounces up and down and plays with all the toys. She chews on some of the different toys on it, which is a new thing. She will also sing, it is more like screeching and squeals, but it is so cute! Also, now when I go get her out of bed in the morning, she is already on her tummy, she flips around like crazy. She can reach the mobile in her bed, so I think it is time to lower the matress down a notch. She is growing so fast, I can't believe it! She is still wearing some of her 3-6 months clothes, but also fits alot of her 6-12 very well. She is just in the middle of sizes. She is wearing the next size in diapers now too! I just bought her first box of size 3 yesterday. My baby won't be a baby in a blink of an eye. I wish the first year of children actually lasted 5 years. That way you could enjoy the babyhood, not rush through it!

Alison now rolles around on the floor like crazy. She won't sit still. I have some more pictures of her posted Here.

Today Alie ate a whole jar of carrots! I am so proud of her! She really loves them. She was in a good mood for pretty much the whole day. She did a lot of playing while mommy did laundry. She is really starting to get the hang of entertaining herself, which is a good thing. Oh, one thing I noticed today, she has a thing for music. I was watching the tv, she was playing in her baby "cadillac" as grandpa calls it, and she was having a good 'ol time. The show was "The Caroline Rhea Show" well, Alie wasn't interested. One of the guests on the show though, and 11 year old boy, was there to play his violin. As soon as he started playing, Alison whipped around to look at the tv. She didn't take her eyes off the screen till he was done. When he finished, she looked at me with a huge grin as to say "Wow, that was amazing!" I thought her intrest in the music was amazing. I have really tried to make music apart of her life. I want her to hear music and it to be a comfort to her. I want her to maybe one day use music as an outlet, a way to express herself. I put her to sleep every night listening to as much classical music as I could get in her stereo. She listens to the same 5 CDs every night, with almost every good classical song/composure there is. I know that music is mostly to stimulate a baby's brain, but I also would also like her to dream it, to hear it so often, it becomes apart of her. No, I don't expect her to be some great musician or anything. I just want her to have healthy outlets, something she has known from birth. I want her to hear one of those songs and feel the warmth of my love. Sounds strange, I know. I guess I just want what every parent wants, happy, healthy, loving children. I am sure I won't be let down!

Alison ate her first vegtable today. I am starting her out on carrots. The first bite, she made faces, but decided she liked them. She ate half the jar, which is a ton for her. I can't believe how well she takes to different foods. I took some more pictures of her, but my time is so lacking, it may be a while before I get them up.

Alie and I went to visit Poppa today at his office. We borrowed his digital camera to get some new pics of Alie. I took about 100. I tried to email them to myself, but for some reason, it didn't work, crappy IWon! I guess we will go tomorrow and try again. Alison was in such good spirits today, she hardly cried at all. She also really enjoys my grandpa. Every time he holds her, she falls asleep, I think it is because he is such a comfortable person.

Yippie, Alie rolled over from her back to her tummy for the first time yesterday (18th). I was video taping her at the time and she eventually did. I new she was getting more active and her arms and legs are getting so strong, so I sorta expected it. Her hair is growing in thick and getting longer. I would say it is about an inch long. She has also discovered her feet, she started grabbing them for the first time about march 10th. She also started this spitting thing. She acutally will blow rasberries at you when she is mad. It just cracks me up. I don't think she realizes what she is doing, just making another noise. So cute!

This is going to be the new home for "Bloggin' about Alison". Why you ask? Well, the other website is much harder to update. I have to enter the entries into the HTML text, which means lots of extra work. Here I just visit Blogger, type an entry, and go. Since Alison is getting so much more active, I have to be as well. It will take a while to get it all transfered over, so please bear with me. I will let you know when it is all completely finished!!!