Today was a really nice day. The weather was upper 60's lower 70's. Alie and I cleaned out my car from top to bottom. It looks all shiny and new now! We also played in the yard and I got out my digital camera, in hopes of capturing a good picture. Turns out, I got one on the first shot! All I had to do was ask her if she wanted candy and she lit right up!!

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Picture from today!

:: Such a good girl! ::


These are pictures from last week. She was modeling some bows I created. I also entered her in a boutique modeling contest.

:: Modeling my bows! ::

Alie has been going through a growth spurt lately. She wakes up in the middle of the night, wanting to eat a snack. Her vocabulary is also improving. She can now count to 10 and say her alphabet. Not fluently, but fairly well. She recognizes the numbers 1-5, and the letter A and B. She also recognizes the color red and the star shape. I think those are her favorites.

She is now taking dance and gymnastics. She loves the classes. She only goes once a week to both of them. I think she likes her gymnastics better, because she now practices summersaults all around. She rolled off the couch the other day and landed head first on the floor. She was ok, cried a tad.

She has been having such a blast hanging out with her friends. She is so full of hugs and loves when she sees them. She also has an attitude when someone makes her mad. She throws toys, or whatever she has in her hands. She threw her cup of water at my grandma when we were at lunch the other day. Landed right in my grandma's plate. It was sooo funny, but of course, I had to scold her. Sometimes she throws really heavy things, maybe I should enroll her in baseball LOL!

Today was pretty intresting. I was busy working on projects and Kriss was playing poker on the comp. I thought Kriss was still watching her, and he thought I was. Turns out, she was up on her changing table, having a blast with the desitin. It was such a mess!!! So hard to clean that stuff off too. She is still greasy, guess it will take a few baths. I took some pictures of her fun, right before her bath. I also took some of her after bath, just to show how much she has grown. Enjoy!

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Here pictures that I have take of Alie today and a few from the previous week!

:: She got in the Desitin! Uh oh! ::

I am finally posting! Sorry it has been so long! Alie is now 2 years old, still can't believe that. Her vocabulary has quadrupled since I last posted. She can speak 2-3 word sentances. I will try to post more often about her. I just hadn't been in a blogging mood for so long. Here are some pictures of her birthday. I'll post more pictures of her, probably tomorrow.

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Here are the pictures that I took on her 2nd birthday, sorry they are so late!

:: I'm 2 Now! ::

Alie's birthday party!

:: Woohoo, presents and cake! ::

Alie has even more new words. She now says "wow", "weee", "ouch", "baaa" (like a sheep), "See ya", "yay", and "Alie". It's so funny to hear her say her own name, she repeats it back to you when you call her. She can't say the S part in "See ya", so she says it like "eee ya". She got that saying from an alphabet toy she got from christmas. It says that when it is shut off, or shuts off automatically.

Well Alie went to the doctors yesterday. It was for her 15 mo. check up even though she is 16 mo. now. She had to miss her 15 mo. one due to she had the double ear infection. The doc said she is doing well in her growth and learning skills. She now weighs 21 lbs and 4 oz. which is in the 10th percentile (means she is only heavier than 10 kids out of 100). She is 30 inches tall, so that puts her in the 25th percentile. Her head is 18 1/2 " and that is just average or 50%. I guess basically, she is just a small kid. In fact, she has only gained a few ounces since her 12 mo. appt. so she literally is the same size. Actually, she is almost the same size as she was at 9 mo. I just found her paper from then. At that age she was 21 lbs. and 28 inches. Back then, she was considered a tad over average or in 60th percentile. Wow, that means she can still wear her summer clothes this year, hopefully!

In other news, Alie is now officially a walker. She can walk an average of 10 or more steps at a time since sunday. She has been doing more and more walking each day. I put her in dresses mostly, because she hates crawling in them. Her knees get stuck on them, so it forces her to walk. She can also say a few more words. She can now say "thank you" and some of her ABC's as well as sorta sing "Old McDonald" song. She only says the EIEIO part. Her favorite word is "Please". She says it like "peepeepee" sounding like a little chick. This is the word that she says the most, by far.

Alie has made big improvements! She can now take 4 or 5 steps at a time, usually walking to me. She gets so excited when she accomplishes this. Big smiles and squeals, makes me so happy. She also has a new words, she says Uh-Oh, and can bark like a dog. Her new stunt is to bring me things that she wants fixed. She will bring me her empty sippy cup or her bouncing tigger (to turn him on). One thing she is still doing that drives me nuts is her fits. She has new bruises on her forehead due to banging her head when she is mad. I try my best to prevent her banging, but most of them happen when I am not close by or am not looking. It is so nerve wrecking!

Alie has a new thing she does when she throws a fit. As you can see in her picture below, she has a bruised forehead. She now bangs her head on whatever she can find. I just hope this new thing is a faze and that she will quit before she ends up with any brain damage. Click on the pics to see them larger!

Alie enjoying her spaghetti-o's!

:: Yummy! ::

Katelynn likes them too!

:: Katelynn ::

Alison has new words now! She can say "Hi", "Bye-bye", "Mommy", "Daddy", "Please", "Yes", "Baby", and "Night-night". She just started saying all of these words basically over the last week. She has also been sick this week since saturday. She has 2 ear infections and a sinus infection. Poor girl has been miserable the whole weekend. We were finally able to go see the doctor today and got her some medicine. I will be so glad to get her feeling better. It just breaks my heart to see her in pain.

Alie took her first step! It was actually done on Dec. 6. She stepped from Mommy to Daddy, so neither one of us missed it. I also have some new pictures of Alie! Click on each picture to see the whole album.

Here are her halloween pictures, sorry they are so late!

:: I love pumpkins! ::

Alie and her new friend Katelynn. They get along so well!

:: Katelynn ::

This is how Alie looked this morning when I woke her up!

:: Rag-a-muffin ::

Alison has a new tooth in the front and she just cut one of her molars today. I can tell you this, she hasn't been a very happy kid the last day or two. I have been keeping her on tylenol, but it still doesn't work as well as I would like. She was incredibly cranky all day today. Poor girl!

Oh, and Alie has a new best friend! Katelynn is a 17 month old little girl that I have been watching for about 3 weeks now. She is a total sweetheart and she and Alie get along wonderfully. They have so much fun together that they cry at the end of the day when Katelynn leaves. Katelynn calls Alie GeeGee (G in gorilla sound). It is so cute, weird that she got that out of "Alie". I will get some pictures of Katelynn and Alie posted soon. I also have Alie's halloween pics that I still need to post. She was a big fat pumpkin.

I finally uploaded the pictures from Alie's birthday party. She recieved such nice gifts and had a wonderful time! To check it out, click on this picture... When you get to the new webpage, scroll down to the bottom and click on "photo gallery" to see all of the pictures.

:: Alie's Birthday Pics ::

I'll post Alie's birthday party pics today (Sunday). I know I have been putting it off. I have a lot of them, so I've been lazy about it.

Well, Alie's party went great...I just have to get the pics posted for you! I'll tell all about it once I can get them uploaded.

Today (10.15.03) is Alison's first birthday. We went to visit the doctor for her one year check up. She got 2 shots, but hardly even cried. We also went to my old work place and visited with old friends as well as invite most of them to her party. We are having her party on Saturday. I am so anxious to see how she will react to the whole thing. I hope she loves the whole day. It will be her first time to eat cake! I bet she will love it!

I took some pictures of her today, to document her special day. I am also including one of her at 6 mo. to get a comparison on how much she has grown. If you click on the picture, it will take to you an album of more pictures.


:: 6 months old ::

:: One year old ::


Oh, I forgot to post earlier this week about some of Alie's "first"... Sunday she got to ride in her big girl carseat facing foward. I think she really liked this, because she could see what was going on around her. She could also see me in the mirror and thought that was really great. She also went to the nursery at church for the first time. I thought she would have some detachment issues, ok, maybe I was hoping more than anything. :) She did really well though, not crying once. I think she was so focused on all the new things around her, that she didn't even realize mommy wasn't there. I am so very proud of her. I just love my little pumpkin head to pieces!!!

Alie finally got another tooth. She now has a total of 7. It broke through a few days ago, but you couldn't really see it till now. It is on the bottom row, next to the middle 2.

She is also starting to get more comfortable standing alone. It is funny, because she won't attempt to take steps, just stands there, then sits down.

She won't say any words yet even though we work with her on it every day. I know she isn't slow, but I think her brain is hard at work developing other areas. She is amazing at her electronics comprehension. She can work the phone, her stereo, tv, and the keyboard. It can be annoying at times, but it is fun to watch her hard at work.

She still is just a wonderful baby. So patient, calm, loving, and affectionate. I couldn't ask for anything more.

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:: 11 mo. now ::

:: Pretty yellow dress ::

:: Let's go play ::

:: Eating cherrios ::

:: After Alie's 1st haircut ::

I am sorry I haven't written in a long while or posted any new pictures. I don't have batteries for my dig. camera, so I haven't been taking pictures. Alison's progression is still about the same. She can't speak any words yet, but she can eat like a toddler. She is now eating big kid food, and cleaning our plates for us. Funny thing is, she is still not able to feed herself very well. We are practicing letting her feed herself, but most of her food ends up in her lap. Oh well. I am proud of her though. She ate rasins for the first time today. She loved them, and even threw a fit when I put them away. Oh, I almost forgot, Alison now has a total of 6 teeth. Four on the top and two on the bottom.

Another bit of news... I am a stay home mom now. This really makes life easier. I will be able to help Alison in her progression much more now. Hopefully I can make a genius out of her, muaahaha!

Yesterday Alison clapped for the first time. She was watching her "Hello Kitty" movies and she gets so excited when they come on. Even though she can't sing, I know she recognizes each song. Well, she was really into the music and started clapping to it. It was so cute!!! I got all excited because she was clapping, so I started laughing. This made her start laughing and clapping even more. Gosh she is just too darn cute for words.

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.