Sunday, December 28, 2008

Aly's First Christmas

We had such a wonderful first Christmas with Aly! It was busy (of course!) but so much fun. She held up incredibly well. Luckily we were able to get a couple of naps in between trips. She got lots of fun new things and we having fun exploring everything now. Of course she would have been perfectly happy with boxes and wrapping paper, those were her favorites:)















Teeth

I was able to get the teeth on camera!

KJo Comes to Visit




KJo finally got to come see us over the Holidays! Aly loved her from the start!


Sunday, December 14, 2008

Break Stuff

The theme for the week was "Break Stuff". It started with my car and (hopefully!) ended with my camera. Aly decided it would be fun to grab my camera and throw it on the ground. We were in the kitchen which has hard floors and the camera broke. I cannot live without my camera so we immediately had to go get a new one. Luckily, I got just a slightly more updated version of my old one so I didn't have to learn any new technology. As far as my car goes, well, there was no slightly updating there, it was just get a completely new, different one than before and hope it does not break nearly as often as a Ford Escape. It's a Toyota Highlander and so far I love it!

Santa

Friday was the Little Village Christmas program. Aly got to meet Santa and Mrs. Claus! My little Kindergartners did a fabulous job in their play (our months of practice paid off!) and Aly held up well considering it was way past her bedtime by the time Santa arrived. She just thought Santa was the most fascinating thing ever. It was a good thing the beard was real because she gave it some good tugs:)



Wednesday, December 10, 2008

We're Country

Anyone who watched Brittany Spears on Dateline a few years back should get title of this post. Aly was helping me learn the features of my new car.

A Hunting We Will Go

Aly always dresses for the seasons, including hunting season!

Jayne and Mason come to visit

My friend Jayne brought her 9 month old to visit last Friday. He and aly had lots of fun together!

Baby Proofing

Aly seems to have the urge to crawl. We know it could still be awhile but we wanted to be ready so we tested out our new gate on Shadow. Although nothing is ever "Shadow-proof" (and we have a hole in a wall to prove it), it did take her long enough to figure out that we think it should work for Aly!

Monday, December 1, 2008

6 Months Old

Aly is half of a year old! She weighs 17 lbs 12 oz and is 27 inches long! She is growing like a weed. The Dr. says all is great. She may have allergies so we are trying a little medicine for that. We are supposed to up her eating of "real" food. She is rolling over all of the time, sitting up on her own, loves playing, gets so excited when she sees her dog, looking like she's ready to crawl, babbling (we think da-da might be the first word), and cutting teeth. She just loves activity and doesn't want to miss a thing! Such a fun time!