Sleeping Beauty

I know, I know, here I go again right. But I am telling you, Allie is just the sweetest thing when she sleeps. She is such a little angel. I took these pictures of her this morning. She has been in the habit of waking up at about 6:30 even when she goes to bed late. So I have gotten in the habit of going to get her and curling up next to her to sleep a little extra while. I LOVE IT!! Of course, she usually outsleeps me because I like to rise early, so I get to just go in and look at her in this angelic state. I can't believe how long she is getting. Sometimes I think, "ok, who are you little miss prisspot and what have you done with my little tiny baby?" She is mommy's little girl now, and I love every little ounce of her, even when she gets sassy. I have to, because she got that from me (didn't she Ninny!) When she huffs and puffs and turns red because she can't get what she wants, I just have to turn around and smile because I know EXACTLY where she got that from. Thank God she also has her Daddy's sweet and compassionate nature!!!

Now for the pictures. Look at the last one. Her baby and her even sleep alike!!!

Pigtails

Yesterday, on one of my many adventures at Wal-Mart where Allie and I spent way too much of Michael's money, (which is not my fault, how dare Wal-Mart entice me with so many adorable little girl things when I only needed toilet paper!) I decided to mosey on over to the little girl section and just look at the hair accessories. Allie absolutely refuses to keep a bow in her hair and I just couldn't keep on popping her little leg for something that I wanted her to do. So, I bought something that she can't take out of her hair. Tiny little rubber bands that when wrapped around a few strands of Allie's hair, makes the cutest darn pigtails this side of Florida!! I also bought headbands which she will actually leave in for a little while too.

Then we had to mosey on over to the baby section, just to look right? Well, I came accross the potties and I thought, what the heck, even though Allie isn't showing any signs of being ready to potty train it can't hurt to let her get used to it right? We put it together yesterday and she does actually love to sit on it and pretend to potty, which is a start. This morning she had the bowl around her head and I tried to get a picture but ofcourse she took it off right before my camera was ready. The following pictures are proof that it is just impossible to take a good picture of a toddler anymore (that is unless you are Amber Ferrell and to that all I can say is there is no sense for the talent you have!!)

This morning Allie was ready to go at 7:00 and ofcourse I wasn't. She woke up, put her sunglasses on, went to the door and started barking like a dog. She loves our black lab to pieces and wanted to go see him. Needless to say, the sunglasses were not needed at 7:00 a.m., nor had I had my cup of coffee, so Allie settled for listening to her Toddler Bible Tunes instead while I sucked down my coffee!

Allie and her Friends

Meet Allie's friends. Baby # 1, Baby # 2, and Winnie the Pooh. Today, these three individuals have had to eat with Allie, sleep with Allie, play with Allie, and ride around on a red wagon with Allie. The only reason Elmo isn't in the croud is because there just wasn't enough room. While she was eating breakfast all three had to be in her lap, and I found her sitting on her red wagon with all three of them while I was folding clothes. You can tell by the pile of laundry behind you that it is indeed laundry day, and when you have a "little helper" for some reason it takes you twice as long to get clothes folded and put up!!!

Bye Bye Summer, Hello Fall!

One of the perks of living in Georgia, We actually have a fall!!! It has been wonderful here the last couple of days. We have enjoyed lows in the 50's and highs in the low 80's. We actually slept with our windows opened last night! I woke up and fully intended on getting my day started before Alliebug woke up, but I just layed on the couch and felt the cool breeze coming in from the open window and listened to the birds singing, and closed my eyes and thought about how awesome our God that we serve is!!! How He gives us such simple pleasures, and yet when we consider them we realize how magnificent they actually are!!

TGIF

I love Friday's because that means Michael has the weekend off! He has been through the ringer lately trying to stay caught up at school so my poor little hubby needs a break. Allie loves her Daddy too. Every night before I put her in her bed I rock her and sing to her for a few minutes. Well, for the past several nights she has been asking for Daddy. Last night Michael was eating when I put her down so I told her no when she asked for him and she just cried, little lip quivering, saying Daaadddyyy. Of course Michael put his food down right away and came to the rescue. I told him one day that she would be a Daddy's girl (because I was and am one myself) but he really didn't believe me. I think he is starting to believe in this strange phenomenon though, and I get a break every once in a while which is AWESOME!!!

Allie has been luvin her some apples lately. I will leave you with some pictures of her chompin down on her new favorite treat. Apples make up for the chocolate milk right?

Got Chocolate Milk?

Allie has been flat our refusing to drink milk. Enter in my constant state of worry when she is not drinking the 16 oz a day recommended by the AAP. I thought it was just a phase. She would refuse to drink milk, and ask for jee (juice.) But it has been going on for weeks now and I don't want my child's brain to stop growing and her eyes to stop developing!!!! So, I added a little Ovultine and waa laa. The child is like her mother, she LOVES chocolate. Who cares if she is probably getting way too much sugar and possibly caffeine, she is drinking milk right? Now she asks for dodo (chocolate) instead of juice. Now I have to worry about her going over the 32 oz recommended by the AAP. Geez louise, I can't win for losing! Anywho, we are doing great and so far are just having a lazy day. I love those kinds of days. We watch way too much PBS and Elmo and Winnie the Pooh, but we need that every once in a while right? Anywho, I will leave you with pictures of Alliebug. If you look really close at the second picture, you will see a chocolate milk ring around the bottom of her mouth.

My Little Bedhead!

Who would have thought that Allie would ever have enough hair to have a bedhead!!! I didn't think that I could actually get excited about something so silly, but if you had a precious beautiful little girl constantly being called a boy you would be excited about longer hair too!!! I can have a dress on Allie with flowers and butterflies and some very gender confused person will still say, "that's a fine lookin boy you have there." I mean really folks, pink is girl, blue is boy!! So anywho, I had to capture my little bedheaded critter yesterday morning on camera.

My poor little buger is getting four (that would be 1-2-3-4) teeth all at the same time. She has been a little fussier than usual, but also more clingy which I tend to enjoy since half the time she is like, "mommy, mommy who?" these days. She is starting to talk so good and she is just changing every day.

Allie's Grandpa is doing great. The doctors did find some lymph nodes to be cancerous, but his cancer doctor feels strongly that she can treat them with kemo. He was not looking forward to any treatments because his body tends to react pretty violently to medication, so please pray for this precious man that the kemo will be as painless as possible! I know that at his age, he is going through surgery and treatment for us so that we will have him a little longer, and I am so greatful that he has decided to do so!

Well, as usual, I will leave you with pictures of my little precious! You will notice that she is holding "da da dee" translated as Winnie the Pooh in every picture. Our new precious members at church, Elder Roger Pinkston and Sister Kay Pinkston knew how much she loved him so they bought Pooh Bear for her. She absolutely adores him!

Please Pray

Allie's Grandpa (Michael's Daddy) had surgery yesterday for lung cancer. He is doing well and the doctor feels that he removed all of the cancer from his body. I would like for anyone that reads this blog to lift this precious man up in your prayers. He is so wonderful to this family, and to our little church. We want him to be with us for many years to come. I ask that you would pray for a speedy recovery and a body that is completely free of cancer! Allie loves him to pieces and it would mean so much to me for her to have him in her life for a good while to come.

And ofcourse, I will leave you with pictures of Alliebug. She has not been very photogenic lately. She just doesn't sit still anymore!!!! I know I put a lot of pictures on here of her sleeping, but she looks like a little angel when she is asleep. I could just eat her cheeks off!