Cheerios

Allie has conquered the art of eating Cheerios, a milestone in every young child's life. I mean, who can't remember eating Cheerios when they were little. I catch myself eating Cheerios while Allie is and thinking I am a kid again. There is just something about Cheerios that brings out the inner child in you. !

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Allie's Easy Chair

I tell you what, this is the life isn't it. The child is literally catered to. She eats, and then kicks back and relaxes while I clean up the kitchen. Man how nice would that be. Cry when your hungry, have someone say "okay honey, I know your hungry, let me get you something yummy to eat.", have our faces stuffed, then kick back and relax while watching someone else do all of the work. Hey that sounds alot like husbands, I think we got the bad of the deal here ladies!! Just Kidding! I guess I should let Allie enjoy it while she can because the good Lord willing she will be doing the very same thing one day!

Oh, how they change!

Seven months ago, I brought a tiny little helpless baby home, scared to death of how resonsible I was for her complete well being!! I never knew how much love a mother has for her children until I set eyes on my little precious in the hospital. I didn't get to hold her until she was about 3 hours old due to my c-section, and that moment is forever etched in my memory. She just looked at me like, "well, here I am." I was nervous about her first feeding, but she nursed like she had been doing it for years. She has gone from a terrible baby, "sorry Allie, but you were" to the most precious, enjoyable baby on the planet. She has learned to smile, talk, push up on her arms, roll over, push up on all fours, put herself to sleep, scoot, feed herself (she took the spoon out of my hand this morning and showed me that she don't need my help anymore, so I put the food on the spoon and let her feed herself, almost crying the whole time) pull up from sitting, and she is so close to sitting up from her tummy and pulling up that I just don't know how she isn't doing it yet. She copies me with noises and claps when I clap. She went from not liking Daddy too much to thinking he is her boyfriend, man that girl can flirt! She laughs, cries, smiles, frowns, and has everything that makes up a little person. I just don't know how much more growing up I can take! She is my little precious, and I wouldn't change anything about her. Thank you God for my precious little gift. I give You all of the praise and glory for her, because I sure didn't have anything to do with how perfect she is!!

Two Videos for your Enjoyment

To all of you who haven't seen Allie in a while, look at what Allie is doing now. My goodness how they change from day to day. I hope that soon I will get Allie "giving kisses." She started that last night and it is the absolute most precious thing ever! She also "copies" me with some noises, so maybe I can get that on video too. It just makes it so much more real to see her in action than just in pictures!!

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Her first little Tooth

Allie brought tears to my eyes when she scooted for the first time, and she did it again when I felt her first tooth. I can't believe it, she is just growing up so fast. I knew it was coming because she has been a little extra clingier, if you can believe that. She was wanting me all of the time. I could see a little tiny hole in her gum on Saturday, and low and behold on Monday I felt her first little tooth. You can't see it really good yet, but you can feel it, and the one right next to it is not far behind. In fact, I don't see how it is still under her gum. It looks like it should just pop out any time. Her top gums are really swollen now too. Poor little thing, she is just going to get all of them at once. She is also doing something else. She says mama. Everytime she wants me I hear "mamamamamama, or nananananana." I noticed it a few days ago but ofcourse thought that there was no way she knew what she was saying. But after several days of her "calling" me just about every time she needs me, I think she does know what she is saying. When I lay her down I hear, "mamamamama." When I hand her off to someone else I hear, "mamamamama." When I put her down and walk off I hear, "mamamamama." Geez, six months old and already complaining at me. I am sorry mom for ever complaining at you!! Even though it is complaining, it melts my heart every time she does it!!

Where's Allie

Ok, so I have to learn how to get Allie doing this from my camera to the blog (little help Amber?), but I just had to share what she is doing. I give her a blanket, and I say, "Where's Allie", she pulls the blanket over her head with a big ole smile on her face and then pulls it down so I can say "There she is." I just can't believe she is already doing this, and the kicker is I only had to show her one time! At first I thought, there is no way she really knows what she is doing. But I tried it again the next day, and the next day, and I think she knows what she is doing! This child is just going to be too smart for her britches. I taught her to find Michael about a month ago. I would say "Allie, Where's Daddy" and she would smile and look at him. Now all I have to say is "Allie" inquisitively and she smiles and looks for Michael. He will even move all around the room and she finds him darn near every time! She is just too darn cute. I love that child. So, until I get this on camera, (I want to do it in video form) I will grace you all with some more beautiful pictures of my precious at Indian Springs!

6 Mos Pictures

My precious husband has had the week off for Fall Break (one of the few joys of being a teacher, hehe) so we took advantage of it and brought Allie to Indian Springs to do her 6 mos pictures. We decided we could get way better pictures of her than a proffessional because, well let's just say there are very few strangers that she will smile at. We had such a good time and I can't believe all of the good pictures that we got of her. She was such a little champ. She even had her first injury while there, (she tumbled forward while sitting on some cobble steps) but only cried for a minute and did so good for the rest of the day. We just enjoyed taking these pictures so much!!!

Look at what Allie is Doing

My little buger is getting up on all fours. I put things out in front of her, and it takes her a little while, but she finally gets to it. I have been told that once they start getting up on all fours they will be crawling in no time, so it looks like my world is about to change! I teared up with excitement when she lunged forward the first time, and in a few weeks I will be tearing up because she is going to be getting into everything! She is so precious!

Just a little bit further....
Almost there....

Aha, I got you little fishy!!!

Can anyone find my sanity, because I lost it again!

Thank goodness I haven't lost it because of sleep issues, my little buger is still sleeping through the night. She wakes about once still, but cries for about ten minutes and goes right back to sleep. Hey, compared to her previous nighttime routine, I can deal with that!! No, this time I have lost it because I cannot be more than five feet away from her or she will start screaming her head off. I'm not talking fussing a little here and there, I am talking screaming bloody murder, turning red from her head to her toes, mad at the whole world, pitching a bonified one hundred percent fit! She panics, flat out panics. I rarely can put her in the grocery cart because she is so freaked out from the ride to the grocery store where she didn't see her mommy for a whole five minutes. I roll her around in the grocery cart trying to calm her down, but it only makes it worse. I have started today by leaving the room for a few minutes, letting her cry, and then reappearing with a reassuring voice saying " Mommy's right here, see, Mommy didn't go far." I don't pick her up, and eventually she will calm down. As of late, I can't even take a pee pee in peace, and I sure can't take a nice relaxing shower unless little butt is asleep. Lord I hope this stage passes soon, or I may never find my friend sanity again!!! Any advice from you mothers out there! I will take anything you can give me. I love my little pumkin but everyone needs a little break here and there!

One look at this little precious though, and I easily regain my sanity!

Here we go!

Well, I thought I was safe to put Allie down on the floor and not look at her every two seconds because she can't crawl. Well, I forgot one little detail, she can roll. I put her on the floor in her room while I was cleaning in there, again, and when I looked down I saw that the little buger was getting into her towels and rags that I have in little baskets. I never thought that her making a mess would be so darn cute!!

Look who can stand up

I was in Allie's room cleaning so I put her in her crib to let her play. It didn't take long for her to figure out what the bars on her crib are really for. I guess we need to add lowering the mattress to Daddy's to do list. She is just growing up way too fast!!!

My precious Allie this morning. All we have to do is look at her and we get the biggest smiles. I have so been enjoying her more since I am getting some sleep, and I think she is enjoying life more too. Before she started sleeping through the night, both of us woke up, well, sad. We looked like our best friend just died. But now, my smiles are as big as hers in the morning, but believe me, you don't want to see pictures of me in the morning time!!!