Crawling Away

A littlle video of Allie Bug Crawling!

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Allie's Number One Goal in Life: Pulling Up!!

Every chance that Allie gets, she is pulling up. I put her in the middle of the floor, and immediately she starts scoping the room, trying her darndest to find something to pull up on. She is getting really good at it too. This morning she pulled up on my bed, me, on her old bassinet (yes, I still have that thing up in my room), and me, the end tables in the living room, me, the couch, the rocker, me, and did I mention me? I am so excited that she is learning how to do all of these things, but it is sad too to see my little baby growing up so fast. We went to Wal-Mart today, which would NOT have happened just three months ago because she would have pitched a holy terror fit. She sat in the buggy and just smiled and played with me. She is just getting so big and I am loving her more and more every day.

What a Weekend

We were blessed to spend our Thanksgiving in Florida this year. This year was the first time in seven that Michael and I have ventured down south for the Thanksgiving holidays. We usually do Thanksgiving with Michael's family and Christmas with mine, but we just had to take advantage of the four days that Michael had off of school and visit my family that we haven't seen in a while. We met our new little nephew Nolan, who we already love and adore. He is just precious! We got to see all of our other hoodlums down there (Bayli, Layne, Emma, Jake and Luke), but we missed Makayla this weekend. It is always so good to see Ninny and Pa and all of their offspring, also known as my brothers and sisters, and their significant others. Man we just had such a good time. Allie still isn't sure about all of the people down there who just want to hold her and love on her. She just gives them the look that says, you can look, but you can't touch! I am hoping that during our Christmas break when we have a little longer to stay she will finally let everyone hold her. She had a ball playing with her cousins though. She was thrown on the floor with the rest of them, and just acted like she belonged! She was so cute. She is FINALLY crawling!! I didn't think I would ever see the day! She does it like she has been doing it all along.

I am ashamed to say that I do not have any pictures of this weekend, hence the absolutely precious picture of little butt during her six month photo opt!

Cruisin for a Bruisin'

Oh boy. My little buger is cruising. It is the cutest thing I have ever seen. She just amazes me more and more every day. Today, she actually let go of the couch and stood alone for a couple of seconds before diving for me! She is just learning so much so fast, and I am losing a little bit more of my baby and gaining a little bit more of my little girl every day. She is finally getting her top two teeth, and they have been torturing her for the past few days. She has been crying, or more like moaning, at around 3:00 am the past two nights. I go in her room and lay with her in the bed in there, and she just moans herself back to sleep. It truly is pitiful. Tylenol helps some, but it just don't do the whole job. I knew I would see a little "hole" in her gums for a tooth to come in, and sure enough it was there yesterday morning when I checked. I can't wait for them to come all the way through so that she can be relieved for atleast a few days from her teething woes. Another big change this week, I completely switched her to formula, and let me tell you, the child LOVES her bottle. I feel kind of bad because I just don't think I have been satisfying her with breastfeeding for a while now. I could tell my supply was going bye bye, and since I have weaned she seems so much more happy! And on a final note, she now waves bye bye! She is just so smart. I look at my little what to expect in the first year book and she is doing everything she is supposed to be doing up until about 10 mos! Now, if I can just get her to crawl! I may have to just be satisfied with my little scooter though. I was a scooter, hence the nickname "Bug" given to me because he said I looked like a little bug moving around on the floor since I never did get up on all fours. Allie seems to be getting closer and closer though, so maybe she will be a crawler before it is all over with!

Allie's starting point....

and around she goes...

until she made it all the way around...

and Lord knows she needs the exercise, just look at them legs!!

Cheater

Michael is such a cheater! I work so hard for Allie's kisses. I sweet talk her. Give her a kiss and act like it was just the greatest thing in the world. And then, I beg. I beg her to give me some sugar and every once in a while I get lucky and she leans in and gives me such a sweet little kiss. But Michael, well let's just say he has found an easier way. That turkey puts a piece of candy in his mouth and then sticks it out half way so she will lean in and taste it. I say that is cheating, and I will not resort to such trickery! (Now where is the candy bowl)

Allie Bug

I have been calling my little Darling "Allie Bug." It is only fitting, seeing that I have been "Dana Bug" for about twenty four years and six months. It is funny though, the only people that call me bug are people from my early childhood. It is always so comforting to hear my sisters or my parents call me Bug. It makes me feel special, like I am still somebodies little Dana Bug. So, I have passed this on to my little Allie. It just sounds so sweet too, "Allie Bug." Well, my little Allie Bug has met some new feats this week. She is "dancing" to music, which is the cutest thing I have ever seen. She gets up on all fours and just rocks back and forth. If she is standing, she just bounces like nobody's business. She is also able to sit up from a crawling position, which has caused some recent trouble in the nap department. I go in to check on her, and well, let's just say she isn't laying down in the least! MUST LOWER ALLIE"S MATTRESS! I am so afraid I am going to hear a thud coming from her room really really soon. She is also practicing her sitting down, then standing back up again skills. She has only seemed brave enough to do this in her crib because she has something to grab onto all of the way down, but it is so cute. She just stands up, sits down, stands up, sits down, all while waiting for mommy to clap and say yeah Allie! She also claps for our preacher when he preaches. It actually tickled him last night because she was just a clapping away at him when he looked at her! She is such a mess!!

ROTTEN....

ROTTEN.....

ROTTEN!!!

Give me Peas, Please

I have done it now. I have officially ruined the chances of me ever getting Allie to eat plain ole baby food ever again. I made the mistake of giving her spaghetti and peas the other night, much to her delight. She loved it. I would put a pea on her tray and she thought she was big stuff picking it up and eating it herself. Well, now she turns her nose up at bland tasting baby food, and eyeballs what I am eating the entire time. I had to mix mashed potatoes in with her food the other night, and had to share my biscuit with her too. She will eat some baby foods that are seasoned with onion powder, and she still likes fruit, but I can forget the plain green beans and peas and all the other baby foods that, well lets face it, taste like crapola! I guess I will have to just start fixing things that Allie can eat too and say bye bye to hamburgers and french fries night (which is every Friday by the way). Man my little girl is growing up!

Allie and her boyfriend

Well, he used to be my boyfriend, but Allie stole him right from under my nose! I used to be the light of this man's life, but it seems to be that his affection has turned to another, and I just don't know how I will ever compete with the other girl in his life. I mean she is cuter than me, gives way better kisses, and squeels in delight every time she sees him. I guess I am going to have to just get used to the fact that I am no longer the only one in Michael's life! It doesn't bother me a bit, I love every minute of watching these two bond and how much their love for one another seems to grow everyday.

Pulling up here and there and everywhere!

Allie has become a champion at pulling up on everything. Me, furniture, her crib, and even the bathtub. I was brushing my teeth this morning and in order to save myself from the torturous screams of my seven month old, I brought her in the bathroom with me! She was sitting right behind me and I felt her pulling on my legs. Next thing I knew, she was standing up and holding onto the bathtub. I am going to have to watch her like a hawk now. Gone are the days of my immobile little Allie that I could just put anywhere and walk away for a minute to return and find her in the same exact place that I left her. The days of getting into everything, grabbing onto everything trying to give mommy a heartattack days are finally here. And just think, I used to couldn't wait until these days would come.

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