Thursday, June 19, 2008

Hello There.












Well its been a crazy couple weeks. I got the great opportunity to drive back to chicago with a neighbor. My grandpa had fallen and broke his hip and I got the blessing to visit him in the hospital and chat with him for awhile. I got to tell him that I loved him and all about my beautiful baby daughter... with which he responded "You have a daughter?? You make me feel like I am 105". I laughed and said well you're pretty darn close (since he would be turning 97 this july). I got to laugh with my grandpa and say goodbye before he passed away last monday. What an amazing man and will truly be missed. Unfortunately Allie couldn't meet him cause they wouldn't allow babies in the part of the hospital my grandpa was in. But I feel very fortunate that I got to say goodbye to a wonderful grandfather.
While we were there we got to visit with grandma and gramps and enjoy a couple days at the lake house. And yes that is my friends hair covering Allie's head.. we were trying to imagine what Allie would look like with hair since she is what we would call um.... Bald. She is loving sitting up in the sink for baths and attempting to drink every ounce of water. We just started her on solids last wednesday and she seems to be loving it. She already is wanting to feed herself. Allie is turning into such an amazing little girl. We are enjoying every stage this lady is going through. She is now sitting up all on her own and loving it. How time flies. Her smile seems to light up everyones day and she loves doing it :)
We made our first trip with Allie out to the lake on our neighbors boat and she loved it. She spent the whole day on the water laughing and loving the movement of the boat. We got to float in the tube and splash the water. She enjoyed the sun and so did we! Everything else around here is pretty much the same just enjoying the summer. We are heading up to Nebraska on thursday for a family reunion so it should be fun for Allie to meet the whole family and see how stinkin cute allie is :) Love to all.

Thursday, June 5, 2008

Allie loves to JUMP and chat... and then do that some more!




Hello All! Well we are doing great here this week! Allie is growin away. She is making us laugh daily. She has discovered her tongue even more and tries to push out any sound she can find. Got to love that babble that she tries so hard to do :) Grandma was begging for more videos so I made some.. they aren't very interesting just Allie being Allie. She is in love with her Johnny jumper and would stay in it all day if I let her. She is now cutting her second tooth and seems to be fine. She now has slept 12 hours straight for two nights... I think she is now going to be officially sleeping through the night, but I don't want to speak too soon. Who knew that if I let her cry it out for only ten minutes she would fall asleep and be out for the whole night! Woo hoo allie! Everything else is pretty much the same around here. Rob and I got a day out on the lake last saturday. Allie stayed home with a sitter for 10 hours and did awesome! I was able to pump three bottles and Allie was out like a light when we returned home. I was really nice to have a day out on the lake with friends. it was a little to hot for allie! Its defintitely nice to have a sitter we love and trust. Hope you all enjoy the videos :) love to all.

heres Allie just hopping away in her jumper.. a bit bigger than the last video of her in it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi3-xcADvgA

chatting it up with Allie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDWGm5sOREA

Allie Ann our little indian girl :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpYEOhMNeNI