Tiger Shirt and Training

Can you resist this face?? Well this is Allie's favorite outfit and if this shirt is clean you will find her in it. She woke up this specific morning doing her 'sign' for tiger and pointed to her belly. She then went over and pointed out this shirt saying she wanted to wear it. The second I said she could wear it she got the biggest smile on her face and started getting VERY excited. Hilarious. So needlesstosay she spent the whole day rubbing her belly and pulling her shirt up to kiss the tiger. It will be a sad day when this shirt no longer fits. Well a sad day for one little lady anyways :) 

It is finally getting warm here and we are so thankful! Allie and I LOVE playing outside. She is the biggest Rock and Stick collector I know. She will spend forever searching our yard for new sticks and rocks. She also loves flowers. I just finished my garden about a week ago so every time we walk outside she needs to bend down and smell the flowers. Yesterday Rob and I were sitting in the yard and I was watching allie bend down to smell a flower as she was bending down she lost her balance and fell face first in the dirt... mouth wide open. We have tried to teach her to be tough so thankfully she just walked over to me mouth wide open asking to be wiped off of all the dirt that was in her mouth and all over her face. It was a pretty funny site I was wishing I had my camera on me! Allie is definitely hitting a growth spurt right now.. She is eating like Rob (which you all know is pretty amazing) seriously though she will eat all day everyday literally ALL day. I even give her vegetables when I think she isn't really hungry and she chows down. Its crazy. She also is sleeping like a crazy person. The other day she slept almost 14 hours at night and then 3 hour nap that day. Talk about growing! 

Rob and I were given this book from our pastors wife who is a mom of 8 and I greatly respect. She told us about this book called To Train Up a Child. I started reading it monday and have loved it. I don't agree with every single thing stated BUT I absolutely love their training "disciplining" methods. I started monday and today is day 4 and is going very well. I have been VERY encouraged by how well its working. Now there have been many breakdowns from allie, but in the end have proven successfull. I have always desired to have children that will listen to mom and dad and won't talk back or be rude.. so Boot Camp has begun I'll let you know how it goes. Consistency... Ugh its hard. But Allie has been so great with it and I am so thankful for Nancy to show us this book cause I was at a loss of ideas. I will say though that yesterday we had our first testament of wills between Allie and I. She was determined to beat me out but 45 minutes later she gave in and listened to mama. Now that was a rough time. But I was very proud of myself since I never once raised my voice or got mad. Lots of prayer! Its amazing to watch the emotional journey of a 16 month old that knows exactly what she is trying to accomplish. 

Allie and I have really enjoyed the last couple weeks though. We have spent a lot of it with our neighbors outside playing. It is such a blessing living on the military base with so many other amazing couples and little kiddos. So fun to walk outside and chat with all the neighbors I always feel like our neighborhood is like how it used to be 20 years ago. Friendly faces always willing to help, totally safe with kids running around everywhere, kids on bikes, and people sitting on their porches waving at everyone. I love it. Nothing like living behind the safety of military walls :)

Here we are coming to the end of another week. Amazing how time flies by. We are getting VERY excited to head to chicago next week for the CF WALK! I hope some of you are able to join us!!!!