The happenings as of late...

In the last several weeks Allie has really started teething and this has made our house a little less than pleasant home to be in. Allie has been a lot more fussy than normal and well after day 3 of the random crying cause her teeth hurt I thought I needed to document the event. I must preface these pictures by sayin that Noah was holding her and trying to console her I wasn't just snapping pictures with her fending for herself. I feel so helpless in this time but she does make some pretty funny faces when she gets upset. She has mastered the bottom lip stuck out and that is pretty much all it takes to melt her daddy's heart and he is ready to give her whatever she needs to be happy again... I tried to capture this event but it moves into crying so fast it is hard to catch... this is the best I could do.

then the crying begins...

followed by a full body cry accompanied by flailing arms...

and then finally into full on screaming...

oh I am sure this is only the beginning of the teething stage. Poor Allie Grace I hope your teeth feel better soon.

When her teeth are not hurting Allie loves playing in her excersaucer. She amazes me how she has already figured out how to spin the toys and shake the rattle. She will do one with each hand and gets them going really fast then she cracks up because she is so happy with herself. Your getting to be such a big girl!


This week Allie has started sitting up without assistance. She will sit for 10-20 seconds before falling to one side or the other. Just tonight she sat for a while longer... Soon and very soon she will be sitting up for however long she wants... oh baby girl it is all going so fast.

The last couple days (before today) it has been nice outside, Sunny and in the high 40's so we decided to seize the opportunity to take Cubbie on a mini walk. Allie likes getting all bundled up and going for a walk... it is one of the few things (besides a bath) that calms her when her teeth hurt.

Now that Cubbie got his hair cut he can't stand to walk in the cold for very long so inevitably he ends up in the stroller with Allie on our way back... she doesn't seem to mind.
My happy girl... we did a little photo shoot during tummy time the other day.

Today I looked out the window only to see HUGE flurries coming down. This was technically Allie's first snow since we were in Florida during the first snow of the year so we had to get bundled up and go experience it. She was very interested in this new phenomenon.

She would just stare at it...

but I eventually got a smile out of her