I'm such a bad blogger!

Okay, so it's been two months since I last wrote...seems like it's been longer to me!!

Alison...she is getting so big! She is 32" inches tall now and weighs 20lbs 8oz at her weight check about 3 weeks ago. She is learning so much everyday and is just cute as a button! She tries to talk and some words are understandable..and others, not so much. she says "bompekay" and I certainly cannot figure out what THAT one means!!
she giggles a lot :D We bought a jogging stroller about a week ago and that thing is Alison's best friend now. Not sure why but she has taken a real liking to that thing.

Nothing exciting in my world. I finally got on board with weight loss and have managed to lose 35 pounds. I am signed up for the Hilly Hundred in October with my dad and sister and then the Monumental Half Marathon in November, again with dad and my sister. It should be interesting. I'm excited to do it, and quite frankly more nervous about the run than the bike ride. For some reason, I am in a lull with running....(though it's been hotter out, maybe I just need to condition more?)

Ben is good. He is working and seems to like to who he works for. (which is always good of course) He has to go to Chicago tomorrow (errr, Monday...it's late) to fix a copier, hopefully it doesn't turn out to be a super long day like the last time he went up there.

Herman and Hank are good too! No new news about them.....

So, here I sit at work...Saturday night....1:15 a.m...... will be here until about 6 or 7 am :(

Learning to talk

What a hard to understand language Alison is speaking! She sure knows what she is saying but I'm going to have to hire an interpretor because I can't figure it out!

Alison is changing sooo much! She has quit the energy and is so full of smiles! She loves to dance and she is a CLIMBER! 

She is currently sitting on the living room floor, with her Colts jersey, trying to pull it up over her legs like as if its a pair of pants. I think she's a little confused!

Christmas Update

Alison had a great christmas! She got lots of new toys that she just looooves! Her Grandma and Grandpa Cleven got her a table and chairs sized just for her (well, they are a little bigger than her..made to last a while ;) ) She likes to sit at it and eat dinner or play with her blocks. She got a kitchen play set that talks to her so she likes to "make popcorn" and cook some eggs and pancakes. She got a singing teddy bear that she just looooves to hug and dance with. She got lots of cute clothes too. Her Grandpa and Grandma Reynolds made her a wonderful new toy box! She doesn't understand yet how cool it is but she will when she gets bigger!! Thanks so much to everyone!!

Alison has learned how to say Mama and its the sweetest thing I've ever heard.... EVER!!! :D She was saying thank you for a few days (dak oo) but doesn't do it much anymore. She has slowed down on her little kissing phase but she gets very excited when friends come over! She hugged her BFF Isabella when she came over for the day. Then a few days later hugged Landy when he came over! She is signing a bit now too. She used the wrong sign but she is trying by gosh!

I guess that is all for now!!!!!

Almost Christmas!

I'm so excited for Christmas this year. Alison is still not old enough this year to get it but I'm still excited. We got her some cool toys so I hope she likes them.

Alison is starting to kiss alot. It's so sweet. You give her a bite of food and in exchange she gives you a kiss ;) She saw her reflection in the refigerator the other day and I guess she thought she looked like she deserved a kiss because she leaned into the girl on the fridge door and gave herself a kiss!!! It was soooo cute!!!

Alison sure does love her squeaky shoes too! She brings them to us and wants us to put them on her. She'll then get down and run around squeaking her little feet and just grinning!!

Been a while again!!

Okay, so it's been a while..again since I've posted!!
There are always new things with Alison to post. It's amazing to me how much they learn so quickly!
Alison has figured out a tricky way to get toys back from her cousin Landon when he steals them from her. She simply gets another toy, takes it over to him and he snatches it since he thinks she wants it and drops her original toy of preference...in which she picks up and walks off all smug!
Ali has also learned a new laugh that she thinks is pretty darn funny. She breathes in heavy while making a funyn noise. It's pretty cute. ;) (isn't everything she does just too cute?)
She loves her squeaky shoes and will stomp whenever you put shoes on her so that she can see if they squeak or not.
We went to her BFF's house last weekend and Ali had such a good time. They climbed into a milk crate together and then got stuck. Too cute!

I'll try to post more often. It's hectic around here....

Haven't posted in a while

So, it's been a while since I've posted....
Alison has been very busy learning and walking and climbing on everything!! She loves her little sit on toys that she can push. She has a few that make noise and that just intriques her right now. She is walking like a champ of course. Not talking much yet at this point though. She has mastered the word "UP".
I think she is starting to be scared of the vacuum cleaner. She has always loved the vacuum but this morning she wanted held while I ran it and once I turned it off she was perfectly happy to get back on the floor and play.
Alison had her first birthday recently. How sad that my little girl is getting so big! At her one year doc's visit she was 17lbs 9oz and 29 inches long. Still a petite thing but finally putting on some real weight! We tried to break her paci but it just didn't work out so we'll try again next month.
Any other news..... not that I can think of. Just following Alison around and seeing to it that she doesn't hurt herself with all her exploring. She sure is a curious little thing!
Next week is Thanksgiving and I can't wait for Ali to meet her cousins for the first time! She was too young to make the trip last year so this should be exciting!

teeth

Alison's top tooth FINALLY broke through. We've been working on that tooth off and on for about 2 months now. I am so glad it's finally through. She has 3, maybe 5 teeth sitting waiting to start moving in so I guess it's on to the next one now!!

Alijean is also starting to walk quite a bit too. She doesn't get too far before she topples over but she is trying! She did take a whopping 28 steps the other day :D she is getting so big!

She has this white plastic bucket that we keep her beads in and she emptied it and so her daddy held the bucket up to his mouth and yelled into it making a funny sound. I guess she liked this because she took the bucket and did the same thing...and then she wouldn't stop!

biggest loser update... BLAH! I cannot stay on track :( I won't be winning this season. I have lost some weight so that was the REAL goal. Now I just need to keep going and slowly lose this weight. Maybe if I do it slow I can keep it off????