Happy Birthday Buddy!!

Buddy turned 4 years old this past weekend... So we celebrated with a party!!! I can't believe how fast the time has gone since he was our little puppy! Now he is a very protective big brother!

Alli slept through the party and when she woke up she was so mad she missed it.  Maybe next year she won't be as tired! 

The day we got him

On his 4th Birthday!

Grampy and Uncle Jim enjoyed the party!

So did Mommy!

Alli sleeping during the party

The Birthday boy's special chair!

Valentine's Day!

Cricket's first Valentine's was a great one! With all the snow we had here in Texas, Grammy and Grampy were left with no power at their house, so they stayed the night with us! When Grampy came back from the store on Valentine's morning not only did he have purple (her favorite color) roses for Grammy, he had a giant balloon that said I love you for his little valentine! Thanks Grampy! We love you!

Cricket loves the balloon! She laughs when she sees it and she was even holding on to the string! Here are some pictures we took to try and capture the joy that balloon brings her!

To end the day we all went to dinner to celebrate Alli's 1st Valentine's!

Grammy and Grampy (can't you tell he loves pictures)

Grampy and his little Valentine

Daddy and his baby girl

"My heart belongs to Daddy"

"Baby's 1st Valentine's"

Just Pictures

Alli and her Godmother Nina

Alli with Mrs. Gott

Mommy and Alli sleeping

She loves her bouncing chair!

Tired girl!

Mommy and Alli matching

Uncle Lucas, Aunt Lindsay, Cousins Logan and Lucy with Alli

Cousin Lucy is so cute!

"Are you looking at me? "

Enough said.

She loves her swing now!

Alli with her Godfather Uncle Jim

Pretty Dress!

Trying to roll over

She did it! (with some help from Grammy)

Alli and Grammy

What happens when Daddy watches her!

Napping on Grammy

Snow in Texas???

I'm sure that most of you heard that we got record snowfall here in Texas.  We set a single day record of 12.5 inches of snow - in one day - in Texas!!! The day before Cricket arrived it snowed, it snowed on Christmas Eve, and snowed record amounts on Thursday.  I told Liz that Cricket is going to think that snow is normal and is going to wonder what's going on when it doesn't snow again for 5-10 years. 

Unfortunately, work didn't get cancelled for me - the roads ended up staying in pretty good condition, so the only time we got to enjoy it was when I came home for lunch.  We decided to bundle her up and take her outside for some pictures.  The snow kept hitting her face and she looked really confused as to what the cold thing was that kept hitting her.  Below are some pictures of the snow.  You'll see that we only got 8-9 inches in the picture, but I think some of it had already melted by the time I got there.  Hope you enjoy!

Go Illinois!!!

It's really official.  Cricket is going to be a basketball player and her favorite team will be the Fighting Illini.  Last Saturday night she got to wear an Illinois onesie that my Aunt Tracy got her and she sat and watched the game with me.  Cricket's Aunt Taylor came over to see her and hung with us for a little bit as well.  We got some cute pictures of her in her Illinois gear and even a video of her watching the game. 

A day of firsts...

Last weekend, Allison had a big day of firsts.  She went to her first Church service and sat alone in her Bumbo chair later that night.  We got to church extra early to get a spot in the back and ended up not having any problems.  She did so good and slept through the whole service.  When we got home, we decided to see if she could sit in her Bumbo chair since she's been doing such a good job with her neck movement.  She did great with it and had a lot of fun sitting in the chair.  It's definitely not something that she can stay in for a long period of time quite yet, but she did really good.  Check out these pictures of our cute Catholic girl and her cute outfit.