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Monday, January 10, 2011

Catching up - 12 month checkup

With all the festivities of Alli's 1st Birthday and Christmas, I forgot to do a post from her 12 month check up.  I know that we are going to want to look back on this next year and for years to come so I am making it now.  Also, we took Alli to get her 1 year old pictures taken.  Really they are 13 month old pictures but close enough!!  Alli's stats from her check up.

Weight: 23.8lbs - 86%
Height: 31in - 94%
Head Cir: 18 1/4- 83%

 Some things Alli was doing at 12 months. 

- Walking, Running and Climbing everything! She even walks backwards when you say "beep, beep, beep"!! 
- Talking!!  She says about 40 words.  Some sound the same but she knows the difference.  She even put Bye Bye Daddy together a couple times!!
- She is a really good eater.  She will try anything and if she doesn't like it she will take it out of her month and throw it on the floor! Her and Buddy have a contract that after every 5 bites she takes he gets one!!! 
- She sleeps really good!!  (knock on wood) about 12 hours a night and one 1-3 hour nap a day!
- She has 3 teeth on the bottom and 3 on top!  I think more are coming in because she is a droll machine!
- She listens really good!!  If it's something she wants to do!  If you tell her NO, she does not listen that good!!  Or she will cry because her feelings are hurt! 
- She plays really well!!  She now plays by herself very good!! She will go over to her toy box and get every toy out and then start playing!
- She loves books!!  She will grab a book out of her toy box and bring it over to Scott or me to read to her!  Then after we read it she will go on the floor and look at the book herself!

There is so much that she is learning everyday!!  Now, she repeats almost every word I ask her!! She is just growing up so fast!!  I can't believe a year has gone by.  I also can't believe she has only been here a year!  I really don't know what we did before her!!!  Scott and I feel so blessed and lucky to have such a wonderful little girl and a new baby on the way!! 

Alli getting into everything at the Dr's office!

Knocking on the wall!

Our little snow bunny!!


It's so hard now to get pictures of Alli because she is all over the place and will not sit still! Here are a few of our favorites!


Trying to take the bow out!

Such a big kid!!

Monday, January 3, 2011

Happy New Year!!!

Hope everyone is having a great 2011 so far!!! We are very excited about the year ahead of us!!!  We can't wait for Sweet Pea to be here at the end of the month and for all the exciting things that having 2 kids under age 2 will bring!!! We rang in the New Year at my parent's house with some close friends and family!!  We also celebrated Scott's and a friend of ours Wyatt's 30th Birthday!! Alli got to stay up until the New Year and she loved hanging with everyone!!  The next day was a little rough for her and she and I did take 2 naps, so that was good for us!! I didn't get many pictures but here are a few that I did get!   Happy 2011!!! 

Alli, Me and Nina! Alli enjoyed the noise makers!!

Callie, Wyatt, Daddy and Alli getting ready to blow out candles!!

Blowing out the candles!

The Payne's! (All 4 of us! Do you see how big I am?!!)

Alli and Callie dancing with the singing polar bear!

Alli was being camera shy!

So here is Me and Nina!!!

Happy 2011!!!  I hope this year brings you all happiness and cheer!!!

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Happy Birthday Daddy!!!

Today is Daddy's 30th Birthday!!  Mommy says that is old!! I just think that my Dad is the best!! Every time I hear the door beep I say "Daddy" and then run to go meet him!!!  I Love to play with him and he loves to tickle me!  Me and Daddy have so much fun together!! We play catch (well, mostly it's me throwing the ball at him and him handing it back to me), we sing songs and he even watches Dora with me!!!  My favorite thing to do is give my Daddy kisses!!!  I even stop in the middle of playing to go over and give him kisses!!  Thank you Daddy for being so wonderful!! And for working so hard for Me and Mommy and Sweet Pea!!  We love you very much and hope you have a wonderful 30th Birthday!!!


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Monday, December 27, 2010

Christmas 2010

We had a wonderful Christmas this year!!  I can't remember much from last year's Christmas, I'm guessing that's from lack of sleep from having a 3 week old!  So this Christmas Alli really had a lot of fun!!!
On Christmas Eve, we went to our church and then headed up to McKinney to eat dinner and spend the night at my sisters so all the kids could be together!  Alli was great at church!! She kept the row behind us entertained by tickling Uncle Jim and waiving to everyone!  She was even good at dinner! She got a little tired towards the end of dinner but nothing that laying her head down for a seconds couldn't fix!!  After dinner we went back to my sisters where the kids put on there Christmas jammies, sang Christmas songs, wrote a letter to Santa and then finally went to bed sometime around 11!!! (the adults then played Catchphrase and watched Christmas Vacation and went to bed around 2 am)

Then on Christmas morning (7:30am) the big kids woke up and we had to stall them for a little bit so that everyone could get back over to my sisters to watch the kids open presents.  We also had to wake Alli up!  So finally around 8:30 we went down stairs and opened presents!!  Alli had a lot of fun with all the wrapping paper and boxes!! She loved opening the gifts and she got lots of fun toys!!  I didn't get many pictures but Scott has all it on video so we can look back at this Christmas years from now!! 

After opening presents and eating breakfast, we headed back home to get ready for Christmas dinner at our house with Scott's side of the family!  We hung out, opened presents and then had a ham and turkey dinner!  It was so much fun to be with everyone! We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!!!


Family Christmas picture!

Grammy and Grampy!! 

Scott and Uncle Jim! (don't they look so cute?!!)

Me and Alli!

All the kids in their matching outfits!

Alli taking a break!

Showing us how she uses a spoon!

Playing with Grampy's glasses!

The kids playing around!

Alli drying her hair with Cousin Callie's blow dryer!

Christmas morning!!!

Alli got a Alli-sized Dora doll!! 

We all wear hats for Christmas. The ax that Andy got seemed to fit with Grampy's hat!! 

Alli eating breakfast!

Alli and Lucy opening presents!! Alli got bear-claw slippers from Aunt Lindsay and Uncle Lucas!

Logan!

Uncle Lucas!

Uncle Brad and Aunt Mackenzie!

Aunt Taylor!

Cousin Lucy showing off her ballerina outfit!

Alli feeding Lucy's baby doll some juice!

All the sisters! 

It was a great Christmas and time for bed!! 

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Pictures with Santa!

This year I went a little overboard with Alli and Santa.  She got to see Santa 3 different times!!  I guess I was trying to make up for not taking her last year when she was just a few weeks old!!! The first Santa we went to was at our Church (see previous post).  That was nice because we were able to take our time to get Alli warmed up to Santa. 

The second Santa was "our" Santa.  I call it "our" Santa because it was the one that Scott and I got engaged at!!!  Would you believe it after 5 years he still remembers us!! He was actually telling the girls that work there about us earlier the same day we came to see him. He asked me if I got the furniture for our new house that I had asked for that day.  How cool is that?!?!  He was very sweet with Alli and we told him that he is good luck!! We look forward to taking both kiddos to him next year!! 

The third Santa was the one my sister goes to.  We went with them so we could get a Grandkids picture for my parents.  Let's just say that Alli was either "Santa'ed" out or it was because I just set her on Santa's lap and walked away, but she was not a fan of this Santa!! At least we have the classic baby crying on Santa's lap picture!  Hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas!!!!

First time meeting Santa!

Alli with 'our" Santa!!
Scott and I five years ago!!!  (I know I'm blocking Santa, but it was the same one!!)

Alli saying "bye" to Santa!

Third times a charm!!!  Can you tell that she just wants out of there?!!