Fun with Pappy and Grammy

Allie got to spend several days with her Pappy and Grammy last week. Since they live in Mississippi, we don't get to see them that often. Despite Pappy having a rather traumatic accident mid-way through the visit, we had a wonderful time; and Allie experienced several "firsts."

She had her first ride on a train, her first ride on a carousel, her first trip to the fair, her first pony ride and her first visit to the Emergency Room (for Pappy, not her). What a week!

Allie's favorite things were the carousel (that she liked to watch as much as she liked to ride), the pony and all the animals at the fair.

Here are a few pictures from our fun-filled week:

She's a Big Girl Now!

So, Allie's latest endeavor is feeding herself. She is rapidly widening the number of foods she thinks she should feed herself, including spaghetti and rice casserole in addition to peas, carrots, etc. It's interesting, takes a lot of patience and gets VERY messy!

Allie LOVES football, music, animals and outside. She isn't shy at all. The other day, we went to a playdate with several other kids, some much bigger than her. She ran right in the middle of them and didn't seem concerned when they bumped into her. She only got upset when she realized she couldn't do all the stuff the bigger kids could do.

She has seven teeth and we can see white under the surface in a couple of places, plus her gums are quite swollen in a few other places. As history has shown us, that could mean a bunch of teeth tomorrow or another one in a month or so. Who knows?

She's definitely a "busy" baby. She's always doing something. She's rarely still and quiet. She doesn't walk when she can run. In other words, we're worn out!

She has a beautiful smile, a precious laugh and a mischievous glint in her eyes.













Game Day!



Uncle Justin and Aunt Tonya sent Allie the cutest stuffed rabbit that doubles as a radio. She walks around hugging him and swaying to the music. It's too cute!

New Blog

Just so you know, we have not abandoned our blog:) In fact, we plan to put up a new post later this week complete with some cute pictures of Little Miss.

However, we want to share with our blog readers a new blog to add to your collection: http://amomlikeme.blogspot.com/. Joy just started it this weekend. Currently, there are three posts on it, complete with one sweet comment! When you go to the site, you'll read all about the purpose and why she did it; but, briefly, it's a blog by a mom about motherhood, life, current events, etc. to serve as an encouragement for other mothers and to provide a resource for moms to find helpful mom-related websites, etc. Joy also hopes to use her journalism skills at some point to include Q&As with well-known (and possibly even quite famous) mothers--that's a work in progress (and a bit of a pipe dream), so we'll see.

Please tell all your friends who are moms about the blog and encourage them to pass the word along as well. Joy hopes to have a lot of comments and feedback from dedicated readers.

If you'd like, you can subscribe to the blog; so you will receive an email any time Joy adds a post. Let us know what you think!