Summer 2014 Allison 4 years old and MP 16 months

We moved into our new house on July 8th. We love it and I am really excited about living in a new small town and the neighborhood. Its a lot of young families and all very nice. Sara and JT live right around the corner which is awesome because we see them a lot and its really helpful at times as all of our girls (although MP still young) play well together. I am still working part time, the girls having been going to Mindy's occasionally and other than that I have them. They spent about a week in Crockett with the Driskells while we moved. It was really helpful. We haven't seen mom/fred in a while with the move etc, but Fred is finished with treatment (12 weeks- 6 weeks chemo, 6 weeks chemo/radiation). He is in a lot of pain right now. We are headed to Houston Thursday (Nat, the girls, and I) and Will is coming on Friday since he needs to go into the office. We are staying the next week in houston as well while he has an audit which will be nice so we can see them a bit more than just the weekend. We are keeping our fingers crossed the everything works out that mom/fred will be in the dallas area soon vs houston which is such a hard trip to make. The girls are good. Allie turned the big 4 years old. WE LOST LAMBY at the fourth of july parade. She did really well at first without him much better than I thought she would, but lately she has been really sad and talking about how she just wants him back. She doesn't want another one either. I may buy her one and get her name on it even though she says she doesn't want it. We have been off and on with attitude :) she is so sweet sometimes and then just the opposite others. My nerves have not been good and I have to work on it b/c I know she is little and I am hard on her. I just lose it sometimes. I call myself Mean Mommy as I know she thinks I am. Its a fine line in your head going from being too hard on her to not being hard enough. I also think I need to play more on her level vs always trying to get things done vs just being in the moment. I really am trying to work on that, but again its so hard. Esp when you can't devote your attention to one to complete a task as the other one is needing you and your attention. I know lots of parents feel the same. ITS HARD but fun too. The girls love the new house with the playroom and outside. Still getting used to though. Allie is sleeping in her own bed but comes in every night in the middle of the night to get in bed with us. We have to stop this new habit but I am just glad she is in her room from the beginning of the night. In the last week I am starting a new routine Dinner, Bath, play, watch TV. then at 7 start book time, Allie likes reading books in playroom so that MP can read with us, but MP is not the best reading partner but she still hears our voice reading as she walks around finding stuff to play with. Then I get Allie to brush her teeth, potty, and get in bed. We still have to lay down with her until she falls asleep. ANOTHER habit we need to break. MP is pretty easy, once we play and "read" I get her dressed as she hates to get dressed right after bath and is almost always in her diaper. I just put her in her crib with her paci (ANOTHER HABBIT we need to break) and turn on her music. Then she sleeps until 645-7 but I don't go to her until like 710. She sometimes still wants a bottle and sometimes I give in, but for the most part we don't do bottles anymore. Occasionally if she gets up in middle of night and is not going back to bed than I will get up and give her bottle but last night I turned off monitor. MP is into everything right now, probably bc she has an older sister, but loves to change her baby and put lotion on her. She talks a lot but you can't understand her but she is very serious that you know what she is saying. These days she loves loves loves Ketchup :) just puts her whole hand in it and doesn't want anything to dip with it. ITS AWESOME :) Allie has really started loving broccoli. IM LOVING IT, she honestly has gotten so much more easy with foods. She likes a lot more THANK THE LORD. She still loves pizza, spaghetti, lasagne, but loves cream of broccoli soup. She loves ice cream, often orders vanilla shakes. LOVES creamed corn,the kind I make from shucking the corn off the cobb. MP loves almost all food :) she loves to eat, little girl is always hungry. She needs her head every time she wants a snack. They both love fruit esp strawberries and watermelon. Don't know how many things she has stained as I haven't gotten a bib on her in time. MP is so curious and right now at 16 months gets so mad when I put her shoes on and now her outfits. She thinks she can do it. She is pretty smart although I think its because she has an older sibling. She loves to swing at the park. She loves to say uh huh. Allie got a doll house for her birthday. She got some other barbie stuff as well. She has gotten into dress up more as well. Loves the princess dolls. For Allies' birthday we had 7 girls all meet at a small boutique for little girls where they got their nails, hair, dressed up in dresses, and had a fashion show. they got to do karaoke too. It really as very cute. They took care of everything at the party. It wasn't stressful at all at the party I enjoyed it, a little part of me missed the big birthday party but in the scheme of things I was glad not to be stressed. AS WE know i get stressed pretty easily. Lately I have started working out and take the girls, we go to a story time occasionally in Prosper, I get babysitters some so I can work. Wee get together with Sara and her girls a lot and we do errands in town. It actually goes by quickly by the time I work out do an errand or two then have lunch, nap for MP and rest time for Allie (she watches a movie) then we either go swimming or play around and I get dinner ready. Will is usually home by 530. We really like the Methodist church up here too. Put Allie in VBS, I volunteered and was the leader for 25 kids. IT was interesting :) Other than that things are really good. The girls are fun ages, but can be trying at times.

May 2014

Lots to report-- I quit my hospital job in March due to them cutting my hours which was the best thing. I have so enjoyed being with the girls more and just working for my dad. I didn't realize how stressed that job made me, although I am forever grateful I was only doing in part time. just being done with it all together has just made a huge difference in how I am feeling. Anyways I pulled Allison from Primrose at the beginning of May because we have been traveling with Will -- one week in Natchez MS which was fun but hard because we were in a small hotel room with MP trying to take naps and me/Allison just sitting in the room while she napped. Then we went to Seaside FL with a large group of friends -- nat/wyatt/scarlett (9mo), Jen/Patrick/Cole (3), Andrea/Jason/Sidney (3)/ Everett(17mo), Alaina/Brett/Parker (19mo) all in a four story house. It was a lot of fun though even though there were seven kids under the age of four. There were two kitchens and two living areas therefore we weren't all sitting on top of each other. So we were on the road for two weeks and then drove back on Saturday for 12.5 hours with the girls. They did awesome!!!!!! but 5 hours of barney was quite brutal, but hey it did the trick. That is the only show at this point that MP will actually watch and is mesmerized by that dang purple dinosaur. Things are pretty good though except for the Fred has been diagnosed with Tounge/Throat cancer stage four. he is currently going through chemo. I went up there the week of the biopsy and then the girls and I went to houston for a week, actually the week before we went to Natchez. So we have been traveling machines. We got back Saturday night and are leaving tomorrow night (thurs) for Wimberley for the 5th annual crawfish boil. Then we are going with Will to San Antonio to play around while he has an audit. Although we have been so busy it has helped time go by while we are in apt. We aren't supposed to get into new home until beginning of July. I was hopeful that it might be the end of June but don't think that will happen. Its pretty cool to see it all come together, every time we go in something new has come together. I think we are going to love the layout of this house, its very open and one story. the backyard is something Will wanted bigger but for now I think it will be great. Sara/Jt live right around the corner and its a very family oriented neighborhood so it seems. I am excited to move to Prosper. The girls are growing up so fast. Allison is doing very well it seems, we still have our melt downs but not nearly as much. Not sure if its age, or that she has been with me/family more but nonetheless she is at a great age. She is loving to swim and play. She has also really learned how to play with others and connect with other children. She isn't as shy as she has been and often at times asks people their names and ages, like waitresses and strangers. Used to she would just stick her tounge out at them :). She does well in restaurants still not a huge eater though and that along with sleeping in our bed are her biggest battles. She loves queso and chips so mexican food restaurants are not an issue, and she loves cheeseburgers, chicken, pork tenderloin, steak. I usually can get her to eat some type of meat and fruit. But not really veggies besides corn or green beans. UGH..... She loves to paint and do art stuff. She loves loves loves to play hide n seek or princess games. She is just getting into the princess stage and wanting to dress up more. She wants a princess bday party which we are trying to figure out if we are going to wait to get into house and do a later bday party or just celebrate it somewhere around here. MP is crazy crazy these days but funny as can be. She is still chubby which I absolutely adore and love to just hug and kiss on her. She is very sweet but these last few days I have started to see her toddler side come out. IF she wants something and you don't let her have it she throws a royal fit and arches her back cries screams. OH fun times ahead indeed. I usually can distract but will say this last week it has not proven to do much good. She really is so funny though. she carries her baby around and pats its bottom. She carries a purse around with her too. She also loves to eat but as of this week that is not really striking her fancy like it used to. She doesn't really have a favorite food as she eats most anything. She says mama, dada, dog, ball, hi but just walks around with her bowlegged ways and just yells/talks/laughs in gibberish. She loves dogs though and every time she sees one she goes crazy. She loves to dance too. also when at restaurants she just will look at people until they look at her. she will move her head back and forth until she gets attention from someone other than her immediate family. she really is such a ham. she still likes to cuddle and give open mouth slobbery kisses. She wakes up around 7am and is still taking 2 naps. she has breakfast but won't eat her usual bananas anymore, guess she is over that. loves the applesauce in a squeeze pouch. she also likes feeding herself with forks etc. She is def over me feeding her or having no utensils to feed herself from her highchair. she is also not very cautious and often will just fall off things or go for things hoping for the best, such as on a bed and getting down. instead of looking at the edge etc she just walks off and one of us catches her. with the pool she just screams to let her jump in but we are still working on finding what kind of life vest will work b/c the puddle jumper does not work on her, she is still too small. Its a fun time in our lives right now. Its still hard at times, can't go to restaurants (b/c of MP) for more than 20 minutes without a meltdown and her falling from her highchair or screaming and she still needs to go to bed at 730 as she gets pretty cranky. I am still very much enjoying her having two naps which usually are about 1.5 hours each. The girls fight, a lot of times Allison will take a toy she is playing with and MP will not have it and just yell/cry etc. I am excited when they will be able to play more which yes I know will mean more fighting but will also be nice for them to watch movies together. Allie wants to share a room with her. schedule as of now with the girls: wake up at 7am, eat breakfast (allison obsessed with pancakes) play some with toys, MP down at 930/10, Allison watches tv in the mornings (jake and the neverland pirates, sofia the first, doc mcstuffins) and then when sissy (allison insists on calling her that and she is sister) we try to do something or read books etc. Then do errands in between the next naps which are around 200-230. eat dinner around 6 baths at 630/7 and then sleep around 745/8. Allison is still really really hard to put to sleep. she doesn't nap anymore which helps once she calms down enough to go to sleep. so i would say that and eating are our biggest struggles. They like to eat apple sauce, peanuts for allie, ham/cheese roll ups, pretty much all fruit, apples with PB (bought the natural kind and Allie makes me top it with sugar :) go figure!! I tried that stuff and its nasty. no more of that. they eat goldfish, almonds, graham crackers.

MP turns ONE

We just got back from Crockett for MP's birthday and dedication. It really was a great weekend, and so less stressful than putting a big party together. We did a milk and cookie themed family birthday party. Mom/Fred, Dad, Nat/Wyatt, Jim/Sabrina/Chayse and Jude; Mr/Mrs Driskell; sabrinas parents were all there. We made burgers and baked beans and also had chips. We got her the cutest milk and cookie cakes with a matching smash cake- chocolate of course and yellow cake. we started the party around 4 which would have given MP plenty of time for naps etc and she had all of her naps that day but she was sooooo tired most of her party but then perked up towards the end. She is so precious, she has been walking since the end of her tenth month and has gotten quite good. She falls but then gets right back up. She loves to nod her head up and down and side to side. She still dances some by moving her face back and forth and bouncing. She loves to scream at you if you are not giving her what she wants. We have been calling MP the chunkinator, haha she loves her food, but now we are calling her the cakinator- cake in ator.... bc she at first was wondering what the smash cake was about and very dainty would put her finger in it and eat some of the icing but once we smashed her hand in the cake she went after it and after it kept eating over and over. it was hilarious... she very much enjoyed her cake. we put her down soon after the party as she was one tired girl and chocolaty!! don't think that is a word but I don't care. For the desert table we had the two cakes and then had a platter full of cookies and old vintage milk bottles. It was cute. Today we had MP dedication. She didn't have a nap all morning-service started at 1030 and her dedication wasn't until 1130 so she was wild woman. I thought she was going to fall asleep like Allison but not the girl was a hit, talking screaming squirming out of the Tim (preacher)'s hands. She even wore her bonnet. Will didn't care for the bonnet but I thought she looked precious in her smocked outfit with cross bib and bonnet. Lovely :) MP loves to pick up random objects around the apartment (Which they are everywhere) because its pretty small and gets unkept very quickly. But she will just walk around with markers shoes etc in her hands until someone notices and then she wants to give it to you but if you take it she wants you to give it right back to her. She is obsessed with phones and computers and if you have one out she goes straight for it and will cry if you do not give it to her. She hates getting dressed or diaper changes, where she bucks back and screams so that is a real treat. But she is so smiling and funny most of the time. She loves her bath times and meal times for the most part although lately she has gotten bored with them much quicker than she used to. She loves italian food the most I think. She eats yogurt,sweet potatoes, chicken. Pretty much all food she will eat. She is still going to Mindys 2-3 times per week. I quit my job at the hospital and tomorrow is my last day. YIPEE!!!! anyway trying to think of other stuff to remember, MP is about 21-22 lbs but not sure height, we go to doc next week. She still take a bottle when she gets up in the morning before her naps and at night time but I give her lots of snacks. This week I will transition to giving her three meals per week with milk in her sippy. she still loves her paci and I don't feel like taking it away yet. I know now is probably the time but nope not going to do it. Not sure when I will switch her to her new car seat, she is still in her carrier. She is wearing 12-18 month clothes. She loves to follow Allison. Allison calls her sissy and Allison's name is sister, Allison is very particular if you do not call them by those names. We still put the sound machine on some, but not as much as we did for Allie, we don't travel with the sound machine when we go out of town. Its so interesting on your second child as you just aren't as stressed or at least I am not. For example with Allison's dedication I was freaking out because she hadn't taken a nap before the service. But with MP I just kept her up and went with it and did not worry if she acted a fool, fell asleep, whatever. They are breaking ground on our house tomorrow. They still think we will be in by the end of July. MP's words are daddy, da da, da for dog. she is probably saying more but i can't translate yet. She loves to take things in and out of things, like a drawer, she takes everything out of the living room coffee table.

MP 10 months and Allie 3.5

Well lets see, Christmas has come and gone. It was a great Christmas but will admit I get stressed out over the holidays lots going on. We hosted everyone at our house Christmas Day and we went to Natalie's place for Christmas Eve. Nat/Wyatt/baby Scarlett, our family, Dad, and Mom/Fred. It went pretty well, everyone on their best behavior. We enjoyed getting everything ready for Santa. Allie got the princess barbies, a double stroller with twin baby dolls, big blocks, games, sofia, trying to think what else. MP got a kitchen, a play house that sings (allie had one like it :) ) a play phone etc. Will post pictures. I will say we were so excited to wake up and see how excited Allison was for Christmas. In her defense or my disclaimer she was sick-took her to doc on xmas eve and she had the beginning stages of walking pneumonia. She also didn't go to bed early the entire time that Christmas break started. Well she was in a terrible mood I'm not sure if she was overwhelmed by the amount of stuff or how excited we all were just staring at her to see how excited she was... who knows but she reverted back to acting like she was 2 or when MP was born. She went to her room probably 10 times and cried multiple times. She watched movies too as she didn't want to come outside. It was hard and disappointing at times because you wanted everyone to be excited and happy. But at times she was great!!! Things have been going well. WE SOLD OUR HOME, and we are now living in an apartment. We decided to move to Prosper and to build a home. We wanted a one story home with 4 bedrooms, and office and a playroom. We didn't really find anything we liked too well so now we are waiting to get into our room which is supposed to take 7 months. We will see. MP started walking. She has been taking steps at the beginning of her 10mo but not full on walking until last Friday which was Jan 31st. She is still crawling at times and is still pretty wobbly but its so cute. She loves to dance too. Loves to move her head back and forth... just precious. She still loves to eat which is great. She pretty much will eat most things esp loves spaghetti and pizza. But also black beans, corn, potatoes, mac cheese etc. Honestly haven't had something she refused. Not a huge fan of avocados though. Her schedule is still about the same. She wakes up about 645-7 has a bottle (drinks about 5oz) and then plays until about 9-930. She loves to put balls into things or take things in and out of something. She is also in the in between stage where she cries at you b/c she wants u to pick her up. She just will sit there at your leg crying until you pick her up, gets quite annoying as you are trying to get different things done but thats the age. I will say she is incredibly cute and sweet. She is still so squishy!! i love to hug on her and she gives the best kisses. Open mouthed and all. She loves giving Will kisses. She still has not really said mama. She has said dada and I think she has said dog. But other than that I can't make out the words. She usually naps from 930-1045/11. She then eats lunch which I usually give her leftovers as to what we had to eat, pizza, rotisserie chicken, yogurt, apple sauce, etc. Then we play some more or go on errands and then she naps around 1-130. She will sleep to about 3/330 then I give her a snack and then we go get Allison about 4. From there we get home and we play a bit and/or if not enough time I get stuff ready for dinner and we eat play a little then bath time about 630. then I give her a bottle at about 7 and she goes to bed. She drinks bottles before she goes down for her naps. She still is in her car seat with base not her forward facing one. She is wearing 6-12 but now I am putting her in 12-18. She has four teeth on the bottom and 4 teeth on the top. She is a mess. INTO everything. Loves to put everything in her mouth. We taped up things on the wall as she has already tried to put her hand in the holes. She puts anything on the floor in her mouth. KEEPS ME ON MY TOES. Allie doing well. She still has her attitude but when she is in a good mood she is precious! She is really into playing school, or babies. Often at times she has me be a teacher and she is a teacher and we take turns reading to the stuffed animals. She also likes to play with blocks and build things. She loves legos. She also loves to play with the farm animals and the farm that Mel Mel and poppy got MP for Christmas. Allie also got all sorts of stuff for xmas lile her grocery store register along with lots of groceries. They are all in storage now but before we moved she set up store all the time and we would go shopping b/c she got a really cool grocery cart from them too. Papa D got her some great cowboy boots. Grandmother/Grandaddy got her a frozen doll, minnie mouse umbrella. Allie does so much cute stuff. She loves to dance still and listen to music. She loves quesadillas, queso, hamboogers haha instead of hamburgers, loves pizza, idea cream, only velveta mac and cheese, corn, peas, etc. We try to get allie in bed by 830 but its hard. allie still fights us to sleep with us every night, she doesn't like sleeping by herself. when we do get her in her bed we read stories usually 4- she picks out bernstein bears, poodalena, lady and the tramp, goodnight moon etc. She usually gets up at about 745 eats her usual honey nut cherrios watches a show usually jake and the never land pirates gets ready for school in her uniform then off to school. then i get her depending on if i am at the hospital or not about 430. then we play eat dinner take bath at 630 with siwster is how allison calls her, and then she watches a tv show before we try to start reading at like 8. We got her hair cut recently, She looks so old, cannot believe she is 3.5. HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE.

Holiday Season

Well we went to Thanksgiving this year in Crockett. We had a great time. We went to the Christmas Tree Farm on Saturday and then the Polar express that evening. Thanksgiving was great. We really enjoyed Crockett, we hung out quite a bit at the house but it was really nice. MP was quite cranky b/c her two front teeth were coming in and then Allison had fever the morning of thanksgiving so needless to say that morning 12am-6am of thanksgiving was almost every hour we were up with the girls. It had been quite a while when we have had a night like that. But luckily it was nothing more serious than a cold and teething so they were able to enjoy their cousins and crockett as well. I made a corn casserole and a millionaires delight. Allison really enjoys her cousins its so cute, Josh helps take care of her. Maegan and Chayse were great with MP and helped just walk her around b/c she was very cranky. I gave her ibuprofen every 4 hours, you could just tell she was in so much pain. As for the xmas tree farm we had a great time, didn't stay too long which was good. MP and Allison both were terrified of santa. Will and I are going to take the girls again so we will see if they do better. WE found a great tree, rode on a trailer to go saw it down and all. 9 Months: MP started more solid foods-table food. Her first meal was spaghetti. SHE LOVED IT!!!! couldn't get enough in her, she has also been eating rotisserie chicken, corn, green beans, mac/cheese, yogurt. She is so cute right now. She weighs about 19 lbs and is wearing 9-12 mo clothes. She is so funny. She stands on her own for a while but hasn't yet taken a step. She is clapping and just started waving. She has said da da and maybe mama but nothing too definite. She LOVES climbing the stairs. WE start her on one side of the house and then it gives us a minute or two to do something before she is at the bottom of the stairs. She is very difficult trying to get dressed as she just wants to roll over and crawl away. She makes the funniest noises and her laugh is just the cutest thing ever. She still at times will get up in the middle of the night but its def not the norm. she goes to bed around 7pm and we go get her around 645-7. She naps around 9 for either 1.5 hours or 2 and then sleeps again around 1 for 1.5-2. She drinks about 5oz of formula although still getting some breastmilk b/c I still have some frozen. We took Allison to see her first movie at the movie theatre. We saw Frozen. She loved it, her eyes were so big. We got popcorn and she wanted skittles. She has gotten into christmas a lot more this year and loves to sing the Christmas songs. Anytime we are out and about she screams I SEE SANTA!!! She has an elf named Revelie (Will swears he didn't tell her to name it that, but I'm still skeptical). We wake up every morning to see where he has moved to again. The only crazy thing he has done is toilet paper the stair well. (Its nice that Allison gets up later these days as one of us is always up with MP before Allie gets up). I see Revelie move quite often in those hours of the morning. :) Allie doesn't know yet what to really ask for from Santa, she seems to still be figuring it out in how this all works. But for now she wants a doll. We went to American girl for the first time, what an amazing and crazy place. THE DOLLS CLOTHES WERE AS MUCH AS THE AMT I SPEND ON THE GIRLS CLOTHES. But she found a double stroller that she pushed around the store the entire time. SHE LOVED IT, so I found a cheaper on on amazon. SO got other stuff we are going to get and I am having fun figuring out what to give. She is still a picky eater, and has been sleeping with us for quite a while so our next goal is to get the bedtime routine figured out again. Its just so much easier throwing her in our bed and all just sleeping vs going upstairs for 1 hour or more to just try and get her down. She is really into drawing, blocks-building things, Sofia, princesses, and books lately. She likes playing school where I am on of her teachers and she is the other. She lines all the stuffed animals around or asks me and will to sit down on the floor while she reads to us. She loves eating at mexican food restaurants (queso) she is my child, loves cheese quesadillas, she states she doesn't like chicken anymore loves PB, honey nut cherrios, spaghetti, PIZZA is her favorite- cheese at the moment. Here are some pics from the past holiday:

MP 8 Months and Allison 3yrs

My My My, nothing to say for myself. I have to give myself a deadline or I wont post, which was 4 months ago. Things are busy around the Driskell home. MP is crazy active, started crawling at 6 1/2 months. She sat up at 5 months and I thought she was going to crazy earlier than she did b/c she was constantly on her hands and knees rocking back and forth. As well as her downward dog yoga pose. haha. She is a mess. Very cute and so smiley. She has a cute personality and PUTS EVERYTHING I MEAN EVERYTHING IN HER MOUTH. She loves to eat too, which the only thing so far she does not like are green beans! Mixed veggies are not her favorite. She likes squash but wants it mixed with pears or something, sweet potatoes, loves sweet peas, of course all fruits. She is also a big fan of oatemal and fruit. She likes cereal too. We havent started table food which I feel she is ready so we may start that a little earlier than what doc thinks which she said we need to start it at 9 months. Allison is doing great, she is growing and its so cool to have such grown up conversations with her. She still has the cute proununciation of all words its quite endearing. She is really into jake and the never land pirates while she eats breakfast in the mornings. She loves the movies annie, littler mermaid, finding nemo (Honestly all disney), love real kids movies like pippy longstocking. She plays with blocks a lot and leggos, loves to build things. Still not too into dress up unless Kynleigh comes over. She is still a very picky eater, loves quesedillas, pizza, not a big fan of chicken these days, spaghetti, loves most fruits, only eats honey nut cherrios for breakfast, loves croissants. I give her daily vitamins (gummies) and 1 claritin per day which I really think helps her. She is very independent and wants to do things by herself, get dressed, bathe, etc. She wears 3t and size 6-7 shoe. she loves MP, but complains when she pulls her hair. She tries to carry her a lot but I have to obviously intervene. MP is obsessed with remotes and cell phones. SHE LOVES BABY mum mums. She prefers store bought baby food-which I get the organic and try different flavors hoping she will not be picky. She goes down about 7pm and sleeps until 6-630. We put a paci clip on her clothes and she listens to music all night long. She is still getting some breastmilk but prefers the taste of forumla as the BM is frozen. I quit breastfeeding at about 5 months but had enough saved to make it to 6 months exclusively but had enough to last until probably 9 months with 1/2 formula too. She loves her jumper but then gets mad if she is in it and no-one else is in the room. SHE IS crazy trying to get dressed these days as she turns over and crawls away, kindof a beating trying to get her to sit still. SHE LOVES TO GET BAILEYS dog food. She is talking quite a bit, and I think I have heard both dada and mama, but its not distinct enough. She also started at about 7 months holding her arms up so that you can pick her up. She is so cute in her crib when its night night time in that she pulls up (7mo) and sits there and giggles if your still in the room. I play a game where I sneak up by the crib where she is standing and play peek a boo, she just squeals with laughter. She is wearing 6-12 and pretty much in 9mo clothing. She is a good baby but dramatic at times :).Having a lot of fun with both, its just crazy how fast time is going by. I cant believe we are in the holiday season.

Halloween, Thanksgiving, Beginning of Christmas 2012

OH the holidays!!! Its been a good couple of months, busy for sure but a lot of fun. Things are about the same working on potty training, UGH :) although she has done quite well we are going through a small regression at this time. About a month ago she started wearing big girl panties all the time which for the most part we were no having a lot of accidents although she has a harder time with #2, which is to be expected I guess. But this past week it has been every day there seems to have been an accident, but Im going to try and bribe harder :) Terrible I know. anyways Halloween was a lot of fun, we went over to Sara and Jt's and they had her brother and wife over there with their child. The girls had a lot of fun, Allison was a pink pig this year for halloween and the McCarroll girls were princesses. OH I FOGROT to say we found out we are having another girl. We found out October 22nd. We werent that shocked, I felt for sure that it was a girl and Will at the appointment said he was 99% sure it was a girl, but it was indeed confirmed. We are excited. I am glad Allison will have a sister. We are still trying to decide on a name. Its SO HARD on the second girl, Allison we knew right away but we cannot decide and are quite picky. But back to Halloween, we went over to their house ate hot dogs and chili and then took the kiddos. It actually got dark quite quickly so it was hard to take a lot of pictures, which I was sick about. But I got quite a few at our work halloween party and her primrose party. For thanksgiving we went to Mama Mel and Poppy's. Nat and Wyatt were there, they have moved back from NY. We had a great time. Mama Mel made cookies with Allie, and Allison played with all of the toys Mama mel has at her house not to mention the new ones she had bought for her. She also watched Finding Nemo all of the time as well as that has been her new obsession and will often watch it 2 times per day not all the way of course. I need to get her some new movies as she really has gotten into them vs. Elmo/Mickey Mouse etc. Aww she is getting older. She is also talking so much, its precious.