The Shown Family

Going Potty like a big girl

2009-09-14T19:05:00.002-05:00

We are attempting to potty train Alli for the 2nd time. She was almost fully potty trained before Malari arrived, but then regressed...so we are trying again. Here she is showing off her stickers becasue so far today she has gone potty on the big girl potty twice...

Alli got a Tattoo!!!!

2009-09-14T18:52:00.006-05:00

There is a historic site just outside of Pleasant Plains called Clayville that has been shut down for several years. Well the Pleasant Plains Historical Society purchased Clayville recently and have been doing a wonderful job of cleaning it up. Over Labor day weekend they held a car show and had other activities there as well such as crafts, there was a person with really neat old guns, plus lots of food and some activities for the kids. Well, here are a few pics of Alli getting her 1st Tattoo. It took us what seemed like forever to pick it out, but I guess that's a good thing, tattoo's are a big decision. She ended up with Blue from Blue's Clues. She wasn't real sure about the lady putting it on, but after it was over she had to show EVERYONE her puppy, LOL. Malari decided that she didn't want a tattoo, she would sleep instead.

A Do it yourself family photo

2009-09-14T18:36:00.002-05:00

We wanted a picture of the 4 of us, since the only picture we had of the 4 of us was the day Malari was born...so here is what we got when we attempted to take a family picture by ourselves...at least 1 turned out ok =)

Putting up the swing...

2009-09-14T18:09:00.010-05:00

Aaron and I stoped at a re-sale shop one day and bought the girls a new to them swing. Here are a few pictures of Aaron and Alli putting up the swing while Malari & I supervised. Malari & I agree that they did a nice job. Both girls just love it.

We took the girls to the park...

2009-09-04T08:17:00.002-05:00

I took the girls into town one day during the week and we met up with Aaron for lunch. We had a sack lunch at the park and then took Alli over to play on the playground equipment. She had a blast, while Malari slept through it all, lol

Just a few more misc pics.

2009-09-04T07:50:00.005-05:00

I find that now that I am home with the girls I don't take nearly as many pics of them as when I wasn't at home...I wonder why that is? I guess because I see them all the time. Anyway, here are just a few more misc. pics we took one night.

Just a few Misc. Pics.

2009-08-25T10:52:00.002-05:00

Here are just a few misc pics I took of the girls with my cell phone. For those of you who don't know Alli just LOVES music & Shoes. Well I had to take the picture of her with the harmonica while I was getting my own personal concert, it was wonderful =) Alli also thought Malari needed shoes on, and since we didn't have any with us, she let Malari borrow hers, she does share very nice (when she wants to).

Malari the Babysitter

2009-08-25T10:36:00.003-05:00

From time to time Alli needs a sitter for her baby while we do things, like take a bath & get dressed. It really is a good thing that Malari is able to do so on such short notice. She does a really good job to, we never hear baby cry. Alli is sweet and pays her in hugs and kisses when she is able to take care of baby again.

Alli & Malari Match =)

2009-07-30T09:22:00.002-05:00

A friend of ours got the girls matching outfits, so here they are looking just as cute as can be!!!!

We went to the St. Louis Zoo

2009-07-30T09:09:00.004-05:00

Here are a few pics from our trip to the St. Louis Zoo a couple of weeks ago. We went with some friends and their kids and some other friends of theirs & their kids. Total there ended up being 17 of us. We all had a good time, but I got to visiting with everyone and didn't take many pictures at all...so here is what I do have.

We went to the Zoo on Thursday

2009-07-15T09:04:00.005-05:00

I was feeling pretty good, so on Thursday we went to the Henson Robinson Zoo in Springfield. Alli had a good time. She got to pet a donkey, a sheep and a goat. She thought that was pretty neat. Malari slept the whole time, so we were able to stay at the zoo and enjoy it for a couple of hours.

We went to the park on Friday

2009-07-15T07:38:00.007-05:00

Since Aaron had a weeks vacation when Malari was born we decided to do some fun things with the girls. We went to the park on Friday with some friends of ours who have a 1 year old. Kameron & Alli always have fun playing together. The 1st picture is Alli showing her sister off to Kameron.

Who's Who???

2009-07-12T09:14:00.004-05:00

Everyone keeps asking us if Alli & Malari look alike, so we thought we would let you be the judge. Some people say yes and others no. Here are pictures of both of them the day they were born...who's who??? No cheating!!!!

Alli & Malari

2009-07-11T10:55:00.006-05:00

Alli is adjusting very well to being a big sister. She really enjoys helping where she can and holding Malari. She loves to give her hugs and kisses too.

We had lots of visitors...

2009-07-11T10:25:00.004-05:00

We had proud grandma's & grandpa's, a great grandma & a great grandpa. There were also proud Uncle's, cousins & friends that were able to join us. Unfortunatly we did not get pictures of everyone, but we did enjoy having everyone visit. We can't wait to get Malari to see the rest of our family and friends who weren't able to make it to the hospital.

Introducing Malari Lynn Shown

2009-07-11T10:11:00.002-05:00

Malari was born on 7-6-09 at 11:06 AM. She weighed 7 pounds 5 ounces and was 19 3/4 inches long. Alli is adjusting well and loves to hold her baby sister.

Trying to catch up...before the next baby gets here =)

2009-06-08T15:39:00.004-05:00

Sorry it has been so long since my last post, I have been on bedrest for 10 weeks now so not much has gone on for me. Here are just a hodge podge of pictures from the last few months. Aaron takes Alli to the park or off to play and takes pictures so that I can see how much fun they are having. Here are a few pics so you can see how much fun they are having as well. I can't wait until the new baby arrives (due date is July 13th) so that I can go out and enjoy the fun too!

Playing in the Snow

2009-02-07T09:14:00.003-06:00

Here we are having fun in the snow...at least until the snow went over our mittens and our hands got cold. We lasted about 10 minutes, LOL

Sketch

2009-02-03T09:30:00.003-06:00

Aaron and I recently joined facebook, and a friend of mine sent me a link to sketch pictures. I thought it was really cool and just thought I would share. The picture with Aaron & Alli is Aaron's Profile picture and the one with all three of us is my profile picture.

Christmas Time

2009-01-22T10:49:00.002-06:00

Here are a few pictures from Christmas. Alli had a good time despite all of the hives she had. Here she is in her Christmas outfit, that stayed on for about an hour. She had eaten something that she was allergic to on Tuesday night before Christmas and still had hives on Christmas day. I have more pictures to post for Christmas, but this is all I have time for now...I will try to post more soon. Time sure does fly...

The Big Birthday Bash

2009-01-22T07:50:00.008-06:00

Here are a few pictures from our Big Birthday Bash in Nov. Aaron turned 30 on Nov. 13th and Alli turned 1 on Nov. 26th, so we just threw 1 big party. Sorry you have to turn your head on a couple of these pictures, I'm at work and can't get them to rotate for some reason...I will try to fix it later.

Promised Pictures - Keri Robinson Photography

2009-01-21T16:22:00.006-06:00

Sorry it has been so long since I posted last - we have been very busy. Here are some promised pictures that my friend Keri took of Alli back in October...

Just Haning out at Granny's

2008-11-11T15:48:00.003-06:00

Just a few pictures from when we were at Nanny's aka Granny's last weekend (Nov. 1st). Grandma Maggie was in town so we all got together and had breakfast on Sunday at Nanny's.

Halloween at Daycare

2008-11-05T15:18:00.007-06:00

For Halloween Alli made Aaron and I a jac-o-lantern, here are some pictures of her painting it, she had a really great time. Then she let Jeanette & Julie (Jeannte's mom) trace her hand for the leave of the jac-o-lantern. It is pretty cute.

There are also pictures of her in her Spider outfit. All the kids brought their costumes and here are a few pictures of them.

The 1st two are of our little spider, then there is Haley as Tinkerbell and then there is Brooks as a Spider, Haley & Alli.

Preview

2008-10-23T16:20:00.002-05:00

Here are a few pictures that our friend Keri took of Alli. I will post later, I just wanted to give you a preview.

She is upset in the one picture because she wanted to eat the stem of the pumpkin, but it kept poking her. Those darn pumpkins!

The "Long Bike"

2008-10-14T09:40:00.006-05:00

The "Long Bike"...We had some friends of ours kids over this past weekend. Alec & Brady helped Aaron work on his motor for the TransAm, we played Mouse Trap and went for a few bike rides. Brady (the youngest) really liked the "Long Bike" so much that he had to try out every seat. He was funny. This was also the 1st time that I have ever seen Aaron ride in the middle. All 3 boys seemed to have a really good time. Alli, Julie (Alec & Brady's Mom) and I watched from the side, those boys were being WAY to silly for us. When it was time for the boys to leave Aaron and Alli waved bye-bye. After they left I recevied a message from Julie saying that the boys were fast asleep, and Aaron wasn't to far behind them. They all wore eachother out...Its good for them, we hope to have them over again soon.

Trip to Hannibal MO

2008-09-29T09:54:00.008-05:00

I apologize, I am very behind on blogging...We have just been so busy. Here are some pics from our visit to Hannibal MO. We went with Granny & Grampy. We tourd the Mark Twain cave and his boyhood home and the museums they had. We had a good time.

Happy Anniversary

2008-09-29T09:33:00.002-05:00

Aaron and I took our vacation in order to have our Anniversary off, We were married 8 years on 9/9/08. Here are just a few pictures from that day.

Cards Anyone???

2008-09-13T15:46:00.004-05:00

We like to play Hand & Foot which is a variation of Canasta when we can with Nanny & George. Since Alli arrived that has been a bit more difficult. Here are some of the pictures that I have taken while playing a game of cards. The things you have to do to get a game of cards in...

Hanging out with Granny

2008-09-13T15:23:00.003-05:00

We have been fortunate lately to get to spend time with Granny & Grampy. Here are a few pictures of Granny & Alli. Alli has discovered that she likes to drink out of straws, so Granny was sharing her water with Alli. Well once Alli had her first drink it became her water, when do they learn not to back wash???? Either way Granny was still nice enough to share =)

Leomons...

2008-09-13T15:06:00.006-05:00

Alli kept trying to grab the lemon off of Aaron's plate last weekend when we went out for all you can eat fish. The first bite wasn't so bad, then the second...well I think the picture is much better then any words that I could come up with, but she still went back for another bite. Aaron and I both liked lemon juice as a kid, so maybe Alli does too, but that second bite...that was priceless, I am glad that I had the camera ready.

Another Play Date with Hailey

2008-09-12T22:13:00.003-05:00

We had another play date with Hailey on September 5th. It was a lot of fun. Hailey is doing good and we look forward to more play dates. Alli did much better with Hailey this time, I think she left with only a small scratch on her face. Last time they had a play date Alli kept hitting Hailey because Hailey still was not mobile...well she is rolling over now and is able to sit up in the bumbo better, so they were able to play a little better this time.

St. Louis Science Center

2008-09-08T14:59:00.007-05:00

Well as another trip on our vacation we went to the St. Louis Science Center. It was really neat. We think it will be better when Alli is older, but she still had fun. There are lots of things that kids can do. We did get a little lost when Alli had the directions, and even more so when she ate part of them, but we managed to see dinasours, look at our veins in our arms, ride in a space car on the moon, see how tall we are and how much we weigh, and lots, lots more. We really did have a lot of fun are are looking forward to our next trip.

Don't forget to stop and smell the flowers

2008-09-02T08:15:00.005-05:00

Yesterday, Aaron, Alli and I had lunch in downtown Springfield. After our lunch we put Alli back in the car seat and were going to head on our way and do what ever our busy lives had us doing next, when Aaron turned and saw a fountain about a block and a half away. Alli loves water, so we decided to take her back out of the car seat and walk over and see the fountain. She really like it. As we were leaving we saw some flowers. Aaron was trying to get her to smell them, but she kept trying to eat them. It was funny. The last picture here looks like Aaron stuck the flower in her nose, but that was just the picture angle, which made the picture even better.

We tend to just run, run, run wherever the day takes us, it was very nice yesterday to take moment just to stop and enjoy the day as a family.

St. Loius Zoo

2008-09-01T15:31:00.006-05:00

Lions and Tigers and Bears...Oh Yes...we went to the St. Louis Zoo on Saturday and had a blast. Alli was very interested in all of the animals...well at least the ones that were moving and caught her attention. Aaron and I had a good time as well. We watched a Gorilla unscrew and drink from a gatorade bottle, then put the cap back on. It was pretty neat. We were glad after seeing the size of the mess that Elephants made that even though you could turn their poo into paper we were glad that we did not have one in our back yard. We will keep the pictures, statues, stuffed animals etc...but for the real one, we will just visit those at the zoo.

Just being Silly

2008-09-01T15:21:00.002-05:00

Here are a few pictures of Alli (and Daddy) being Silly.

The cup Alli is drinking is 100 ounces, the one Daddy is drinking 8 ounces...

Daddy chose carefully to put the Yellow ring on Alli's head, we were hoping it might cover up those hornes, hahaha

Hanging out with Grampy

2008-09-01T14:58:00.002-05:00

Here I am haning out with Grampy last weekend at his and Nanny aka Granny's house. I like Grampy's big shoes, and really had fun walking around the house with him, but I think we BOTH enjoyed just sitting on the couch together too.

Hanging Out with Grandma

2008-09-01T14:52:00.000-05:00

Just haning out with Grandma last weekend....It was fun, we talked on the phone, played peek-a-boo, walked around a just hung out...we should do it more often.

Special Rocking Horse

2008-09-01T14:38:00.002-05:00

Here I am on a Special Rocking horse. My Grandpa Jerry made this for my Uncle Jeremy when he was little. I really have fun playing on this rocking horse. And the outfit I am wearing is made by Grandma Maggie just for Daddy since it is pink camo.

Visiting with family

2008-09-01T14:23:00.002-05:00

Here we are visiting with family. Grandma came into town last weekend and we all went out to eat for all you can eat fist at a restaurant call The Pitt Stop in Ashland, IL. It has VERY good food.

Alli's 1st camping Trip

2008-09-01T13:55:00.002-05:00

Sorry it has been so long since I last posted. We have been pretty busy. Here are a few pictures from Alli's first camping trip. We had a family reunion with Cousin Kevin & Lisa Stevenson, which also brought in Grandma Aunt Lucille (Kevin's mom) Then her sister and brother in law were able to join as well. Plus we had the usual crowd of Aaron, Becky, Alli, Mom, Roger, Max, Nate, Jeremy, Erin, Nanny, George aka Grampy, Robert and of course out 4 legged family members, Domino, Ginny, Abbie, Minnie, Cinnamon and Kia...I think that was everyone. It was a HOT weekend, but we all had a good time and are hoping to do it again next year.

Fun at the Park

2008-07-29T14:27:00.003-05:00

For those of you who don't know Alli goes to a home daycare about 3 miles from my work. And since she is so close I go to visit Alli everyday at lunch. We get to play for a while then I nurse her and go back to work. On this particular day the daycare had an outing to a nearby park, so I decided to go play at the park on my lunch hour. It was a beautiful day so we played longer then we should have, but it was worth it. Alli just loves the swing and she didn't mind the airplane either.

Play Date 7-28-08

2008-07-29T11:18:00.003-05:00

Here are a few pictures from Alli & Hailey's play date last night. We have posted about Hailey before. Hailey is 6 months old according to her due date (she was born Oct. 19th), and Alli turned 8 months old on July 26th. They are both growing so much. They seemed to have fun playing. Alli was very excited and kept hitting Hailey trying to get her to play. Her mom was a trooper though and just said that it would toughen Hailey up. We are going to try and start getting the girls together more often. While we were there Alli gave Hailey a kiss, it was sweet, but as ususal the camera was not ready for that "kodak moment". Even though Alli was hitting nicely Hailey kicked Alli in excitement, you should have seen the look on Alli's face, she looked at us like "That girl just kicked me...what are you going to do about it???" It was great, we all had a good time and can't wait for the next play date.

Happy 4th of July

2008-07-08T19:27:00.002-05:00

Happy 4th of July everyone! I got to go swimming in a big pool for the first time on the 4th of July. I had so much fun. I just love the pool. I even stoped to pose for this last picture. After we got done swimming we went and watched some fireworks at the High School. They were so neat, I just loved all of the pretty colors. Mommy & Daddy said that we need to say Thank You to all of the men & women who have fought for our freedom, so from our family to yours Thank you.

Who knew?

2008-07-08T19:22:00.002-05:00

Who knew you could have so much fun with a square that has 3 holes? I was over playing at Granny & Grampy's house and I spoted this and did you know that it is really hard to crawl through? I did it, but let me tell you it was not easy. I had fun and the dogs kept me entertained too. They kept trying to come in the "play house" with me.

It's softball season

2008-07-08T19:17:00.001-05:00

Well it is softball season and I get to go to all of the games that Mommy & Daddy coach. They are a lot of fun. The girls and their families are fun to play with. I will be sad when the season ends.

The Great Outdoors

2008-07-08T19:13:00.001-05:00

I just love being outside, mommy & daddy are always outside. There are so mant things to explore. I love the grass and rocks even lightning bugs, but mom and dad don't let me taste any of them and I really want to.

Look what I found

2008-07-08T18:22:00.004-05:00

Now that I am crawling and walking along the couch I find lots of stuff. Here I found Daddy's remotes, he wasn't very happy when I tried to eat them. Mommy told me that I couldn't eat them because they didn't have any fiber in them.

Daycare

2008-06-02T15:53:00.002-05:00

Alli goes to a home daycare about 3 miles from my work. Here is a picture of the kids at her daycare. In the back row from left to right is Ryan (2 1/2) Jeannette, Brett (2 1/2). Middle row is Alli (5 months) and Brooks (5 months) then front and center is Haley (1 year). Jeanette sure has her hands full, but they all seem to have a good time together. Brooks is only 10 days older then Alli and out weighs her by 4 pounds, LOL.

Time to catch up...

2008-06-01T15:30:00.002-05:00

Well I'm sorry it has been so long since I blogged last, who knew a baby could make you so tired, LOL. She is such a joy. Alli was 6 months old on May 26th. She has changed so much. She is sitting up, playing with toys, eating stage 2 jar food (all organic)...She is doing so much I don't even know where to start. So here is a re-cap I guess of the last few months. On March 25th Alli started rolling over, on April 25th she started sitting up with help, and can now sit up all on her own, we still may tumble over, but it is more on purpose now...On May 16th she cut her first 2 teeth, both are on the bottom, and are pretty sharpe if I may say so. Yesterday May 31st she figured out how to sit up from laying down, we still aren't a master on that yet, but we are pretty good at it, when we want to be. We are VERY close to crawling...Alli will get up on all fours and wiggle that rump, she is going to take off any day now. She is just growing so fast, I'm not sure where the time when. It is now softball season so we are off doing that as well. Alli loves to go to the games and be outside and all of the girls on the team just think she is the cutest thing ever, I tend to agree with them, LOL. Well other then that not much going on around here, I will try to make my blogs a little closer together now. I hope all is well with you and your families. Take Care! Becky

Alli & Hailey

2008-06-01T15:22:00.003-05:00

This picture here is one of my favorites. Hailey is the daughter of some friends of ours Brooke & Shane. I worked with Brooke at the bank, then again where I am now. Brooke has become a stay at home mom, and I am VERY gealous. Alli & Hailey met for the first time today. Hailey was born at 24 weeks weighing in at less then two pounds. Hailey was born on October 19, 2007 along with her twin Madison (who did not make it) and Alli was born on November 26, 2007. Hailey is now 10 1/2 pounds and 22 inches long and Alli is 15 pounds and 26 3/4 inches long. They both have the same size feet (the picture is a little hard to tell, but they do). Hailey is the little miracle baby, and we can't wait to do more things with her. Brooke and Hailey are going to start coming over so we can go for walks and things like that, it will be SO much fun.

My friend Kameron James

2008-06-01T15:19:00.002-05:00

Here are a couple pictures of my friend Kameron James Marksberry. Kameron was born on 5/21/08 and was 6 pounds 14 ounces and 19.5 inches long. His daddy and my daddy are best friends, so Kameron and I will get to play together a lot when he gets bigger.

Alli & Grandma Cindy

2008-06-01T15:18:00.001-05:00

Here I am with Grandma...she and I have SO much fun together. She and I play when mommy & daddy go out on an occasional date night. She even comes by when Mommy & Daddy are home, just to see me. I love that...

I can roll over...

2008-06-01T15:09:00.002-05:00

I can roll over... I started rolling over on March 25th. I became the professional roller overer as my mom and dad say, because once I started I couldn't stop. Always on the go, go, go...

Look at me, I can sit up...

2008-06-01T15:07:00.001-05:00

Look at me, I can sit up =) I am getting quite good at it if I may say so myself. Yesterday I figured out how to sit up on my own when I am laying down. That is a pretty cool trick, who knew I could do that?

I am a good Model or what?

2008-06-01T15:04:00.001-05:00

Here I am modeling for my mommy. She loves to take pictures of me. My cousin Andrew laughs and says that my mommy will put my picture on anything...and she did or at least Grandma Maggie did...I am now on mommy's purse.

My First Time in a Hotel or was it a Motel???

2008-06-01T15:01:00.002-05:00

Here I am at the Holiday Inn in North Canton Ohio visiting my daddy who has to go away sometimes for work. Mommy & I made the 10 hour drive (7 1/2 without a baby) to see my daddy. He missed me a lot and was glad to see me. Everyone know that I can't go to long with out jumping, so mommy brought along my Johnny Jumper, but the only place to hang it was in the bathroom doorway, but it was ok...I really enjoyed jumping it in.

I can sit in a big girl chair

2008-06-01T14:59:00.001-05:00

Here I am for the first time in a Big Girl Chair =) I was on my way to see Daddy in Ohio and Mommy thought I could sit in a big girl chair all by myself, and I did it. I knew I could...

Misc. Pictures

2008-06-01T14:55:00.001-05:00

Just some misc. pictures, it has been so long since I have blogged, I apologize. We have just been SO busy... I will try to catcgh everyone up.

Valentines Day Pictures 2008

2008-02-19T18:53:00.002-06:00

Here is our cure little outfit that we wore for Valentines day that had hearts all over it. Alli is starting to move a LOT more so it seems like pictures are getting harder to take because she is moving and just won't sit still, LOL. That's ok, she's growing. To fast if you ask mom & dad she is almost 3 months old now (on Tuesday the 26th)

Pictures from Wednesday 2-13-08

2008-02-19T18:52:00.001-06:00

Just a few more pictures...you can't see them very well, but there are bears on her feet, LOL

Pictures from Tuesday 2-12-08

2008-02-19T18:44:00.003-06:00

This last picture where Alli is "eating" her hand cracks me up, she just looks HUGE. Well healthy sounds better, LOL. If you look at her other pictures she doesn't look nearly as big as she does in this picture. It must be the way I had her sitting on the couch, LOL.

Pictures from Monday 2-11-08

2008-02-12T10:53:00.000-06:00

I have added SEVERAL pictures from the last couple of weeks, with hardly any comments, and I apologize. Aaron has been out of town, so I have been taking lots of pictures and sending them to him daily, so I thought I would post a few on the blog as well. Trust me there are LOTS more then this, but this is all I really had time to post. After these last 2 weeks I really have no idea how single moms even function. I raise my hat to them. This past week and a half has been very challenging, even though Alli is a very good baby, I just can't find the time to get everything done. I guess it is because I just want to hold her all the time, but as you can see in some of the pictures she does spend time in her swing and bouncy, but there just isn't enough time in the day to get everything done. Only a few more days left until Aaron gets home and life will go back to "normal"...at least I hope. I didn't realize how much Aaron helps me out until he is gone. I have always appreciated everything he has done around the house and with Alli, but you really realize how much more when he isn't there to help.

Alli's 1st Ponytail (well kinda) Sunday 2-10-08

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Pictures from Saturday 2-9-08

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Pictures from Friday 2-8-08

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Pictures from Thrusday 2-7-08

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Pictures from Wednesday 2-6-08

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Well we have LOTS of pictures to post, but not a lot of time, once again...so here the come...Enjoy!

Alli sure is growing...

2008-02-05T11:53:00.000-06:00

Sorry I don't have time to write much, but I figured most people would just want to see the pictures anyway, LOL. So here they are. Alli is 2 months old now and at her last dr's appt she was 10 pounds 15 ounces and 23 inches long. She sure is growing. She is still such a good baby, sleeping through the night and 95% of the time is a very happy baby, smiling and cooing. She is doing great at daycare, and things seem to be going very well for us right now. I will post more pictures as we take them and will try and write more later. It is amazing how much time this little one takes...but we wouldn't trade her for the world.

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Trip to meet my Great Grandma & Grandpa

2008-01-13T11:08:00.002-06:00

Here I am with Great Grandma and my Great-Aunt Melody.

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Here I am with Grandpa, I think he pinched me in this picture.

2008-01-13T11:05:00.000-06:00

Here I am sleeping on Great Grandma. She loves to see all of her grandkids, great grandkids and her great great grandchild.

2008-01-13T11:04:00.000-06:00

Here I am with my Great-Aunt Melody. She is my Grandpa's sister. She thought I was pretty darn cute...

2008-01-13T11:03:00.000-06:00

Here I am with my Great-Uncle Randy. He is my Grandpa's brother. He lives in the great state of LA, so I don't get to see him very often, so we took advantage of the time we had.

2008-01-13T10:56:00.000-06:00

This is Great Grandpa, he wasn't feeling very well today, but he did think I was pretty cute =)

2008-01-13T10:55:00.000-06:00

Here I am with Great Grandma Ingles and a few cousins. From Left to Right is Lizzy, Maggie, Great Grandma, me, Moriah and Eric.

2008-01-13T10:54:00.000-06:00

Here I am with Aunt Teresa (Uncle JJ's wife). Daddy just told me to spit up on Aunt Teresa, and she wasn't very happy about it, LOL. Daddy was just kidding.

2008-01-13T10:53:00.000-06:00

Uncle JJ finally let Mommy get a picture while he was holding me. Mom told him that everyone would be looking at me and not him =)

2008-01-13T10:51:00.000-06:00

Still awake after a long day of visiting with almost all of my Mommy's side of the Family.

1st Day of Daycare

2008-01-13T10:44:00.000-06:00

Well we made it through our first day of daycare. We decided to put Alli in a home daycare that is about 5 minutes from my work. The woman we chose came highly recommended from a good friend of mine from work. Aaron and I went and met her and both really liked her. She is about our age and is a certified daycare provider and so is her mom who will watch Alli if for some reason Jeanette needs the day off. I think it will work out nicely. Monday (1/7/08) was her first day at daycare and I think Mom had a harder time then she did, LOL. Jeanette said that she did great! She knows how to get everyone's attention though. Alli has a shriek that you can hear for miles, thankfully it doesn't come out often, but when it does look out. She woke up from a nap and was quite hungry and did her famous shriek and all the kids in the house (a set of twins and then Jeanette's son and daughter) stopped playing and looked at Alli. Jeanette said they all looked at her like she was not human, LOL. She was very hungry when she woke up and sucked down a 4 ounce bottle in no time. All in all everyone was good, even Mom survived. Dad picked her up from her first day and she was a sleeping beauty, she had a busy day with all that eating and sleeping, LOL.

Just a few Misc. Pictures

2007-12-31T11:02:00.000-06:00

Here I am with Daddy and Cristian...

2007-12-31T11:00:00.000-06:00

Here I am with my friend Cristian Luparell. He loves to hold me and play with me.

2007-12-31T10:58:00.000-06:00

Here I am in my cow outfit...(I wore this for Nanny aka Granny because she loves Cows so much)

2007-12-31T10:49:00.000-06:00

Here I am playing (well looking) at one of my toys. I really enjoy laying on my back and looking at the world (ok family room)...

Alli's 1st Christmas

2007-12-30T17:53:00.000-06:00

Here is our 2007 Christmas picture with the entire family (minus Domino and Tigger, they wouldn't stay still).

2007-12-30T17:52:00.000-06:00

Here is my Christmas Picture by the tree.

2007-12-30T17:51:00.000-06:00

Here is a 4 generation picture. I am the first Girl on this side of the family since Grandma...

2007-12-30T17:50:00.000-06:00

Here is Grandma and Nanny (aka Granny) watching people open presents on Christmas morning.

2007-12-30T17:49:00.000-06:00

I was a bit sleepy after opening my presents so Daddy stacked some of my presents around me so that Mommy could take my picture.

2007-12-30T17:48:00.002-06:00

Here I am in my Christmas outfit that Nanny (aka Granny) got for me. Don't I look cute?

2007-12-30T17:48:00.001-06:00

Here is Uncle Jeremy and his girlfriend Erin

2007-12-30T17:46:00.002-06:00

Here I am with my Cousin Logan...he didn't want to hold me for some reason. I think he was afraid he might break me so Dad held me over by him so Mom could take our picture together.

2007-12-30T17:46:00.001-06:00

Here I am with my cousin Maggie...I think she would rather be playing softball =)

2007-12-30T17:45:00.001-06:00

Here I am with my Cousin Lizzy.

2007-12-30T17:44:00.000-06:00

Here I am with Mommy, Daddy & Great-Grandma Jean. Great-Grandma Jean in Grandpa Jerry's Mom.

2007-12-30T17:42:00.000-06:00

Here I am with my Great-Uncle Pat and Great-Aunt Diane. Aunt Diane is Grandpa Jerry's sister.