Around the House

Lately we've been busy around the house. Here's some pictures of Alissa's room. To give you a "before" mental picture- this whole room was powder blue. We would've left it if we had a boy..but needless to say :) This we finished shortly after she was born, but I haven't posted any pictures. Lori...here they are :) After talking about it for so long ha ha




We also just finished the living room..well sort of. We still have to get the wall stuff and curtains, but at least the painting was done. We're very proud of our color choice on this one. We spent about 30 seconds picking it out because Alissa was getting fussy in the store. I think that's what makes this more rewarding because we didn't over analyze the choice. We love it! I'll post pictures once we get the rest of our pictures up and the curtains bought.




This morning we had fun in her room playing with her Nikes. Daddy of course will allow her to have a shoe collection at 1! This is only 3 from her collection. It's only beginning I'm afraid.... *sigh* :)




and lastly...the girl hanging out with me this morning :) We had fun before her morning nap. Oh...and FINALLY a tooth shot! She doesn't like to open her mouth but I caught her laying on my lap. :) Super sneeky!!

And Off She Goes....

Yesterday we were eating dinner. Alissa was playing in the living room right next to us. I turned around and saw her standing with no props and moving foward to a nice big butt plant. I was in shock- Could it be my angel was walking?! I immediately starting clapping and saying "YEAH" just incase she was walking....


Today, I get a phone call. Sure enough...she is walking by herself. Not running crazy yet, but she's walking to people and finally being brave enough to let go. Sure enough my suspicions of yesterday were correct. She DID walk!!


I'm so proud of my baby girl!!!



So an add on.... I came home from work and Chris had video'd some. Totally made my day!!

Another Tooth

This morning Alissa was eating and as she opened her mouth I thought I saw more white than just the one tooth. In between bites, she managed to let me stick my finger in her mouth. Sure enough...tooth #2!!! So she has both of her incisors on the front bottom. Horray!!!

P.S. Happy Birthday to Daddy today!!

"Nigh Nigh"

Alas my angel is growing up. She eats scrambled eggs and of course her favorites..poofs. She's just about walking on her own already as well. Up until now she has said mama and dada. Every now and then she mumbles stuff that we think sound a lot like actual words. She doesn't ever repeat them though so you're sure they're for real. Well this time she did. Last night I told her to say "night night" to grandma. We call her to say goodnight sometimes. Sure enough she said "nigh nigh" 3-4 times over and over. I thought it was too good to be true. Immediately I dialed my dad. I said say night night to grandpa. This giant smile crept over her face "nigh nigh" she said. ha!! :) I love it. She's too funny though. She will not say it for Chris. That's my mission- Tonight she will say goodnight to her daddy. :)

A Tired But Rewarding Morning

This morning I was seriously exhausted...and still am. Alissa is still getting up at night. Last night it was 3 times...maybe even 4. I'm such a zombie I can't remember. Our bedrooms are connected so it's hard to ignore her and when I have the tolerance to let her cry, Chris doesn't. So this morning it's 6:45am and she's up, ready for breakfast. I put her in her highchair...all is like normal. I put her food down for 1 second and I notice her doing something with her hands. It took me a second to catch on. She was signing "more". I've been teaching her this for months and apparently today was the day she decided to let me know she gets it! I did it a few more times just to see if it was my imagination...and it clearly wasn't. She was for sure signing "more". Even though this morning I was totally pooped....she added a nice surprise.

Finally!!!

So I'm super excited and VERY proud! Alissa has her 1st tooth!! I thought this moment would never come..lol. So this morning Alissa and I woke up together. She spit out her binky and grabbed my fingers. She stuck my fingers in her mouth..and there it was! It's not enought to actually see yet, but you feel the ridges of her tooth that has cut through the gums. I'm so happy!!!

Life in the Fast Lane

Life just keeps moving and I feel as though I can never catch up. I don't think I have actually CLEANED my house since Alissa was born. I used to go on hour cleaning sprees and from top to bottom cleaned every inch of the whole house. That doesn't happen anymore. I do one room at a time while and it seems by the time I am done with the house, room 1 is all messy again. *sigh*

An update on Chris- his CT and ultrasound of his chest came back fine. he still needs to go get his blood drawn to see if everything is functioning okay. He's totally procrastinating. I told him we're never going to see if every thing's okay unless he does what he's told. So, reluctantly he's going this Saturday. Hopefully he'll actually go this time.

We're entering Alissa into the Regis and Kelly's Beautiful Baby Search. I'm not sure which picture we are using, but here's one to share with you that I think is darling!!

Oh...too cute moments by Pasch. Alissa has a friend in the church nursery. Check out these cute pictures Pasch took of Alissa and her friend "Baby J"
Nursery Time

I'll keep you all posted on other developements as they happen :) Not too much is new right now.