Look, I have a tooth

Allie is definitely mobile. Her favorite new thing to do is go exploring around the house. She also has taking a real liking to her dog Sadie. She likes trying to sneak up on Sadie and try to touch her. Sadie plays along pretty well I have to admit. Just today she sprouted her first tooth. We noticed it started coming in on Monday, but today it broke through. A new tooth hasn't slowed her down a bit.

Allie goes mobile...sort of

Allie has been growing up so fast. I don't even remember how she looked when she was born. I can only picture her now with her new chubby look. Anyways, she has been teetering on the edge of crawling for weeks now, and finally she's mobile, sort of. For the past couple weeks she has been getting on all fours, and rocking back and forth, but not really making any headway. But last Sunday, she hit another milestone when she took her first few steps crawling forward. Of course she was going for the remote, a hereditary trait she picked up from her mother. The best part is we caught it on video. Once I figure out how to get it uploaded, I would be happy to share it with ya'll. Since then she is getting better and better everyday. She's like a finely tuned sprint horse in that she's only good for one good run before she's pooped. We'll have to work on her endurance. She's still eating her baby food well. She pretty much as eaten everything except carrots. She even likes cold bananas. She is at grandma's today with pink eye.

In the meantime I leave you with a beautiful picture of my cosita linda in our front yard.

Get In My Belly

So... Allie is already 6 months. Man o Man.... Time does fly by... Well... I personally couldn't wait because I was getting so excited at the idea of being able to feed her "real" food. Enough already with the liquid formula diet. If she is anything like me... She will love food!!

Well.. with that said... Here are a few pictures to capture her eating adventures. Her first experience was with Sweet Potatoes... She gobbled that up right away. I wish I could describe the expression on her face when she first tasted it. She was a bit confused and then excited... Her legs started to kick and her face lit up. GIVE ME MORE!!!

The next was carrots.. that didn't go over so well. She is definitely no Easter Bunny. The squash is going okay. Aaahhh.. the joy of deciding what to give her next.. Don't know if we are going to do greens or go for some sweet stuff... Bring on the fruit!! (But hold the prunes)

Say Cheese

I haven't told my wife yet, but I bought her a present that I think she is going to enjoy. Its a new camera. Ever since we had my boss come over and take pictures of Allie with his fancy DSLR camera, she has been wanting a new camera. Now, my boss says its not the camera, as much as it is the subject and the photographer. So with that in mind, I also bought her a book that shows you how to use the camera and how to start taking better pictures. Be on the lookout for some really great shots.(In time) I decided to get her the Canon G10. Its a prosumer camera that I was told can take some really great shots if you know how to use it. I think she is going to excel at this like everything else she does. Time will tell...

Sing, Sing, Sing

Sunday, February 21st, Veronica and I went to the Chris Tomlin concert with another couple from church. It was awesome!! (He's kinda short) He rocked the Municipal Auditorium. The floor was shaking from the bass. When I came in, I was expecting a more mellow type of concert because a lot of his songs on the radio sound more acoustic. I was definitely mistaken. The band sounded great but the drums sounded awesome! The energy in there was incredible. I was blown away with the performance and the music. The only bad part about it was we didn't bring any cameras. We had to resort to the blackberry cameras so you'll have to excuse the poor quality of these images. To this day, I have the song "Sing, Sing, Sing" in my head.


Here is a player I found on his website. You have to hear the drums on sing sing sing. Its my favorite song on the album.

Happy Valentine's Day

I hope everyone had a great day. I had the best Valentines ever this year. There are couple of reasons...

My daughter Allie... She makes everything.. every day so much more special and enjoyable. We are truly blessed with her. She is always smiling and enjoying life. I try to embody that same spirit she has.

Secondly... My husband. Adam makes me feel special. This year we agreed not to spend money buying each other gifts.. instead we would either "shop together" or not at all. I really like the idea because it takes the stress off of me of having to think of a gift he would like. I can now get him exactly what he wants (within budget it is... Dave Ramsey baby !! )

So.. this V-day was going to be a no-gift holiday. But.. to my surprise.. Adam "gave" me some "quality time" as a gift. To understand this, you would have to know about Gary Chapman's 5 Love Languages I think that book speaks mountains about a marriage and I would highly recommend it to any married couple. And for our friends that have children, they also have one geared towards children.

So.. I love you Adam. Thank you for being my husband, my partner, my friend, my support, and my dream come true... XOXOXO

I took my daddy's hair

Well... I haven't posted anything in a while. Adam has been posting away... about many things. As many of you know... I love to talk.. but for some reason.. I can't seem to "talk" often here... I have so little time these days.. They just fly by.



Well... Our daughter is growing like a weed. I got a digital photo album for my birthday and I spent a couple of hours looking at pictures of Allie. She has grown so much and it has only been 6 months... here are a couple of updated pictures... I get so many comments on her hair.. Allie always responds by saying.. My daddy loves me so much.. he gave me his... :) Thanks Honey... I knew she was a "Daddy's girl"!!!