"Strike" a pose

Starting to show....

Allie had a bowling party for her bday over the weekend. The girls were being silly, but I thought this picture was only "fitting" to announce that my sis-n-law Katie is pregnant again!!! She's due in JULY!!! Congratulations Katie and Jason...praying every day for this precious gift!!!

Birthday smiles

After school, Allie did our normal routine of playing outside with our neighbor friends. We are loving this "warmer" weather. She chose a local mexican restaurant to go out to eat. The biggest change from last year...she read the menu, decided what she wanted, and very politely asked the waitress, "May I have cheese enchiladas with rice and beans?" Seven is HEAVEN!! If you knew this kid at 3, she was one TOUGH cookie....for sure the strongest willed of our crew.

Allie has "speech meet" tomorrow. She was required to choose a short poem and will be reciting it for a panel of judges and parents tomorrow. Here's the video of her practicing yesterday. I think she should get some kudos for being short about 5 teeth!

My big girl

Allie bounded out of bed this morning and in classic "Allie fashion" exclaimed that she needed to get started on her sign. I said, hmmm..."what sign?". She replied, "I want us to make a sign to put on the front of the car that says.....BIRTHDAY GIRL RIDING IN HERE!!!" Only Allie...she wasn't even looking for presents....just wanted everyone to know that it's her birthday!!

Love you baby girl!!!

Kid Conversation

The conversations around here range from GROSS to GROSSER. Yesterday afternoon I picked up Allie from school, and here was our conversation.

Allie: Mom I loved the salad you sent in my lunch (for some crazy reason she is on a salad loving kick). All of my friends loved the salad dressing.

Mom: Oh...well did they all try it??

Allie: Oh yeah, Meredith asked me if she could dip her finger in the bowl and I said, sure! Then Cade, Jesse, Madyn, and blah blah blah.

Can't be a germophobe when you have a first grader.

I'm babysitting today. Abbott is becoming quite the little talker.

Pajama Party

What a much needed weekend of some PAJAMA TIME! My sis-n-law, Mandy (hub's sister) and my sweet niece, Abby came over for the weekend. The girls had a GREAT time bossing leading Abby around the house. They had tea parties, dress up, bounced in the bounce house, and watched ANNIE!! The girls had never seen it; Abby knew every word!

Abby reminds me alot of Mary "personality"-wise. She's very observant, quiet, and a little timid to step out in an unfamiliar situation. These pics were taken shortly after she woke up. It didn't take her long to warm up!!! Isn't she cute?

She's only 8 months older than Garrett...looks so old in this picture. She probably has 500 more words than him too...I'm thinking it's a girl thing! (I'm hoping so anyways!) One minute she was hanging out with the girls and the next running around squealing with Garrett.

Allie acted CRAZY the whole weekend...that's what she does when she's excited:)
Check out those duds! Love it girls. Thanks for the extended PJ party Mando and Abs; I enjoyed the girl time as much as the girls did!

HI!!!!!

Garrett's trademark greeting these days is a very boisterous, HIIIIII!!!! I wanted to get it on camera because as soon as it started, it will stop. I found a video of Allie from below with a very similar, yet not quite as spunky, HIIII! He really reminds me of her at this age.

My sis-in-law Melissa caught this sweet pic of him and of Emily (my sister) while we were visiting.


I took both of these videos with the viewing screen flipped around for them to view themselves. Makes for great video! I think they must have gotten the HIIII from Elmo because they sound just alike.