Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Ally is 9+ months!!

Well, my little baby girl is a little over 9 months and I wanted to share a little about her before it all changes. At her 9 month check up she weighed 19 lbs 66% and was 28 3/4 inches long 95% and I can't remember her head circumference but it was in the 50th percentile. She is an absolute monster now that she is crawling and pulling herself up to everything. She loves to pull open the drawers and pull everything out of them and pull garbage cans over. She loves the freedom to crawl from room to room and follow me and Justin everywhere.
She still doesn't have any teeth but has had a runny nose and been waking up a lot again so who knows. I am convinced that she will celebrate her 1st B-Day toothless. She has no desire to nurse or have baby food anymore and only wants to eat what we are eating which isn't usually very healthy. Ally makes the funniest faces in the world. Anyone who has been around her knows what I am talking about. She comes up with new ones all the time and she is so fun and entertaining to be around.
She is a total momma's girl but is getting a little better now that she is able to move around and is more independent. I can't believe that she will be one in less than 3 months. I love her so much and even though I hate what a horrible sleeper she is I can't imagine my life without her.

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Roy Days!!

I know that I am a little behind as usual but I wanted to post some of my cute pictures from Roy Days. This is a tradition for me since I was little to go with my family to Roy Days. I used to start the day off with the breakfast at the school, mostly because my parents were in charge of the breakfast for about 12 years out of my life but since I have kids I barely make it to the parade in time. Justin loved the parade and got a ton of candy!! It is definitely worth sitting towards the beginning so nobody runs out of candy by the time they get to you. Ally was her happy little self but got a little tired by the end so we took her home for a nap and then headed up to the Super Saturday carnival and Justin talked grandma into paying for him to go on a few rides. At the end of the night we usually have all our family over to watch the fireworks from our front yard and this year we decided to make root beer freezes to go along with the festivities. The fireworks seemed to take forever to start and Ally fell asleep half way through them but they were pretty good and Justin enjoyed them. I look forward to next years Roy Days when Ally will be older and probably enjoy it all a little more.











Friday, August 1, 2008

Rodeo, Fishing and Fireworks!!!!

I have been such a blog slacker lately and I am so far behind so this might be a little long. My mom bought all of us tickets to the rodeo for the 23rd and let me just say that if you are ever planning to go to the rodeo in the future, box seats are the way to go!! You can get there right when its starting and you are only in the sun for a half hour or so and then its not too hot. Here are some of my favorite pictures from the evening.Justin and Erin
Grandma and Ally
Daddy and Ally
Me and Erin

Justin and Erin were so funny at the rodeo because neither of them cared too much about anything except dancing. They were in the front dancing the whole time with a couple of other kids and they were pretty entertaining!! Anyone who knows Justin, knows what a dancer he is and he has the funniest dance face that he calls his "cool dude" face. I will have to try to get a picture of it sometime because its pretty funny. Justin really did enjoy the very end of the rodeo when they had the motorcycles and were jumping off the ramps. Maybe we will have to try Motocross sometime. A guy from Ryan's work has a girlfriend who works at the rodeo and let the kids sit on the horse after the rodeo. At first Justin was scared and didn't want to but after Erin did he didn't want to look like a wimp so he decided to give it a try. The next day we made a trip to the Cold Springs Trout Farm in North Ogden which is a family tradition for me. We have pictures and video of me fishing there when I was little. I highly recommend going there for anyone who has little kids that want to fish but don't have the patience to wait all day to catch one.
Justins first fish of the day!! He still has a fear of touching them so I was holding it up for him.Aunt Shelly helping Justin try to catch a big one!!Uncle Scott trying to help Justin.
Ally hanging out in her stroller as usual. She was too easily distracted to look at the camera. We ended the night by having a bbq at my moms with some fish, chicken and yummy s'mores and then some fireworks. I love holidays and hanging out with my family!!!!