Our Busy Days

Alli got her first tooth on her birthday and is working on her second one; it should be breaking through any minute now, or so we hope.  In fact, we didn't even notice her first tooth - her doctor pointed it out!  She's 30.75 inches tall (95th percentile) and weighs just over 22 pounds (75th percentile).  It seems like yesterday that I couldn't pull pants over her chunkilicious thighs, and now pants fall off of her!

Since turning one, Alli keeps trying to give up a nap, believing that she's too big for two naps a day.  I still fight to get two out of her, but I only seem to win half the time, at best.  Our days are so much busier when she gives up a nap!

Hahahahahaha!!!!  I'm too big for naps!!!

Just try to make me take one!

Sooooooo...

We spend our days playing...

... and kissing cows...

... and reading books...

... and playing with water...

... and more water...

... and changing clothes...

... and helping Dad with his workout...

... still helping...

...  helping...

... and walking like a monkey (always in a sideways fashion)...

... and practicing for car commercials...

... and driving around kitchen town.

Even after all this activity, I'm not tired, I'm really not tired... I'm not....

Alli's Birthday Party

I got a lot of great gifts.  Thank you, everyone!

Many little friends came to help me celebrate.

Dad and his helpers, Mason and Chase, did a fantastic job putting together my new house.

Flirt!!

And now... the moment you've all been waiting for... THE CAKE!!!

No thanks.

I don't want it!

Fine.  You forced me.

Daddy, I really don't see why cake is such a big deal.

I really don't want any more.

Geez, the pressure.  I'll take one bite, okay?

There.  Are you happy?  Will you take the cake away already?

It was so nice of my big cousin Chase to test out my new pool for me while I took a nap.

What a great party!  Now please excuse me, I'm playing.

Happy Birthday, Alli!

(...and Happy Birthday to BJ, Auntie Ella, and sweet cousin Nova!)

We still can't figure out how it could be true, how our teeny Allison Britt went from this...

...to this...

 ...in the blink of an eye.  Alli is on the verge of walking independently, can say four words ("hot" and "moo" being her latest), can point out at least six different animals in books when asked by name, and cracks herself up when she teases you.  To put it simply, Alli is a complete joy!

For her birthday, we took her to the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium.  Alli absolutely loved watching the fish, puffins, and any other animal that moved.  (The lazy, lounging animals bored her.)

Monkey!

Seal!

Puffins!

The birthday girl is waiting for her party on Saturday to have her birthday cake, but you can't have a birthday without ice cream!  The stand at the zoo was out of chocolate (a sin, I think), so we settled for cheesecake flavor - YUM!

Good stuff!

MORE!

Overall, I think Alli had a pretty good first birthday.  She even skipped her second nap (gasp!) and stayed up late, yet she was in the absolutely best mood all day long!  She obviously knew it was a special day!

Paaaaaaaaaaaaarty!!

Summer is FINALLY Here

It's nice to be able to say that summer has actually (finally) arrived.  Time to bring out the bubbles!

I almost got it!

This is AWESOME!!

WOW!

What do you mean there are no more bubbles?

Well, that's a bummer.

WATERMELON FACE!!!

I'm sure there's room for one more piece.

I often choose books over toys.  I must take after my mom. :)

I'm warning you... stay away from my sippy cup.

Angelic...

...or am I???