Just having fun....

The past couple of weeks have been fun with Allie. She continues to learn new things everyday, and she has mastered the art of crawling and pulling up on any piece of furniture that she can get near. One problem though...she doesn't realize that when she pulls up, she must continue to hold on. She's notorious for pulling up, finding a toy to play with, grabbing the toy with both hands, and then tumbling to a head thump because she forgot that she cannot yet stand on her own. All the head bumps and lovely bruises haven't phased her though. She continues to be a dare devil. She will clearly not be one of those babies that's "afraid to let go" and walk.

Last week, Allie and I traveled with David for a quick trip to New York City. We stayed in a great hotel in Times Square and had a wonderful dinner in this restaurant with the best view of Times Square that you can ever imagine.


While David continued traveling, Allie and I returned home and spent a couple of days at Granny's house. Allie had a great time helping Granny unpack her suitcase and playing on the swings at the neighborhood playground.



As you can see, Allie has been busy with new teeth as well! Her two front teeth on the bottom just shine when she smiles, and she now has two new teeth on the top, a middle tooth and the one next to it. A bit of an unusual pattern for cutting teeth, I know, but the other upper middle tooth is starting to pop through, so hopefully her cute little smile won't look so off-center for much longer.


Here's proof that Allie is exploring and can crawl absolutely anywhere that she wishes. This is where I found her the other day....UNDER her jumperoo playing with it from the underside. What a character!


And finally, as most of you know, David and I were able to share some great news with Allie this week...she's gonna be a BIG SISTER to a bouncing BABY BROTHER! I'm sure he'll never torture her by pulling the arms and legs off of her dolls, eavesdropping on her phone calls, or make fun of her for talking to a boy.....What fun challenges lie ahead for us!!!

Nikki