Little Allie turns 1

Last Sat Aug 21st our little baby girl turned 1. I can't believe how time files. This last year with her here has been so much fun. Sure at times stressful to have 4 kids but everyone in our family adores her. Things have been crazy around here lately so we opted for parties that we didn't have to have at our house. That day we met the Dow side at Chick-fil-a for lunch. The kids had lunch, played on the toys, and we brought tastys cake donuts (spelling??) Allie got toys and clothes. They kids had a great time. Later that evening we went with the morris side to Aaron's aunts pool for the other party. The pool was freezing. The kids didn't seem to mind too much but there was no way I was getting in. Allie just put her feet and legs in the pool. Once again we had treats and presents. I did make her a little cake but decided to not give it to her at the pool since I didn't want a huge mess to clean up and the aunts house. I was just going to bag the cake all together but then as I thought about it when Allie looks back on this b-day she would want pictures of her with her cake. So she got her cake the next day and she took a few bites but didn't get messy at all. Aaron and I gave her a little princess bike thing that she can sit on or walk behind, baby einstein dvds, and a few outfits. All in all she had a great day.

A few things to remember about Allie
-she is a little thing. At her 1 year appt she only weighed 16 lbs 8 oz (that is in the negative %)
her height is in the 25% and her head is the 90% (sure the only kid of mine to get the morris
head had to be my girl)

-She loves attention. If she is not being entertained by someone she freaks out. Her brothers
are so good about making sure she is happy

-She says boo, mama, dada, tells what the bear and dog say

-She gets so dang excited when Aaron comes home. She just attacks him with kisses. He has
such a soft spot for her

-She crawls like crazy and is into everything. She totally throws fits when you won't give her
something she wants.

-She has no desire to walk yet. She will stand up on things but if you try to hold her hand and
stand with her she sits right down

-She still has no hair what so ever and she won't keep a headband or bow in her hair to save her
life

-We call her rosie all of the time (her middle name is rose)

-She is so cute and we are go happy to have a girl in the family

Cal turns 4

On July 20th our little Cal turned 4. He was so happy to have his b-day. He was counting down the days until he turned 4. On Monday the 19th we had a swimming party at aunt peggy's pool with the Dow side. The kids loved swimming. Instead of a cake Cal wanted a huge cookie from Mrs. Fields so of couse that is what we got for him. Then the next day was his real b-day. He woke up early and opened his presents. We gave him all ben 10 guys. He loved it. Then we went to chick fil a for lunch. After lunch Tiff took him to walmart to get a beta fish. He named it mud bud. He did not let anyone feed or look at the fish for the first week he had it. Then later that night he took 4 little friends that are boys to classic fun center to go on the bounc houses. Cal was cracking me up. You could just tell he felt so cool having his very first friend party. Then on Sunday we had Cal's party with the Morris side. We went to the "yellow park" by our house as Cal likes to call it. Cal thought since he was having another party and it had been a few days since his b-day he was now having a party for turing 5. It was funny.

A few things about Cal. He loves ben 10. He loves electric eels. He loves bombs. He is all boy. He does not like girls (except his mama.) He loves sports and thinks he is so awesome at them. He gives the best hugs. He loves to tease. He loves to play with Abe. He loves to say any phrase that involves the words fart or butt. He is so tiny. He only weighs 25 lbs. People can't believe how old he is because he is so small but he is tough for a little man. Don't even think about calling him small or little to his face or I am pretty sure you will get punched. I don't know where this kid came from but we love him to death. He has brought so much fun to our family!!!