Allie now

Allie is moving right along, in her own way.  She has two teeth now, and it looks like the next ones that are going to appear will make her look like a vampire.  At first I was thinking "NOOOOOOOO!  I don't want her to look like a monster!"  But now that I've gotten used to the idea I think it will be funny, and interesting, and very like her, to do things in an odd sort of way.  Besides, vampires are in style.  Not as much as Zombies, but still.

 She drinks tons of milk, fortified with formula.  She eats lots of different kinds of food.  She loves all fruit, except peaches, and she'll even eat things like taco soup; onions, beans and all.  But she just doesn't eat very much of anything.  So it's good that she drinks milk.  Weird to me, though, because none of my boys would drink it.

 She is right where she should be in her motor skills and her cognitive development, but she is behind in communication; she doesn't point at things, or shake her head for yes or no, things like that.  She just started saying "Hi," which is her first word, and I think she says "Tyler."  When someone knocks on the door, nine times out of ten it's Dougie, wanting to play with Tyler.  So we call "Tyler!"  Now when she hears the door she yells "Tyler!"  At least that's what we think she's saying.  It sounds like it. 
But the way she mostly communicates is through whining and crying, which can get pretty annoying.  We're working on baby signs, so hopefully that helps, or hopefully she just starts talking soon. 

Her hair is growing slowly.  She's starting to reject all her cute headbands  :(  I can't complain because she's the only 1 year old I know who will wear them.

She gets into everything; she pulls stuff out of the garbage can, turns off the computer, plays in the toilet, etc. 

Here's what she did 2 minutes ago:

 Help, Mom!  I'm stuck on this huge cliff!!!

She's the sunshine in our lives, a precious blessing from heaven, and a huge pain in the neck.  :)

My new project

I think I want to start selling stuff on Etsy.  I love making baby girl things.  I think it's so fun!  My only problem is that I'm not very creative and original, and I'm not going to rip off people's ideas and make money off them. 

I'll start with pillowcase dresses, headbands, and maybe some skirts with ruffles in the back and sweater dresses.  I have some ideas for legwarmers, too.  I might do baby quilts and quilling, too.  We'll see how it goes.  The competition is pretty stiff--go there and search baby headband, and over 100,000 will appear.  But obviously people sell stuff, so why not me? 

So this is my first item.  It's a reversible pillowcase dress, which I think is really sweet.  I haven't got the website up yet, I'll tell you when I do, and there will be a good friends and family discount.  I hope this project is a success, because I'm excited about it, and I think it will be fun.

 (and hopefully profitable).

Today's adventure

Really it was a couple days ago, but I've been trying to upload a video of Allie dancing, but it is not working.  She dances to weird things, usually; my serger, the kitchenaid, the closing hymn in Relief Society.  The other day she was rockin' out to Journey's "Don't stop Believing" and Joey and I were laughing and trying to capture it on video.  Meanwhile, there was a whole drama unfolding in the kitchen that we were oblivious to.  Tyler was trying to warm up a piece of leftover pizza in the microwave, and was having some trouble.  He came in and told me he put it in for too long, and I was distracted, and told him to just let it cool off.  Several minutes later we hear him yelling, then he comes in crying and tells me "Now it's burneded!"  I went to see what the big deal was, and found smoke billowing out of the microwave.

It's what happens when it cooks in the microwave for 10 minutes instead of 10 seconds.  Our kitchen still stinks a little.  He was pretty upset, especially since we didn't have any more pizza, and he was still hungry.  But some Ramen noodles made up for it.  



He'll probably hate me someday for putting this on here, but I had no one else to chuckle with, so here it goes on the blog.  Often when he puts his socks on he pulls them over his pant legs.  Not on purpose, I don't think, it just happens somehow, and he doesn't bother to fix it.  Today I didn't fix it either because I wanted to see how long he'd go, and I snapped some pictures instead.

(hee hee)!

Just a picture for today

I've been busy, and I have a lot on my mind.  We're at a crossroads in our lives, with Jared graduating.  We are doing a lot of waiting and seeing, which is annoying. 

I also have an idea for a project that I want to undertake, but that is a post for a different day.

For today I thought I'd share this picture, even though it's not very good, because I think it's funny.  It shows that she can walk under the kitchen table without ducking and without hitting her head.



What we did this weekend

Can you imagine the sound of a large bin of legos falling off a bunk bed?  Now imagine the effect that might have on a person who is sleeping peacefully.  That will explain why this post is being created at 3:45 AM. 

Have you seen this adorable dress created by Cami at Tidbits? 

I decided to make one.  It looked fairly easy.  It's made entirely from t shirts, and since I only had old white ones that said Neways on them I picked up a few when I went yard sale-ing on Saturday.  I tweaked the pattern a little and created this little number.  Only I shouldn't have tweaked.  I unpicked way too much and it took me pretty much all day Saturday and Sunday.  I left the neckline for last because I wasn't sure what color I wanted it.  When it was all done I sat and admired it, then went to put it on Allie, only to discover the neck was too small and it wouldn't go over her head. 

 I could have fixed it but I was so sick of the project at this point I just chopped the top off and made it into a little skirt.

  . . . which doesn't fit her very well and tends to fall off.  So it will probably go into a box of clothes on a closet shelf to be used when she's a little bigger. 

 

It was a fun project anyway.

 This is what the boys in the family did all weekend:
Worked on putting bikes together,

played Minecraft and watched eachother play Minecraft.  Apparently it's addicting.

What we clearly did not do this weekend is clean the house.  Maybe next weekend, if we have nothing better to do.

1st 4th

I forgot to take my camera to the fireworks, so I had to take a picture of her today, because I can't get enough of this adorable dress.  See her sad scratched-up nose?  The day we got home from Colorado we were unloading the car and she was inside.  We propped open the door so we could go in and out easier, and when we weren't looking she walked outside and fell face first off this step she's sitting on. 

She didn't like the firecrackers, they scared her.  We bought a bunch that we never used because we didn't want to make her cry anymore.  When the fireworks started she almost jumped out of her skin every time one went off, but soon she got used to it and didn't care anymore.  She was really tired and kind of cranky, and just wanted to go to bed.  I'd say it was a better 4th of July than last year, though when we went and held her in the hospital, then had to leave her there.  Much better.