Our Journey through Life
June 30th, 2009 Posted by lauren at 8:43 pm
The family headed to the pool tonight after dinner
Allie had a great time in her float - she really is happy even if she isn’t smiling!
Playing and splashing with Mommy
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June 30th, 2009 Posted by lauren at 8:41 pm
Allie is SEVEN months old! She is so close to crawling - getting up on all fours, scooting around the floor. I’m both excited and terrified for the babyproofing that I still haven’t done yet. She is talking and squealing all the time. Smiles are amazing! She has several tooth “bumps” and one white area but no teeth yet. I can tell they are bothering her so I try to keep her gums soothed. She is a great eater - bottles are now 4 times a day and she is eating pureed solids at breakfast and dinner. Fruits are amazing and veggies are alright if you don’t have any fruit. We are also working on finger foods but she is having trouble getting it from her hand to her mouth. We’ll keep practicing. Forgive this month’s picture - we took it at the end of the day. I did however wise up and tape the sign to the chair since she has tried to eat it the last 2 months.
Lots more pictures in the Gallery.
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June 30th, 2009 Posted by lauren at 8:36 pm
Allie was baptized at our church on Sunday morning. This was a very important day to us as parents because we are acknowledging the HUGE responsibility it will be to raise her and teach her our faith. Thankfully we will have lots of help from our family (and church) along the way.
Allie wore the same gown that Grammy (Malcolm’s mom) wore as well as Malcolm. Such a special gown.
With both grandmothers
All of Malcolm’s brothers and significant others made the trip - which meant for some early morning driving
Some pictures from the baptism
After church, we headed back to our house for a brunch.
Uncle McKenzie tries hard!
A special day full of love and family.
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June 29th, 2009 Posted by lauren at 4:58 pm
Went back to our pool today and this time we ventured into the big pool (HOA changed the rules and now you can wear swim diapers in the big pool but if they don’t work…$300 fine!).
and….
Allie LOVED it! She was giggling and splashing. She kept leaning over to get closer to the water. I had to be on my toes the whole time. Of course I have no pictures of the smiles because it was just me and Allie but I’m already working on getting Malcolm to join us for an after work swim so I can get some pictures.
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June 23rd, 2009 Posted by lauren at 2:10 pm
Dear Future Allie (aka Allie as a teenager),
Sometimes you will want to go to the mall. That’s okay - the mall is a fun place. Sometimes you won’t want to ride the escalator so you say “I’ll ride in that elevator”. But sometimes, there will be BOYS on that elevator. Riding it up and down like hoodlums. They will make funny jokes and you might even laugh. But avoid the boys that ride the elevator up and down. In the long run, they are nothing but trouble.
Love, Mama
**True story - it happened to us at the mall tonight. Why do I attract the weird ones?**
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