Me and Alaina

Dave was great enough to take some pictures of me and Alaina while I am pregnant. Yesterday Alaina spent about 5 minutes with her hand on my tummy while the baby was rolling around. Each time she felt the baby she said "Uh-Oh" or "Baby!" It was pretty cute. I think she understands that there is a baby now. Hopefully this baby will make his appearance soon!

Thanksgiving

Laura and Josh came to our house for Thanksgiving. Everything went almost without a hitch. My pregnancy mush brain showed up though during the cooking process. I could not get the green beans for the green bean cassarole to cook to save my life. I wound up having to strain out the green beans, boil them, and then remake the cassarole. Also, while that was going on, I put the rolls in to cook without removing the cling wrap....That didn't work too well. Anyway, here are a few cute pics of Laura, Josh, and Alaina. Hope all of your Thanksgivings were as great as ours!

Duck Pond Plus Some Other Pictures

First off, here are a few pictures that we took while we were at the duck pond. Alaina loves feeding the ducks and Bandit loved to chase them. Also, Bandit and Alaina lounging on the couch, and Dave and Alaina lounging.

Talledega Pictures

Here are a few pictures from our trip to the Talledega Nascar race. It was so much fun! We all really enjoyed seeing my parents again. Alaina did really well at the race. During the middle of the race it got pretty hot, so Mom and I took Alaina behind the bleachers to play in the shade. After it cooled off, Alaina did wonderful.



Alaina and I behind the bleachers playing and waiting for it to cool off.

Daddy and Alaina watching the race.

Grandpa and Alaina talking during the race.

Grandma and Alaina spinning back and forth watching the cars go by at 200 miles per hour about 25 feet in front of them.

Alaina was trying to escape from the hotel room after the race. She put on the hat by herself.

Trick-or-treating and the last couple of weeks

So here are the promised trick-or-treating pictures and a couple of other pictures from the last couple of weeks.




Alaina and Ava trick-or-treating. Alaina really enjoyed knocking and ringing the doorbells.

Alaina wasn't able to walk the whole way, so she caught a ride on Daddy's shoulders.

For the last couple of blocks, Dave was carrying both girls.

Alaina has been putting her chair right in front of the window lately and watching occasional traffic and kids playing.

Alaina eating a banana and watching cartoons before one of my Doctor appointments.

Happy Halloween

Here are some pictures from Halloween morning and afternoon. We took some pictures at home and then went into work with Daddy to get some pictures with the trains. Alaina was thrilled to be dressed like everyone else at Daddy's work. I'll post more pics from trick-or-treating and from the last few weeks soon. Hopefully tomorrow, but that may be optimistic. Hope everything is going well with everyone and we hope you had a great halloween! Miss you all!

More Pictures #2

Alaina and Daddy watching the Vikings game.





Alaina dressing up in Daddy's shirt.

Alaina enjoying the last of my pecan bars.

Alaina was dressing up tonight in a t-shirt from Aunt Betsy, a dress up shirt, and a towel.

Alaina trying to smile, but preparing for the flash of the camera...

Hope everyone is doing well. Everything is going well here. It is still terribly hot (90s) every day and there is no sign of the cool front that they were predicting. I, for one, can't wait for fall weather.

Work has been busy for Dave lately. He is working 2nd shift and worked through last weekend. We are hoping he will get some of next weekend off. It looks like he will have Sunday off and he may have Saturday off as well. I know Alaina is ready for him to be home all day. I am too.

I hope you all enjoy the rest of your week and have a good weekend!

New Pictures #1

So here are some new pictures of Alaina.


Alaina on the window sill wearing her new headband.


Here is Alaina talking to Grandma Jane on the phone.

Not sure what she is confused about....

Giving Grandma kisses!!

Alaina making a new fashion statement with her shirt :)

More Pictures

Hey everyone! Things are starting to cool off down here finally. We are in the lower 90s right now, but were in the 70s and 80s yesterday and the day before. Here are some of the newest pictures....






Dave and Alaina hanging out...



I was in the kitchen making dinner and found Alaina with all of the bananas out and half eaten. She climbed up on the couch and was able to reach the counter where all of the bananas are. Bananas are now one of her favorate foods. She tries to say banana and it is too cute. Grammy Johnston taught her how to sign banana and she now signs it even when she tries to say it.



Here are pictures of Alaina in her new dress that Aunt Haley bought her. She was running away from me the whole time I was trying to take her picture.

Check out this action shot!!

Her shadow reminds me of something out of the movie Peter Pan.

Alaina is still trying to run away from me...

Hope you all enjoy your weekend! We will be cheering on the Badgers and Packers! (We actually get both games this weekend!!!) Dave of course will be cheering on the Vikings, but we don't get the game on our TV down in Texas...Good luck to all of your teams!

It's a boy!! Happy Birthday Dave!!

We had our ultrasound today and found out that the baby is a boy! What a birthday present for Dave! Here are a few of the pictures that were taken. I don't have a scanner, so this is the best I can do.




Profile Picture.

The baby has his hand in his mouth.

Profile and straight on face pictures.

The baby looks healthy. Dave has had a good birthday so far. It is almost time for birthday cake, so time for me to go. Bye!

Big Girl Bed!!

Hey everyone! How are you all doing?? Sorry we haven't posted f0r so long. I just took the new pictures off of the camera and put them on the computer, so I thought I would post a few of them. Alaina is doing great. We just put up her big girl bed this morning because she decided to climb out of her crib yesterday during a nap. Bandit is doing well and is almost house-broken. Dave has been busy working. He worked all of last weekend and we were very happy to find out that he has this weekend off. I am doing well. Pregnancy, a one year old, and a puppy are wearing me out, but I wouldn't trade any of it. Texas is really hot! We don't have a day in our forcast that isn't over 100, but many of you are getting hot weather as well. Well, here are the new pictures. Hope you enjoy!




Here is Alaina sleeping in her crib for one of the last times. She had been sleeping for quite a while so Dave went up to check on her and found her cuddling with her dolls. It was too cute not to get a picture!

Dave just got a new hat for the army so Alaina got his old one. She wears it around the house daily. Whenever she puts it on she says, "Pretty."

Alaina has learned how to flip over our ottoman. It is her and Bandit's favorite hangout spot now.

After seeing me on our exercise ball, Alaina followed suit and has been sitting on her bouncy ball. If her feet would only reach the floor, she would fall a lot less!

This is Alaina's brand new room! We picked out the bed and then she picked out the sheets and comforter set. We got quite a few odd looks during the process of having Alaina pick out her own design. I guess she looks to little to have an opinion. You don't have to be around her long to realize she definitely has a mind of her own though!

Well, it is just about time for Alaina's nap (first time sleeping in the new bed!!) so I'm going to go and say goodnight. Dave and Alaina are looking forward to seeing quite a few of you soon! Miss you all! Bye!