18 months... a little late

Things have been crazy and I'm really late posting this..... but, Allison turned 18 months on January 22. She has such a personality now. She also makes it quite clear what she wants and will tell you when she is not getting it. She loves her big sister and wants to do everything that she is doing. We have also found out that she is quite the climber. She likes to get into drawers, and sit in them, and has also been found several times on the kitchen table. She is also starting to talk more and will say, "There it is", "Abby", "Paigey", or something close to it.

We love her a ton and love all the energy that she brings to the house. This week she has been a little less active because she has been sick, she had a fever of 104 the other morning. It's strange that I don't freak out when her fever is 103, but that extra degree scares me. She seems to be doing a little better and I hope it goes away soon!

Here are some of my favorite pictures from the last few months....

Holiday Season 2009

Ok, I'm really behind on posts. This has been a very busy Holiday Season and we have enjoyed every moment of it! This post will hopefully catch up the holidays, minus New Year's which I'll post later. We had a great time with our family this year. I was really glad that RJ, Shaun, and Jimmy were able to make it to town for the Holidays. The only thing missing was my grandpa. He was really missed this year. Mike did a great job taking over the egg duties, though.

We started the Holiday Season with two ice skating performances. Paige performed with the Silver Blades Synchro Team and was amazing. One was the Light the Night in South Jordan, which I missed unfortunately. The poor girls were so cold because it was outside and windy. The other was at the County Rink. At the County Rink they also had public skating. Mike, Rylee, Paige, Travis, Bennett, and Bronwyn all went skating. The rest of us watched. :) After the skating we went to our house for pizza and then the whole group headed up to the Zoo Lights. It was really fun, and the kids had a blast! Of course the one year we really bundle up it wasn't that cold, go figure....

Jimmy came to town and was able to see Paige's school performance and helped make some candy. It was nice to see him and I'm so glad he made it for the Holiday Season, even if he had to leave before Christmas. RJ and Shaun were able to make it out the week of Christmas and it was great to catch up with them too. Since I'm working nights I didn't get to spend as much time with our visitors, but look forward to seeing them again in DC in May. That reminds me, we need to book our airfare.....

Christmas Eve was great! We had a very nice dinner at my Mom and Dad's and then opened some presents. Alli did great, she was just a little unsure at first. She couldn't figure out why we were letting her open presents instead of telling her to not touch.

Christmas was really nice! We didn't get up until around 8, which was great! The kids were spoiled by Santa! Paige got a new Mac and Alli got a bunch of noisy toys. We were all spoiled though, thank you everyone. Thanks honey, I love our new dining room furniture! Then we headed to Mike and Robin's for Christmas breakfast; it was delicious. Then off to Mike's Dad's house. We had a great dinner up there and opened more presents.

All in all it was a great Holiday Season, but I'm exhausted and glad we have a year to recover!