Fun Allie videos

Having Allie in our family has been such a joy. Everyone has been able to create a special bond with her. It's funny because when ever someone is upset or sad they seem to naturally gravitate to Allison. She's just such a happy baby we can't help but want to be near her. It's pretty comical the lengths we'll go to to get a giggle out of her. Her sisters are the worst! I'm so glad Allie enjoys their attention as much as she does because they adore her. I'll often take her in to the play room and leave her in there in her bouncy seat to play. I have to say having three has most definitely been easier than two was. Mostly because Mellie and Katie are good little mommas and love taking care of Allie. It makes it so much easier to get dinner made or chores done when they all happily entertain each other!

We have gobs of pictures and videos that are slowly going to make on here, but for now here's a couple more recent videos. Enjoy!

Pretend time with Katie

Before Melody started school she and Katie spent a lot of time playing together. I was actually looking forward to having some more one on one time with Katie. It's incredible how much I've been able to get to know her better. You'd think with her being my daughter I'd know her pretty well, but I haven't spent too much time playing with just her and she's is one creative little girl! She LOVES to play pretend. Today I was all about having a lazy movie day because our heater is on the fritz so it randomly will decide that it won't heat the house above 65. I was FREEZING! Apparently I've acclimated to Texas :) Anywho I wanted to snuggle with my girls on the couch under three blankets and watch Disney movies all day, but Katie had other plans. After the first two movies she got up, turned off the tv and said 'no more tv today mom. Let's go play!' So I wrapped up and grudgingly followed her to the play room (the coldest room in the house!) 

She's so funny to play pretend with. We'll start out playing teacher and we each have to play three different parts. Today she started out as the daddy named Eugene, then she was also the teacher and the doctor. Allie was the little sister and the sick baby, and I was the mommy named Tangled, the student, and the little girl. Then out of no where she brought me the costume box and we started dressing up in random stuff. The more we played the sillier it got! I'm loving that I have another year and a half before I have to send her off to school. Can't get over the fact that this is my job!

Zombie Doctor

Clown/Pirate/Princess 

Fairy princess

FOOD!!

Allie has been very interested in food for a while now. When I try to eat or drink while nursing her she'll stop eating and try to get what ever I have instead. Her pediatrician told me the standard now is to wait until 5 months to start rice cereal for a variety of silly reasons, but I started Melody and Katie when they seemed like they were interested in food and they did great so I figured I'd follow the same standard for Allie. We did rice cereal a few times and moved on to the 'good' stuff! I made some sweet potato puree the other day and Allie just loves it!! I had forgotten, however, just how messy it can be feeding a baby! :)

p.s. notice the pony tail! Her hair finally got to the point that it had to be contained. I think I may need to trim her bangs soon though because it is growing SO fast!!

A milestone!

Melody noticed she had a loose tooth way back before Thanksgiving and she finally lost it about a week ago. She woke us up one morning screaming, totally freaked me out! Apparently her tooth had fallen out while she was sleeping and she found it on her pillow in the morning. She was so funny about the whole thing, she even wrote a note to the Tooth Fairy. The Tooth Fairy obviously wrote back :)

Too clever for her own good!

About once a month Jared likes to take the girls out on a Daddy Date so that they get some special time with just him (reason #354 why I am irrevocably in love with my husband!) Jared told the girls this morning that he was taking them out for a date at 11:30 so they needed to get ready to go. This is the conversation that went on after he went in to do his hair and what not.

Melody: I wonder if we're going to the park?
Me: No it's too cold to go to the park right now.
Katie: I wonder where we going...
Melody: Well lets look at the clues. It can't be somewhere outside because Mom said it's too cold; that's the first clue.
Katie: Clue one. Right.
Melody: Daddy told us to go potty. It's inside so it must have bathrooms, but he won't want to take us; that's clue number two.
Katie: So what is it?
Melody: It's inside and it's somewhere Dad doesn't want to take us potty...I KNOW!! It's the MOVIES!! It's the movies, huh Mom?
Me: I guess you'll find out...
Melody: Now I know it is because before you said no, and that time you said we'll find out!
Katie: YAY!! The MOVIES!!

Sure enough that was where he was taking them! I had to leave the room to keep from laughing out loud! I couldn't believe what Melody had just done. She watches a show on qubo every so often called The Mysteries of Alfred Hedgehog. It's kind of like Blues Clues for big kids. She obviously learned a thing or two.

Conversations with my girls...

Melody
While driving to the park:
Melody- Mom lets go to Zonic and get an ice cream.
Me- Melody it's pronounced SSSonic. With an S.
Melody- No Mom it's ZZZonic!
   -driving past Sonic-
Me- Look Melody it has an S on the sign, it's Sssonic.
Melody- Well obviously they spelled it wrong!


Melody- Mom are mermaids real?
Me- No they're just pretend.
Melody- WHAT!?! How can I ever be a mermaid if they're not real!?
Me- Well you can pretend.
Melody- No Mom! That's not good enough! I want to have fishy friends and swim and play all day. Now what am I going to do?!

Katie
Katie- A mudder god fairy visit me last night while I sleeped.
Me- Oh yeah? What did she say to you?
Katie- She sayd if you kiss lots and lots of frogs one day you'll turn into a princess!
Me- Wow! So are you going to do it?
Katie- Well frogs are weally yucky, but I have to cause I just HAVE to be a princess!


Katie- Momma my wish is not truing!
Me- What did you wish for?
Katie- To be a princess and to marry a prince.
Me- Well maybe when you get older you will marry a prince and then you'll be a real princess.
Katie- *sigh* It's going to take forever to get older!!