Father's Day, firsts, and finally...some answers!!

Ok, so I know that last "f" was a bit of a stretch but what can I say....I tried:)

We have had a lot going on in the past couple of weeks here at the Nichols' house! First and most importantly, we celebrated Father's day with the most wonderful father 2 little girls could ever ask for! Unfortunately, Russell had to work that morning, so the girls and I went to church then had some yummy leftovers from the night before. The girls took a nap which allowed Russell to spend his day doing one of his favorite pasttimes....taking a nap:) Then we just played the rest of the day and had small group at church that night. It was so wonderful to be able to celebrate what an amazing dad Russell is...we even got him a cookie cake (well, my mom got it for him...but she said it was from all of us:)) and a cute card that had some stickers in it. Here is a picture of Daddy and his girls (all with their stickers) before we left for church.

I love how Marissa is pointing to Russell's "Most Incredible Dad" sticker-so cute:) and the girls' each have on a "my dad is my hero" sticker.

So, I know Allie looks terrified in this picture, but I had to post it b/c it's so great of Russell and Marissa, plus...look at how much they all look alike!! The chin and jawline are identical. At least they got my blue eyes:)

Ok, so now to the "firsts"...Sweet Allie ate some baby food for the first time this week(pictures on a later post)! She turned 6 months old last week and had her check-up and everything looked great! The 6 months has flown by, just like it did with Marissa. Here are 6 fun things about Allie, to celebrate her 6 month birthday...

1. She is sooooo happy...she smiles all the time, loves to laugh at her sister, and is still a big fan of her jumperoo

2. She makes this really funny growling noise...she sounds like a little lion

3. She is unbelievably flexible! She can stick all 5 toes in her mouth and will sometimes get her heel in there as well, maybe a future gymnast?

4. She is sleeping 9-10 hours at night!!!

5. She can hold her own bottle now (I need to post some pictures of this)

6. She is the true definition of her middle name...Joy. She brings such joy to our home and we are so thankful that God gave us such a beautiful, healthy, sweet baby girl.

Here are a few recent pictures of our sweet Allie Joy.

This picture cracks me up-I came downstairs after putting Marissa to bed and this is what I found....it must have been a very long day:)

And lastly, "finally....some answers". Allie has been having some breathing issues for the past 5 months or so. She had a couple colds and I thought that was the reason for the way she was breathing, but she has been cold free for a while and it was still going on, so to make a long story short-we took her to have a barium swallow and to see an ENT doctor at children's hospital in Birmingham, and come to find out she has reflux. The stomach acid is causing her airways and the back of her throat to become inflamed and swollen, which causes her breathing to sound so congested. We have her on a presciption of Zantac which will hopefully start working soon!! Thanks for stopping by and try to stay cool!!

(ps-i will shutterfly these to you:))