Here we go....

All the way back to December 17th. The day our sweet, sweet Allie turned 2. As I always say, and so does everyone else...time flies and I can't believe my little girl is 2. And let me also say, that if you've never met our Allie....well, you should. She is one.of.a.kind. She is so super silly, sweet, goofy, funny, stubborn, beautiful, happy...there is just no way to put Allie into words. She brings such joy and laughter to our home, not a day goes by that we don't all crack up laughing at something silly she does.

Her big day started like most others, except she had on her "Birthday girl" shirt! She shared a bowl of cereal with big sister and very much enjoyed it!
YUMMY!
Big sister having fun!

The birthday girl getting big hugs from "tee-too" (that's Allie talk for sister) :)

That night, we had the Allen's over for a little dinner and some cake wth cupcakes to celebrate! This is what Allie does when she gets embarassed, she puts her hands up at her mouth like that....it's so cute. She wasn't sure what to think when everyone was singing "Happy Birthday" to her:)

But she was sure she looooved the icing on her cake!

Bryce and Marissa loved their cupcakes!!

Even sweet Avery got in on the cupcake fun!

Marissa finished her cupcake then moved on to Allie's cake...I'm sure she figured little sister needed some help with that big 'ol cake!

Then it was present time!!

As you can see, she was sooooo excited about opening her presents!!

Bryce and Marissa helping out:)

YAY! More toys!!! I love this picture:)

We had such a fun day celebrating our sweet girl! Happy 2nd birthday Miss Allie!

In the meantime...

I know I have a lot of catching up to do. And I promise I will get to it...in the meantime-enjoy these pictures that Aunt Jessica took of Allie in the jump house. They make me laugh everytime...

Ready... UP!

Down....

And out. :)

Thanksgiving Day fun!

We had a pretty low key thanksgiving around here...but it was wonderful! Papa and NeeNee drove down to spend a couple days with us and, like always, we all had lots of fun together:) Mom and I went shopping Wednesday, we played games Wednesday night after the girls went to bed...but the real fun started on Thursday!

That morning, Mom and I started getting the meal ready! Of course, my little helpers were right there to ready to get their hands dirty...they were pros at crumbling the cornbread for the stuffing! As you can see, Allie is working very hard! Making sure the whole bowl is all filled up!
All done! Now it's time to go outside and PLAY!

Some of our very sweet neighbors, the Vandervoorts, found out that Marissa got a bike for her birthday, so Mrs. Martha offered her very long and straight driveway to us anytime we wanted to use it! And we have definitely taken her up on that offer! It's the perfect driveway to learn how to ride your bike:)

In case you can't tell....Marissa is a big fan of riding her bike!!! She loves it!

Big Tex even got in on the fun....
Miss Allie found a soccer ball to play with!

Daddy gave her a couple pointers.....

And she was off and running!! I love this action shot!

Future Mia Hamm?

Big sister was still busy perfecting her bike riding skills!

Taking a little walk to look at all the pretty leaves:)

Allie lost her soccer ball in the alley...


Papa to the rescue!!

Marissa took a little break and I asked her what she was doing...to my surprise, she had packed a little tupperware full of M&M's and put it in her Princess bag. Haha! I guess all that bike riding can make a girl hungry!

However, she couldn't get the lid off, so Papa came to her rescue...she was very grateful:) This is such a sweet picture!

Did someone say M&M's?!?

Mommy, where are the M&M's?!

There she goes....where there is food, there is Allie. :)

Big sister was kind enough to share....

YUMMY!

Snack break is over! Time to ride!:)

We hope you and your family had a wonderful Thanksgiving:)

Sisterly Love part 8....Story time!

I walked into Allie's room one day to this sweet sight. They sat in here for about 30 minutes while big sister read Elmo to little sister:)
They took a break to smile for mommy!

So sweet. Seriously, this makes my heart smile. These two really are becoming the best of friends.

I can hear Marissa right now saying "turn around, Allie...that's not how you read!" Allie has a style all her own:)

I love how Allie is pointing to the page in this picture, she would say, "tee-too, what's dat?" and Marissa would help her figure out what she was pointing to:)

Listening intently to big sister!

Marissa was done, but Allie was still interested in all that Elmo had to say:)

Smile for mommy!

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