Updates!

Cruisin!

Growth Spurt

The last picture of Allison and the new house was obviously not to scale. Here's a better, more accurate picture of our family.

Moving

Sorry for the lack of blog updates! Since Allison's first birthday party, we have been furiously getting ready to move into our first house! We have spent the last few days painting the three bedrooms, closets, and hall. Who knew painting took so long? Since we'll be moving next week, expect that we won't update the blog until we're settled in.

Allison has been super busy lately as well. She is crawling more on her hands and knees, and she is pulling up on everything and everyone! She has also figured out how to "cruise", and she loves to walk around the room while holding onto our hands for balance. On Friday, the 4th, we were having lunch with Uncle Jun & Aunt Sarah and I looked over to see her climbing their stairs! Watch out, world, here comes Allison!

Tol - 1 year birthday!

Warping heads of babies

Allison got her DOC-band off yesterday!! Here are the before and after pics. One of the problems the band addressed was the width of Allison's head. Her head used to be a lot wider than it was long. In the first picture, you can see that now her head looks lengthened.

Also, the band corrected some flattening and assymetry at the back of her head. The second set of pictures show how much rounder the back is.

And finally, you'll notice in the last set of pictures that her head looked "flat" and the sides of her forehead looked pushed out, which is called brachyocephaly. You can definitely see the overall change in her head shape and especially how different her forehead looks. Amazing!


Before vs After

Before vs After

Before vs After

Raiders of the Dirty Diapers

Lowrider

Grrr!
The low rider drives a little slower
Low rider, is a real goer

Keepin' Cool!

Oceans 11 (months)

Our baby is 11 months old today!! Where has the time gone? We love going in and getting her in the mornings. Although she's usually awake by 6:30, she waits patiently in her crib until we get her 15-30 minutes later. We can hear her squealing and practicing her babbling, which is so adorable. When we do come in and get her, she immediately pops her head up and gives us a great big grin. Allison also delights us by smacking her lips and making a kissing sound--she's giving us kisses! She's a great eater and loves feeding herself. Her favorite foods are pancakes, applesauce, goldfish crackers, lima beans, and strawberries. Lately she has been doing more "army" crawling and is quite fast at moving toward toys or other things that interest her. When asked, she can clap, reach, shake, and kiss, although she doesn't often do it on command. Having quite the fiery personality, she definitely lets us know what she doesn't like! She is strong-willed for sure, yet so sensitive too. Every night before we go to bed, we sneak into her room to check on her. It is the most amazing feeling to watch your baby sleeping peacefully. We didn't think we could love her any more than when we first met her, but each day we find our hearts are filled with even more love than the day before. Happy 11 months, precious "Boogies". You are such an incredible gift and we are blessed beyond measure to be your parents.

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy mother's day!

To my own mom - thanks for not messing me up... so much.
To my mother in law - thanks for feeding me so much.
To my wife - thanks for loving me (ie, putting up with me) so much!

Motivational Wednesday