Boo!

A fireman, a SWAT policeman and a wailing ghost!



The boys planned a "circle lips" tiny pumpkin just for Allie.


We already have a little comedian!

Happy 2 Months Allie!

You are 61 days old today, Babes!

At 2 months old, you can already do so many things. Here are your top tricks:

You smile and are such a happy baby.

We think it is so cute when you stick out your long tongue at us.

You can sleep through anything...unless we lay you down in your crib.

Allie at 8 weeks

We hope you never stop making your adorable "tiny circle lips" expression.

You still think it is fun to be wide awake in the middle of the night with Mommy and Daddy. We think it would be just fine if you would like to move the party to the middle of the day.

You found your hands this week and suck her thumb, fingers and fist...anything you can catch in your mouth.

You like to go on adventures in your front carrier. You slept right through the pumpkin patch this week.



The other day you rolled over from your stomach to your back while you were playing with Daddy on the blanket.

You are so interested to look at everything and coo like you have so much to say. I know you do.

You follow your brothers around the room with your eyes and kink your neck to look at Daddy.


Kisses from Tyler

Mommy loves to have fashion shows with you every day and is happy when you dirty your clothes so you can try on something else. It's fun having a girl!

We love you so much, Allie, and can't get enough of your cuddles and slobbery kisses!

Breaking Dawn

Wanna come over tonight at 3:30 a.m.? We're into all-night parties these days. Peanut butter pretzels dipped in Nutella and "Gone with the Wind" is on the game plan for tonight. Oh, you'll have to bounce a baby. But how could you resist a little cutie-pie with a darling smile! I know I can't. The party's over when the sun comes up. See you tonight!

***Tyler asked me today if Allie is nocturnal. Lol! I gave him a big old "YES!"

A day in the life of Tyler

Tyler's First Day

Tyler was so excited today for his first day in Kindergarten. His teacher's name is Mrs. Davis. He thinks that is pretty neat because he also has a Grandma and Grandpa Davis. Tyler is so ready for school although I think he is especially excited about riding the bus to school each day.

First Day for Justin

Justin's first day of 3rd grade was today. The first day of Kindergarten is tomorrow for Tyler. He decided to go along with Dad today to cheer on his big brother.

Here is a picture of Justin with his best buddies, James and Ethan. They are so happy to be in the same class again this year.



I love my handsome third grader!

Fun with Grandpa

We felt lucky to have Grandpa Davis stay for 2 weeks to help with Allie and the boys. He took the boys on many adventures that they will remember for a long time. Including outings to the magic forest down our street, a trip to the dollar store & Subway for lunch, playing with Lego's and dinosaurs, soccer games and the zoo.






In the midst of all that fun, he made time to make us yummy meals and helped Travis with a big project in our garage.

When my parents came out to help after Justin was born (9 years ago this next May), my Dad came up with the idea to build stacked-to-the-ceiling shelving units for storage space in our one car garage. My brother, Jared, was here to help. So, Travis, Jared and my Dad went to work all that week in the garage. Bless them. Ever since then, we have loved those shelves.

After living in this house for nearly 9 years and adding two more kids to our crew, we just have more stuff. Now that we have another munchkin with all of her munchkin things, we have been starting to feel a bit crowded in our home sweet home. We have four bedrooms but hardly ANY storage space throughout the house. Small rooms, small closets, no basement, you get the picture. I have been getting good at purging and passing on things we don't really need anymore. But as Travis tells me now, "We can't throw away everything!"

When my parents came out to help with Allie when she was born, my Dad came up with a new solution for our garage: Building a garage-wide suspended storage unit over the garage door. He and Travis worked hard for more than a week to build an awesome storage space. It was so funny one day when my dad was drilling into the ceiling of the garage which in directly below our bedroom where I was rocking Allie. I knocked a loud "Hello" on my wall, "Da, da-da-da-da..." and he answered with a "da-da" knocked on the ceiling. It cracked me up that I could hear him laughing down there. Here is a picture of the work in progress:



And of course, he also enjoyed lots of cuddle time with baby Allie.



We sure missed Grandpa when he left to go back home. Please come again soon!!!

Family Pictures

Welcome Allie!

Our sweet baby girl, Allie Mai (pronounced "May"), was born Sunday, August 22nd at 8:57 p.m. She weighed 9 pounds 4 ounces and is 21 1/2 inches long. Both of us are feeling good and all of us have been enjoying this week together with Grandpa and Grandma Davis visiting from Utah. Allie is 7 days old today. We sang "Happy 1 Week Birthday" to her tonight before the kids went to bed. She slept right through it.

I'll post more details and pictures later, but for now you can click HERE to view some adorable pictures my good friend, Kaylynn Matteson took yesterday of our little cutie. At http://kaylynnmattesonphotography.com click on "Portfolio" and then click on "Little Ones". Allie is the baby wearing a big pink bow with the soft pink background in pictures #1 and #5. Then she is wearing a blue and white bow in picture #7 of the "Little Ones" slide show.

If you would like to view the whole photo shoot, go to "Proofing" and use the password "tkguptill". Kaylynn is an amazing photographer! I don't know how I'll ever choose between these pictures. They are all perfect! Thanks a million, Kaylynn!

House Calls

One of my favorite perks of having a baby with midwives or naturopathic doctors is they come to your house for the new baby check-ups. The two assistant doctors came out to see Allie the evening of our first day home. Then they came out again today with Doctor Ed for Allie's 3-day-old appointment. Here is a picture of Allie with Dr. Ed Hoffman-Smith and one of the assistant doctors, Chrissy. For the one week appointment, my mom will drive out to the Portland clinic with me.

Justin just loves holding Allie. He's learning how to support her cute little body and head so she doesn't flop around. Today, the boys are trying to catch her with her eyes open. She keeps blinking when she opens her eyes.