Happy Birthday Allie Mai!

Our sweet babes is 1 year old today!

You know she is our third child, because we partied by taking Justin and Tyler to get their eyes checked in time for school. They both need glasses so we picked out some frames. Tyler is so excited, but Justin isn't so convinced it will be a good thing. I think they both look handsome in their new glasses.

We did have a little family party after dinner. The boys picked out a party hat and bib for our cutie-pie birthday girl. She hated her banana "ice cream". She made some pretty funny cringing faces.

Allie is growing up so fast! She is our big girl doing so many big things:

• She often says "Go!" with sign language. Especially after she hears us say that word in our normal conversations.
• Always wants to climb up the stairs and stop half-way up to look at herself in the hall mirror.
• Walks along with her walker. She is getting faster now and can stop without losing her balance.
• Always talks with her hands now that we have been teaching her sign language.
• Signs "sleep" when she is tired. "more" and "all done" at mealtime.
• She takes the quickest little steps when she walks barefoot on the grass.
• She loves the BIG neighbor dogs, but does NOT love a cold dog nose on her bare foot.
• We always have to go stand in the garage to wave goodbye to Travis & the boys when they leave to go somewhere. She squeals and flaps her arms and legs when we get to go along, too.
• Allie loves to talk on the speaker phone when anyone calls.

Here is a month-by-month stroll down memory lane:

First Day:

6 Days Old:

1 Month:

2 Months:

3 Months:

4 Months:

5 Months:

6 Months:

7 Months:

8 Months:

9 Months:

10 Months:

11 Months:

12 Months:

This has been a wonderful year of smiles, kisses, cuddles and baby bliss. We love you Missy Lou!

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This was Tyler's creation for a Lego contest. He's crossing his fingers and toes that he wins a prize. I'm just proud of him for taking the initiative to go for it on his own. Way to go, Ty Guy!

Intel Zoo Day

The company Travis works for, Intel, sponsored a zoo day today for families. We had a great time at the dinosaur exhibit, chowing down at the BBQ, putting together crafts and checking out the zoo animals. They even gave out zoo animal hats for us to wear! Did I say I love Intel? Cause I do.

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11 Months Old

Allie is 11 months old today. Every day with her has been a joy. Here are some of her favorite things to do these days:

1. Today I held her hands while she was standing and she walked 10 tiny steps before sitting back down.
2. She likes to lick everything. Including the walls and the dishwasher door.
3. Allie can sign "more", "all done" and "hat". She saw herself today in the mirror and noticed the bow on her head. She immediately signed "hat". Adorable. She has her own version of signing "baby" with one bent arm rocking off to the side of her body.



4. She says what sounds like "Hi Dad!" when Travis comes into the house. She says "Mom" and "Ta" (Tyler) and "Ju" (Justin).
5. She gets the biggest giggle and smile on her face when Justin "saves" her from the play pen or her crib.



We are loving our sweet babes!

Superhero Cat

This morning, Travis and I heard loud scraping and a crash like someone was climbing up onto our roof. He ran outside to look and found a cat with a bird in it's mouth. We totally laughed out loud. A cat just jumped onto our rooftop from the top of our fence and caught a bird. Then jumped 15 feet back down to the grass. It then ran across the street with it's treasure. Amazing! I tell ya, no more loitering birds in our yard! I wonder if he'll chase the racoons away from trying to get into the vents under our house? Here kitty kitty...

Sundance

During our summer trip to Utah, we had a Davis family reunion up at Sundance for 3 days. Everyone came: my parents, siblings and their families. We all stayed in a large cabin just over from the ski slopes. It was great to be all together and the kids had such a fun time with all of their cousins. We just enjoyed the time to relax and enjoy time together.

10 Months Old Today

Allie turned 10 months old today. We celebrated with a quick photo shoot. I tried to capture her "Allie faces". This one is a classic: She seems to always be sticking her tongue out. Especially when we are outside and it is a little bit breezy. She must love the feeling of the cool air.



Her hair is finally long enough to pull back in a barrette. I'm loving it!



Right now she is exactly the perfect height to beaver the windowsill. When she pulls herself up to stand up to look out the window, her mouth just easily clamps right onto the ledge. Yes, we have marks to prove she was there! I try to line up toys on the windowsill so she'll play with them instead.

Those are 18 month sized pants she's wearing. I had bought them ahead so she could wear them this next winter. lol!



She is a bit shy around strangers now and when they talk to her she'll put her head down on my shoulder for a second or two. I think it's sweet.



Oh and we just love all her kissable rolls and chubby cheeks!