Bye Uncle Phillip :(

Tonight was a sad night because my brother (Uncle Phillip) went back to college. Alivia has gotten really close to him this summer so it broke my heart when she ran into his arms and kissed him good bye. My brother and I are really close so I of course was very choked up. Phillip plays baseball at Oklahoma City University so he doesn't get to come back very often. Unfortunately, I took my camera but left my camera card at home so I didn't get any pictures. We LOVE you Uncle Phillip. Come home soon!

Pottery Barn Chair!! :(

So....Thursday night when I came home from curriculum night this was what Izzey, our dog, left for us. This is Alivia's absolute favorite chair ever. She sits in it all of the time. I was so upset and Alivia was really confused as to why Mommy was so upset. Of course, all I wanted to do was spank Izzey but I tried to stay calm and just put the dogs outside while I cleaned up the mess. Daddy was at a concert with a friend so I texted him and he just said "don't worry you can buy her a bigger one!" Daddy is always the positive one! Needless to say I am very sad to buy another but life goes on, right? I guess Izzey will have to be in her cage from now on. :(

Mommy's Little Girl!

This past week Alivia has been up at school with me a lot helping me get ready for curriculum and open house night next week. She has actually been pretty good while we have been at school. Of course, I can get a lot more done when she isn't there but since I teach kindergarten there is a lot for her to play with in my room. I am very, very sad to leave Alivia this summer but looking forward to getting back into a routine. It will definitely be a lot harder to leave her this summer because she has become Mommy's Little Girl! I AM also looking forward to meeting all my new little kiddos! I LOVE seeing their excited little faces on meet the teacher night!! Alivia, thanks for being patient with me this week and helping out. Mommy LOVES you and I will miss you very much when you start back at Janet's house on Monday but so grateful you are in precious hands!!

Doesn't she look so big in this pic? She was helping me file papers...he, he!

LOVED these erasers that were in my kiddos welcome bags!

Playdough fun!

Number practice!

Daddy come up to help too and drew a flower for me to show the kids!

First time with Markers!!

Having fun with the markers...can you tell? It is all over her face, legs, and every body part!

She is in the pink chair watching baby einstein! LOVES my big screen!

LOVED playing with the big Clifford!

"Mommy, I like it here at school. The movies are cool on your screen! I think I am ready for Kindergarten.....PLEASE can I come with you??"

Extreme Gymnastics

After Alivia's doctors appointment we met some of my teacher friends at Extreme Gymnastics for open gym. It is on Chipman road in Lees Summit. We thought we would give it a try since Alivia likes GAGE so much. Since Alivia had just had her shots she didn't last the entire 2 hours and I had to go to school to finish up some things but she had fun the first hour she was there. The nice thing is it only costs $3 for 2 hours!! Here are a few pics!

Climbing after sliding!

The big slide she went down and then ran across!

Ava teaching Alivia how to drink from a drinking fountain!

Trampoline fun!

So fun Mommy!

Alivia and Ava-Aren't they cute in their matching outfits??? Not planned!

Hugs for John!!! Isn't he a cutie pie?

18 Month Check-Up!!!

WOW! I can't believe our baby girl is already 18 Months old!! It is flying by. She weighed 19 lbs 10 oz/3rd percentile and was 30 inches tall/8th percentile. She checked out great but the doctor advised us to add more fat to her diet. They wanted us to start her on carnation instant breakfast and pediasure for snack times. I am not sure if we are going to start that or not because I think she is healthy and doing just fine. I think we will just try and add more fat to her diet. Ha! I wish the doctor would say that to me! Here are 18 of the many things we LOVE about Alivia! We are so blessed to have her in our lives. She makes us smile every day and truly melts our hearts! We love you Alivia! :)

1. Says ma, ma, ma all the time now! It used to be Daddy all of the time!
2. Points and says body parts (head, eyes, nose, ears, mouth, teeth, tongue, toes, fingers, belly button and boob(Ben taught her that one..ha!)
3.When she says "thank you"- it is the cutest thing ever!
4. When she signs and says "please"- LOVE IT!
5. She yells for the dogs,Daisey and Izzey and says "Dais, Izz!"
6. Jumps on the bed and says "1, 2, 3...go! as she lands on her bottom"
7. LOVES saying "boo!" to scare us!
8. Daddy taught her to shake hands...it is too funny!
9. When she sits in timeout and pouts...I just can't help but LOVE that face
10. When she crosses her arms in her sassy look- I can't say I love this though!
11. Her sassy personality!
12. She drags her chair across the room to watch baby einstein
13. Shakes her booty when asked to dance!
14. Snuggles at night with her pacie, baby doll and blanket!
15. Picks out her own night, night book every night
16. Screaming in the car...she thinks it is hilarious!
17. We LOVE that she is so verbal because she is repeating everything we say now but that can be challenging at times because she is so stubborn!
18. Last but not least she is in the stage of saying "no!!" all of the time. Of course, this is not something I like but it is certainly a trait she has become very accustomed too. We are working really hard at sharing and being nice to others without saying "no!." Wish us luck on that one.

Alivia waiting for the doctor to come in. She was enjoying playing peek-a-boo behind the bed! She obviously didn't realize the shots were coming!!! :(

Chocolate Pudding

Tonight Alivia had chocolate pudding for the first time by herself. She has had it before but never by herself. Tonight I decided to let her go at it! Needless to say she had a blast and of course, LOVED it!!! MMmmmmm....into the bath tub we went!

First American Girl Doll

This past weekend I went to Chicago for a girls trip. While I was there I got Alivia her first American Doll. I got the toddler bitty baby so they don't make blonde hair and brown eyes until the bigger dolls so this doll doesn't look quite like Alivia but she is pretty cute. She absolutely LOVES it and thinks it is a real baby. She even said, "no, no" to her. It was pretty funny. Here are a few pics of her first morning playing with her.


She immediately put her in her rocking chair that we read books in.


Too cute..

Rocking her!

Carrying her...

and carrying her like a big girl!

Taking her baby for a spin!

Kisses for baby...

Stil cruising around!

This is when she told her baby doll "no, no" because she fell out of the car...oops!

Before bath time tonight she went and got her blanket and her baby doll that she sleeps with and put it on her baby doll. It was too cute.

Good night kisses!