Corn On the Cob

Kyle and Bailey Bekah and Allison

First Bite of the corn on the cob
Need I say more
yum yum

Kyle and I spent the day with my nieces Rebekah and Bailey. Allison absolutely loves her cousins. We took them to lunch at red robin in Bellevue and then to the ice skating rink. Kyle and Bailey ice skated while Rebekah, Allison and I played at the park. It was a cold day but a fun time with family. On Friday night we had dinner with my parents. Allison was chowing down her food. She even asked for a bite of Rebekah's corn on the cob. Allison loved it so much that Rebekah lost her corn for the night.

Busy Days

You would think that since Kyle is on vacation I would have time to blog, nope. I am still recovering from a bad cold. I am going on 2 weeks now. Each day is better though. Since Kyle has been home we have not done much. On Tuesday night we went to my friend Tamara's house and exchanged kid gifts with the Van Liews and Sargent's. We had a great time. Allison loved playing with Chloe, Keith, Gibson and Grady. Allison and I spend much of our time with The Van Liews and Sargent's.

Keith Showing us his Dude shirt
Gibson and April Chloe, Myself, Kyle and Allison saying cheese
OK, this is not our child. Grady
Gibson loving the train Allison gave him.
Our little french girl

Naked butt. THE END

Making Hats

I came home last night to this wonderful picture of Kyle and Allison. They had fun making paper hats. Dad tried to suprise me with the picture on the computer and he then threw away the evidence. I loved the picture and asked dad to pull them out so we can play with them. They are two of a kind.

Stole my heart

This past week Kyle and Allison got a 24 hour stomach flue. Right now I have a very bad head cold. I took care of my two loves and by Saturday i was exhausted and thought I too was going to have the flu. The good thing I just think my body was exhausted taking care of the two that it needed time to rest. With all the sickness Kyle and I missed his work party. I was bummed out but thankful we didn't miss our couples study on Friday. We took Allison and all the couple brought there kids and they just played. It was so much fun to watch them all play together. On Sunday we celebrated my sisters 40Th birthday. When we got home we were doing our routine with Allison to bed. As I said goodnight she said to kyle and I "pray" we pray with her every night and this night I was so tired I forgot. When she said that it stole my heart. I am just in awe of my child and what she does these days. I will never forget that moment. I pray that Kyle and I continue to show Christs love to Allison through our example. I know we fail at times but when i hear her say "pray" at age 17months that tells me I know we are doing something right.

Snow Day

Yep it snowed. Kyle and I took Allison out in the snow. Our friend Tamara let us barrow her daughters old snow suite. Allison did great until she had to put on boots. For some reason she does not like to wear boots. We only lasted outside for about 10 minutes. We had fun. All day she kept saying "know" which means "snow" and almost sounds like "no" which is her favorite word. We had fun staying home with her that day. We ended up not driving to a Christmas party so we could spend time as a family at home. It was a lot of fun.


Yep after this she was very unhappy and wanted to go home.

A night on the town

The day after thanksgiving Kyle took me out on the town. We had a great time. Allison stayed with Grandma and Grandpa Hutchison. We stayed the night at the Fairmont and then ate dinner at the Icon Grill. We had our second date at the Icon Grill so it was fun to go back and sit in the same seats. We then headed over to Jazz Alley. It was fun to be away from home. It felt like a little vacation. Seattle was so packed with people but we loved it.Us at the hotel
Waiting for the lighting of the Christmas tree
Sitting at Our table.
Leaving Jazz Alley

My Life Time Goals

Awhile back my friend Tamara did a life time list of things she wanted to do in her life. She asked if I would post it sometime. I have been adding to it and never got to typing it up. It is such a good thing for me because I have so much I want to do. Here is the start. I know it will be added to over the years. The list is not in any order either. I would encourage you all to do the same.

My #1 Goal is to first and always strive to be more like Christ every day

See my sister, nieces and nephews come to Christ

Run a 5K - 9-30-07 accomplished

Do a Tri Athalon

Have another baby

Finish My AA

Travel many places in Europe - like German/Ireland

Tour Greece

Ride Seattle to Portland

Show my husband Costa Rica

Back Pack Beyond Malibu - Owned by Young Life

Visit/Hike in Colorado

Visit all USA National Parks - 8/05 Saw and hiked in Glacier National Park

Visit Alaska

Have a vacation home. :)

Happy Turkey Day

This Thanksgiving we spent with the Hutchison's. We had a lot of fun telling stories, hearing stories and watching Allison be the center of attention. She loves to entertain her family. Poor girl is the only little kid around. I don't think she minded to much though.

She loves to smile for the camera now.

Allison Helping Daddy make sweet potatoes. yum yum
Loving on baby Jenny.
Eating Olives off her finger for the first time.
the boo boo Bunny came out. So dramatic.
Mom and Dad

Allison's favorite saying "ooh"

Decorate the Christmas tree

Mommy and Allison putting up ornaments
Daddie and Allison putting the angle on top
getting excited about the tree

Kyle and I decided to put the Christmas tree up the day before thanksgiving. Allison loved it. She has more fun playing with the tree. She put all the ornaments in one spot. Dad and mom had to rearrange them. She is so excited about the tree.

What to do on a gloomy day

Today I have tried thinking of ideas what to do with Allison. Lately we have been stuck in the house because she had the stomach flue one week and this last weekend we had another scare. Allison woke up at 5am on Saturday with a fever of 103.8 in the ear. We called the Dr she had croup. This can be a very serious illness I am told. I have heard of some children being in the hospital. Croup is a barking cough and the kids also have trouble breathing. Kyle and I were very worried. We put her into bed with us then took her to the Dr the next morning. She is doing much better. We are glad we caught it in time. With all the sickness I have run out of ideas what to do with Allison. She does not play by herself so mom tries to entertain her a lot. Today we wanted to get out but many of our other friends were sick or busy. I was a little worried it was going to be a long day today. I am looking forward to a short week and Dad being home.

What did I end up doing with my little one? I brought out paint and let her paint for awhile. It lasted about 5 minutes. Then she played in the sink and that was fun for her but mom had to clean up a lot of water. Then she had me stand in the middle of the kitchen while she ran around me. I asked if I could sit down but she said, "no." I stood there for a long time until i set the timer and said, "OK, when the timer goes off we are done." It was fun watching her run around me though. I finally got my little one off for a nap. I am so ready to do nothing today. The weather is gloomy so I always feel a little lazy. I got all my laundry and cleaning done this weekend so it will be nice to watch a little TV w/out interruption.

Allison Painting.

Im a girl

nigh nigh. Allison wanting to take a nap. While mom was on the phone. I better put her to bed.

My new Jewelry.
Smile
Allison loving her new purse and Jewelry.

My husband mentioned that I had not updated my blog. The reason for that is, well mom has been busy with a sick girl last week. Last week we went to get Allison a flu shot at Kyles work but she was too young. We called the Dr and they have not received their shots for patience's yet, great. I guess it wouldn't of helped because Allison got the flue. I woke up last Wednesday (11-6) morning to a screaming baby. I turned on her little light and she had thrown up. I put her in the shower with dad and back to bed. She didn't eat very much for about 4 days. I did not know Allison was sick because she acted her normal self. I guess she is like dad when she gets sick. Just goes on with the day like nothing is bothering her. When Allison got better we were able to attend a birthday party for our friend Sophia. The great thing about this party is you don't bring gifts but you leave with gifts. Allison got her first necklace and hello kitty barrettes. She was so excited as you can see in the pictures above. She is defiantly a girlie girl.

Potty number 2

working hard on the potty.

I have not written any exciting news since Halloween. Not much has been going on with us. I am busy taking Allison to toddler school, music class and I try to hang out with friends. This past weekend I got a day to myself. I loved getting away. Kyle took Allison hiking and i cleaned the house, finished my novel and looked at a magazine. Kyle and I have been busy keeping Allison busy on the weekends as well.



Anyways, I wanted to let you all know that Allison tried the potty again. This time she did both number 1 and number 2. After her bath i had her sit on the potty for awhile. She did great. I thought she would never get off the thing. I did take pictures, but a friends husband thought i was weird putting it on the blog so this time i wont gross you out. (Those who know me know i scrapbook every thing. ) I was grossed out by it though. I thought i was going to throw up when i flushed it down the toilet and cleaned the potty, yuk. Allison was very excited. She got a sticker. I really hope this is a start to a new thing. If not I am in no hurry. We really want her to enjoy going potty rather then feeling like she is demanded to. So far so good.

Trick or Treat

I am not so sure about this.

OK, Daddie is with me. I'm happy.
I'm Flying like a lady bug. Who is this hippey (GREGG) OK, this looks fun.


Well for Allison that is twickteat. This was Allison's first Halloween. After her nap today we headed over to dads work for a little trick or treating. The whole way over Allison kept saying "da da" She hadn't seen Kyle since Monday night. As soon as we got out of the car she ran to Kyle and did not let go of him. It was a little crazy at Microsoft, if you can only imagine. We got in and up to Kyles office. Allison was not really into walking around but she got a few pieces of candy before we headed out and over to Mill Creeks, Trunk or Treat. We met my friend April and her family. It was a lot of fun. Allison was still a little weirded out about it so she sat in Gibson and Grady's stroller while Gibson guided us through to each car. Yep, the little Lion lead us all around. He was so fun to watch. I hope Allison will be like that next year. She got a little scared by some pirates but other then that she just took it all in. At the end with much surprise Allison and Gibson got to sit in a the front seat of a fire truck, WOW! The kids both loved it. We then headed inside and they had toys set up for the little ones to play with. Allison was more into feeding the baby dolls and Gibson was into the fire trucks. Boys will be boys and girls will be girls. Grady (Gibson's little bro) on the other hand just went on for the ride.







Snoopy (Grady) so cute.

Allison sitting in the Fire Trucks front seat.

Gibson, Allison and Kiah (Gibson's neighbor)OK, I'm a little worried now.

Dress-up at School

I'm a Lady bug
Ooh
No more mom
Craft time at my Toddler class
I love playing in the sand

On Tuesday we had Toddler class. Allison got to wear her new Lady Bug costume. She had so much fun wearing it. She also enjoyed seeing the other kids wearing their outfits as well. Allison is really enjoying the toddler class, so it mommy.