Baby Alli

After a very long day, Heather and Ben finally made me an aunt again. They got to the hopital at 3am to be induced. I left work around noon so I wouldn't miss anything. HA We waited and waited for Alli to make her appearance but she was being very stubborn. Finally, around 5:45pm it was time to push. A couple hours later, Alli finally joined us. Here she is - totally worth the wait!!

July 14th 7:37pm
6 pounds 14 ounces





She has the longest feet and toes. They are so cute!!

Nana with her fourth grandbaby.

Baby Update

Had another checkup today and heard the heartbeat. It's still going strong. My weight is the same - overall I am down 5 pounds from when I got pregnant. My ultrasound is scheduled for July 30 at 9 am. Everyone think boy! :)

Uncle Ben

One of Caitlin's favorite people is Uncle Ben and I think you can see why. Ben loves Caitlin and spoils her rotten. He is always up for whatever game she wants to play - even dress-up. What a good sport!!

Gymnastics Progress

Caitlin is still loving her gymnastics class. The other day we were at class and I look up from my book and this is what she was doing. I had no idea she had come so far. She can start from the ground and pull herself all the way up to a perfect back bend!!

Caitlin's Birthday

We had a day long celebration for Caitlin's birthday. With her gymnastics party behind us, we still wanted the day to be special. So I tried to do all of Caitlin's favorite things. We first started with breakfast at the gas station. She thinks it is the greatest thing ever to be able to go in and pick out her own breakfast. She picked two Krispy Kreme donuts and water.



Next, she went to school. It was her last day there and bitter sweet. She is excited to get to spend a month and a half with daddy doing fun summer things and then start Kindergarten, but I know she will miss her friends and all of the wonderful teachers at Children's Christian Center. We have LOVED her time there!! So we took cupcakes in for everyone and took some pictures of her favorite people.

Miss Beth and Miss Jenny - were her teachers last year.

Miss Christy - her teacher now.

Caitlin and all of her friends.

After I picked up her and she said her long goodbyes, we took back some duplicate gifts and she got to spend the credit and some birthday money and pick out toys. She loves to do this. She goes up and down each aisle and as she finds something she likes, she asks if she has enough money for it. She finally settled on a Disney barbie that she didn't have and a dragon that talks and walks (yes, this one surprised me too, but she loves that thing!).

For dinner, we had McDonald's, where she got to play. And then we had dessert at Baskin Robbins (okay maybe that was more for me than her).

After dessert, we went home and watched the Red Box movie we rented (Bolt) and stayed up late. It was a great day. I can't believe I now have a 5-year old, but I am so proud of the person she is now and who she continues to become.

Must Love Dogs

Caitlin LOVES dogs - wants one so bad. But this is what she looks like after playing with them. She is allergic to their saliva, I think, because every where she lets them lick her turns red. Sunday she got to spend time with Heather and Ben's three dogs and she just loves them. She sits in the floor and lets them crawl on her and lick on her and she is in absolute heaven. She doesn't care it makes her splotchy and itchy. The good thing about this is that after a few hours of no dog time, the redness is all gone and she's back to normal.