Growing up

Alyssa has a few things that she LOVES. The most popular too are Emma and cell phones.
Emma is one month older than Alyssa. Alyssa goes to her house twice a week while Russ goes to school. She loves her. They are BFF! Alyssa always squeals when she sees her, they follow each other all over the house. We were hanging out the other night and Alyssa kept giving her hugs and kisses. One time even on the lips, oh my gosh we were laughing so hard! Alyssa started crying hysterically when I pulled her away from Emma.

Second thing cell phones. If I am ever on the phone she gets so mad and tries to grab the phone out of my hand. She has already broken two of my phones. After they are broken I take the battery out and give them to her. Does she want the broken phone...of course not...it doesn't light up or make noise when you press the buttons! Today Noelle let her hold her phone and she walked around the house of 20 minutes jabbering into her phone. Cell phones were not even popular until I was in college and my 1 year old is obsessed. How how times change!

where does time go

1 year ago.

A year of love

It's my party I can cry if I want to... ( I'm having a hard time formatting this so the pictures are first and then the explanation)

We had a great time celebrating Alyssa's first birthday. It is really hard to believe it has already been a year. It has been a great year, she brings so much joy into our lives. We love every minute with her!

We had family over for a party, Alyssa wasn't too interested in opening the presents (maybe next year). We got her a slide, it was a little bigger than we thought. At first she was terrified of it but now she loves to go down the slide. She can't climb up there on her own but she will learn. She also got some fun toys, clothes and books. As for the cake she ate the icing for a little bit but then she pushed the cake away.

Alyssa is full of energy and curiosity. She loves to explore new area's of the house, opens all the drawers. It is hard to get her to stay still long enough to feed her.... She loves books she will turn the pages over and over. She also loves dogs, if she is ever crying we all we have to do is take her outside to see the dog. She is not patient at all... If I show her how to do something and she can't do it right away she gets so mad ( we laugh because it is funny but she gets really frustrated). She started walking 4 days before her birthday now she just walks everywhere!

She has been the most wonderful addition to our lives. I can't remember what life was like before her, it is so much better now! We are so grateful to be her parents, we love to watch her grow and learn!!!