Fall

October 8th

Every year we go to the apple orchard. This year the whole family went. First we went up to the pumpkin patch and picked out our pumpkins. Then we went through the corn maze. Then down to the apple store. We always love doing this....lots of nummy food!

(Alli hanging out with grandpa)

The next day we took pictures of Alli in her Halloween costume. There were a ton of leaves so we just raked them into a pile and put Alli in them. She wasn't too sure about all the leaves.
(Here she is in her Kitty costume)

Back to Work

(September 29th)

I started back to work a week and a half ago. I started on a Thursday to ease back into it. The Monday before I started back, I thought I was ready to be back in a normal routine. I had daycare all lined up and everything in order....or so I thought. I thought between David having 2 days off every 2 days, mom & dad being able to watch Alli on Monday and only having to have daycare 1 day one week and 2 days the next that it was going to work out very nicely.

Tuesday night before I started work, I got a call from the lady that was going to do daycare saying that she took on a full time infant and couldn't watch Alli since she was only going to be a part time infant. You can imagine how frustrated I was....I started back to work in 2 days and had no daycare. Luckily I started back on days that David was home with Alli. Also....I'm VERY lucky to have an awesome aunt and uncle that are retired and willing to help us out by watching Alli when we ask them.

2 Months

(October 2nd)

Alli is 2 months old...where has the time gone?

Her stats are:
12.6 lbs
23 inches long

When we brought her in for her 2 month well child I made sure to schedule it on a day that David had off. I was not about to do this all by myself. I made him hold Alli down when it came time for the shots. I don't know who had it worse....me or Alli. I watched the nurse do the first shot and then saw how hard Alli was crying. I couldn't watch her get the last two. I have only seen Alli cry that hard one other time and it's hard to watch her cry like that.
On the plus side, this little girl is discovering and learning something new every day. I love watching her do this. She can now smile...close to laughing at times I swear! She is all smiles when she wakes up and I try to make sure that get all those smiles. She is trying to figure out how to use her hands. She has just discovered how to suck on her hands and fingers. She loves to be outside.

I just love watching her and seeing her discover new things.