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It has been an entire year since I last posted...almost to the day. Allie has certainly grown quite a bit since then. She is now walking, talking, running, rolling, sliding, and has added a few new dance moves (such as spinning) to her repertoire.We spent the day today taking her almost 18 months pics. It was a lot easier to do them now before school starts then to actually wait until she is

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We went with Grandma (mama) & Aunt Kimmy (Mimi) to Lincoln Park Zoo. It was so much fun!!! I thought she would eventually get bored and fussy, but she LOVED seeing all the animals.We saw tigers and zebras and llamas and so much more!! Her favorites were definitely the bears and monkeys. :) The variety of animals is truly amazing. The stripes on zebras and the markings on a tiger just amaze me.

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Allie and I met up with Grandma Tucker at a small petting zoo in Wheaton. It was perfect for Allie. She got to see and pet some of her favorite animals.There were ducks:She got to pet goats. I never really thought about how they like to climb. You can see them in the background hanging out on some platforms. :)It was a hot, hot day, but she enjoyed every minute!! I would highly recommend a

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Our small group decided to get away together. We spent a weekend at a farm house (a very nice farm house) about at hour outside of Galena. It was beautiful there! Lots of green!!! It was fun to hang out and play with all the kids. We quickly learned that the 2 horses on the property were friendly. It was Allie first real-life encounter with "neighs."There was a cute little pond that was

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Sunday, July 22nd we had a dedication ceremony for Allie. A dedication is an opportunity to celebrate Allie's life and for us as parents to publicly commit to raising our child to become the beautiful girl God intends her to be. It also is an opportunity for us to ask our friends and family to help us in that pursuit. It really meant a lot to us to have everyone there with us.It was a

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This past weekend Allie made the trip up to Winona, Minnesota to visit her great-grandma!! She invited Auntie Kim, Grandma Whamond and I to go along with her. :) Unfortunately, Uncle Mike had a busy schedule so he wasn't able to join us. So far she has been a pretty good traveler. I was definitely a little nervous about upsetting the people in the assisted living home, but she kept her fussing to

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The timing of Allie's birth was nearly perfect. I was able to take a full 12 weeks off, but I had to go back to work for the last week of school. I guess it really was the best timing we could possibly come up with as I would probably have had to go back in to clean up and finalize grades and stuff, so I might as well get paid for it.Everyone and their mother, literally, offered to watch Allie.

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It is a guarantee that every child will perform at least one "first" when mommy's not looking. Allie decided not to put off the inevitable...We were getting ready to take a bath, so I had laid her on her back on the floor while I went downstairs to get a diaper. I came back upstairs...and she was on her tummy!!! I thought that it must have been an accident, but just in case I ran downstairs,

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Allie took her first trip May 4th-6th. We went to Indiana University to see Aunt Kim graduate from college. First, I have to confess that I am a terrible mom...Allie may be the only 8 week old who has gotten kicked out of a bar!! Ok, so I'm not a terrible mom, I just didn't think that going into a bar at lunch-time (B-ton is a smoke-free town so I didn't have to worry about that) would be a

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The absolute best part of Alyssa Grace's second month of life was that she started smiling. This is my favorite pic from that month...I honestly don't know what I would do without my friends who have little ones a little a little older than Allie. I am constantly reminded that the "it takes a community" saying has so much truth to it. Stephanie's wisdom really saved the day for me this month.

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I'm trying to catch up to the current time, but so much has happened that I want to share. This post will attempt to summarize the rest of the first month of Alyssa Grace's life...She started to actually enjoy bath time. The key was losing the umbilical cord so that she could take real baths (instead of sponge baths.) It was still quite cold so being submerged in the warm water felt good.She

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I am forever grateful that Andy was able to stay home with me for the first 2 weeks. I had no idea how I was supposed to care for our beautiful little babygirl. Of course I had read some books and talked with every parent I knew, but everything I thought I knew got lost somewhere in the cobwebs in my brain. I was in charge of taking care of a live human being!!VISITORS!!!!! The first few

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During our stay at the hospital it seemed like Allie wanted to eat more than "normal." When I vocalized this someone should have immediately reminded me that I have no clue what "normal" is as she is my first child. So instead of feeding her every time that she indicate she was hungry (which in Allie language was a wide open mouth with her head turned to the side) I often gave her a pacifier

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We headed to the hospital at 6:30 a.m. They got us set up in a LDR (labor-delivery room). My mom met us there shortly after we got settle in. I was about 3 cm dilated when they checked. I progressed to about 4 cm when the contractions began to radiate through my back. At that point I pictured the photo I saw of Kelle with a bright, shining smile on her face holding up 9 fingers to indicate

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We began trying to get pregnant in June of 2006. We found out we had struck gold on the first try when we were in Costa Rica with Cindy and Kevin. Even though we were actually trying to conceive the reality of being pregnant was pretty scary. When I saw that the test was positive I think I went into shock...a mild case, but shock none-the-less. We met up with Cindy and Kevin for breakfast and

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