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Friday, June 1, 2012

Newsletter--9 months

Dear Lylah, 

This has been by far the craziest month we've had yet! We went to Australia to see Gramps and Gigi. You were such a trooper! You were the best travel baby. I will post more about Australia later. But just know this, you had a great time. You loved hanging out on the plane, meeting people and seeing Gramps and Gigi of course. 

Jet lag induced here...



You had a little trouble adjusting to time back in the states. You have been standing up in your bed for a few days, and you have forgotten how to put yourself to sleep. Daddy discovered a magic method of keeping you in your crib and patting you. You fall right to sleep. Oh Daddy. 


Sleepy eyes


Still loving your baths. You are all over the tub and Daddy freaks out. Mommy lets you crawl...I figure you will learn. You just love the letters in the bath and splashing. And screaming. You also love books. Oh do you love books. That would be your toy of choice, definitely. 

Bath time 



Your Daddi graduated at the end of last month and got his masters. You were pretty good. I had to walk around with you for a while. It was too long for you. And me. :) 

During Daddy's Graduation



You are so curious. You are everywhere. You don't mind playing by yourself. You find everything. I will hide something behind my back, and you will start playing with something else....then somehow you find whatever I hid. You are TOO smart!

We got your a swing for our backyard time. At the new house our backyard is awesome, and the dogs love it. We go outside in the evenings and throw the balls for the dogs. You sit and watch and squeal. 

Loving your new swing


Love your Great-grands!


In Australia....hiking in the Daintree Rainforest. You are so happy in your carrier!


You are standing by yourself. What? I don't know how you pick this stuff up so quick. You can easily manuever yourself around any room. You crawl on your knees and then if there is tile and you have nothing on your knees, you switch to this cute crab crawl. So smart. If you REALLY want something, you do this hop crawl. You are just so cute!


You have 4 teeth now. Teething on our trip was interesting, but you did well. 

Feeding yourself


Your new trick is clapping! It's so fun. The "Oh!" I make at the end is cause you make a big toot. 



People ask me all the time why you are so happy! I love that. You love people. You smile at everyone. You still wave at people and you will go to anyone. I just took you to check the mail in the stroller and you waved at every car that went by. I couldn't make this stuff up!

We love you so much Peanut. You add so much to our lives. We miss you when you sleep. We love you so much!!

Love, 
Mom


Sunday, March 20, 2011

I always wanted to. . . . .

...Have a cute blog!

Okay, not that this was an easy feat. Because, I'm not a patient enough person to learn something new...sometimes. It depends. But today was the day. And this took me a while. I am not going to be like the people at iKea that told Ryan and me that it would only take us an hour to assemble our dresser. Liars. You can read about that here.

So I give you..... Blog Makeover 2011.

Step 1: Background, the easiest step
Find the background you want at www.shabbyblogs.com or 
www.thecutestblogontheblock.com or
ourblogtemplates.com or 
hotbliggityblog.com
or some other cute site. 
There will be a code. This is called an HTML code. Go to your Dashboard on blogger, click Design, and under the Page Elements tab, click  Add a Gadget in the box. Go to Add HTML. Copy the code and there you go!

Step 2: Get a header, duh (Some people call them banners)
So this is always so cute on other people's blogs, but I never thought I could do it. Till I saw a video at:
http://shabbyblogs.com/
Go there and pick out a header, download it and watch this video. http://shabbyblogs.com/?page_id=9&id=314
Presto chang-o!  I am sure their are other headers you can find and do the video steps.  There are some more here: http://thecutestblogontheblock.com/free/free-backgrounds.html?section=3
Now that was the easy part. Step 1 and 2 are a piece of cake compared to Step 3. If Step 1 and Step 2 were a challenge, I suggest you take a small break, or wait a day. If it makes you crazy, I am sorry. Really.

Step 3: Cute fonts
While looking at www.shabbyblogs.com I saw a free fonts site and I was skeptical. But what I discovered was a whole new world. I have always loved cute fonts, but never knew quite how to do it.
First, go to this site: http://www.kevinandamanda.com/fonts/
Get you some adorable fonts and pick a favorite. I suggest writing it down, cause you need to spell it right later. Then, go here and follow the instructions. Make sure you follow them WORD FOR WORD, or you might wind up tearing your hair out.
http://www.kevinandamanda.com/whatsnew/tutorials/how-to-use-a-cute-font-for-your-blogger-post-titles.html
I messed up something and had to go back through the steps a few times to get it right. But I think it was worth it! So cute, right?

But if Step 3 scares you, it shouldn't, cause it wasn't THAT bad. Now, I can't really help you if you are stuck. I am not THAT good. It did make me feel like I was cast in The Social Network....writing code, etc. Ha! How do people do this for a living! But if you just do Steps 1 and 2, you still have a make-over! :)

Enjoy!!

Monday, February 14, 2011

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

How can you not laugh?




Born and raised in Tulsa, OK!

Monday, November 8, 2010

Back to the Future?

I grew up watching Back to the Future, so I am loving the Today show appearances, the SNL parodies, etc., because of the 45th anniversary. I have to share these two clips from SNL. They are hilarious and some of the impressions are spot on. Enjoy!

Warning: a little bad language in the first one. If I was computer savvy enough to bleep it out, I would.


Monday, August 30, 2010

I can't believe I didn't know about this...

Okay, the following YouTube videos are HILARIOUS.

First, watch this....


Then, watch this. Enjoy.


You are welcome.

Thanks, Allissa!!

Monday, August 9, 2010

Sea World, I love you.

We took a trip with some good friends this past weekend to San Antonio. Despite one awful pull-out couch, scorching triple-digit heat,  and seeing too many people that needed to put more clothes on....we had a great time! 

The girls


Waiting for a show to start....

The whole gang at Salt Lick, this awesome barbeque place in Round Rock. It was so good!!

Baby sea lions!! So adorable.


We had so much fun with our friends. It was nice to get away for a weekend and enjoy great Mexican food, friends and of course, Shamu!

Sunday, May 16, 2010

One word: Hilarious

Saturday, February 27, 2010

You HAVE to watch this...

This is so funny. Maybe even too funny for me to watch more than twice. I didn't think I could recover.

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Let's Move on, Shall We?

In honor of moving on from the drama, here are some funny videos of my dogs. My good friend and fellow Bachelor watcher Natasha posted a cute video of her dog. You should watch it. It is so funny. So I wanted to get it on the fun. They are all under 30 seconds, so plug in your headphones and watch for a minute. It's worth it...promise.

This one is Sadie before Parker was even around. She is playing with a ball that has a motor in it. Pretty cute.


This one is our dogs playing in the snow at the Hejl's house. They had been in their crates for 24 hours....thanks to the Ice Storm 2009-Edmond-gets-targeted-with-14-inches-of-snow.


This one is recently...we got the Gentle Leader leash. Parker did not like it. This one is pretty funny!



Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Inspirational/Really Sad Video

This made me cry! But it was also very inspiring to hear them talk about their son, and their faith. 

Much love, 
Allison

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

This video totally made me wipe a tear from my eye. Does this make you cry a little, too? 

Friday, April 3, 2009

Nostalgic for Disney



I watched this movie recently to "preview it
for a Children's Ministry event."

Whatever. I just wanted to watch it.

Did I mention that I used to dance all over the house
singing this? Don't worry, I was like, 6...

Much love,
Allison

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

If you watch "The View". . .

I think this is hilarious!

Ryan and I loved the "But what is research?" line.

Enjoy! :)

Much love,
Allison

Monday, March 2, 2009

I love surprises.

Allissa told me this weekend that she loves surprises....I had to show her this SNL video!




As I usually say to people when I show them videos....
You may not think it is funny, and that is okay....but I do! :) 

Thursday, February 5, 2009

Inspirational Video

I was watching the Today show this morning, as I do every morning, and I saw the most inspirational story. I want to share it with you, the 3-4 people who read my blog. :)

Now, I will warn you that this is sad. This hits very close to home for me. 

Sunday, February 1, 2009

Monday, October 27, 2008

Obama Variet Hour Skit

I love this SNL skit! Funny!

Thursday, October 9, 2008

A video I find incredibly funny.

Wow. One word. Wow.