day 3: happiness

my happiness=their happiness

day 9: inspiring person

my little allie jane. struggled her first month of life. she is my little fighter. head strong, heart strong. love her.

day 4: leaves

my burning bush in the front yard...didn't even know i had one until a few weeks ago!

day 8: favorite color

that is the color of my walls in my family room and kitchen...i love it.



yellow

day 5: morning sky

today's morning sky

day 6: books

some of my childrens books. i love these.

starting with day 7

i've decided to do this...30 day zoom in on gratitude

starting today. and maybe going back and hitting the first part.

so day 7: something funny



this was taped to the table this morning. and the funny thing is, is that he didn't do anything but put a bottle in the sink. it was leftover clean from the night before. he just doesn't want to do chores after school.

easter 2011

 

 

 

waking up from naptime...

 

this girl, allie jane

at one year, this girl....

*has her daddy's smile (i think all the kids got the burton smile, which i am happy about!)

*has big blue eyes

*is the spitting image of anna! in all aspects...

*is a happy baby

*is 19 lbs 4 oz (25%)

*is 27" tall (10%)

*signs "more" and "milk"

*waves bye-bye

*sings "eensy-weensy spider" and i mean sings it...blah, blah, blah and she even does the actions

*sleeps through the night (has been since she got home from the hospital at 4 wks--granted back then it was for 6 hours, now we are up to a good 10-12 hours)

*crawls everywhere

*climbs the stairs (up, not down yet)

*keeps herself busy getting into things (i forgot what they can get into)

*is a bit of a mama's girl (new thing for me, the other two have ALWAYS favored daddy!)

*has three teeth (all on the bottom)

*loves to give big, open-mouthed kisses

*has a bit of a temper...gets mad when you take things away

*is loved by her older sister and brother

 

birthday girl!