Chris' Birthday

Sunday Chris turned 26. I think he had a good day - I made his favorite Enchiladas and some other delicious dishes (thank you Chanel!). We also got to spend Friday night childless and had a really nice dinner together. It's hard to believe how old we're getting - I only have 2 months and I'll be 26, too. Time is flying fast!!

Hiking

We went hiking last Saturday with Chris' dad and his family. We had a really good time, but unfortunately we couldn't find a backpack child carrier in time before we had to leave. So, it was a little bit of a pain with Allison but we still had a lot of fun. She wanted to be independent and spent a lot of the time walking on her own.

Allison also spent a lot of time on her Dad and Grandpa's shoulders.

It's a lot of fun to see Allison and Chris together. They get along soooo well. I don't know what she would do without her Daddy!
She's such a ham!
We had a lot of fun with Justin and Kyle - they were really good sports. Justin got his mom to put him up in this tree so I had to get a picture. It was a pretty cool tree.
We had so much fun hiking we went out that night and got a backpack child carrier. Now we need to make it worth all the money we spent and go hiking all the time - we've already got another trip planned this weekend!

Cheesy Girl!!

I've decided I'm just a horrible blogger. I save up a bunch of pictures and then blog them all at once - if I could just do a few a week it would be a lot better.....I'll have to work on that.

Anyway, I think Allison may take after her Mama a bit. She loves to ham it up for the camera and says "CHEESE" whenever she sees me take it out - I swear I didn't even teach that to her. She's such a ham and makes life a lot more fun when she's around.
Allison LOVES the swing. Every time we leave the house I have to drag her away from it - it's not quite warm enough yet to swing every day. I'm glad she enjoys being outside...

PICTURES AT LAST!!!

I know I've been really bad about posting lately, but life just seems so crazy! With Chris in school and all of the other stuff we're trying to get done, blogging just gets put in the background for awhile. Anyway, hopefully I've posted enough pictures to make everyone happy. Here are some random ones I wanted to share. Allison loves to play in her bedroom - as long as someone is in there with her. If you go in her room she will quickly follow you and slam the door shut - I think this kid needs a sibling (what do you think?).
Allison and her Grandma are so cute - it's fun to watch them bond.
This little girl LOVES to be independent. She took the ENTIRE muffin and started eating it - so cute!
She really dug right in, didn't she?

Love you all and I'll try and be better....

New Year's Football Game

Allison and I braved the weather and went to watch the boys play football. It was REALLY cold..... Doesn't Allison look like she's enjoying herself??
I felt a little bad - she was miserable. She didn't end up staying the entire time and went to WalMart with Sara - I'm sure she was happy to go.
As always, Kevin got in some trouble....couldn't help but show a little too much skin!
Chris did really well - it's fun to watch him play and do something he really enjoys.

Cousins

It was awesome to have EVERYONE here for Christmas. It was really sad to see them all go. I just keeping telling myself that within the next few years they'll probably all back - some sooner than others.

Mark and Allison got along sooooo well. It's fun for her to have a cousin close to her age. I hope they continue to stay friends. These two could not stay out of this little tent in the living room - it was really cute.
I thought this picture of Taylor was so beautiful....
Taylor and Allison had a lot of fun as well....those girls played so well with her.
And...we did get some snow on Christmas. The girls were so excited that they went out with Chris and made a snowman. I seriously think they had to use every last bit of snow in the yard to make this thing....
Anyone that knows Chris knows how much he LOVES big groups. Even though he really enjoyed having everyone around, Christmas was a little tough on him.....I just love this picture!

Christmas

I know it's been over a month, but I still had to post these:
Great Grandma Nielsen made Allison a BEAUTIFUL crocheted dress for Christmas. Unfortunaly the Sunday before Christmas Allison got a nasty rash and I had to take her to the doctor to see if she was contagious so she only got like 40 minutes at church in her pretty dress. Thank goodness it's pink and she can still wear it (maybe for Valentines...)
She didn't quite understand what opening presents was all about. She got better as the holiday went on, but here Julie (Tim's wife) had to help her along with the process.
At Grandma Nielsen's on Christmas Eve Allison got a little crazy.....some day I'll post the videos, but her sitting on this tub was just the start...
....by the end of the night she lost her shirt (don't ask - I'm a little worried about her future career....)