Laughing at Daddy

Ivan started doing some home exercises yesterday during the Olympics... he was inspired by the athletes. We had to put Allison in her highchair because she was getting under his feet, but that gave her a front row seat. She thought it was hysterical. Of course by the time I got the camera, she wasn't laughing as hard, but you will get the idea.

Turn off the music and turn your sound on for the full effect....

She's on the move

Allison is officially crawling and getting into everything... we asked for it.

Alpine Rodeo

Jared, Lori, Creed, Carson, Jill, Eric, Ayden, Allison and I all went to the Alpine Children's Rodeo on Friday night. Creed and Carson did some "mutton bustin" and "catch the chicken". Mutton bustin = a kid lays on the back of a sheep, holds onto the neck and the sheep takes off across the arena. The objective is to stay on as long as you can. Catch the chicken = all the kids in different age groups go out into the arena and they release several chickens, the kids run around trying to catch the chickens. If you catch it, you keep it. I think I would run Allison in the opposite direction.

Creed did really well in the mutton bustin. He held on really tight and made it half way across the arena but came in second. And Carson was scared of the chicken and then pouted that he didn't get it on the first try...too cute. But the family in front of us did catch a chicken and gave it to Creed and Carson, so the boys were happy about their PRIZE!

Here is Allison's first lollipop. She loved it and kept trying to steal the lollipop out of mine and Ivan's mouthes. Looks like we have a sweet lover in the making.

Also, this picture shows off one of Allison's many bruises. The crawling and furniture surfing is proving dangerous. She is never without a bruise on her head, our little white trash baby. Thankfully she is a tough cookie!

Swimming and bath time

We went over to the Goffin's for an afternoon swim in the pool.
Ayden and Allison took a bath in the kitchen sink afterwards to rinse off.
They both are getting so big that they barely fit.

Hiking with Kristin and Kyle

We drove up to Silver Lake and walked around on the boardwalk, then hiked UP the trail to Twin Lakes. Kristin and I almost didn't make it, but the view and the upper lake was worth it!

Allison fell asleep on the hike and woke up once we reached the top.

Kristin and I took our shoes off and put them in the lake to cool off.

Chillin on a rock and drying out after sitting in the lake.

Hugging on Daddy at the Twin Peaks Lake. Getting ready to put her toes in the water.

I've been replaced

I came home from work on Sunday morning to find Ivan and Allison cuddling in bed asleep....daughters love their daddies. Luckily, they were so snuggled that I had my side of the bed free and could crawl in bed and fall asleep myself. We all slept for another hour before we had to wake up for church.

Her NEW Favorite

Allison's new favorite activity is to run fast (and on her toes). She is so excited during it and screeches if you stop.