Fun at the Park

Last weekend Daddy and Alyssa went to the playground. Alyssa had a great time and as you can see loved playing on the slide.
Cracks me up how her little tongue is out in this first pic :)

Kristine Update

Some of you may know but I have been having some medical issues......my Doctor put me on a dairy free diet a little over 2 weeks ago and it is going good - although hard!! You all know how much I love milk and cheese so it has been tough but I have done really well. It has not helped the problem yet, but a good healthy diet if nothing else. I have pretty much stopped drinking Pepsi as well and mainly drink water. They did blood tests to check for Chrone's Disease and some other testing for parasites and things. All tests have come back normal so far. Although that is good - it just means we haven't found the problem yet and I will have to undergo more testing. I am going to see my Dr. Thursday for a checkup and will find out more then, but I believe the next step is to have a colonoscopy done. Yay! Hopefully they'll find something. I will keep everyone updated, but wanted to let you know what was going on thus far.
I have had a few great supporters through this whole thing and I totally appreciate it more than you'll ever know! You know who you are :)
Thank you!!

Potty Training

Just wanted to update everyone on potty training. Alyssa is doing awesome!!! She is completely off pull ups and wears big girl panties all day (even through naps). She still wears a diaper at night but I am hoping to get her off those this week. She is only having 1 accident a day if any, and none during naps. I am so proud of her and this has been much easier than I pictured. Her school was a huge help in this and we are so lucky to have such caring people to take care of Alyssa every day. Great peace of mind for Mommy :)

Big Punkin!

Hey everyone!
We had a good weekend......had some friends over from my work Saturday to watch the Auburn game and then the Alabama game. Had a great time and Alyssa enjoyed everyone! She had a great time having a water/ice fight with some of the guys from work. Too cute!
The pics of the big punkin (so Alyssa calls it) are neat. This is in our neighbors yard - a huge bail of hay that they have decorated and made into a pumpkin. Alyssa wanted to take a stroll on her bike to see it.....so we did and I thought it was a great opportunity for some cute pics.
Alyssa also played with the little boy next door, Luke and his sister Lani. She had a good time :)

Fall Festival

We went to Twickenham Church last night with Nanny & Poppy for their Fall Festival. Alyssa had a great time and got lots of "prizes" aka Candy :) T-ball was her favorite with the horse race as a close second. We went to dinner with Nanny & Poppy before the festival. Alyssa was great! I have added some pics...........
Alyssa riding the horse

Daddy & Alyssa playing T-ball
T-Ball #2

Alyssa doing it "all by herself"
Can't tell she's part of my fam?? Bowling....


Family basketball

Daddy & Alyssa in the horse race

Big Girl Panties!

Quick update during my 10 minute lunch :)

Tuesday Alyssa started wearing big girl panties at school. No prep, no talking - just did it! Jumping right in I think was a great idea from her teacher. She had a few accidents Tuesday but we supplied school with lots of clothes :) Yesterday was day #2 and she had NO accidents! I was so proud when I went to pick her up and she was in the same clothes as when I dropped her off. Her school really felt she was ready and it was time, so they gave Mommy the push she needed :) I am so happy and Alyssa loves it! Still in a diaper at night for now......but everywhere she goes, she is in panties. No accidents in the car yet either which is a plus!
Just wanted to let everyone know. As soon as we are pretty much potty trained, the passie goes! Hopefully in a couple weeks we'll be potty trained (yay - no more diapers!) and passie free. Wish us luck!!

Alyssa's ISR Swimming Class

Alyssa was able to pass her ISR Swim class this week with her winter clothes on. We hope that she will never have to use these skills but it gives us a little peace of mind knowing that she has them.

She loves the water and her instructor, Caroline, said that she is very comfortable in the water and relaxed. You can see this is the videos below how she just floats even when she is face down in the water. The first week she was upset and cried during the class but after about 4 days, she was laughing and playing around and enjoying them. It took her about 6 weeks (not counting the week she had the bad infection or the week of vacation) to complete the course.

I would recommend ISR (Infant Swimming Resources) to everyone. You can go to their web site http://www.infantswim.com/ to get more information. Alyssa and Daddy liked to get to class early to see the infants going through the course. There were two 8 month old twins that were ahead of us every morning. In fact, our first week there was a 6 month old that was testing out with all her winter clothes on.

In the video above she does not want to do the back flip into the water but in the next video below she will.

Congratulations Alyssa! We are very proud of you!