My little Moo Cow....

Even though Alston has absolutely no idea what Halloween is, we couldn't resist at least dressing her up. We went over to the Pricketts' house to trick or treat this year (our neighborhood doesn't have enough houses yet to even have trick-or-treaters). They live in a big neighborhood and just walking down their street Halloween night is entertaining. We didn't stay long, due to being up past Alston's bedtime. Her room at school also had a Halloween party and those pictures are posted below.

Cruising the street....


Daddy and Alston...


Trying to get her to smile (as usual).


Mommy and Alston.


Back view of her costume taken at school by one of her teachers.


Side view.


My little Moo Cow actually smiling!!!

Recent pics

Alston had her six-month doctor's appointment on her actual six-month birthday, November 4. She is weighing in at a whopping 14.9 pounds and is 26 inches long. Her favorite part of the appointment was destroying the exam table paper. She LOVES anything paper or plastic. I mean, she will hear it from across the room and immediately turn her head. When we get home from the grocery store, I plop her on the counter (we don't show dad that trick because he is very protective of his little girl) with all the groceries and grocery bags and she has the best time. Also, she is sitting up! I am so proud of her. She continues to sleep well, but the time change still has her waking up an hour earlier. The good thing is she turns her crib aquarium on and talks to it for about 30 minutes. She had her six-month pictures made.....and I think we got her to smile in about three pictures. She just wasn't having it. Oh, well. The photographer said we could come back and try again for a few minutes, but I can't decide what to do. The photos of the three of us are my favorites. I will post all of them as soon as I decide which ones to order! Here are some recent photos from the past few weeks:

Finally sitting in her high chair.....


Playing with the grocery sacks....


One day before school....the tiny New Balances crack me up.


Strolling in Aliceville.


At her six-month appointment. This paper was in shreds by the time we left!

Happy Halloween!!

Happy Halloween, my peeps! Alston's class has their fall party this morning so I will post pictures of her in her costume later. Also, pictures of Ted and Raegan's wedding are coming up.

Fall is here!!!

Happy 5 1/2 months to Alston today! Here are a few recent pictures. I'm sure most of you have seen these from Facebook. I have more to come, of course, but they are on my actual real camera instead of my iPhone. What would we do without camera phones? Alston is growing so fast and yet, she's still petite. People always think she's younger than she is. I promise I'm feeding her! Having a girl is dangerous for my pocketbook, I've come to find out.

This was from our stroll yesterday. I'll admit it was kind of fun bundling her up because we pretty much couldn't stroll this summer since it was so dang hot.

I took this before I took her to school this morning. She was getting impatient, of course, because she always wants to go, go, go once you put her in her car seat.

Yesterday again.

This weekend strolling. She was looking at her daddy whom she loves a lot!


I just thought the hood was funny.

Her first attempt at holding her own bottle. Her aim was okay, but she couldn't figure out how to tilt it up in order to get the goods out. Nevertheless, I'm still proud.

We bought her a jumper and she's just not big enough to weigh it down so she can actually make it jump. She likes the toys up top, but she would rather rip them off and put them in her mouth.

My tiny girl.

This was taken at the farm while we were watching the game.

At mom's house. Not sure what the look is about.

Daddy and baby. This was taken one morning recently.

Well, hello there, Mr. Rabbit. She loves this thing.



We are officially sporting a bald spot. I hope it grows back in fast!!

She LOVES her feet and puts them in her mouth whenever she gets the chance. Lately as I'm feeding her baby food, she would rather have her foot in her mouth than the baby food. She also likes to tell them hello in the morning (with them in her mouth) once I take her pajamas off.

She is really loving her veggies these days, thank the Lord.

Strolling again. She was so exhausted from school this day.



Yummy carrots.

I have no idea what we were doing here.


And finally, my cool cat.

More to come later!!! JoJo, this one was for you!!!

We are (slowly) growing

Here is a breakdown of Alston's growth:
Birth day: 7 lbs 10 oz. (Length was 20 1/2 inches)
Check out day of the hospital: 7 lb. 1 oz.
First well-baby doctor's visit five days after birth: 7 lbs 4 oz.
Four-week doctor's visit: 9 lbs.
Eight-week doctor's visit: 9 lbs. 15 oz. (Began putting rice in two bottles a day - doctor ordered.)
Four-month doctor's visit: 11 lbs. 9 oz. (Length was 24 inches). Dr. Tommmy decided to start her on baby food and put rice in every bottle so we can get some weight on this girl. So far she has had squash, which she hated, applesauce, which she hated, and carrots which she hated but then decided she may like them. She had bananas at school this morning so I can't wait to ask them how she liked them. Hopefully, she'll like something soon!

Below are just some photos from the past couple of months.

"What the heck are these things I'm holding?"

"So that's what the floor looks like."

Checking out her surroundings from a new perspective.

Nails by dad.

Laughing at me.

Playing on her favorite playmat.

Happy girl.

Right after she figured out she could get her hands in her mouth.

She LOVES her hands in her mouth!

Sweet girl.

This was the first time she reached - at least that I saw!

Reaching.

Talking to Meme.

"Hi, Mom."

Riding the Bye Bye Buggy at school. I'm so glad I finally got a picture of this.

My little beauty.

"Mom, you're so funny!"

Watching mom and dad get ready.

Right before bath....

This is sometimes what happens after she has one of her rice cereal bottles.....

Sleeping with her favorite bunny. Thanks, CC!

"I can't believe you would feed me this stuff!"

"Blech!"

"I hate squash."