Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Sleep

I am already 18 days old! and have been doing plenty of sleeping.  


All cosy in my bassinet
In my favorite pose mom and dad call "The Kick Is Good" pose
Snuggled up with mom
Or this funny one with my finger in my ear and my arm straight up in the air.

Sunday, November 16, 2008

First Model Shoot!


Allie had her first modeling job today.  Our friend Christy came over and took newborn pictures of Allie.  She did great.  She peed a couple of times and even managed to drench herself the first time but she held up okay through it all.  Thanks Christy!  These are not the photos but here are some of her practice poses.  




Happy!
Passive
Surprised!

Thursday, November 13, 2008

The Closest Winner

About 3 weeks ago I gave you an assignment.  Whoever came closest to guessing Allie's b-day would get recognized on the blog.  So here are the 3 people who came closest!  Here are Allie's stats again.  


Born on October 31st at 10:58am and weighed 7 pounds 2 ounces

Ford Jordan!!  You guess she would be born on October 30th and you were the closest.  Here are a few words about Ford...He recently moved to North Carolina with his wife and beautiful daughter and we miss them all very much.  We have only really personally known Ford for about a year but we came to call Ford one of our really good friends.  He was one of our Pastoral Interns and I loved it when Ford preached.  I miss your sermons.  :)  He made us aware that Portland has very little fashion sense when it comes to bow ties and we now are used to hearing ya'll used in everyday conversation.  Thanks Ford!  So I hope this at least makes up a bit for Matt's promise to say something nice about you instead did this.

Matt got her weight right at 7 pounds 2 ounces.  You guys already know I think he is awesome so I will just leave it at that.  Although I didn't know I could love Matt on another level until I saw him kissing our daughter.  

and Lindsay (Ford's wonderful wife) this wasn't your official guess but you did mention that you hoped I would have a 7 pounds 2 ounce baby so I will give you honorable mention because that was very sweet of you to wish that!  and I will just say that Lindsay is the most awesome person and again we totally miss you guys!

Shelia! guessed she would be born at 11:30am and you were very close!  So here is your recognition..Sheila has known Matt's family for forever and has kept in touch over the years.  She has been so generous in showering Allie with gifts that we feel her love all the way from Washington DC.  Your a wonderful baker and we love receiving sweets from across the US.  and we think it is so cool that you are able to get us White House ornaments.  We can't wait for another visit so you can see Allie in person!  Thanks Shelia!!

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Matt's mom generously threw a Pre-Thanksgiving Thanksgiving on Sunday with a bunch of family and friends.  Allie stayed awake the whole time and crashed when we got home.  It was a great night.  Thanks Donna for putting it all on!  I ate 2 bites of my plate and then Allie got hungry.  Oh life as a mom.  Loving every minute.  :)



           Napkin Heads!!
Matt's sister and my niece Brynne
Will is the only one aware that 
       a photo is being taken
Matt's grandparents in 
from California
      Kisses for Auntie Heather
Isn't he soooo cute!! I call this pose "The Cheese" Everytime
I take out my camera 
"The Cheese" appears
       My mom and sister 
    fighting over her all night
4 generations

The other side of the family
  generation of 4 only Matt 
     wasn't in the picture
      Matt and Brynne

Thursday, November 6, 2008

Happy Birthday to Allie!


                HELLO EVERYONE!
               Happy Birthday To Me.  
          Yes that's right I am one week old today.  
              Even though it's my Birthday 
         I decided to give you all a present,
              more photos of me!



VISITORS YEAH!!!!

FIRST BATH!!!!





    MORE FRIENDS!!!






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Blog B-day

Tomorrow I will post more pictures of our little one since tomorrow is her week b-day.  but I thought I would share with you something we just discovered.  Our blog turned 1 year the very same day our daughter was born.  :)  Happy birthday to our baby and our blog!  She has made the blog 10 times better!  and we can't wait to share this next year with you guys.