Matt and I finally broke down and joined Facebook. There is no fighting it anymore.

One of Allie's walkers turns into a bike and she just learned how to crawl on and off and even push herself a little. Here are a few pictures of her on her new means of transportation. She is so proud of herself when she gets on too.

Oh and these are really cute because I took one of my hats out to wear yesterday and she loved it. I left it out for her and throughout the day she will put the hat on and climb on her bike.

Now Matt is getting his chance at being called Mama. :) Sometimes she gets it right but for now we are both being called Mama.

With Matt gone for a boys night at the beach with some buddies, Allie and I are once again spending the night and part of Saturday without him. So far we have nothing big planned but with having my nephew full time now it's nice to get some alone time with her. I was able to actual listen closely to her talk and had time to count her many words. Here is what I came up with....Mama (she is now indeed calling me only mama), dada, pup-pup (puppy), ball, okay, hi, bye-bye, baby, bear, please, no, eat, juice, this, what's that (usually repeated about 10 times before she is satisfied with whatever we say it is), papa, nonna, car (as of this morning), book, and she is trying so hard to say will - right now it sounds like the letter w but it's so cute. It's hard to believe she just started talking in July. She also knows about 20 signs and that vocabulary is definitely growing along with her speech. It's super cute when she does both at the same time. The weekends are always special to me because we get so much time as a family, and Matt and I just look at each other most days and giggle from seeing or hearing her do something amazing or really adorable. She is constantly learning and repeating too. We are loving this age. Walking is few and far between (she doesn't trust herself yet) and sometimes I do wish I didn't have to carry her everywhere but I know that will be less in the coming year. For now I am enjoying the closeness. Needing me less will come soon too so I will cherish that too. Here are a few recent pictures of our little mischievous monkey.

Allie is in this phase right now were she calls me Dada until we correct her.

The other day Allie was a Matt's moms house while I ran a few errands. It was so nice to jump out of the car and run into a store baby free. You don't know it's a big deal until you miss it. Anyways they were playing in the living room and Allie got too close to her dvd player (we have been trying to discipline her by saying no and if she continues we smack her hand) Donna said no and Allie paused and then started to try and touch it again. Donna said no again and Allie paused looked at her and then smacked her own hand and moved on. I think this is so funny. She either thinks this is the sign for no or she was telling Donna that now is the time that you smack my hand. Either that or she knows she can try and touch something a few times and then get smacked as opposed to just not touching it at all. So smart.

Have you ever had those days where you spend the day cleaning and picking up only to look around at the end of the day and it doesn't look like you have done a thing. Those days are becoming more and more frequent.