Allie learned a new word last night during dinner!

I had heard that the Taylor Swift song "You Belong With Me" was Will's (2 1/2 yrs) favorite song but hadn't had the pleasure of hearing it while in his presence until today.

From the back seat in his baby talk - Will: "Why can't you seeeeee! you belong with meeeee!"

Every week we go to the Children's Museum with my friend Lindsay and her daughter Mera (same age as Allie). She has been so kind as to get us in on her pass every week! Your awesome Lindsay! The kids have so much fun together. I love to watch the girls play together, their sat such a fun age and play together really well. and Will has a blast (especially with the water area but it's not a favorite of the parents since they always come out drenched). Here are a few pictures from our trip yesterday.

Will was in train heaven

Beep Beep!

Has anyone seen that commercial for kitty litter were they actually have participants smell cat pee and eat kitty litter? So gross.

Matt: "There are so many things wrong with that commercial"

Matt and I had an awesome date night last night. We headed up to 23rd and started with dinner at Pastini's. Awesome Italian food. We have loved everything we have tried, I would totally recommend it. We then headed up to Papa Haydn's for drinks and dessert. It was so nice to relax and not rush. :) Thanks Heather and Andy for watching our little girl. Your awesome. :)

Me: "What kind of mouthwash do you want?"
Matt: "Blue"

While changing Allie's diaper last night she said "what's that" while I was putting Butt Paste on her. So I told her it was Butt Paste and she repeated Butt over and over and.......Uh Oh.

Allie buried her head and got upset when Matt told her to stop hitting herself in the head with a toy.

Allie's hair has been growing super long in the back but not so much in the front. Matt calls it a mullet but I think she looks slightly like a balding man (A little like Benjamin Franklin) so we are calling it the Colonial. :) Our adorable little Benjamin Franklin.

While getting gas yesterday Matt told me Allie was frantically doing the sign for slide, saying park and please while pointing at the McDonalds nearby. She was also trying to push the button for her car seat to unbuckle herself. Oh man. :)

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.

For our Christmas celebration with Matt's family we went out to Russell Street BBQ (if you have never been there I would highly recommend it!) and Matt had a container to go which he decided a great place for it would be in my purse. I got a nasty surprise that night as the BBQ pulled pork seeped out of package and into my purse. Yuck. It didn't get on much but the actual purse it self. I was able to get it out but note to husbands, either carry your own leftovers or get your own purse! :) Love you honey!

The other day Allie was pulling things out of her diaper bag and decided her baby needed a changing. How adorable is this! Her baby does everything she does, she feeds it, puts the tag she has been chewing on in the babies mouth, and now changes her diaper. The other night she was trying to put the baby to bed. I know one day I will go in her room and she will be nursing the baby. :)