Belated Updates!

A few weeks ago I decided I should put up some new pictures and videos of Alli so I wrote the posts, but I just barely put the pictures with them.  Since I wrote them a few weeks ago, they kept those dates.  The two posts are Early Christmas and New Tricks (November 28th ish).  Just a few weeks late.  Since then Alli waves much more.  If you ask her to say hello or bye bye she waves and she has combined 3 different waves (the traditional ones) into one very unique wave.  I will put a video up later.  She pulls herself up with one movement instead of all the steps, and she loves to bounce and "dance" to music and clap her hands and squeal.  More pictures to come, but there is something at least. :)

Looking Back

No I am not pregnant in the picture, although you would wonder why my hand is across my stomach.  Just a random picture of me and Ryan from a few years ago because crazy enough, today was the 4 year mark of Ryan and my first date.  It seems like so long ago, but also like it just barely happened.  I feel like I haven't changed/grown up at all, but also a lot at the same time.  Kind of funny.  I am just so glad that he asked me out and that a year and a half later we got married.  He is such a great husband.  I love that he makes me laugh and really just wants to make me happy.  He works so hard to provide for me and little Alli, and he doesn't complain.  Whenever he sets his mind to something, he doesn't let anything stop him (I found this out pretty early in the relationship).  So just for a trip down memory lane on our first date we went to Divine Comedy on BYU campus at the 10:30 showing since I went to Christmas Around the World earlier with my mom and some friends.  I didn't think he would be interested in me at all and figured we wouldn't have anything in common.  As we walked up to campus I was pleasantly surprised to find that this incredibly good looking boy was actually down to earth and genuine as well.   Then the next morning Ryan volunteered to go do service on campus since he conveniently hadn't done service in a while (Ryan is not a morning person so this was a big sacrifice) and from then on he was always doing the nicest, most thoughtful things.  I could go on and one about fun memories and thoughtful things he has done, but I am sure you would rather I sum it up with thanks for 4 great years dating, I love you!  This is a week and a half after our first date at our ward Christmas party, where he conveniently asked for a ride so he would be able to be with me. :)

Early Christmas

Last weekend we bought Alli a train toy with the alphabet that she can push and then there is a trailer she can ride on and some toys on the sides.  Anyway, she really loved it in the store so of course we had to let her play with it early.  We figured it won't make a difference to her if she opens it now or on Christmas so she may as well play with it longer.  She is loving it! It is so fun watching her play with it, she gets so excited to make it light up and play the songs.  We also had a very fun Thanksgiving with part of my family.  Ryan of course played some football in the morning followed by lots of good food.  Alli loved the mashed potatoes and yams she ate.  She was so excited and loved it when I put some on her high chair tray so she could feed herself.  She was pretty proud of herself.