I think Ali thought that it was Saturday when she woke up this morning, because she woke up and immediately started calling out “Daddy. . . Daddy!!” In a low, searching voice. . . Here’s a video of her calling for him at the window (where she watches for him to come home at every […]

I don’t know what it is with toddlers and their words, although well-intentioned, coming out very crude. Last week it was eyes. This week – salt. I got out the big Greek salt shaker today, and she started saying in a very staccato, loud tone, “salt! salt! salt!”. Except that it didn’t sound like “salt” […]

Well, today was a fun walking day. She was skittish about it when she first woke up, but the longer she was awake, the more comfortable she got. Then after she took a nap, we had to start all over! But it was fun. I love having a walking child!! She did get her first […]

I was reading a friend from Church’s blog last night, and I got very wistful. All of her recent blogs are about ways that God has spoken to her through different random things in her life. It reminded me of times in my own life when I was extremely focused on and close to God, […]

I am feeling MUCH better this morning – still not 100%, but getting there. At least I can walk across the room without about blacking out. Speaking of walking. . . My Dad called me this morning, and I could tell in his voice that he was QUITE proud of himself. And he had every […]

Sounds fun, huh?I was only getting worse today – was up through the night again, and my fever was getting higher, and since most stomach viruses only last 24 hours and then it had been over 48 hours, we went back to the doctor. He sent us to the ER to get checked for appendicitis. […]

Ugh. I hate being this sick. my whatever-i-have turned into a stomach virus overnight, and so I didn’t get much sleep last night, but I went to the doctor this morning, and they gave me a phenergan shot, and I have slept on and off all day. We had to cancel our plans of having […]

I woke up with a headache this morning (odd – I NEVER get headaches, and when I do, they really get to me), then not long after that, started feeling nauseous. Ali and I drove out to Pell City to visit with Ashlie for a while, and I just got to feeling worse and worse […]

Well, Ali didn’t embarass herself (and me) by pointing out anyone’s eyes at the mall, but she still did embarass herself (and me). We were eating in the food court with Ashley and AJ, and there was a table with a guy and two girls behind us. Ali was staring intently at the guy (which […]

Baby language is a funny thing. Ali says around 150 words, and a lot of them are as clear as a bell, but most of them are her version of the word. As long as you have the secret decoder ring, you can understand her perfectly. Such as: ou-die = outsideon-na = all done (sounds […]