Spring Fever?

Spring is here!  And poor Demi had a fever!

Demi is doing good now. Zach was able to leave work early Thursday when they called from school and asked us to come and get her. I called and immediately got her an appointment and they said it was her ears.  She has been on antibiotics and has been at home. I stayed home from work with her on Friday and since then she has been doing and feeling great.  Friday was only when the great weather merely started to make an appearance though, so it wasn't like we were stuck in doors the whole weekend at all.  Saturday and Sunday we were able to get out and do a couple of fun things.  Saturday night we cooked out with friends and Sunday after Church we went to the park for a sweet baby friend Alexa's first Birthday Party!  The weather was absolutely gorgeous and the girls had a blast. I am so excited for many weekends to come like this one.  I will never get sick of great weather!

I really just love this time of year!  I love everything about spring except for maybe the pollen which is not in full force yet. What's not to like other than that though? Cute clothes for the girls!  Outdoor activities........ swimming, beaching, parks or heck.....just hanging out in the backyard!  Daylight savings time ensued this weekend and this makes me oh, so happy!  I will never understand why it needs to be dark at 5 p.m..  It is just silly!  There is so much we can do after work and school now and it makes my house run much more smoothly. I can cook while at least Daley is playing in the backyard.  Zach and I have actually committed to start running together too!  We did our first 5-K together last weekend.  I thought he would not be interested in this at all and now that he has run one he is totally set on improving his time and wants to do another race! All child illnesses pending I think we will be running in Crestline this weekend.

I love taking pictures of the girls in the Spring because the colors are bright and the scenery is beautiful!  I have posted a few of our racing pics below and some pics from Alexa's birthday party.  I think my camera will be making more appearances with me in weeks to come so stay tuned!

Demi's Birthday Party

Demi's 1st Birthday Party was at Yankee Pizzeria.  We had a great time!  There was another party going on at the exact same time and he was also celebrating his first birthday, so it was a little hard to keep our parties seperated.  We even had a sweet little boy from our party climb up on the table of the other party and start eating their cup cakes.  I think that is the best part of these brithdays though.  Stories like that!  These kids are just precious at this age!  We are so happy that so many of our family and friends were able to come and we enjoyed celebrating this milestone so much with our sweet Demi!

Demi is turning 1!

This week our baby will be 1!  And my "our baby"  I mean mine, Zach's and Daley's!  Daley is very quick to correct you and tell you that Demi is her baby too and in so many ways she is!  It is so hard to believe that a year has gone by since our sweet Demi came into this world!  One year and 9 months actually because that is how long we have known about and been planning for her.  I can remember right before we had Demi, sitting on my bed and crying because having Demi meant Daley was not the baby anymore.  Oh how it was going to change Daley's life!  Daley has gotten to be such a big girl as a result of becoming a big sister and I am so proud of her for it!  I would never change their age difference for anything in the world!  Daley was able to help us feed Demi her bottles when we were in a rush in the mornings for work.  She loved to feed her jars of baby food, even though sometimes the mess was not worth the help.  She plays with her and was eager to teach her to crawl and has been right behind her nudging (sometimes pushing)  her along all the way to this special day.  The way I talk you would think she raised her all by herself and while that is definitely not the case I also don't know how we would have made it with out her.  Of course we would have made it, but I can't imagine how different things would be. 

Demi was the perfect addition to our set up.  She is like our family mascot!  OUR AUBIE!  No matter if we are winning or losing, good day or bad, she has a smile and a way about her that can cheer you up just by being in her presence.  Her gruff and raspy little laugh!  I wouldn't trade it for anything!  When the alarm goes off at 5:30 a.m. we are exhausted and then we get to wake up Daley and have a royal throw down about what she is going to wear and what she is going to eat (see....Daley and her Dad share the same morning attitude)  and then Demi gets up and she is grinning from ear to ear.  No matter if you wake her or she wakes on her own she is so happy!  Zach was obsessed with her saying Da-da before she said Ma-ma since he lost that battle with Daley, and it is so funny because she has been saying in now for like 4 or 5 months and just now every so often musters up a Ma-ma.  While I long for the day that she says my name and actually knows what it means it has been a true pleasure to watch him hop-to her every command because he is so excited she "chose" to say his name first.

Someone once said that having a child is to forever have your heart go walking around outside your body.  That is the truest thing and the best description I could ever put into words regarding what it feels like to be a mother. It is a huge risk to think that your heart is outside your body walking around, but for it to take a life form and to watch "her"  little characteristics that you can tell our yours and your husbands is the most joyous experience.  It is such a responsibility, but one that can produce so much joy!  Don't get me wrong, I definitely can see our bad characteristics walking around out there too.  Having Daley is like having my heart and my sassy mouth out there except I have less control over her mouth than I do my own, and I know there is more to come of that!

In so many words, we all are so honored that God picked Demi to join our family and while not a whole lot is definable about her personality yet we definitely look forward to all the rest of her years in our life and discovering her personality as it grows!

Happy Birthday Demster!
 

Quarterly Blog.......Thanksgiving and Christmas and Birthdays and National Championships....Oh my!

It has been a while since I last blogged! We have been busy at the Alsobrook house. After Thanksgiving came Christmas. After Christmas came my Mother's Birthday. After my Mom's Birthday came Zach's Birthday and Demi's big ONE is next month! But.......I have found a moment to breathe and catch up on the blog posts of others that I have been missing and write one for us too!

THE MOST EXCITING THING that there is to report is that Auburn Won the National Championship. I wish I had pictures to post, but I don't because I wasn't there. :( You will have to ask my loving husband to show you his as he left us to go witness the most exciting event in Auburn football in 50 some odd years! (No animosity there!) :)

My little D-Rae watching the Auburn Game in the Ice Storm while Daddy enjoy's the 70 degree weather in the desert!

Thanksgiving is always wonderful because we get to spend it with our families. This year we stayed in Birmingham with my family and got to share Thanksgiving with all of my relatives and it was nice to see Demi and Jameson (my nephew) to get to share their first Holidays together. Jameson was actually around last year for Thanksgiving, but I don't think he ever even got out of the car seat, so this was his "real first Thanksgiving"!

My little Turkey at her Thanksgiving Feast at school

Christmas was a blast starting off with a party at my Uncle Jimmy's Christmas Eve Eve. Christmas Eve we went over to my Aunt Lisa's to share with My Dad's side of the family. all was well until Daley started feeling bad. She did not get to go over to Aunt Agatha's with us to hang out with my Mom's side of the family and Christmas morning she woke up with a 103 fever! Yuck! She was not in her best spirits on Christmas morning, but she still appreciates her and Demi's new Wii and their new trampoline!!!! We have jumped on the trampoline only a few times since the weather has NOT been the greatest and we have been freezing nearly to death, but she talks about how she can't wait for it to get warmer so we can jump all the time! Can't wait!

Sisters!

Jameson, Daley and Demi enjoying Christmas Eve. Daley loves her Cousin and Sister!

Demi Doo in her new Christmas Chair

In January came the National Championship and Zach's 30th Birthday! We went down to Auburn and attended the Celebration in the stadium and went to the AU vs UA basketball game and watched Auburn receive the Iron Bowl trophy! This was the ultimate present for Zach as he has a passion for Auburn that only a few people in this world could possibly share.....strange thing is I think a know the few other people fairly well too! ;)

I hope everyone had a wonderful new year and I look forward to all the blogs and miracles to come in 2011! In a few weeks my sweet angel will be ONE and I will definitely be posting some pics of her very special day!

Halloween Fun

We have had so much fun in the month of October. A few things of note have occurred for the Alsobrooks this month.....Auburn has continued to win (9-0) and was ranked #1 even if only for a week, all except for Daley almost perished from the most violent stomach bug ever, we went to the Pumpkin Patch and Boo at the Zoo with Demi's Nouna and Nouno and their daughter Alexa and we of course Trick or Treated! I have attached a few pics below. I have really enjoyed reading all the other blogs this month and seeing all the little ones at the Pumpkin Patch and all dressed up in their costumes! I hope everyone else is having a wonderful fall.

We are also looking forward to family and friends throughout the upcoming holidays. I can not believe it is November and Christmas is just around the corner too. This is absolutely my favorite time of the year!

Daley's Dance Class Halloween Party (Daley, Maddie, Miss Sarah and Brooke)

Demi, Daley and Alexa at the Pumpkin Patch

Demi and Daley at the Pumpkin Patch

#1 Auburn Tigers

Me, Demi and Daley at Boo at the Zoo

It's Fall Y'all!

September Happenings:

A few things happened in September after Daley's first Auburn game. 1. Demi was Christened! Our sweet little Demi started her journey with our Lord Saturday, September 11, 2010. With the help of her wonderful Godparents Sam and Angela Sessions (forever now referred to as Nouno and Nouna) we were able to pull of a wonderful Christening and lunch in her honor. I think everything went perfectly and could not have asked for a more perfect day!

2. Daley went to her second Auburn Game. Which by the way did not go as well as the first. The first game she was so into the game and on her feet cheering. This time she could have cared less and continuously wanted to get up and walk around etc. As a result we left sometime in the beginning of the 3rd Quarter. She said she wanted to go back out to the tailgate and I tried my very best to explain to her that no one was out there they were all inside the game like us. When we got out to the tailgate she was of course upset that no one was out there! Fortunately Jimmy and Mary Velotas tailgate close by and there were a few people down there to hang out with and watch the end of the game. Then my sweet friend Nichole Bush walked up with two out of three of her kids Taylor and Bella and all the kids proceeded to have their own football game in the grassy area. They had a great time and if it took us leaving in the 3rd quarter to turn the game around and Auburn win in OT to beat Clemson.....then it was all worth it!

3.Our sweet Demi has gotten her first two bottom teeth in! I took a pic below, but it is hard to see as they are still very small and only one is all the way in. Demi has been such a joyful addition to our family this past 7 months. I love watching her a Daley grow together as sisters. They love each other so much and Daley is such a great helper and entertainer for Demi and just an awesome big sister all around!

Love, Lindsey

It's the most wonderful time of the year!

Football season! Daley got to go to the first Auburn football game with us this year and boy oh boy did she have fun. Everyone always asks what age should they take their child to their first football game and my answer is 1 wk shy of 3 yrs and 4 mos old! She was on her feet cheering to the top of her lungs the whole game! She had the best time. I think she probably understood more about the game then I did. I only wish she could go to every game with us, however I am sure Zach does not share this wish with me ;) It is hard to keep up with her especially at the tailgate where it is so easy for her to wonder off and get lost in the crowd, lucky for us she LOVES the RV and that is where we could find her most of the time. The absolute excitement she got in the week leading up to this game was such a build up for her. She and Zach watched old Auburn football games everynight together the week leading up to this game. The excitement on her face as a parent is the most wonderful thing to witness as a parent! I posted some pics below and some of them are a hoot!

Love,

Lindsey