It's a Party in the USA!

Happy Birthday America! On July 15th??? Hey, I blog when I can! We had a great 4th of July weekend! We went to the lake with Zach's family and their very good friends, the Taylors. It is a family tradition that these two families get together each year to celebrate our country's birthday and we feel fortunate to be included each year with our constant growing family.

Most of our time Sunday was spent on the boat on the TERRIBLY rough water of Lake Martin. Lakes are just getting more crowded and more crowded every day and the 4th is of course EVEN MORE CROWDED! My back hurt for about 2 or three days after. I only go to the lake about once a year these days though, so maybe it was worth it.

Thanks to Ryan Taylor I was able to do a lot more relaxing than I expected. She is Doug and Beth's daughter and she absolutely loves babies and she was so good with Demi! Daley and Dad had a great time on the wave runner (pic posted below) and we had a wonderful 4th of July BBQ that night (thanks to Uncle Doug's Big Green Egg) and a fire work show to follow courtesy of Peyton Alsobrook. What's more American than that?

Daley and Zach on the Waverunner

Big Bad (Daley's Grandad), Daley and Uncle Doug

Demi, I feel sure being held by Ryan ;)

Daley, Demi and Gina (their Great Grandmother)

Alsobrook Beach Trip 2010

We took our annual family beach trip to Sandestin last week. Thank goodness for no oil yet! I think that is all we could ask for, and we got that and wonderful weather as well. There were a couple late night storms that got pretty bad, but wonderful weather all day long! It is amazing that both of Zach's brothers were able to make the trip and "Aunt to be" Lauren. It is so hard to get families together these days and I was glad to have everyone there.



Daley got a few good swimming lessons from Dad and Uncle Peyton and Demi got in the water for the fist time! Both girls had a great time and we all got a good tan.I have posted a few pics below to document our trip. I suppose my next post will be 4th of July and then Pearson and Lauren's BIG DAY!


Talk to you soon!



Love,


Lindsey

Daley learning to swim

Sisters!

Demi fun in the sun

Alsobrooks bust out the Cupid Shuffle at the restaurant

Daley and Daddy

Recital!!!!

I am going to try to type this without going over board, but it is almost impossible because we (Daley and myself) had the BEST TIME EVER! I was a little worried in the beginning that we were paying all this money for recital and she may not even dance, so I wasn't expecting much, but was very hopeful. But she did dance!

At rehearsal she did not dance her first song (ballet) but she did dance her second song (tap) and she fell in love with the stage. I feel like her first song she was a little nervous and didn't really know what to expect, but when she got back stage I just told her to watch the little TV that showed them the dance steps or to watch the girls around her and she did just that. The next day when we got to the recital as soon as we put her costume on she was all smiles. She was dancing all over the place and running and laughing. I was just so overjoyed to see her have such a great time. I really don't think I have ever seen her have that much fun before! Now I am super pumped because this is what I did for 16 years of my life on the exact same stage at the exact same dance studio. I wasn't going to be disappointed if she didn't like it as much as I did mostly because I didn't think she acted like she was going to, but now that she loves it, I am obsessed!!! I have already been talking about getting her enrolled in gymnastics for the rest of the summer so she won't get bored while waiting on dance to start back in the fall.

I promise on this blog to whoever reads not to be one of those moms who lives vicariously through their daughters, but what is wrong with seeing someone enjoy something just like you did when you were little? Even if it doesn't turn out to be "her thing"!

Here are some pics from rehearsal. Yia Yia has the recital pics on her camera and I will put those up as soon as I get them in another post.

Practicing

Backstage Sister Demi

Me and Daley after her ballet rehearsal

Daley and Yia Yia getting ready for tap

Daley(bottom left) and her class

2 Months And Here We Go Again!

It's been two months since my last blog! Time is absolutely flying in our growing family! A lot has happened since our Easter picture. Easter for one, Demi was Churched, Daley had a birthday and now Memorial Day has gotten by us!

Big Sister Daley is 3 years old. She is still a challenge and a joy everyday. I keep telling myself she has a smart mouth and a quick temper because she's so intelligent. Funny, that's how I would describe myself! Just Kidding ;) Maybe that's how I would describe Zach??? :) Either way payback is heck! Daley is a wonderful big sister and is so proud of "her baby". Just last night we were at my friend Lisa's and there were so many babies there! Daley just kept telling people that were holding other babies "Did you know I have a baby sister?" "Have you seen my baby?" Sometimes people were looking at the other new small babies and she kind of looked like "Why aren't they paying attention to my baby right now?" It really brings tears to my eyes to say how much she loves her. When I go pick them up every day I go pick Daley up first and she runs into Demi's room and gets in her face to say hello and everyday Demi smiles so big! It is the sweetest thing and it absolutely melts my heart.

Demi is growing so much everyday. We don't go to our 4 month appointment until June 23 and we will be doing Daley's 3 year appointment that same day! YIKES! Demi is smiling and cooing and just growing such a personality. I can't wait to see her form into her own little person. She is still napping 2 to 3 times a day and is taking a bottle every 3 to 3 and 1/2 hours throughout the day. She is sleeping from about 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. so 7 hours! That's do-able, but I am still exhausted. I wish I had one more day of the weekend each week to get a little cleaning done. If you saw my house and I didn't know you were coming over you would think so terrible of me. I have been taking off 1 day ever month just to clean and that has been about the only way I can get it done! We do what we can I guess.

We had two wonderful holidays with our families on Easter and Memorial Day! Our next event is Daley's recital this weekend and I am so excited about that! She started dance class in February and has made me such a proud Mama! We doubt with their age group that there will be a whole lot of dancing. Hopefully no crying, but I will have pictures of that to post for sure and will try to get that blog up within the week. I am going to get better at this slowly but surely.

I have posted some of our favorite pics. Enjoy!

Love you all!

Lindsey

Visit to the Easter Bunny

THUMBS DOWN! Will Daley ever not fear this 7 ft bunny?!?!?! A.) I am so sick of being in the Easter pic and B.) this is Demi's first Easter pic!!!! I am ready for a kids only Easter pic.

It's not just the bunny though, it is all mascots/huge stuffed animals. We even told her it is not the real Easter Bunny, it is just a costume and it is just clothes and she said "Mommy but the clothes will touch me!" :( She is truly terrified though. She was screaming to the top of her lungs and her feet were pushing off my stomach. This picture really does not do the horror justice.

Oh well, maybe next year????

Demi's 1 Month Birthday

And the first day of Spring! Needless to say Daley enjoyed our Birthday visit to the playground more than Demi did, but it was fun to get out of the house since it was such a beautiful day. Daddy was able to spend the day with us too which is rare since we began our bonus room project. He has spent a lot of time up there and I am sure it will be great we he is finished and we are definitely appreciative of all his hard work, but we miss him too!

So far Demi is a little more alert and is having a little more awake time throughout the day. She is not near as noisy as she was her first week in our lives. I guess she has calmed down and gotten more used to her surroundings. She also has been smiling a little bit. :) Happy 1 month in our lives Demi! We all three love her so much!

Love,

Lindsey

Bath Time!

The pics are limited because my camera is full and I haven't gone to get the pictures printed out yet, so I can not delete them! :( We gave Demi her first bath! Her belly button has not fallen off yet so we can not submerge her, but that is probably a good thing because she didn't like it much anyway! See, she is extraordinarily loud when she cries for such a small person and this event was no exception.

This bath was actually a week or so ago, but her belly button has still not fallen off! I am ready for it to go since she is now 16 days old. We will post first REAL BATH pics as soon as it does. :)

It looks like she knew what was coming. :(

Poor Clean Demi!