Well Alie went to the doctors yesterday. It was for her 15 mo. check up even though she is 16 mo. now. She had to miss her 15 mo. one due to she had the double ear infection. The doc said she is doing well in her growth and learning skills. She now weighs 21 lbs and 4 oz. which is in the 10th percentile (means she is only heavier than 10 kids out of 100). She is 30 inches tall, so that puts her in the 25th percentile. Her head is 18 1/2 " and that is just average or 50%. I guess basically, she is just a small kid. In fact, she has only gained a few ounces since her 12 mo. appt. so she literally is the same size. Actually, she is almost the same size as she was at 9 mo. I just found her paper from then. At that age she was 21 lbs. and 28 inches. Back then, she was considered a tad over average or in 60th percentile. Wow, that means she can still wear her summer clothes this year, hopefully!



In other news, Alie is now officially a walker. She can walk an average of 10 or more steps at a time since sunday. She has been doing more and more walking each day. I put her in dresses mostly, because she hates crawling in them. Her knees get stuck on them, so it forces her to walk. She can also say a few more words. She can now say "thank you" and some of her ABC's as well as sorta sing "Old McDonald" song. She only says the EIEIO part. Her favorite word is "Please". She says it like "peepeepee" sounding like a little chick. This is the word that she says the most, by far.

Alie has made big improvements! She can now take 4 or 5 steps at a time, usually walking to me. She gets so excited when she accomplishes this. Big smiles and squeals, makes me so happy. She also has a new words, she says Uh-Oh, and can bark like a dog. Her new stunt is to bring me things that she wants fixed. She will bring me her empty sippy cup or her bouncing tigger (to turn him on). One thing she is still doing that drives me nuts is her fits. She has new bruises on her forehead due to banging her head when she is mad. I try my best to prevent her banging, but most of them happen when I am not close by or am not looking. It is so nerve wrecking!

Alie has a new thing she does when she throws a fit. As you can see in her picture below, she has a bruised forehead. She now bangs her head on whatever she can find. I just hope this new thing is a faze and that she will quit before she ends up with any brain damage. Click on the pics to see them larger!



Alie enjoying her spaghetti-o's!


:: Yummy! ::



Katelynn likes them too!


:: Katelynn ::

Alison has new words now! She can say "Hi", "Bye-bye", "Mommy", "Daddy", "Please", "Yes", "Baby", and "Night-night". She just started saying all of these words basically over the last week. She has also been sick this week since saturday. She has 2 ear infections and a sinus infection. Poor girl has been miserable the whole weekend. We were finally able to go see the doctor today and got her some medicine. I will be so glad to get her feeling better. It just breaks my heart to see her in pain.

Alie took her first step! It was actually done on Dec. 6. She stepped from Mommy to Daddy, so neither one of us missed it. I also have some new pictures of Alie! Click on each picture to see the whole album.



Here are her halloween pictures, sorry they are so late!


:: I love pumpkins! ::



Alie and her new friend Katelynn. They get along so well!


:: Katelynn ::



This is how Alie looked this morning when I woke her up!


:: Rag-a-muffin ::

Alison has a new tooth in the front and she just cut one of her molars today. I can tell you this, she hasn't been a very happy kid the last day or two. I have been keeping her on tylenol, but it still doesn't work as well as I would like. She was incredibly cranky all day today. Poor girl!



Oh, and Alie has a new best friend! Katelynn is a 17 month old little girl that I have been watching for about 3 weeks now. She is a total sweetheart and she and Alie get along wonderfully. They have so much fun together that they cry at the end of the day when Katelynn leaves. Katelynn calls Alie GeeGee (G in gorilla sound). It is so cute, weird that she got that out of "Alie". I will get some pictures of Katelynn and Alie posted soon. I also have Alie's halloween pics that I still need to post. She was a big fat pumpkin.

I finally uploaded the pictures from Alie's birthday party. She recieved such nice gifts and had a wonderful time! To check it out, click on this picture... When you get to the new webpage, scroll down to the bottom and click on "photo gallery" to see all of the pictures.


:: Alie's Birthday Pics ::