Some Firsts For the Girls...

It's official, Allyson is a walker now. Just as with crawling, she walks at her own pace, which is slow. But it's really cute to watch her waddle around. She's definitly not winning any baby marathons in the near future. She's a multi-tasker too, she can walk and drink out of a sippy cup at the same time.
Emily also had her first visit to the dentist. She was amazingly good. They all loved her and found her totally hilarious especially since she told them all about Billy, (for those of you who don't know, Billy is her imaginary child). They were so impressed with her behavior and her willingness to get her teeth cleaned. She also got a big plus on her teeth cleaning skills, (which actually are mommies skills, but she doesn't know that!), so overall she had a great first dentist experience. I was so proud of her. She walked away with a ton of goodies and a new Ariel tooth brush. Our dentist, Dr. Holmes and his staff are wonderful. If I moved out of state I think I would travel to go to him.

New little Littau...whatever he or she may be!

I guess there's only room for one....

This morning, Emily asked me if she could play dressup. So as she was getting dressed Allyson was intently watching her. So I thought maybe she would like to wear a princess dress too. My mistake. She HATED it. She cried until I took it off of her. The second it was off, she was totally happy. I guess there is only room for one girly girl in this family. Am I seeing a future softball player then?

Allyson On Her 1st Birthday!

Isn't she sweet?!

Allyson Update

Ally is turning one year on Wednesday, the time has flown by. She is getting so fun these days. She says, "see", "that", "mama", "dada", "nana", and "papa". She still isn't walking although she could. She waits until she only can reach one finger onto whatever she's holding before she starts to crawl. I don't think she believes she can do it. We went to the doctor yesterday, and she weighs 17 lbs 8 oz. and is 29 inches long. It surprised me because I always thought she was bigger than Em. But at 9 mo. Em was 18.3 lbs and 29 inches, so obviously being 3 mo. younger she was bigger than Allyson.
Ally also had her first ER visit this week, before Em which was also a shocker. I always figured we spend way more time in the ER with Em's activity level. But luckily God let her be a scared active baby! Anyway, I let Ally have a small lick of peanut butter, which she didn't like and spit it out. Within minutes her face started breaking out in hives, something she's done before so I didn't panic. But then within minutes it moved into her eyes and she started coughing. So I rushed her to the ER and by the time I got there she was breathing fine but her eyes had almost swelled shut and her whole face was swollen and dark red. Even the whites of her eyes were red. So they had to give her an anti histamine and when that didn't touch it a steroid. 3 hours later she was doing better and they sent her home. Yesterday they had me follow up with my doctor who said she can't be in contact with any peanuts or peanut products, she can't even be touched after someone else has handled them, we have to super wash our hands first. He also gave us an epi pen in case she gets a hold of it, so now we have to carry it wherever we go. It was really scary but she's totally fine now. I also found out that the doctor wasn't okay with her not liking to drink milk and I have to start giving her four tums a day to replace her calcium, she's a high maintenance medical baby!

Coming August 11, 2007

If you are reading this BLOG, you are finding out just as everyone else, we haven't told anyone. Are we joking? No, we are totally serious! There will be another little Littau. Was it planned? NO! We had pretty much totally decided we were done. I guess God found that funny because low and behold here we are. I am a little over 8 weeks pregnant. We are excited however and actually found it funny. Those of you that knew us when we found out we were pregnant with Emily, we were in total shock and didn't find it funny right away. This time we figure, what's one more! It would have been nice to know before we traded in our van, but we'll make it work! Anyway, first sonogram is scheduled for Jan. 15th if our insurance gets approved by then. But we've already been to the doctor for the "official" test.