An apple

 This morning while I was cleaning up in the kitchen I moved the baby gate sat a bag of apple that were getting old (but still ok just a little soft) on the floor. Allyson got one and I said she could play with it while Ty held so I could vacuum the living room. I didnt see it again. Not very long ago I was eating an apple and Ally was watching me, I gave her a few little bites. She went on her way crawling around and ended up between the couch and the kitchen and was being very quiet. She was sitting with her back turned to me I ask what she was doing after a little bit she held out the apple. I figured it was ok so I let her play with it. A few minute later I heard her chewing. She had taken a few little bites out of the apple and was eating more. My crazy baby will be ONE in 5 weeks!

10 months!

We finally got a couch!
Can you believe this little cutie will be 1 in just under 2 months?

She actually has so much hair it is pinned back because it goes past her eyes

Oooooooooooooooooo

My grandpa's Birthday is Valentines day

My crazy 9 month old

Miss Allyson is 9 months old now!

She all of a sudden stopped screaming during bath time and loves to play in the water now!

Ally's first snow ( it snowed one other time in the middle of the night and melted before morning so she missed it)

we had about 8 inches!

we did not get the crazy ice storm that hit south of us

Allyson loved looking outside

I love Picnik photo editing so i gave in and signed up for a year of their premium options then a week later the announced it is now free and everyone was getting a refund. This is because they are moving to google+ i do not think i like that.  

Cat toys are funner i guess... so i hid them in the cat tower and she found them yesterday so i moved them up higher

I am so tired... Allyson does not sleep at night... If I rock her to sleep then lay her down she wakes up screaming a terrible painful scream... This might be because she is sleeping in a pack n play while we wait for her expensive "Made in USA" Young America crib to come in... It is taking forever... So I end up holding her and not sleeping myself... This started after her bottom teeth came in and when her top teeth started to come in... she loves her puffs and cheerios... she has been crawling stomach off the ground for about 2 weeks... she scooted around on her on her stomach for a little over a month before that... her hair is in her eyes so i put it a lot of the time... she is so cute... and a happy little thing when she is not tired and fighting sleep...  we went in for her 9 month check up on the 26th... she is a little thing and weighs 15lbs 8oz... She is 25.25inches long...  CAQFEWT31  R ```````````JHYGGUUV        TCHBKBJGTYHJU N ... A note from the cutie pie 

A peek into pictures from our snow storm

She loved it
I did also and am very sad to see it go we are 15 degrees warmer tonight than last night
but really I love the snow!
we are now running low on bread and milk and things like that so
Ty is stopping at the store on his way home from work

(edited with Picnik)

a little late on my my Christmas post

Anyways here is an update about December!

Christmas Day at (Ty's) Grandma's


Christmas Day with Ty's parents

We love our Buddy

Christmas eve at My aunts (Gram Taylor and Mya)

We got Rebekka a Kindle!

There dog Samuel

Me and Allyson, Jackie and Taylor, Heather and Mya
(it is impossible to get them to all look at the same time)

She enjoyed the wrapping paper

Mya

Allyson and Papa

Rebekka and Allyson

Taylor, Gram, Mya, Papa, Allyson

Great Great Grandma
(yes Taylor has Mya in a head lock)

Allyson and Great Great Grandma

as you can see my camera really sucked that weekend

I have started using the upgraded version of Picnik and have not edited any pictures on this post

Miss Allyson is 8 months old!

She falls asleep eating sweet potatoes all the time

She can stand with it and move her feet a little if I support her

Her feet do not touch the floor but I push her around

8 months!

Reading the nutrition facts because she eats organic and this was not

Thanksgiving. We went home for the weekend. I did some great black Friday shopping not for gifts but for me and Allyson (organic baby food was buy one get one free).

i really need to update this

but not right now.... so here is a picture

Banks

Today is the first time I have really spoke out about this problem. Though I think the protesting is over the top and they should focus there energy on educating people in a more civilized manner about the problems with banks and why non-profit credit unions are wonderful (I love my credit union). I have 2 experiences to share

1. a carefree naive 18 year old opens a bank account for depositing paychecks from his part-time job. When he makes his first deposit into his account he accidentally writes down the account number of his savings account and not the checking account number. Big problem, now every time he uses his debit card there really isn't any money there so he is being charged an overdraft fee every time. This resulted in over $1000 in fines by the time he noticed what had happened. The bank did work with him and lower the fine to about $200. Not to long later the bank got into some big trouble over doing similar things and changed there policy. (I would still never bank there even though they made it right and at my credit union your savings account backs up your checking).

2. A 45 year old has been sick most of her life. Her husband started a business about 10 years ago and was doing great until the housing market took a turn for the worst. They are not getting by. When they have an over draft with their bank they are charged a fee for each transaction everyday until more money is put into the account. There are a few steps these people have not taken that would improve their situation but that is beside my point. (guess what my credit union does not do that either).

and that is my quick little rant about greedy for profit banks.

But in the end making it more convenient to buy American made products would solve a lot of problems