Home again

We are back home...finally! It's been absolutely wonderful visiting with family and having Alley meet everyone:) We all met our new cousin and had a massive family gathering over Easter (sooo much fun...apples to apples anyone?!). Alley had her first plane trip, met all of Andy's family in Arkansas, took a visit to Urgent Care (yeah to wonderful allergies and an infection in Alley's eye...makes for one miserable baby!), saw some old college friends (Andy's) and finally made it back home. Whew! It was great, but I am so glad I am home and have the weekend to recover!
Here are some more pictures of our adventures
An Easter family photo...Yummy bananas:)Snuggles with great-grandma Alley...she loves to snuggle (we definitely spoiled her this past week!!)

Arkansas

This spring break has been a time for Alley to be introduced to all her family members. We spent Easter in Richmond meeting mom's whole side of the family and now we're in Arkansas meeting dad's whole side of the family.

Alley took her first plan trip on Monday and did a fabulous job! I was concerned about how she would handle the ear pressure during take-off and landings...especially since we had a layover in Atlanta. She slept through both flights! She didn't make a sound during either of them. I was so impressed! When we got to Memphis, Andy's older brother, Brad, and his two girls, Katie and Avery, met us at the airport. They then drove us to Arkansas to go to G'ma's house. Alley couldn't wait to see G'ma and meet her other relatives. Here are some pictures of her first day in another state:

We are all smiles at G'ma's house visiting with family

Uncle Frank - G'ma's brother - he's so funny:)

Alley and her cousin Shae

Alley, G'ma and her two cousins - Katie and Avery

Alley and G'ma loving on each other

Meeting family...

Alley finally got to meet her cousins yesterday! Owen and Carlee Scott Alley flew in from Texas for Easter and for the little ones baptism this weekend. The parents had a lot of fun introducing them...here are some fun photo moments:)I finally got a hold of my little nephew:) So cute!Alley getting some loving from her aunt...she so enjoyed it Jess:)

Carlee Scott showing Alley all the toys on her play mat...thanks for being so helpful!

Worn out from all the fun!

This just says it all!!! I love it!!!:)

Random:)

Here are a couple pictures we've recently taken:
Hanging out on mimi and papa's kitchen floor watching mimi cook and giving us some smiles:)
She's still not sure whether she likes her thumb or pacifier better...it looks like for that moment she chose the thumb, but the jury is still out!
Showing off her new outfit before church - she keeps trying to walk...we could be in trouble real soon!

4 months

Can you believe Alley is already 4 months old?! It seems like just yesterday I found out I was pregnant! The time sure does fly by fast! I never really believed, or thought much about it, when the other mothers told me to cherish every moment because they grown up so fast. Well, now I believe it! Today we took Alley in for her 4 month appointment. She got 3 shots (poor thing!), but had a very good check-up. We've got a very healthy girl on our hands. She has gained 9 lbs since birth and grown 7 inches...woo-hoo:) So now she weights 15lbs 10oz and is 26 inches long. She is now in the 75% in weight (she use to be in the 50%) and is in the 85% in height (she use to be in the 50%)...poor thing, her head is only in the 30% though! When the Doctor was telling us the percentiles, she looked up at Andy when she was telling Alley's head percentile and said, "her dad has a small head too". Andy didn't know he was getting an exam too:)
Today was a milestone...we were told to start giving Alley rice cereal and baby food. I'm not sure if I'm excited or sad. This means she's growing up fast, but at the same time, it means she's growing up:) So, despite her cranky mood from being exhausted and wanting to go to sleep and having had shots today and being sore...we tried baby food and rice cereal. We definitely weren't successful, but hey, it's our first ever! We'll get better with practice;) She didn't eat much...she ended up wearing most of it! Here are some photos from the event:
Notice the thrilled look she has on her face...obviously she wasn't as excited as her parents!
Totally unsure of this...what are you feeding me??!!I think we lost her! I told her no screaming and definitely no falling asleep at the table...she definitely has not developed her mom's obsession with food yet!:) Better luck tomorrow mom and dad...

Weekend

This is the first weekend since July that Andy has had free! It was so strange to wake up Saturday morning and not have anything to do...so weird! We are very good at filling up free time though, so our Saturday was full. We enjoyed running errands and spending quality time with Alley and each other. Friday night we were able to go out on a date (which we haven't done in a long time! Another weird feeling!) while one of Alley's favorite teachers babysat. All in all it was a great weekend...besides the darn time change!!
Here are some pictures that a friend took of Alley while we were in Roanoke last weekend for the ODAC basketball tournament:

Tournament time

This weekend was the ODAC conference tournament for the HSC tigers. Alley and I decided to take off Friday from school and come down to Roanoke and stay the weekend with Andy and the team. We enjoyed our family time and completely enjoyed beating Macon in the first round of the tournament. Here are some pictures from the weekend:
Getting in a little nap before the big game against Macon:)
So exhausted from all the cheering at the game...back to sleep again...Hanging out in the hotel roomVisiting with an old friend of ours, Courtney and Donnie Turlington (the form HSC SID) came up to see the games. Here the girls are
Here's a video of Alley laughing at Andy in the hotel room. I'm sorry it's so dark!! The laughing is the best part anyway...