AlreadY ONE....... seriously?????

I can't begin to say how much I love this sweet boy of mine. He is so cute, so happy, so serious, and so loved. He loves to eat, but you wouldn't know it by his size. He pretty much only bear crawls every where he goes and he is super fast. He likes to clap his hands. He likes to lift his shirt when I ask me where his belly button is. He likes to lift my shirt to find mine. He is cruising all around the furniture. One of these days he will take his first steps........ I am in no rush for it and either is he. He is a great sleeper and sleeps for 12-14 hours straight at night. He makes such a great addition to our family. He is such a mellow baby. We are so happy with our Vancey Pants!

Allen Family Reunion Sept. 2009

He did NOT like sitting on this ground. He had his toes curled up and was making such a funny face.

Dason and his brothers like to give all the kids a mask and tell them to run and hide.

This was so fun for the kids and the temps outside were perfect too.

Dason really wanted to build a zip line this year and he worked hard to make one for the kids. This was the first one they built. Go Davin!

Grandma Sharon is so crafty. Here the girls were each making their own flower hair clips and head bands.

Madison LOVES her cousins. They will are best buddies.

This was so funny. Fear Factor Night. The kids were so anxious AlL day for this. Shane came up with a bunch of gross ideas. This one was actually just a Twinkie cut in half and all the kids had psyched themselves out. We were laughing so hard!

Another one of Grandma Sharons ideas.... Tye Dye shirts. all of the kids designed what they wanted and did the work. so much fun.

This is the second zip line that Dason and his brothers built. It was was high! It started out 12 feet high and went down to the meadow. It was high and fast, but fun. ALL of the kids 5+ zipped down it so fast. They loved it too.

RaIny day sChedule

This kid loves to play in the sand, dirt or mud...he is ALL boy! He also likes to take things apart and try to fix it.

BowLing with the boyz

Blane was such a cute bowler! He tried super hard to make his ball go fast, but the ball was bigger than him ...i think! We had to retieve his ball twice because it stopped rolling mid way! Everytime he let the ball go he made this silly, embarrassed face. We had a fun day! I love him.

Guess who is finally crawling????

I love this face that he makes. He is so cute. He scrunches up his nose, it cracks me up!

Our Vancey is 101/2 months old....seriousLy??? He is such a light weight too. He is only in the 3rd percentile for his weight. I am not too worried because he is an eater. He never took formula or a bottle, but he love our food. he pretty much eats with the family, whatever we are eating, I mean , the kid already has 8 teeth. He pretty much likes aLL of his fruits and vegetable, cheese and yogurt. He feeds himself pretty much his entire meal. He is so big. He can also hold his sippy cup and take drinks of water.

His BIG accomplishment is that he learned to crawl! At 10 months he finally grasped the concept and he is off and going! He is started to pull up on things too.

He is understanding lots of sign language and smiles at me when I sign to him. He can clap his hands and wave hi and bye.

He babbles a lot! He says "mama" all the time. He also says "dada" too. He likes to read books and play the piano.

He has been sleeping through the night for a couple of months.

First DaY of school.... man I am gettin old!

I was a proud Mama to send off 2 BIG kids for school this year. They were both really excited to go. It makes me sad to think and know that they aren't my babies anymore. They both really like their teachers and are having fun. Madison has a couple of her friends in her class so she is loving that. Davin has made a fast buddy too. He also chases the girls around the playground and now they chase him around the playground! He is so silly. I used to walk him up to the gate after I walked Madison to her line up spot, until one day he got to sad to have me stay there until his class went into their rooms. I think I wanted to stay there more for ME than him. I Love my kiddos and I am so proud of their eagerness to learn and do what is right. They make me happy!

FuN tiMes

We took the kids to check out the fire station. Our friend offered to give the kiddies a tour. They LoVed it!

The BoYz (excluding lil babe) went to the Monster Trucks with Ryan and his boys. Thx to Ryan for the invite with free tickets! They had tons of fun, so much that Blane couldn't even stay awake for it.