Shoe Shopping!

Ali and I went shoe shopping today and found these ADORABLE sandals for her!  Yes, I purchased shoes for my child that isn't walking yet... but they are so darn cute!  It kills me how tan this girl is naturally, look at my pasty white feet compared to her beautiful bronzed ones.

First Dentist Appointment!

Ali got to go to the dentist for the first time today!  I thought she had an extra tooth behind her front bottom teeth... I was wrong.  In all fairness, I wasn't the only one who thought they saw it though - Whitney saw it too!
   Ali was awesome for the hygenist and dentist!  She laid down and let them brush her teeth and put fluoride on.  Then she let the dentist count and scrape (is that what they call it?) her teeth.  She thought it was all pretty funny and would try to bite the dentist and then laugh this creepy little laugh.  The dentist said her teeth look strong and healthy!  It must be all that brushing we do at night! :)
It was funny though because the dentist looked over her chart and then saw that I had written down that she has Down Syndrome.  There was another family in the same area as us, and when he starting talking about what to expect with her teeth and her Down's he started whispering.  I thought it was hilarious, since the family that was in there with us all of a sudden started listening and looking over at us.  Did the dentist think it was a secret that she has Down's?  Did he not want to embarras us in front of the other family?  Did he not want Ali to hear that she has Down Syndrome?  I really didn't understand, I wasn't offended or anything, I just thought it was really funny that his voice dropped!

Ali got a sticker that was obviously delicious!  (On a side note, how cute do those little leg-warmers look?!?!  Aunt Whitney did her hair in pigs today and she looked like a little 80's aerobic's instructor!)

Happy World Down Syndrome Day!

Today is World Down Syndrome Day!  The 21st day of the 3rd month (to symbolize a thrid copy of the 21st chromosone)! 
We are so happy to have little Miss. Ali to celebrate with!  She is such a joy in our lives and the best baby EVER!  If it wasn't for Down Syndrome, we wouldn't get to share our lives with this sweet little girl.  We love you baby!

Happy St. Patty's Day!

This year a leprechaun came and visited us!  He left some fun treats for us to eat!  We also ate some lovely rainbow fruit shish kabobs, had a yummy mint/chocolate pie, fresh lime squeezes, and some green mac and cheese (complete with green beans and 'golden' corn)!

Ali eating her lucky charms... she still prefers waffles!  What child doesn't love sugar cereal?!?

For some reason, Ali was a huge fan of this green bread from The Old Grist Mill. 

Happy St. Patty's Day!

Swinging at the Park

What a beautiful couple of days we've had! The weather has been amazing, so we ran out to our little neighborhood park today to do a little swinging! Ali LOVES to swing this year, so I have a feeling we will be spending a great deal of time at the park this summer!

Coloring!

I got this Aqua-Doodle for Ali on the after-Chistmas clearance sale at Walmart. It's Cars 2, so a little boy-ish but that's ok. She actually had a good time drawing on it. I'm not sure if she 100% got what she was doing, but she enjoyed herself for a while! :)

1st Pony Tail

Ali had her hair done in her first pony tail the other day!  There had to be a few extra elastics due to her uneven hair growth!  I think it makes her look so much older!

 

Shark Teeth

Well, Ali is 16 months and 5 days old and has a variety of teeth in her mouth! She has her two bottom teeth (she got them at 12 mo), one front top tooth, and a few molars! We might have to start calling her 'Shark Tooth' though because of the fun little tooth that is coming in behind her front bottom teeth! That's right, a second row of teeth. Needless to say, we have an appointment with a dentist to see what we're going to do about that.

I've asked a few people (dentists, doctors, therapists, etc) if I should anticipate any teeth problems due to her Down's. The only thing I've been told is that her teeth will probably pop in in a strange order (VERY TRUE!). So, the spare tooth was a surprise! Her teeth are also VERY sharp (which can also be a Down's thing).

So here is our little 'Shark-Tooth'!

Snow... finally!

We got some snow! Ali and I ran outside to enjoy it, just in case it doesn't last long! We made a teeny-tiny snowman...

Ali laid back and relaxed a bit...

and Mom pulled Ali around in the sled for a few minutes!

Yay for snow!!!

Happy Valentine's!

What a beautiful Valentine's Day! Stuart kicked it off with 2 dozen flowers brought home the night before, one for me and one for Ali! Then he made chocolate dipped strawberries, yum! Cupid came during the night and left Ali some fun stuff! And I got Stuart some Cherry cream soda's and a little book I made, "52 Things I Love About You!". I sure do LOVE our little family!!!

Ali enjoyed all of the fun things that Cupid brought her! She got a balloon,

flowers, a card

(that she read for a few minutes)

and a cute sock monkey!

Ali's Valentine to Daddy

This is what Ali gave to her dad this year! It's cute because she has such tiny tiny hands!

Happy Valentine's Day!

We had ourselves a little photo shoot to send with some Valentine's this year! Sesaly, Howie and Lydia joined us!

This shot was one of my favorites! It is just so... Ali!

Library Fun!

We met Aunt Whitney and cousins Howie and Lydia at the library today. Ali got to have some computer fun with Howie!
Ali really liked the headphones, I was surprised she kept them on!

Ali LOVES hitting the keys on computers, it makes it hard to do stuff on the computer! Howie was cute though and would just say, "Oh, Ali!" in a cute little voice everytime Ali messed up what Howie was doing.

Piggy Tails

Aunt Whitney babysat little Ali a little while ago so that Stu and I could go on a date. When we picked her up she was wearing this new cute onesie and had gotten her hair done in cute little pig-tails! The onesie says "Auntie is crazy about me!" Shopping and a makeover? I think Ali is spoiled!

Make-A-Plate

My brother and sister-in-law's family bought a kit to make these custom plates! They actually bought the classroom pack so they had a bunch of extras, so Ali got to make one too!

Then Stuart decided that he would draw kitty wiskers on Ali's face with the washable markers. I have to admit, she does make a pretty cute little kitty!