CAKE!

If you know me, then you know that I love cake. Actually, I love just about anything you can find in a bakery. I enjoy watching the food network when they have cake challenges. I also like watching Cake Boss on TLC. I feel like I could be a master cake designer if I had access to the equipment. If I were 10 years younger I'd apply to be on MTVs Made to be a pastry chef. "I wanna be made"...

Fortunately we had two reasons to enjoy cake this month. It was Kevin's 29th birthday for the third time. I had a cake made for him at J&S Watkins. It was sponge cake with chocolate mousse. Here's a picture.

And it's my birthday this Wednesday. We celebrated early and Kevin had a cake made for me at Coccadotts. It was raspberry swirl cake with chocolate mousse. Here's a picture.

I think we'll have to make it a tradition to make eachother really yummy and unique cakes for our birthdays. :)

Sharing new videos... Finally!

So I have been slacking on posting any of the videos we've taken of Allie in recent weeks. It's amazing to us when we look back at the first few we took of her to see how tiny she once was. Not a day goes by that I don't notice something new about her, especially how quickly she is forming a loving and happy little personality. It's truly heartwarming to come home to her smile at the end of the workday. Enjoy the videos below!

3 Months and 1 week old.

Allie is now weighing in around 17-18 pounds. She goes to the doctor at the end of the month and we'll get an official weight and length then. I'm fairly certain she'll be off the charts because she's already wearing her 6-9 month clothes!

She sleeps really well at night - usually falling asleep around 7pm and only waking once for a feeding. She also takes 2-3 naps during the day. I've found that a rested baby makes for a happy baby (and mother!).

She's holding onto things now. She'll grab onto a toy, a blanket, your clothes, Mommy's hair... She's even begun rolling her shoulders over, but just can't seem to move the bottom half. She can push herself all the way up on her arms and bears a good amount of weight on her legs.

She's become much more social in the past month. She smiles often and laughs. She seems to be ticklish too. She'll watch someone walk through a room and sometimes she'll squeal for attention. Lately, she's been playing with her voice - humming, cooing, screaming as loud as she can in an extremely high pitch, saying "Roxy stop barking I'm trying to sleep". Ok, maybe not that last one, but we all know she's thinking it.

It seems every week she's learning something new. I can't wait to see what next week brings!

Photos from February!

Here are 28 days (although 29 photos -don't know how that happened) of Allie! Her Daddy and I have not missed a single day of photos. The resolution lives. Click on the photo for all the pictures.

1st Valentines Day!

Allie was dressed in pink and red hearts for Valentines Day (an outfit that she got from James and Kim in Houston) and she's holding a card that she got from her cousin, Katie. She's also holding a piglet that she got from her Aunt Tracy when she was born.

In the past week, she's begun to grab onto things. Mostly her own clothes or a blanket. She is also showing more interest in different toys other than Violet. Lately she's been enjoying her activity gym and her Elmo book that makes noise.

We've been trying to get her on a sleep schedule and she's been doing really well. She usually sleeps from around 8pm until 5am, then she eats and goes back to sleep for another 2 or 3 hours. The naps during the day are another story... she fights hard to stay awake, but lately we've been getting in 2 or 3 good naps. Speaking of naps... sounds like she's waking from one right now! Gotta go!

Allie's World: January 2010

When the new year arrived, I kept telling myself I wanted to come up with something challenging for my "new year resolution". After thinking about it I came upon an idea that incorporated my newest love of my life, Allison, as well as a passion of mine, photography. The final verdict: One photo of Allie, from each day of the year. It is always good to keep practicing with the camera, and this way, 18 years from now we will have a wonderful album to look back at.

So here we go, one month down and 31 photos taken, edited, and posted on our family photo gallery website. Here is a link to the photos from January 2010 in the life of Allison: CLICK HERE FOR THE PHOTOS

2 Months Old... Already?

Time has been flying by lately. Allie is already 9 weeks old and had her two month "birthday" last Tuesday. It's amazing to look back on pictures of her when she was a newborn and see how much she's changed. She's put on over 5 pounds and has grown 4 or 5 inches. She's already stretching out her 6 month sleepers, yikes!

I'm not complaining though, because although my baby is getting bigger by the second, she's also getting much more interactive and fun. She'll smile for people and some toys, she'll watch someone cross a room, she enjoys watching TV (better break that habit soon!), she's starting doing a little cooing, and she can even hold some of her weight on her legs. She's also began sleeping through the night!! Nobody is happier about that than Mommy!

Here is a picture of her when she was less than a week old and a recent picture of her. Oh, where has the time gone?





She's also found a best friend. Her singing dog named Violet. Every time she even sees Violet she smiles. She'll do that for Mommy soon, right?

6 week pictures

I'm a bit late posting these pictures, but we've had a sick little baby. Turns out she has RSV and has quite the cough and wheeze. Hopefully she'll be feeling better soon.

Anyway, these pictures were taken a week ago. She was being quite the ham with her father!

Poor Baby :(

Well, the past few days have been rough in the Sheehan household. On Monday Allie got three vaccines and had a sore thigh for a couple days. Now, she's coughing and crying even during her sleep. Luckily she does not have a fever, but we're going to the doctors this afternoon to get checked out. Better safe than sorry. I hope my little baby starts feeling better soon.

Christmas 2009 Photo Gallery

So with the holidays behind us, and a weekend to catch up on things around the house, I figured I would take some time to post a few photos from our festivities. Click the image below to view the Christmas 2009 Gallery.

Happy New Year!

Welcome 2010! We spent News Years Eve at home and all of us were in bed by the time midnight struck. Allison woke me at 12:45, so she got to be the first one to be kissed in the new year (sorry Kevin). Then we spent New Years Day with all of the grandparents and had a great time.

This year will be full of firsts: first smile, first step, first word... first birthday! I'm so excited to watch my little one grow and I'm certain all the moments will be captured by her daddy. He has made the resolution to take at least one picture of her every day of the year.