May 2008: Baby Dedication, Mother's Day, Alyson's 1st Birthday

This month we celebrated Alyson's 1st birthday! Last year she was my little Mother's Day present and now it is hard to believe she is already one. It is amazing how babies grow and change in that short amount of time. Alyson has 6 teeth and is crawling (almost walking), clapping, pointing, mocking words, and is such a happy and outgoing little girl. We have had so much fun with her in this first year of her life and look forward to many more blessed years with her to come!

Baby Dedication at church on Mother's Day


The girls on Mother's Day



Alyson and her Great Grandma Oleta (my grandma)

This is the sunset looking out our back porch the night we had Alyson's birthday party.






This was the night of her actual birthday. The grandparents came over and Julie was the event coordinater. She passed out a party hat to each of us. The guys were good sports and wore them... they even forgot they had them on and wore them outside for a while!