Pumpkin Patch

We had a great time at the pumpkin patch this year. My parents came with us and it was fun! We got to see lots of bright orange pumpkins and Alyssa got to walk through the patch. We didn't do the hay ride or the corn maze this year, she just had fun taking it all in. We ended up buying her a tiny little pumpkin that is SO cute. When we got home she kept trying to throw the pumpkin because she thought it was a ball!

With Mom

The whole family

Surrounded by PUMPKINS!

Happy girl!

Smile

Alyssa Kay

Sorry we haven't updated in awhile! Alyssa is growing like a weed. She has been having a lot of fun lately. She can take about 6 or 7 steps, but wont go much further than that. She also mimics everything that we say and is starting to say a lot of words. We call her miss congeniality because she says "hi" and "bye bye" to everyone she meets! Just today she was trying to talk to everyone in the restaurant where we were eating dinner. Little miss friendly! :)

This is what Alyssa wants for Christmas!

Our adorable little cow!

Such a cute cow. She can even say, "moo!" :)

Baby Fever!

We wanted to share a picture of our upcoming addition to our family. Michael, Alyssa, and I are all excited to be welcoming another baby girl into our family on January 4th! We just had our ultrasound last week. This is the best picture we got. You can see her hand and she is laying on her right side facing you. She seems to be all snug and cozy in there. We are glad to hear that she is growing well and everything is looking good. We are tossing around name ideas. The front runner right now is Hailey Ann Lomax. (although the spelling might be Hailey, Hayley, or Haley...we will see!) :) We are excited to meet our little girl in January!

What a One-derful Day!

We had so much fun at Alyssa's first birthday party. It was a great day. We cannot believe that our baby is already one! Time flies. Thank you to everyone who came to the party. We love you all. Here are a few highlight pictures of the celebration:

Butterfly Cupcake tree for the butterfly party!

More butterflies

Alyssa with Grandma

With Pops, Nani, Gigi, and Gramps

Stoic in her tutu

Cutest Birthday Girl Ever!

Her mountain of gifts!

"Riding" her new bike

Her first time eating cake

As you can see, she had no problem polishing off the whole thing!

We love you little girl! Here is to many more wonderful years to come. :)

The Amazing Bouncing Alyssa!

Alyssa is moving out of the baby stage and turning into a little girl before our eyes. She is getting so big that we can hardly believe it. We love to watch her learn new things. This is a video of her bouncing and showing off some of her latest skills (pointing, clapping, and saying, "Hi.") We love you Alyssa!

Number One Baby!

Alyssa is number one! :) She has recently begun pointing a lot and this is a good shot of it. As I mentioned in my last post, she often holds her finger in the pointing position so that she is ready for anything she may need to point at. It is so adorable. We are trying to teach her to point at us when we say, "Who is the number one mommy?" Alas.....it hasn't worked yet. :)
Swinging girl! This girl loves to swing. Her whole face lights up and she smiles the entire time. What a happy girl.

9 Months!

Alyssa is already 9 months old and time feels like it is flying by. She is getting so big, so fast! :) She had her 9 month doctor check up last week and got a clean bill of health. She is in the 99.9 percentile for her height and the 99 percentile for her weight. She is a good eater. Some new things she is doing are: saying 'dada,' mimicking sounds that you make, making kissing noises, clapping, holding her hands up in the air to show that she is 'so big!' and pointing at everything in sight. It seems as if she just holds her pointer finger out all of the time just in case there may be something to point at. :) She really is getting SO BIG! Here are a few recent pictures of her.

Reading with Pops. Apparently she is not sold on the idea of golf quite yet.

Standing on the table in her tutu pajamas.

Lately she has been trying lots of new foods. She loves pancakes, spinach, chicken, cheese, pasta, cheerios, squash, beans, corn, peas, carrots...basically anything! :)

Playing with daddy. She loves to stand and hold onto things. It is only a matter of time before she is walking!

Playin' Pool

Our adorable little angel is playing pool! She loves to sit on the table and throw the pool balls around. She laughs when we roll them into the pockets! Maybe she will be a pool shark someday. :)

Giggles

Alyssa is at such a fun age right now. We are just enjoying watching her learn and grow. She is constantly changing. Her latest accomplishment is waving. She holds her hand up and makes a fist, then opens it up, and closes it again. When we say, "Wave hi," that is what she does. Fun, fun!

The video below is of her giggling. It is ADORABLE! :) It is so funny to see the things that she deems "giggle worthy." In this short clip all Michael is doing is throwing the TV remote up in the air and catching it. Definitely a gut buster! :)

Tutu cute!

We had a great first Christmas with Alyssa! She is growing so big and the changes she is making are incredible. In the last week she has become a pro at sitting up on her own. She loves to play with toys and hang out. She is an independent girl! She got this adorable tutu from her Nani this Christmas so we snapped a few shots!

Adorable!

Ok, could this pouty face be any cuter? I think not.

Happy girl

Cracking up in her bunny hat

A hoppy girl :)

Just playin'

Alyssa's First Time Meeting Santa

Michael's parents (Nani and Pops) invited us to a children's Christmas party at their golf club. Alyssa got to meet santa! She is always such a happy baby and she seemed totally content hanging out on santa's lap. Of course she couldnt participate in the older kid activities, like the cupcake walk, but we got to have lunch and it was very fun! Here are her photos from the day:

Happy Girl with Santa

Hanging out with Mom (And yes, her arms are that big) :) She's a healthy girl!

5 months old and she knows what she wants for Christmas!

November

I have a few random pictures from the month of November to share! Our sweet baby girl is growing up SO fast. It seems like every week we think we know what to expect, and then she does something new and different. It has been so much fun to watch her grow and learn. Lately she is really smiling and laughing a lot, kicking her legs around like crazy, grabbing at things, and putting things in her mouth and biting down on them....hard! We love you litttle goose!

Sassy pants!

Gangsta?

4 generations of women on Thanksgiving (one of them is clearly tuckered out!)

Alyssa with her great grandma

Picking out our christmas tree at the tree farm. We got a great one this year!

Family picture

4 Months Old!

Our growing girl just had her 4 month appointment last week. She weighs in at 17 lbs 15 ounces and is 26 and a half inches long. She is getting quite hilarious in her old age. She has certainly found her voice in the past few weeks and loves to use it. She "talks" all the time. She also loves to laugh and smile. It has been really fun to try eating rice cereal. It took a little getting used to, but last night she ate almost a whole bowl! She seems to like it, but it takes awhile because she is constantly trying to grab the spoon from me! We love you angel!


Serious about rice cereal


A cute picture of reading with Pops

Alyssa's First Halloween

We took Alyssa over to Uncle Clay and Aunt Jacqueline's house for Halloween. Auntie Jac and I took her around to about 5 houses for her first trick or treating experience. She was a trooper because she was tired by the time it got dark enough to go trick or treating. Here are a few pictures of our Halloween experience! :)


A cranky bug before going out trick or treating.


Alyssa with her "haul" of candy.


A Halloween family photo. I think it is funny that she looks alomst as tall as me in this picture. I swear I am not that short!

3 months old!

Alyssa has been all smiles lately! She usually smiles so big that she closes her eyes. Lately she has been really close to laughing. She contiues to be a wonderful baby. We are having fun watching her personality grow. She is still sleeping great and eating even better!


Giant Smile


Playing with Daddy


Lounging around and watching TV

Happy Early Halloween!

As you can see Alyssa is growing fast! :) I bought this adorable Halloween costume for her last year on clearance, but now we are not sure if it is going to fit by the time Halloween rolls around. It fits her pretty perfectly now! We thought we would take a picture now, just in case it doesn't fit later. She is such a happy baby. She smiles all of the time and I think she is on the verge of laughing! We love our little bug!

Growing Girl!

Our little girl is growing so fast! We cannot believe how different she is from when she was first born. Even this last week she has started smiling A LOT and really recognizing her surroundings. At her two month appointment she was 24 1/2 inches long and a whopping 14 1/2 pounds. She is a wonderful baby and we feel so blessed!