Elizabeth's Blessing

FOTOS!

Ellie (elizabeth), is not sure how she feels about her baths. Sometimes she likes them and sometimes she doesn't. This is one of the times where she enjoyed her bath!





Jenny and the baby posing for a hot photo.






Look at that red hair






she was trying to fly away!

Grandma and Grandma Allen Visit.

Elizabeth after her bath!

Grandma and grandpa came to visit.
I like to sleep on mom and dads bed!

Happy Halloween!

Pictures for the people!

She loves it when Daddy kisses her feet. So much in fact that she grips his lips with her toes. I had taken others, but Todd deleted the rest for some reason. The rest of these are right after bath time with Grandma. Oh Boy does she love her Grandma spoiling her every minute. She is one Lucky KID! We will be so sad when Grandma has to leave. She has been Mommy's saving grace this whole time. Thank you Mom so much for everything you've done for us. We are extremely blessed to have you in our lives and wish you could stay forever. Whatever would we do without Grandma? Hugs and Kisses from your adorable little Grand-daughter.

Here are some more

Here are more photos of our baby girl!

Elizabeth Jane is here.

Well here she is . Elizabeth Jane has made her way onto the scene and we are glad to have her. She likes her dad! Well of course she likes her mom. She seems to be a very content little girl. She is seven lbs and 4.4 oz. She is 21 1/4 inch long and as you can see she is rocking a sweet full head of hair. She has her dads nose and mothers lips. She is killer!

Thanks for the Shower

A Big Thank you to all of our family and friends for everything you have done for us! Tiff the shower was great and thanks for all of your hard work. Thank you everyone who helped. We are so very blessed to have great people who support us. Janeen & Max, thank you for every thing that you sent us for the baby. This post is for anyone who as done or given us anything. Thank you very much!

Quilt!

Our friend Nicole made us this dope quilt. She is really talented and i think could make a lot of money with her skills.

36 weeks! Are we there yet?

Jenny is 36 weeks and hanging in there like a champ!

Liz This One For you

Jenny 35 Weeks

These are photo's of Jenny at 35 weeks! She didn't want anyone to see her this way. But I made her do it anyway. She looks cute preggers!

CAUTION...not for the bashful or easily embarassed

The Polite Way to Pee

During one of her daily classes, a teacher trying to teach good
manners, asked her students the following question:

'Mike, if you were on a date having dinner with a nice young lady, how
would you tell her that you have to go to the bathroom?'

Mike said: 'Just a minute I have to go pee.'

The teacher responded by saying: 'That would be rude and impolite.'

'What about you Sherman, how would you say it?'

Sherman said: 'I am sorry, but I really need to go to the bathroom.
I'll be right back.'

'That's better, but it's still not very nice to say the word bathroom
at the dinner table.'

And you, little Barry, can you use your brain for once and show us
your good manners?'

Barry said, 'I would say: Darling, may I please be excused for a
moment? I have to shake hands with a very dear friend of mine, whom I
hope to introduce you to after dinner.'

The teacher fainted.

Our Album of Alaska!

Liz this is for you. Here is the link to our web album from our trip to Alaska.

http://picasaweb.google.com/mtallen76/Alaska

Alaska

We had a great time in Alaska with Jenny's family! We where able to see a lot of beautiful scenery! Here is a couple of photos. This is our first excursion in Juneau, Alaska. Todd caught a Silver Salmon for the first time ever in his few times fishing.


This is a real Bear print on our "hiking for bears" in Skagway, Alaska..our second excursion. We were in the wild picking strawberries that were so delicious to the taste. Even the little white ones were pretty sweet on the pallet.


Our Ship got really close to this breath taking Glacier which had some Sea Lions or Seals (not sure which) resting on the floating ice around us. Was too cold a day to be wearing my flip flops so I didn't stay out side for long.

Post card perfect picture that Todd actually took on Queen Anne's Hill over looking the Seattle skyline at night. So cool that the camera captured the reddish glow in the sky.

24 weeks Pregnant

These first two were taken today, which makes 25 weeks.

Here you go Liz, I am humiliating myself just for you. I hope it is appreciated by all who see it. I don't normally take pictures of myself, let alone with a belly. Just so you know I went to get another ultrasound yesterday and I was at 25 weeks so these pictures are a week old. I already feel like my belly has inflated even more.

My tests came back and I am not anemic nor do I have diabetes. That is good to know. The baby is healthy and doesn't have clef palit or however it is pronounced. She is definitely still a girl and an active one at that. She keeps her mom very aware of her existence. Sometimes I swear she is doing summer salts or cartwheels. Of course her favorite time to be the most active is when I lay down at night to go to sleep. Luckily, I've gotten pretty good at sleeping through most of it.

Boy I'll tell ya one thing for certain...I am more of a sissy than I thought. If I moan and scream with these 'round ligament' pains than I am in trouble come delivery time. You know the pain I am talking about. When the ligaments that support your uterus are stretching to accommodate its increasing weight. I just about crushed Todd's hand the first time I experienced this blissful feeling. I actually had real tears that time, but luckily last nights episode was not as extreme. Wow..can't wait for the indescribable pain to occur!

Very Late for Fathers Day

What can I say except this is typical of me. I wanted to post something to my adorable husband on Fathers Day but didn't and now it is late like everything else in my life. So sorry honey...this one is for you Babe!

Words can not describe accurately my feelings for my cute husband. He is so thoughtful and sweet all the time. I swear he is always thinking of what he can do to make my life easier. For example: He has been the one cleaning the house lately. Since I've been pregnant and go to work all day the last thing I want to do on Saturday is clean my Townhouse. I just want to spend time with him doing fun things. He is the cook of the household. As most of you know Todd enjoys cooking and is very good at it. He has recently gotten into the baking realm of the kitchen and, sorry to say, has passed me up by now. To give myself some credit he hasn't tried to make a mean loaf of banana bread yet, thanks honey, but that one's mine. He even gets up when I do to make me breakfast sometimes to make sure I eat well for both baby and me in the morning. I am usually in a rush in the morning because I love my sleep, a little too much perhaps.

He has such patience with me when I give him a full report of my pregnancy aches and pains. He even gives me back and neck massages when I should be giving them to him every night. The mood swings...awe where do I begin. The poor guy has endured many of those and am sorry to say they may get worse in the third trimester.

Most of all...is the excitement I feel when I think about the future and what lies ahead as this phase of our life unfolds. I am so blessed to be able to share all of them with you by my side Todd.

Well, well, well...who knew that because my belly button is protruding outward so far that it looks like you could turn it like a door knob. It turns out that I have a herniated 'giant knob' in place of what used to look like my cute little belly button. UGH!! It doesn't hurt, but that doesn't mean that it couldn't turn green at any moment. Much to my dismay it can actually do that..ewe! Hopefully it won't grow any eyes and a mouth and try to eat us either. Sometimes being pregnant just feels that 'alien' to me, can anyone else relate those weird feelings?

For instance- she has just, within the last 2 days, started moving around to the point where I can feel her. She is nudging and kicking and doing cartwheels within me and boy sometimes it is Funky! Todd says it feels strange to put his hand on my tummy and feel her kicking, punching, what have you. It is fun to finally feel another life after so long of wondering when reality would sink in.

I am due for another sonogram in a few weeks so they can look at her face and check the sex for sure this time. It was a bit of a guessing game last time I gather so hopefully this time it will be legit. I want to start buying the baby some stuff for preparation purposes. Cross your fingers that 'little peanut' is more cooperative this time around.

Jane at 3 weeks!

This is my precious niece Jane Benson. She is the cutest little doll and I can't wait to see her in person. I have not only had a new niece born 3 weeks ago, but my friends Liz & Caryn had their babies in the same week. OH how eager it makes me to get my little peanut here so I can hold her and love her and smother her with kisses.

I have a funny story: One night I overheard Todd telling his friend on the phone that he hopes that his babies take after the Allen's because even though his wife's family has cute babies they have no hair until they're like two years old. Now, I want you to look at this picture and tell me that whether or not they have hair plays a roll in determining their cute factor! Honey, looking at the two of us it isn't even a question that our kids will be more than adorable...now watch we'll get a squealer or something because of that remark.