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More Birthday Pics!

Happy 1st Birthday!

What a very fun day! Allie celebrated her 1st birthday yesterday and enjoyed every minute of it! The party theme was "underwater sea life" and she had an aquarium cake to go with the festivities. And boy did she love frosting........ We look forward to celebrating again next Sunday with Allie's grandparents and uncles! A girl can never have too many birthday parties!

Hop Hop Hop Easter Bunny!

Allison had a fun filled first Easter! The Easter Bunny was very good to her. She loves her new doll and tea set and all the great books the Bunny brought! Allie got all dressed up her new Easter dress and looked adorable!

Our family enjoyed Easter together and spent the afternoon at Grammy Karen's where Allison got to meet some of the Bullion family for the first time. All her cousins loved watching and playing with her. We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday as well!

Happy Spring!

Wow time has flown by! It's hard to believe Allison is approaching her 1st birthday in less than a month! Allie is such a sweet joy and is so much fun. Her personality is really starting to show. She has taken a liking to baby food and loves to "spit" her food - yes, you can imagine mealtime is quite entertaining! Her favorite food so far is Gerber macaroni and cheese - hmmmm.....must take after her Mom!

She has also become quite a wiggle worm! She loves to move around and should be starting to crawl anytime now. Allie and Boomer have become even closer friends. Boomer loves to lay next to her during "tummy time" and she loves to lunge for his ears (the poor dog is so good with her even as she pulls on his fur!)

Allie is now about 16 pounds and is really starting to fill out. We still go once a week to physical therapy to monitor her development. Everything seems to be on track and she is progressing so well! Allie is very amused to see the other kids there and loves to watch them too.

With the nice weather lately we've been able to get out more and enjoy some walks. Allie enjoys her visits with Grammy Karen and loves it when she sings to her (she falls asleep in her arms every time!) Nana and Papa have been over to visit and are amazed every time to see how fast Allie is growing.

Mom and Dad have been keeping busy with things. Dad is enjoying his law practice. Mom has added some hours at work at MACPA to cover for a co-worker's leave and is also handling marketing for the law firm......things have been go, go, go! Mom and Dad did enjoy a fun night out last weekend as some friends got married.

We are looking forward to a trip to Missouri next month where we'll visit Great-Grandma Shepard and meet up with cousins Jackson and Tyler from Texas for the first time along with Nana and Papa! It will be nice to have everyone together!

We hope this message finds you well and look forward to introducing Allie to you this spring and summer if you haven't met her yet!

Love,

Matt, Nicole, Allie & Boomer too!