Using my very own spoon

Hello there. We just wanted to show off Alison's new big girl spoon. She loves it. Now, she doesn't always use the correct end and sometimes just dropping it and watching me pick it up is twice as fun, but we are practicing with it. This was her first attempt at using it. We are eating macaroni and cheese, yum!


On a side note, if you notice my rosy cheeks...we went to Muncie on Sat. for the Ball State game and I got a little bit of sun. We had a wonderful time and yes, we had a victory!!!! Go Cardinals. (Probably because the cutest little cheerleader EVER was there) :)

An Ali update

Hello everybody. We have had some Dr's visits this week and wanted to give some updates. First we had to see a pediatric opthamologist because her left tear duct isn't opening. She frequently tears and has drainage. She will unfortunately have to go to the OR late Nov or early Dec to have it opened. Very quick procedure. Please pray for an uneventful surgery.
Then we headed to the Dr. for a 9month well baby check today and yes, we are well. Ali weighs 15# 1 oz. and has grown 2 inches. She got a hemoglobin check which was normal and had her 1st of two flu shots. She did great. She is meeting her milestones and can start on some very soft table foods if she shows interest. How exciting.
It is amazing how 9 months has gone so fast. I put away a lot of our receiving blankets today because we no longer use them and we could use the drawer space for clothes. It made me sooo sad to think, she isn't hardly a baby anymore. I could have never imagined that it would be this wonderful and I could love something so much. My heart is completely hers.

An overnighter in Brown County State Park

We hope that everybody else enjoyed the gorgeous weather this past weekend. We headed to Brown County State Park on Saturday morning. We went on a hike, which Alison did great on. She got to see a chipmunk and touch a turtle shell. We went into Nashville and did some sight-seeing and ate dinner. We stayed in a cabin. Not the best night of sleep the Bishop's have ever had, but we still really enjoyed it. Alison didn't think sleeping in the pack-n-play was all that great. She ended up in bed with Mom and Dad, which means somebody was comfortably sprawled out in the middle of the DOUBLE bed while two others were hanging on for dear life on the edges :)

We got up Sunday and ate a good down home cookin' breakfast and then headed to Edinburgh to do some shopping. Miss Alison got some great fall/winter clothes. We then came home and we got to clean out our garage because our new Tuff Shed was built on Saturday while we were gone. It is sooo nice. Lots of great storage.

Well, here are some pictures from us swinging in the park on Saturday. Enjoy!

Milestones

Sorry we haven't posted in awhile. I guess we've been busy, but I'm not quite sure doing what, ha! We had a decent Labor Day weekend. I had to work Friday night, Sunday night, and Monday night. We did go purchase a baby gate for the stairs. Someone we know isn't full-fledged crawling yet, but we are an awesome army crawler. We also have 2 bottom teeth now. It's amazing how fast she is changing.

We had our annual End of Summer Gathering last night. We enjoyed visiting with friends and both sets of Grandparents came to help out with prep work and Alison duty :)

Here is a current photo of our little bug. If you notice how cute her dress is....it is from my friend's home based company: Trendy Sisters and a touch of Him.....awesome stuff, check it out: http://www.trendysisters.com/.

She wasn't really in the picture taking mood, so I like to think she is soooo excited that is shrieking with joy, but in all honesty, she is getting ready to belt out a cry :)

Onward Mighty Cardinals.....

Yes folks, Ball State Football is upon us. We started the season on Tuesday with the Grand Opening of our stadium. They did major renovations this past year. It just looks amazing. I'm pretty sure Papa Tom is looking in to the Presidential Suite for our tickets next year, Ha!! It sure was nice though. We enjoyed food and the ribbon cutting ceremony. Here is Dad and Chris on the field with the new press box in the background.Then we headed back on Thursday for the home season opener. It was a beautfiul night and as you can see, we had the cutest cheerleader stop by our tailgate. Thanks to our friend Natalie for loaning us this outfit. It is adorable and we just love our little Cardinal. She did great. Such a little social butterfly. Unfortunately our Cardinals lost by one point, but we had a great time.