Smiling is the best

So Allyson has learned a few new things including smiling and sucking her thumb. We are so excited about both. The smiling is the best because we look at her and she smiles back. WOW!!! She has the most beautiful smile too. She has even been smiling more at Grandma too. Her thumb is her new favorite thing. She spends a long time trying to get it in her mouth but once she does she is so happy. Sometimes she gets it in her mouth the first time, but other times it takes 2 or 3 tries. The thumb sucking also helps us because she is able to sleep longer and put herself to sleep. I couldn't believe it last night I put her to bed with her eyes wide open and I didn't hear a sound from her. Of course I had to go check on her and she had fallen asleep. I couldn't believe it. 

We also celebrated Father's Day this week. It was a great day. It started with one of Justin's favorites strawberry waffles with wipe cream. Then we headed to church and tried the church nursery for the first time. Our little angle slept the entire time, from Sunday school to big church. All of the nursery workers were all very disappointed. We told them not to worry we will be back. The rest of the day was full of relaxation and time together. It was a blast.

This week we also had a chance to get together with some of my high school friends. I am so lucky to have such great friends. It has been a blast to go to each others weddings and watch our families grow. We have another wedding coming up in September. We can't wait. Thank you for everything, I love you all.

Here are a few pictures from this past week.

Mamaw and Grandpa visit

We had a great visit with Mamaw and Grandpa from Indiana. The visit was centered around Allyson so we stayed close to home and made it out a little each day. Allyson got to do what her Mamaw loves to do, shop a lot. Here are a few pictures from the visit. 

4 wonderful years

It is pretty crazy but this past Thursday Justin and I celebrated our 4th wedding anniversary. Our wedding day was one of the happiest and most specials days of our lives and it is hard to believe it has been four years. One of our favorite things to do during this time is it look at our pictures and reflect on the wedding and the past four years. We came to the conclusion that they have been wonderful and we can't wait for many more to come. 

To celebrate our anniversary we got to go on TWO date nights!! It was wonderful!!! Justin's parents are in town and they did a little babysitting for us. We appreciate it so much. During our date nights we went to see the movies Hungover and Away We Go. As you can see it was one his choice and one my choice. Both of the movies are great, but they are totally different. One of them I was crying because of laughter and the other because of reality. I recommend them both. 

One more  year down and many more to come. 

Ally mat time

Here is Ally on her mat. Everyday we try to give her some "mat time." She really seems to like it too so that makes it easy for us. I really think you will like this video because you will see her beautiful smile!

Allyson's First days...

Our first weeks with Allyson have been full of ups and downs. These days we are having more ups than downs which is wonderful. She is growing more and more every day. Some of the early days were hard because she was losing more weight than she should. So we are having to wake her up every two hours no matter what time (even 1, 3, and 5 am) to feed her. The problem was not the waking but that she would not go back to sleep after we woke her. So we would wake her at 1 and well then she would be up till 3 and then we would start the process all over again. Thankfully after two full weeks of this she gained weight!!! We were all happy. Since then we have been feeding her every 3 hours during the day and then on demand at night. She has slept as long as 5 hours at once and as little as 2 min :) at a time. The night she slept 5 hours Justin and I woke up so worried that something was wrong. We couldn't believe it. So we both ran in her room to make sure she was ok, and she was sleeping away. We didn't believe it though so we had to wake her up and feed her again. Most nights she is sleeping 4 hours at a time. Like I said though, most nights :). We are loving her more and more every day. Thankfully we have the entire summer to enjoy this time with her. I hope you enjoy the video. It is our first of many.

Meet Allyson Lillie Meyer

Allyson was born on Thursday, April 23 at 6:33 pm. The delivery went great and she came into this world full of hair and crying. We knew she was fine right away because she just started crying. We came home from the hospital on Saturday and since then she has been learning more and more about her new life. We have been learning right along with her. It is amazing how much Justin and I have learned in just one week. It was great! It really is trial and error with her. If it doesn't work we just try the next thing we can think of. If it does work we try to remember what we did so we can do the same thing next time. 

Allyson is the cutest baby we have ever seen. Of course we can say that, b/c we are her very proud parents :). She makes the funniest faces and it even seems like she is trying to give us a smile every once in a while. She is eating great and a lot. The doctors are a little worried about her weight so we go back to the doctor on Tuesday to check it out. I will be very surprised if she has not gained weight. Like I said she loves to eat. 

We promise to keep you updated with pictures. Thank you so much for your support, prayers, and love throughout the pregnancy. We know have the most beautiful baby girl. 

a few new pictures of the decorations we added and one of Anna testing out the stroller