Christmas :)

Such a WONDERFUL time

We spent Christmas Eve with Joey's mom and sister. It was a lot of fun!! Alleah loves her new outfit they got her. And we love what they got us :) Joey has wanted a deep-frier since we first got married... finaly we got one from them!! We also cheated and opened the gift from Josh and heather... we loved it. We love red robin! (they got us a gift card) and yummy goodies. After the in laws house we went to my parents house for our Christmas eve tradition. Opening pajamas!! Alleah was spoiled and of course got 2 pairs of footsie pjs. One pair from Joey and I, the other pair from my parents. They were both so adorable! After opening the pajamas we read Christ's birth story. And we talked about the true reason of Christmas and sang carols out of the hymns. It was Great. 

On Christmas morning I woke up at 7:30 because Alleah was wanting her morning feeding, but she went right back to sleep. So Joey and I got outta bed and opened our stuff from each other and looked at our stockings. Last year Joey seemed to find out every single gift that I got him. This year I was determined to keep everything a secret. He was so surprised :) 

Joey was convinced his big gift was a golf bag... he was wrong. It was a gamer chair. He was actually glad it was a gamer chair and not a golf bag (so he said) His favorite gift I got him was his Seahawks Jersey. He LOVED it!! :) And I also got him a Seahawks sweater. He also got things for his xbox... including a game he wanted. 

I finally woke Alleah up at 10 to look at her stocking things. She was in love with the strawberry teething vibrating toy. Then we packed up her presents and went to my parents house so they could also watch her open them. Alleah got super spoiled!! Joey and I got her tons of toys as well as my parents. She got a toy remote, laptop, and Ipad, a snail bath toy and also a leapfrog table. My parents got Alleah her first dolly, a lullaby lamb (so cute!!) and a stuffed bunny that sings. She loves her toys. She opened  her presents throughout the day. Because of naps, and eating... ect. But it was a lot of fun. I loved watching her (try) and open her presents. She loved the wrapping paper. She was such a cutie :)

And of course what I got... Joey spoiled me. He got me my favorite perfume (I ran out), a gift card to bath and body works, all the snowboarding gear :) (ya I'm that spoiled), and YOGA PANTS. I love yoga pants. He must love me :)

And last... my parents. They once again spoiled us. They got Joey and I some clothes. Hockey game vouchers and Carmike vouchers for much needed date nights :) and... a CAMERA :) I was so excited :) They're so awesome :)

We spent the whole day just enjoying each others company and just relaxed the whole day. Me, Brooklyn, Alyssa, and Alleah were all in footsie pajamas all day :) haha We had a yummy turkey dinner (made by my mom) it was sooooo good!! Alleah got to eat mashed potatoes and gravy. she LOVED it. Its so funny watching Alleah try new things. This year was a great Christmas. In my moms words; "Christmas is more fun with a baby." I'd have to agree :) Alleah made it so much fun! I loved watching her open her presents *eating the paper* 

We had such an awesome and fun Christmas. I love spending time with family and watching each other get so excited opening gifts :)

I love my family!! 

Hope you guys as well had an AWESOME Christmas :)

Pajamas my parents got Alleah <3

Camera :) & Joey's snazzy Jersey he's wearing

Nap Time

Sleepy Baby

Everyone has their own opinion on how to get their baby to sleep. My opinion is not to let them cry themselves to sleep. Making the baby feeling abandoned. Its also sad hearing them constantly cry.

Ever since Alleah was a newborn, she would only take naps either on me or with me (right beside me in my arms). It got hard when she's asleep and I need to get stuff done. 

Finally I found a way to get her to sleep in her bouncer, by bouncing her. But she would only sleep for 30 mins. 

I talked to my mom about how to change her napping habits. She told me the trick. So I've been trying it for the past week and a half :)

I put her in her crib & let her cry for 5 minutes. If she hasn't calmed down, I pick her up and calm her down and comfort her; let her know I'm still there. I put her back in her crib and do it again. By then she tired herself out by crying. I let my baby know that she is not alone; she is loved. 

The past two days have been AMAZING!! I'd put her in her crib and she'd just fall asleep. 

She then sleeps 2 hours for nap time in her crib. I get everything done I need too and she gets a good nap in. Makes a happy baby and a happy momma. 

She's always been such a good baby. I didn't need to do any kind of sleep training at night because ever since birth she slept 6-10 hours. But I would have to rock her to sleep every night. I love rocking her to sleep... don't get my wrong. But, it would also be nice for her to be a little independent. She is to the point where she can put herself to sleep, but also I can rock her to sleep. Which is nice for when we aren't at home and I can't put her in her crib. She's an awesome baby, I'm so blessed to have her. She is so intelligent.

Now she takes great naps. :)

Week 2:
I've made it possible to where Alleah doesn't even cry at all when she is put in her crib. As soon as I place her fuzzy blanket on her and I turn on her lullaby lamb she closes her eyes. :)

I feel extremely happy about the progress :)

Hope all you moms out there try it :) it works great!!

Christmas Time

Christmas in the Perry house :)

I'm so excited for Christmas!! I love Christmas. I love finding things for the ones I love and watching them open them. Makes me feel good that I've made someone happy with what I've gotten them. This Christmas will definitely be one to remember. 

Last Christmas was mine and Joey's 1st Christmas together. It was a lot of fun and we enjoyed each other's company. This Christmas is going to be AMAZING! I feel like I've spoiled both Joey and Alleah. I love buying them presents. Alleah will be almost 7 months old on Christmas so I figured she'd have so much fun tearing it up (or eating it) either way she'll love the gifts I'm sure. I bought Alleah an Ipad (toy version) she loves to steal my Ipad out of my hand and play with it. A cell phone (also a toy version) she does have her own cell phone (my dad's old one) because she loves to steal everyones and puts them in her mouth. And of course we were afraid it would break them. I also bought a few more toys. 

I'm not gonna say what I got Joey haha. He keeps trying to sneak peaks at them. 

My family has a tradition of opening a pair of pjs on Christmas eve so, I wanted to do the same for our family. I bought Alleah the cutest Christmas footsie pjs :)  Another tradition my family had was getting each kid a new ornament every year around Christmas time. I bought Alleah a cute bear. (they came in a pack of 4) so she got 4 new ornaments haha. But they were adorable!! :)

I got stockings specially made for us. I know they aren't very Christmasy (actually...not at all) I know I could've probably made them myself, but it just seemed easier to buy. And the lady did an amazing job. I've very pleased at how they turned out. 

Joey, Alleah and I went to beaver bark one day Joey was off both jobs and picked out a Christmas tree and saw the reindeer. Alleah seemed very amused by the reindeer. It was cold, but we had a ton of fun looking at all the trees as well as the Christmas things inside of the shop. Joey grew up with fake trees and I grew up with real ones, so of course we got a real one :) haha. Alleah loved watching us decorate the tree. She really liked the lights.  

Our tree

Specially made stockings :)

6 Months Old! :)

Alleah Mae <3

She turned 6 months old Yesterday!! She is already half way through her first year. 

Alleah is growing so dang quick.. Its sad, but exciting at the same time. I can't believe how much she has grown, but I love watching her grow and learn each day. Since a newborn Alleah has been learning a TON. She can sit up all by herself like a big girl now :) She has such a personality. She girggles like I've never seen a baby do before. She can entertain herself with just girggling and spitting. (she has to wear a bib all the time now because of the spitting). She thinks its funny. She has the cutest little laugh & I LOVE her smile. 

Alleah's two bottom teeth popped through :) I noticed them yesterday. Lately Alleah hasn't been really happy this past week, but its because of teething. She hasn't really had a huge problem with it. She still slept her 10 hours at night. She definitely is alot happier now that the teeth actually popped through. 

I take pictures of every month of Alleah, but this month was different... because she was sitting up :) We have had so much fun with this little girl these past 6 months :) I can't imagine life any differently. Ya life gets tough with a baby sometimes, but its definitely worth it. Everyone said time flies when you have a baby... they really weren't kidding. I feel like I just had the little munchkin not that long ago. Its so CRAZY to think about how she's 6 months. She's not quite crawling yet, but she is definitely trying too. She turns onto her belly and scoots. Not quite a crawl. She'll get there tho. Maybe by her 7 months. lol who knows. 

Big girl :)

Cute Dimple :)

Love this Pic of her :)