Alyssa

As I am writing this post, my cute, little Alyssa is screaming in her bed. For some reason she has decided she needs mommy instead of sleep. She wakes up every 45 minutes or so throughout the night screaming at the top of her lungs for mommy. Then she wakes up at 7 and will not go back to sleep. If I try, she screams and screams. So she is a bit over tired all the time. She has been having some night terrors. She threw up for the first time this week, so I don't know if now she is scared or what, but I am a little tired. Between Alyssa and Brooke (who is a terrible sleeper), I am not getting a whole lot of sleep.

Alyssa is full into the terrible 2's! Her favorite word is no, and she says it all the time. She throws tantrums all the time, but I do know that I love this stage too (I just have a hard time remembering sometimes :) ). She is finding out all about herself, and I love to watch her develop into Alyssa.

She REALLY misses Dallin now that he is in school. Now that they aren't around each other all the time, they play so well together. Alyssa just misses Dallin so much.

I hope the 3 kiddos continue to be such good friends.

Alyssa is such a good and loving sister (she just sometimes forgets to not be so rough).

We are having a lot more mommy and Aly time. She LOVES to help me bake. She does make is messy, but it's better that way :) Sometimes she puts the mixer on high right after the flour is put in...

Her favorite thing to do is puzzles. She does puzzles for hours almost every day. She is getting pretty good at them. If you are sitting on the couch or the floor, there's a good chance she will come sit next to you with a puzzle. Here she is sitting next to all of her puzzles.

She loves to color and paint. She is very different from Dallin because she actually sits still long enough to do things like coloring and painting.

Alyssa loves her treats, especially things with chocolate.

She always wants to be doing what Dallin is doing. She is almost just as big, which she tells us often. So she wanted a BIG bike like Dallin. She can't really ride it, but she is great at riding the trike. Since she has a December birthday, we decided to get her a bike now so she can start to learn how to ride it. Her bike is pink AND purple, her 2 favorite colors.

Alyssa is very proud of herself because she learned how to pump her legs. She got tired of always waiting on me to swing, so Dallin taught her one day after school. It is kind of nice :)

We sure do love our Alyssa. She is so much fun to watch grow up.