Another big day for us!!

Today was a milestone day around the Allen household!

About 3 weeks ago we purchased a potty for Isabella at Target and put it in the bathroom. Whenever we use the bathroom, she goes with us and sits on her potty (with her clothes on). For the last week or so we have had her sit on it naked just before her bath time, and nothing has happened, until tonight!! Tonight Jason was getting her ready for her bath, and urgently called me to the bathroom! I ran in there (as fast as I can lately), and we found pee in her little potty! Of course we danced around the bathroom, and sang, praised her, and told her how happy and proud of her we are! We have been really hoping that she might be totally toilet trained by March, hopefully this is just the beginning of a wonderful relationship between her and the potty! Tomorrow is another day, we will see if it happens again!!

To make the day even better--MOUNTAINEER football started back today!! We decided that we would order College Game day on our DirectTV for Jason as an early Christmas present, just in time for the season opener today! Being here in SC we would not ordinarily get all the WVU games, but with Game Day we should not have to miss any of them!! Yes Keri, we did have chips and a dip while watching the game--it's a little tradition for us!!

We have been working on Isabella saying "Let's go Mountaineers!!" She comes pretty close, the "let's go" is totally clear, and if you know that she is trying to say Mountaineers, you could probably recognize it!

She wore her WVU tee shirt today, it is getting a little tight, but mine is too lately!! She will probably get a new one for her birthday!

The cutest little WVU fan ever!

Reading the newspaper with her Grand during half-time!

I tried to include a recent video, but blogger is taking forever, and I am quite tired and need to go to bed. Hopefully I will get to post it soon!

Some recent pictures

I have made several post lately, and not posted many pictures, this one is dedicated to pictures!!
My Mom and I were making curtain, and she thought it made a good sarong!!

Papa and his grandbabies!!

Cousins Mackenzie and Jesse

Our 4th of July girl!

She just looks like she is up to something!

So grown up!

For some reason she loves to put socks on her hands lately!

Cheesy smile in her prissy nightgown, with her princess cup!

My sweet babes!!

More Jesus, Mommy!!

Ever since Isabella was tiny, before she goes to bed at night we rock in the rocker, pray and sing 4 worship songs. "I love you Lord," "Prepare me to be a Sanctuary," "This little light of mine," and "Jesus loves me."
For several months now whenever we are finished praying, she has said (rather loudly) "Amen." The last few weeks she will ask to "Talk to Jesus," and then she will put her hands together, and lower her head--it is seriously about the cutest thing I have ever seen!
She will out of the blue during the day look at one of us and ask for "Jesus Mommy?" That means that she would like you to please sing "Jesus loves me." It really could happen anywhere, shopping in Target, walking into church this morning, riding in the car, or just playing. Those of you that know we well, know that I am not much of a singer, but the way that she asks I have to sing to her. You just can't turn down your child who is asking you to sing about Jesus, and don't think that you can get away with just singing it once, she always says "More Jesus, Mommy!!"
Tonight when I was just going through the night time routine and getting ready to sing, she would not let me sing anything except "Jesus Mommy."
I know that I have said it a thousand time, but she is absolutely such a sweet, sweet child!!

A little news!!

Today was an interesting day for the Allen family!! A few weeks ago I took a home pregnancy test and to my amazement it was positive!! We are very excited, but had to wait until today to go to doctors office and have it officially confirmed.
Friday July 11th, I took the home pregnancy test. Jason was gone that week with the youth group students and was coming home that night. I took the test that afternoon, and when he got home Isabella walked up to him and gave him "our present." Understandably he was quite amazed, and very excited!!
If you ask Isabella what is her mommy's tummy, her answer is always "da baby!" And anytime that you ask her, no matter how you word it, if it is a baby brother or sister she ALWAYS says sister! We shall see!!
The baby's official due date is March 17, 2009!! A St. Patty's day baby--watch this one will have my red hair!!
We would really appreciate your prayers during this exciting time!!

1st Play date

Right now Isabella is at a friends house playing, and I am home. That might not seem like anything very big to most of you, but this is her very first play date away from home!! She is with Emma Rae and her Mommy at Emma Rae's grandma's house!! I thought for sure that she would not go (she has been very attached to me lately), but she got into Emma Rae's car seat and went with Miss Megan to play!
If you ask her if she is a baby, she will say "no", but if you ask if she is Mommy's baby she will say "yes." She is growing up so quickly, sometimes I wish that I could slow it down, just a little!!

Home improvements!

This weekend we decided that we would get busy doing little things around the house that we have been wanting and needing to do!!

We started Saturday morning at 7am, to put more insulation in our attic! 44 bags later we were finally finished!! Jason ran the machine outside, Papa (Jason's Dad) was in the attic blowing the insulation and I was on the ladder in between being the goffer and communicator for them!!Our attic before, if you look really closely you can see Papa in the far back! It is so hazy due to the dust that was blowing around!!

Papa knee deep in insulation!

Papa after all the work was done!

When they were finished in the attic, Jason decided that it was finally time to cut down the huge magnolia tree in the front yard! He has been wanting to cut it down since we moved in!
A picture of one of the last blooms!! Very pretty tree, but oh my goodness does it shed leaves--all over the yard, and the neighbors yards!!

Yes, he really did stop cutting down the tree to talk on the phone!!

Watching Daddy in the tree!!
Jason's brother Mark stopped by to watch him work and brought along Mackenzie and Jesse!!

A few weeks ago Mom and I were working on some curtains for our bedroom, and Isabella decided that it would make a beautiful sarong!!
Thanks to Grand and Papa for all of your work in helping us!! Also thanks Grand for keeping Isabella Friday night so that we could start working really early Saturday morning, I know Isabella loved it!!

Our Island!!

For our 7 year anniversary we decided that we would buy what we needed and build an island for our kitchen!! We have always wanted an island and now we finally have a kitchen that is big enough for one!

Above is our kitchen before and below is our after!! Yeah!!

Thank you so much, Honey, for all your hard work!! I love you so much! Thank you for 7 wonderful year, 73 to go!! On our wedding day we promised each other 80 years, and then we are going to reevaluate this thing!! : )