Allison is 18 months old

My gosh! were does the time go... Allie is now 1 1/2 years old. I cant believe it when I look at her and see how much she has grown. Now, I understand why people say the first year is so precious! I get all teary-eyed when I look back at photos or even think about when she was just a little baby and so dependent on her mama... I suppose i will just have to get used to it and take one day at a time.
Anyway, I took some pics of her today... most of them outside because it was so nice today.

Allison had her 18 month check up yesterday. She is 31 1/2 inches tall and weighed in at 22.8 lbs. She didnt care too much for the doctor visit but she was still pretty good, especially since we were confined to the little exam room for a little over an hour!! She kept on reaching for the door handle and saying bye-bye (with a smile:)

Meeting Santa

Allie met Santa for the first time... She spotted him from a distance and started saying "HO HO HO" but once we got closer she grew extremely hesitant to go close to him. - That may be beacuse a little boy (that was on santas lap) was screeming while his parents took his picture. lol - When it came time for her to sit on his lap, I was holding her and she did not want to let go, but santa grabbed a coloring book and started making-up a story... she settled right down and sat on his lap.