Monday, December 31, 2007

Happy Thanksgiving....Merry Christmas...Happy New Year....







hello to all....so I have been a huge slacker in the blogging world..I will post some pics to recap our life in the last two months....we are doing good...Ally is growing, smiling, laughing, rolling....I am trying to learn the balance of wife, mom, and career....the transition has been a lot easier than I anticipated because I have a wonderful husband and an amazing "Glenda" (a true God send that keeps Ally each day)....I want to be all God has for me to be in each role - Lynette Smith has encouraged me most in her words "give your most creative energy to your family even if work suffers" and that has been my constant prayer....

Friday, November 2, 2007

Trick or Treat






Our 1st Halloween - a sweet pea....We did not have many trick or treaters.....Mom can't wait until I can walk so we can gather up candy to bring home...

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

A Day at the Farm






Ally went to visit her Aunt Cindy and Uncle Jack on the farm.

Tuesday, October 9, 2007

All new Price is Right

Monday, October 15, 2007, is a big day in the Mattern home. The Price is Right
will never be quite the same without "Bob". We will see how Drew fills his
shoes. The higlights of our days consist of Price is Right, Ellen, and Oprah. It is
bad when I feel like Ellen is my friend. We do love our field trip to the mailbox.







fall attire


ally is sporting her new fall attire
designed by her "mi-mi" (will's mom)

Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Ally's 1st Babysitter....


We had our 1st crazy night out on the town - we went to our neighborhood picnic. Ally stayed at home with her 1st babysitter - "Casey".

Our First Outings...



Ally is blessed to know and be loved by 3 of her great grandparents. We got out of the house to go visit them. Mom is still learning just how many diapers to take for such a short trip.

Monday, September 24, 2007

Our world will never be the same...


At 6:45 am on September 15, 2007, a little girl - Allyn Elizabeth "ally" came into our world and changed it forever. Now our days consist of eating, sleeping, and pooping.