Happy Birthday Allie!

It is hard to believe my baby Allie is six. (OK so she was six a week ago and I am behind!) Allie is our resident Drama Queen. Really - we only thought Kelsey was full of it.

From the time Allie was a little girl, so was full of it. You can just look in her eyes and see that she is thinking of the next thing she can do to wreak havoc on the rest of us (except for her twin of course, because she will defend Caroline until she dies).

When Allie was 12 days old, she stopped breathing in her bed. She was blue, stiff and would have been a SIDS baby, but something prompted me to get up and check on her. I can't imagine our life without this little imp in it!

She continues to make us laugh. This is a conversation we had just this week:

Allie: Mom I want to go to the YMCA

Me: You can' t go to the YMCA until you are done taking your medicine (for her strep throat)

Allie: All my medicine?

Me: Yes

Allie: Even my issues medicine?

Me: What are you talking about?

Allie: You know the medicine I take because I have issues??

Me: (knowing she was talking about her Claritin) No, you don't have to be done with your issues medicine.

So, there you have it. Allie has issues and she is not afraid to talk about it. She has her father wrapped around her finger, and tries to manipulate him ALL the time. Most of the time she is successful. When she gets in trouble and he is not home, she will start crying that she wants her daddy. When I tell her he is not coming, she will stop crying because she knows it is wasted on me.

She is my only child with her dad's beautiful green eyes. She looks even more like he did as a little kid than Ryan, and that is saying something.

She was named after her grandfathers. Both of our fathers are named Alan. She has now taken on my dad's nickname Big Al. She does not like to share it with him, too bad it was his first. She will allow him to be referred to as Big Al, but only because she loves him. (they had to have a talk about it) He is nice enough to let her think she is in charge.

We are grateful for our Allie, Big Al. She makes us laugh. She can melt you with her smile. Now, is we can just harness the dramatics....