My best friend in the whole world, Allyssa was my first girl. I was so excited to have one but had no idea what to do with one. Her first outfit was a pink baseball suit, yes that's right...I finally have a girl and dress her in a uniform LOL
She has been my most challenging child so far. From the first day she was fussy and demanding and moody. She also was so tiny I was afraid to pick her up and she was so full of fight but she was also cute, funny and full of energy!
We have had so many ups and downs but I feel like my efforts with her are finally paying off. Everyone in the house will say how difficult it is when she doesn't get her way but we all would also agree that she brings life and laughter to almost everything we do :)
I don't know much how to describe her other than to say she is almost exactly like me! Her favorite game is how much can I throw my parents in to shock game LOL Even as a little girl it was like having a teenager in the house, what she didn't know is that I LOVE teenagers!
Allyssa took the divorce pretty hard and she was really angry with me at first. Out of all the kids she is the only one that expressed a desire to stay with her dad. Around the time Kyle moved out I made Allyssa break up with a boy that was way too old for her so tensions ran very high because the princess was not getting her way LOL
It took about 6 months of love and patience and witnessing first hand the things I had been going through with her dad to get her to understand and respect the decision I made to divorce her father.I never wanted to talk bad about my kids dad so I had to let them learn on their own and it's a tough lesson but with her is where I have seen my diligence with God pay off the most. She went from this angry girl to this loving kind almost even patient young woman :) Lately she has been hanging in my room before bed and the other night I told Jax and Rylee they could sleep in here. Well there was a few inches between Allyssa and I at best but Jax decided to squeeze between us. My 15 year old threw the BIGGEST fit LOL she was yelling at him telling him that was her spot and he was just being a big baby! But then I saw her completely change her expression and she began to rub his face and tell him she was sorry. I told her once he fell asleep I would move him LOL it just touched me so much to see how she just wanted to be near me. The last few weeks at church they have been doing the same thing.
Allyssa and I spend 90% of our time laughing together and she brings me up when I am at my lowest. She has gone from fighting me about having a boyfriend to giving me advice about me having one and following the standards of the church. She also has decided to not date until she is 16. She reads her scriptures every night and she always has time to make others laugh.
I love watching that girl go...there's nothing she can't do! She keeps up her grades and her commitments to the Lord and works on top of playing sports! She's in show choir and goes out for the school plays plus she has an incredible social life! I just adore this girl! Sometimes I even hear her take an extra minute to make her baby sister feel special by helping her with hair or make up or just even letting her stay in her room with her. She is such a light in our lives and I'm so proud of my little girl :)
