Happy Birthday Mom!

Happy Birthday to the best mom in the world...MINE!!! You are always so supportive of everything I do and dream. Thank you for always being there. We hope you have a great birthday!! It was fun celebrating with you last night. We love you!

Rainbow Pirate

Early this morning I received an e-mail from the hubby that read, "Yarrrrrrrr! The rainbow pirate is lurking!" and this is the photo that accompanied the message:My husband loves pirates (or at least talking like a pirate) and I guess that's what Ally reminded him of this morning. Regardless, the picture made my day...she's so cute! Thanks, Bud, for the early morning giggle!

My Future Ski Bunny

On Saturday, I spent about 20 minutes getting Ally all bundled up, so I could take her out in the snow for approximately 5 minutes (nice). She had been asking to go outside for DAYS and even though we had just been to the doctor with her the day before, she was in a great mood and I figured 5 minutes of cold when she was bundled up like the kid from A Christmas Story, was not going to do her in any harm. We would spend a couple minutes walking around and looking at the snow and then we would collect some of the fresh snow and make snow ice cream (will post on that later). Ally LOVED being outside in the snow. She wasn't crazy about getting it on her face (she fell forward once and since the snow was almost up to her waist, she took a face full), but once I wiped her off, she was fine and spent most of her 5 minutes walking up and down the driveway, repeating "Snow White, Snow White" over and over again. Before we went inside, we scooped up a bowlful of snow and I shoveled our walkway (AGAIN! What is up with all this snow?) so David wouldn't have to when he got home from work. Ally cried when I said it was time to go in, but she was fine once I served up lunch. :-) We had a quick, but fun time in the snow.

**On a side note (and to explain the title), I think Ally looks like she should have skis and poles in her hand in these pictures I took...so cute! It makes me so excited about the possibility of teaching her to ski next year! We love to ski and have always said we will teach our kids to ski at a very early age (they learn better and faster when they are small). Fun Truitt Family ski outings in our future!!

Hope you are all staying warm!

A Birthday Dinner Celebration

Today we went to Dave and Lori's house to celebrate Dave's birthday with a yummy lasagna dinner (well WE all had lasagna and the birthday boy had prime rib...either way, who loses? Yum! :-)). We had a large crowd (large enough that we are outgrowing the kitchen table!), which meant lots of noise, but lots of fun. Even David's Aunt Karen and Uncle Brian joined us and it is always great to see them. After dinner there was some drawing and Wii playing and wedding planning and all sorts of good stuff. It was a nice evening. I hope you had a great birthday, Dave! So glad we could be a part of the celebration. We love you!

One, Tuu, Tree, Boor

In case you were wondering about the title, that is "Ally Speak" for- one, two, three, four. Ally can count to TEN! Nineteen months old and she can count to ten...proud mama over here. :-) Some of the pronunciation may be a little off, but you can understand every number she is saying and she counts in order every time. Just wanted to brag a little, because she so darn cute when she does it! If I can catch her on video, I will post it here, but she is stubborn when she sees any kind of camera so I am not making promises. I'll try though!