What a Life!

Here is a look at Ally's weekend through pictures. It really is great to be a (almost) 15 month old!

Saturday:

Dumping out every toy in the basket (and then later dragging the basket around the house for half the day)...

Staring contest with Riley (although I don't think he realized this is what was going on)...
Being silly with Mommy...
Playing in the clean, warm laundry that mommy just pulled out of the dryer...

Afternoon snack, picnic style and with toys (and note she is still in her pj's!)...

Sunday:

Late morning snack on her picnic table outside (still in pj's...again!)...

Whatcha talkin' 'bout Willis!?

Playing dress up in her big floppy sun hat...We eventually got dressed and dropped David at the office so he could put in a quick bid for a client, while Ally and I ran a few errands. We stopped for ice cream at McDonalds on the way back to pick him up, which Ally really enjoyed (so did mommy and daddy!). It was a lazy weekend (although we did manage to get a few things done around the house, including cleaning out the garage!!), but it was a great one!

Picture Perfect Cousins

A few weeks ago, we took Ally and Dylan to get pictures taken together at JC Penny. Sure, we have a GAZILLION of them that I take on my camera, but we had not done the "professional" ones yet and since they are both growing so fast, we thought this would be the perfect time to do it.

It can be pretty challenging to get a 14 month old and a 7 month old to both cooperate at the same time and although these are not my all time favorite pictures of Ally, I still think they turned out cute and I am glad we had them done. Dylan's OSU pictures are classics...boy knows what's important in life! :-)

Here are some of my favorites of the bunch (okay, so there are a lot of favorites...I guess I like them better than I thought :-))...

And, here are some that just made us chuckle a little (and a couple that made me wonder if my child has a little bit of a devilish side to her)...:-)

Double Trouble

My parents have had to go out of town a couple times this summer and when they leave, we inherit their dog, Maddy, for a few days. We LOVE Maddy and we enjoy when she comes to stay, so it is no problem. She is a wonderful dog and is great with kids. She mainly chills around the house all day, so it really isn't a big deal to take care of her. Ally and Maddy spend a lot of time following each other around when they are together and Maddy loves that Ally is always (despite the many attempts from mama to stop it) willing to share her food. Here are some cute photos I got of the two of them together and you can see how happy Maddy makes Ally, by the grins on her face (you can't tell from the pictures necessarily, but Ally is giggling like CRAZY at Maddy licking her fingers and her toes)...

What a Day for a Dip in the Pool

We let Ally play in her baby pool this past weekend, while we gave an extra deep clean scrub to our shower doors (made them squeaky clean...like brand new!). She had a blast (even with only a few inches of water!) and stayed in the pool spashing around for almost 45 minutes! She didn't want to get out. It was a great way for her to stay cool (and let us get some work done at the house) and have some fun on a very hot summer day.