Second Christmas Stop....the Truitt House

After we had our bellies sufficiently stuffed with the best Christmas food ever, we hop, skipped and jumped down the street to David's dad's house to spread some Christmas cheer over there. Grandaddy and Uncle Jerry were in town and it is always a pleasure to see them. We exchanged gifts and Ally and Jillian played with their new toys and had lots of fun. The girls were real troopers through all of the holiday madness and napless days this year...they really are great kids! Lori was excited to receive the Wii we all gifted her with this year and we even broke it out a gave it a try while we were there.

Merry Christmas...again!

OSU vs. USC

Well, we may have lost the game, but I think the Buckeyes played a tough game and should be proud (I know not everyone agrees with me though).

We went to Julie and Brian's to watch the game and had a great time, as usual! Danny and Jersey came in from PA and joined us for the game and it was so great for the girls to get to play with their "older" cousin. We don't get to see Jersey as much as would like, since she lives out of state, so any time we are all together it is a lot of fun!

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)...

A Butterfly Birthday Party

Today we had Ally's first birthday party and oh what fun we had! She was surrounded by tons of loved ones and we so appreciate everyone helping us celebrate this special day with our baby.

We had the party at our house and enjoyed GREAT weather and lots of yummy food and fun. Ally did a great job eating her butterfly cake and was not shy about it all (we weren't shocked by this, 'cause the girl loves to eat!). Mommy ended up doing most of the gift unwrapping, while Ally played with all of her new toys. :-)

Thanks to all of our wonderful family and friends who came over for Ally's party and for being so generous to our little girl. You all helped make this day wonderful for us and we appreciate all of your love and support, especially over this past year with our Allyson.

Mass quantities of pictures coming your way... :-)