Holiday Celebrations

Now that we have moved away from both of our families, the holidays have gone on for a few weeks. We went back to West Lafayette to have a celebration with Karl's family a couple of weeks ago and then went up to Oshkosh over Christmas to celebrate with my family. Ally is still really too young to get into the presents and wrapping paper but she does enjoy playing with the new toys once we get them out of the package. She got a slide that is going to stay at Grandma Sharon and Grandpa Henry's house and a big rocking horse that will stay at Grandma Julie's until she isn't scared of it anymore. We brought back car loads of stuff from both places!

In Oshkosh, we did our annual Christmas eve dinner with my dad and grandparents then Christmas morning with dad and Christmas afternoon with mom's side of the family. Ally was so happy to see everyone and just bounced from person to person and toy to toy. I was really sick those two days so we didn't get many pictures or video which is disappointing. Karl and Corey had to come back on Monday but Ally and I stayed until Wednesday so we got to see some friends and drive through the holiday light show at the park. Ally was fighting a cold so she did not have a good week in the eating or sleeping department. She then infected grandma, grandpa, Karl and me with her sickness which we are all still fighting. Sorry Grandma Julie and Grandpa Dew :(

While at home Ally learned her new favorite word: cookie. She ate a lot of them! It was also her first time being able to walk around the houses so there was a lot of exploring going on. The weather was very cold so we couldn't go sledding or play in the snow. I think Ally had fun with everyone anyway and it was tough to leave. Now that we are home, we have found a home for all of her new toys and clothes. She really likes her kitchen set and shopping cart with play food, her ride on pink horse, blocks and new books. I am excited to try out her new sleds but with no snow it might be a few more weeks before we get to use them. Thank you to everyone for all of the wonderful gifts! Here are some of the pictures we did get of our weeks of holiday celebrations.