The Obsession with Dress Up

We have a glitter problem! Ally is obsessed with playing dress up and this is what she does from the moment we wake up or get home from school to the moment she has to go to bed.

Tinker Bell for Christmas from Uncle Corey



 

Married Rapunzel from Grandma Sharon and Princess Tiana from Aunt Kristen and Megan at Disney World
 



She even dresses up our friends: Tiana, Ally as Rapunzel, Sleeping Beauty, Butterfly and Strawberry Shortcake. AKA: Ashley, Andy, Alayna and Tessi. Not pictured is Tinker Bell (Emily) and Butterfly (Cris)
 

Baby Moon in NY

 

 

Since I am so far behind on the blogging, I sort of skipped over our trip to New York back in November. We knew it was going to be our last chance to do something just the two of us before baby comes so we took a few days off while basketball teams were on the road and went to NYC with the Benders. It was a quick but nice adults-only get away for the 4 of us. We had great seats for the Purdue basketball games at Madison Square Garden (yes, my vacations include going to sporting events which makes no sense) and ate nice meals. It was a litle rough with all that walking around being pregnant but we got to see the city getting ready for the holidays. I found this picture on my camera and thought it was worth sharing. We hardly ever get any pictures together!

Holiday Recap

We had a very busy but relaxing holiday break. We spent the weekend before Christmas in West Lafayette to celebrate with the Kraebbers then took a full week in WI.  My game schedule worked out great this year so we got to spend a lot more time with family than normal. Ally was so excited, not specifically for Santa to come but to see everyone and get to play with her beloved Uncle CoCo. We picked him up at the airport in Madison on our way up and Ally got to boss him around and annoy him for a full week.  She was not really interested in having Santa come but she was very interested in opening presents!
There was a ton of snow on the ground when we got to my parents so Ally got to use her snowsuit and get pulled in the sled a little bit. She got to have Christmas Eve dinner at Grandpa Joel's with great grandma and grandpa then play all day on Christmas with a whole bunch of family. We even got to hang out at the YMCA water park one day. She had no complaints about all of the wonderful gifts she got and we left each house we stayed at a sparkly, glittery mess!
We took Corey back to the airport on Friday then headed home to see what Santa left at our house while we were gone.  Ally was a pretty good traveler considering it was just the two of us and we had a little messy weather to deal with both ways.  Karl had to drive separately since he wasn't able to stay as long.  We have wonderful family and are very thankful for all of the Christmas gifts and time we were able to spend with them. Unfortunately I didn't take hardly any pictures, not even a family shot but here are a few.


Tearing into presents in Lafayette



Christmas Day- and yes, that is a scene from Vacation on in the background

Ella getting into the holiday spirit

Going down the water slide at the YMCA with Grandpa Dew. Over and over!



Finding presents Santa left at home in Peoria while we were gone