Undies

Ally has been wearing "undies" every day for almost a month now. She has a collection of Disney Princesses but she prefers to wear Tiana. She has been doing great both at school and at home during the days. Last week she had a couple accidents at school but other than that, she has been exclusively going on the potty all day and into the evenings. We still are wearing pullups when we are out and about but for the most part those are usually dry. She is getting the hang of the overnight thing so it probably wont be long before we are more trusting and go all in. She loves to get stickers or candies when she does a good job and has gotten a few new books each time she goes a week with no accidents. Her big vocabulary has really helped with the potty training because she is able to tell us exactly what she needs to do and when. Its usually just a matter of how far away from the potty we are at that time. We are really proud of her and altough she certainly doesn't think its a big deal, we cant wait to be done buying pullups!

Ally on the Piano

Ally has taken to playing to piano when she goes to visit Aunt Susie's house. Karl took this video of her showing off on Sunday. Not sure if there is a future in this or not but its fun to watch her play.

Happy Halloween

On Friday, Ally's school had a big Halloween party for all of the families. Ally got to put on her fairy dress and go play games and visit with her friends. Each room had different activities for the kids and they got lots of candy and treats. She was very good at the cake walk and the matching games. She was very excited to show off her costume and especially liked playing with her wings.



For trick or treating, we got home from school and rushed to get ready. There were a lot of kids in the neighborhood out and about, dogs too. Ally got to see her dog neighbor Brody who was dressed as a pumpkin and also Willow who was dressed as a bumble bee. She was more interested in watching the other kids in their costumes than she was in getting the candy herself. It was tough to keep her focused and walking on the sidewalk because there was so much to take in. She did not want to ride in her wagon like we had hoped but she did a decent job walking along. After about 45 minutes down the street we went in for dinner and to hand out candy to other kids coming by. I wouldn't say she totally understood what she was doing but she certainly liked filling her bag with candy. So far isn't too interested in eating it but we are ok with that!




An extra special thank you to Great Grandma Sandy for all of her hard work on Ally's beautiful costume. It was just an idea in passing that turned into anything better than I could have ever imagined. It looked just like Abby Cadabby, Ally's favorite Sesame Street character and as soon as she saw it she knew exactly what it was. We cant say thank you enough and are so excited it will fit her for a while yet.

Birthday Parties

Ally had three great birthday celebrations in three different places. First we had a party in Oshkosh with lots of family and a few friends the weekend before her birthday. She had a great time playing with all the cousins and seeing everyone. She chose a ladybug theme for her parties so we had a ladybug cake, decorations and she wore her pink and black to match. I had to work on her actual birthday and Karl was going back to Purdue for the football game so we did an abbreviated celebration at home the day after with just the three of us and the presents from us. The following weekend we had a small dinner celebration in West Lafayette with Karl's parents and some family friends with more cake and presents. This time Ally got to experience her first Dairy Queen ice cream cake so that was very exciting. I realize this post is way late and no one has received their thank you notes from Ally yet but you know what they say, better late than never!





Thanks to everyone for making Ally's 2nd Birthday so much fun. She got so many great toys and cute clothes! Thank you notes are on their way this week, sorry for the delay...

For some reason the slide shows don't want to work so here are the album links to try:
Ally Turns 2 in Oshkosh
Ally Turns 2 in West Lafayette

Smarty Pants

Ally is now into pointing and directions. Yesterday we were on our way to school from the doctors office. We were stopped at the light just before turning onto the road her school is on. She points to the left and says "We have to go that way". I looked back to see where she was point and was surprised that she was correct. I asked her, "You are right, how did you know that". Her response was very simple- "Because I'm so smart."

Boy do I feel stupid...