Ally Dancing

Here is a short video clip we took on Friday night at a GoFish Concert here in Janesville. As you can see, Allyson was getting into it! Check out the GoFish guys at gofishguys.com.

Ally's First Trip to the Dentist

On Friday, Allyson and I (Dad) went to the dentist. Kristen thought I should have the joy of this milestone moment with Allyson. (Actually, Kristen didn't want to deal with the potential crying and screaming....and I was available to take her! :) )

Well, Allyson did an excellent job. She was actually quite excited about the adventure. She waited patiently while they cleaned my teeth and then when they brought her to the kids room for her turn, she hopped right into the chair without any hesitation. It helps that the hygienist let her pick a stuffed animal out and made promises of more prizes when we finished.

Ally didn't even flinch as they proceeded to clean and polish her teeth. They also applied a fluoride treatment that Allyson said "tasted like air."

Ally's teeth are in perfect health, but we need to work on breaking the thumb sucking habit to prevent messing up her teeth in the future.

Allyson proudly left the office with a balloon, a ring, a sticker, and a stuffed animal!

We are proud of how well she did. Let's hope that she is as positive the next time!

Click the slide show below to visit the album containing the pictures from her dentist visit.

Flashback!

Can you tell these girls are sisters? I thought you might like a quick flashback! Today we are going to a patriotic carnival at the A/G church, so we had to dress accordingly. As soon as I saw Natalie in the dress Ally wore for her first July 4th, I couldn't resist comparing the pictures! Allyson is on the left, at about 3 months old, on July 4th 2004. Natalie is on the right and is about 5 1/2 months old. In some pictures the girls could be twins, but these are a little less similar. What do you think?

Do You Use One of These?

Here is a little "Christian" humor courtesy of wayofthemasterradio.com.

Anyone care for a new picture?

Here's a new picture for any admirers out there!

My favorite part? It's a tie between the 4 sparkling blue eyes and Natalie's sweet double chin!

Art by Allyson

Here is the second installment of Ally's Artwork. (See the first installment here.) She worked on this in Children's Church yesterday and I actually asked the teacher, "Are you sure this is Ally's?" No offense, Ally, but most of your artwork consists of scribbles and people with long hair and legs, but no body.

The teacher assured me it was Ally's and even pointed out her name! What? She wrote her entire name, by herself, without looking at a sample! I'm so proud.

There is nothing sweeter than a child's first attempts at writing her name. I said that I'm proud, but she is at least twice as proud of herself!

(By the way, we'll work on that backwards S!)