SUNDAY, JANUARY 18, 2009 11:56 AM, EST

We took Ally outside today. She helped us clean up the driveway by using her mini shovel (a sand shovel) and putting snow on Daddy's car! It was a good time. The snow is still coming down very fast, we will probably have to go out again in a few hours and do it all again.

Quirky little Ally got a fantastic sled for Christmas. She is deathly afraid of it. Whenever we bring it out she cries and refuses to sit in it. Grammy and Grampa have been able to get her to sit in it and go around the driveway a couple of times. What a strange little girl we have! Maybe it is because she still thinks snow is "yucky".

We are working hard on her eating. We have received MANY suggestions, thank you! Ally generally has 3 bowls of food going at one time, taking bites here and there, we are trying to introduce a new food every now and then, but we don't want to overwhelm her. She gets VERY stressed out when we are encouraging her to eat. We just have to trust she is doing what her body needs her to do, and that when she is hungry, she will eat.

Have a great day off tomorrow if you have it, and enjoy the peaceful transfer of power on Tuesday!