Sunday, December 20, 2009 6:38 PM, EST

We had a super fun weekend.

On Saturday morning we ventured out with Ally to do some groceries and Christmas shopping. (Very nice, since she has not been able to be in public since chemo.) On Saturday night we saw many friends at a housewarming party! Ally got to meet 2 dogs. She loved playing with them, and rearranging all the little things she could reach around the house.
Today we went to Vermont and visited with Daddy's side of the family. It was actually the first time many of the Vermont relatives have met Ally. (Her first Christmas she was very sick with ear infections, and last Christmas she was in quarantine.) Everyone was very excited to see her! She met a cousin about her age, that she had a lot of fun playing with. Ally did very well at both parties. She actually spoke to some people and gave high 5s to some!
Check out our flickr site for pictures.

We are looking forward to a nice week ahead (hopefully it will move along quickly...last week was the first week in a while were Daddy and Mommy had to work ALL FIVE DAYS!!! We were exhausted by the end of the week...but also happy we were able to work 5 days in a row, as that meant Ally was NOT in the hospital!). Daddy and Mommy have to work Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, but we both have Christmas Eve and Christmas Day off. This year we are hosting Christmas at our house! We are very excited to not have to split our day between both sides of the family.

Ally has a blood draw this week (probably Wednesday), and we expect her counts to continue to go up. It looks like she is going to be all ready for NYC.

We have a busy week, with getting ready for Christmas and all; I will try to update Christmas night or the following day with pictures of Ally.

Merry Christmas!

Ally Note:

Ally calls Mommy "Honey", not Mommy.