Ally turns FIVE years old!!!

I can't believe Ally is 5. Time really flies. The night before her 5th birthday, Matt and I were saying how we couldn't believe that it's really been 5 years! Seriously, when we were going through colic with her, we couldn't see past that very trying time and it seemed like we would never get out of that first 6 months of her life! But here we are...with a very happy and healthy 5 year old!

She's come so far. Although minor compared to what many little ones go through, it was a rough go for Ally in the beginning. We're so grateful that she seems to have grown out of the gastric issues. She is a healthy little girl.

For Ally's birthday, we celebrated with presents, lunch out with Boba and Papa .B. and then dinner out with Grandma and Grandpa .K.. Ally picked where she wanted to go. We went to lunch at Steak N Shake and dinner at a local pizza/pasta place. After meeting Grandma and Grandpa .K. for dinner, we went to their house for cake! It was a very nice day.

We told Ally she could pick out an activity to do on her birthday. She picked bowling, but when we got to the bowling alley, there was over an hour wait. The kids didn't want to wait, so we decided to reschedule for during the week. On Thursday, we called around trying to find a place that has open bowling during the week, but we had no luck. Ally decided she wanted to go play mini-golf, so that's what we did. We had a GREAT time. The kids loved it. They both had so much fun! I couldn't believe it, but Tommy actually participated rather than running off like he normally would! We had a really nice night.