Ally loves animals. Every time she sees a cat, dog, bird, horse, cow…she gets all excited and reacts with a high-pitched voice. It’s really quite cute to see her take an interest in animals and get all excited about something. She really is growing into a little person and it’s so much fun to watch. 🙂

Ally talked about visiting “the farm” every day last week. The cows, the horsies, the pigs, the ducks…she was so excited! We had so much fun at WVU’s farm during kids’ days last year that I couldn’t wait to take her again this year. Even though, at times, she seemed more concerned about holding McKenna’s hand, eating her banana and not staying with the group, she was still excited to see all the animals we had talked about, seen on TV and read about in books. She was way more aware of what things were on the farm this year and I cannot wait to see how she’ll react to it again in the future. I absolutely love that we’re able to do these things together…one of the perks of being a stay-at-home mommy. 🙂

Ally dove right in…to the corn, that is…

And here’s Ally from last year. It was chilly, she was shorter and had a lot less hair on her head. 🙂

Cows this year…

And cows last year…(oh man, I kinda miss her being this small and innocent 🙁 )

We were with friends from MOPS, so of course Ally recognized some familiar faces…Morgan, McKenna and baby Chloe!

How cute is this!?! I love seeing Ally make friends. 🙂

Ally didn’t get as close and personal with the goats this year as she did last year…

Ally couldn’t get enough of the baby chicks. I think she would have snuck one home in her pockets if her pockets were big enough!

Our friends Jonathan and Melissa enjoying the chicks. Jonathan is one of the cutest kids I’ve ever seen and I’ve already dubbed him as Ally’s first future boyfriend. 🙂

She did NOT want to leave the baby chicks.

Last year she could barely see into their “cage”…

And then it was on to the “duck show” for our final stop. Ally thought they were pretty entertaining, as did most people. How can you not smile at running, falling, quacking ducks??

This was Ally’s reaction to the ducks last year. Not sure what it means, but she wasn’t as thrilled…and definitely didn’t have as much hair on her head! My how she’s grown in a year…growing up too fast, that’s for sure!