Sunday, October 19, 2008
Some More Pictures and Video!!!!
Here are some more pictures. I also finally posted a walking video. I hope it works!
Pictures with Butterscotch
Here are some pictures of Ashlyn riding her horse at her Grandparent's house.
Pumpkin Patch Pics
Posing in some corn
Exploring the hay.
Going down the slide
More fun in the hay
At home, all dressed up ready to go. 
Looking at the pumpkins.
Sitting on a real tractor.
Fall is here
Sorry I did not blog last weekend. I went to Vegas last week for a wedding. Ashlyn's Grandparents volunteered to watch her in Buena Vista. She was gone Saturday through Friday. I missed her very, very much! From what I heard she had a great time with her Grandparents. They bought her this huge fake horse named Butterscotch. Butterscotch is the coolest because Ashlyn thinks she is a real horse. She moves when you pet her, opens her mouth, etc. She is really neat!
Yesterday the weather was beautiful! The weather was in the 70's. Joey and I decided to do something as a family. We drove to Monument and went to a pumpkin patch. It was a little smaller than I had imagined, but we still had a great time. Adults get in free and Ashlyn was free because she was under 2. What a great deal! We went down a huge slide, sat on a tractor, and played in hay. Ashlyn had a great time.
Ashlyn continues to walk like crazy. She is getting so good at it. She hardly crawls at all. I am going to attempt to post a video after I post this. I may finally have the video thing figured out!
Well that is all for now. Tomorrow I start my first week of teaching, so I have lots to do today.
Yesterday the weather was beautiful! The weather was in the 70's. Joey and I decided to do something as a family. We drove to Monument and went to a pumpkin patch. It was a little smaller than I had imagined, but we still had a great time. Adults get in free and Ashlyn was free because she was under 2. What a great deal! We went down a huge slide, sat on a tractor, and played in hay. Ashlyn had a great time.
Ashlyn continues to walk like crazy. She is getting so good at it. She hardly crawls at all. I am going to attempt to post a video after I post this. I may finally have the video thing figured out!
Well that is all for now. Tomorrow I start my first week of teaching, so I have lots to do today.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Guess who???
Guess who is now officially walking? Ashlyn is!!!! We are so excited about this new development. I posted on Monday night, and talked about how Ashlyn was so close. We had been practicing with my Mom that night. At most she could only do 5-6 steps without falling. Well, on Tuesday morning, we wake up and she is walking like crazy! It literally happened overnight. She finally got up the nerve to take the plunge and walk. The night before she would only walk from piece of furniture to furniture. Tuesday, she walked from the dining room to the living room. She still crawls some, but really is walking a lot. It is just the cutest thing in the world. Again, I am going to try to post some video so everyone can see. Watching your child do new things never ceases to amaze and delight me!
Monday, October 6, 2008
11 Months Old
Today Ashlyn turned 11 months old. I can't believe that in just one short month she will be a year old. She will no longer be a baby really. She will always be my baby! Ashlyn continues to do new things everyday. She is really changing all of the time.
She continues to practice walking. I really thought she would be full on walking by now. She totally could walk if she wanted to. She now just barely holds onto the walls when she wants to get around. She can move so fast. She can take a lot of steps at a time. She just does not have the desire to really walk yet. I know that it will come soon. I hope she is walking by Halloween. We practice everyday. I recorded a video of her walking tonight. I am hoping that when Joey gets home, he can show me how to post it.
Ashlyn is talking up a storm. Most of the time we can't really make out what she is trying to tell us, but she thinks we can. She still says "Mom" and "Dad" all of the time. She has started to say "that" (although is sounds more like "dat"). We are practicing on teaching her "cat" and "dog".
Ashlyn still waves all of the time. When we are out, she is constantly waving at everyone. She has also learned how to high five. It is really cute. She is becoming more and more interested in her toys. She has a great time playing with her toys. She seems to like dolls a lot.
Ashlyn continues to amaze us everyday with what she can do. She also brightens each and everyday with her beautiful smile and contagious laugh. It is such a wonderful experience to see her experience everything for the first time. She is such an amazing little girl! Below, are a several pictures I took of Ashlyn on her 11 month birthday.
The sun makes it hard to see in this picture, but it is a great action shot of Ashlyn walking.
She was not too sure about this pose.
She continues to practice walking. I really thought she would be full on walking by now. She totally could walk if she wanted to. She now just barely holds onto the walls when she wants to get around. She can move so fast. She can take a lot of steps at a time. She just does not have the desire to really walk yet. I know that it will come soon. I hope she is walking by Halloween. We practice everyday. I recorded a video of her walking tonight. I am hoping that when Joey gets home, he can show me how to post it.
Ashlyn is talking up a storm. Most of the time we can't really make out what she is trying to tell us, but she thinks we can. She still says "Mom" and "Dad" all of the time. She has started to say "that" (although is sounds more like "dat"). We are practicing on teaching her "cat" and "dog".
Ashlyn still waves all of the time. When we are out, she is constantly waving at everyone. She has also learned how to high five. It is really cute. She is becoming more and more interested in her toys. She has a great time playing with her toys. She seems to like dolls a lot.
Ashlyn continues to amaze us everyday with what she can do. She also brightens each and everyday with her beautiful smile and contagious laugh. It is such a wonderful experience to see her experience everything for the first time. She is such an amazing little girl! Below, are a several pictures I took of Ashlyn on her 11 month birthday.
The sun makes it hard to see in this picture, but it is a great action shot of Ashlyn walking.
Reading her favorite books before bedtime.
She really, really likes books.
She was not too sure about this pose.
Standing up
She was having so much fun walking.
Walking is fun!
Oops, that one got on here twice!
Beach Pictures- Finally!
Since I did not post any pictures yesterday, I thought I would add some more California pictures. These are all from my Mom's camera, so she had some ones that I did not have.
The beach makes you very dirty!
The beach was really pretty and the weather was perfect!
Getting her feet wet with Auntie.
Having a great time at Medieval times.
The beach makes you very dirty!
Playing in the sand
She can even walk in the sand!
Practicing standing
I just love this picture because she looks so big and so cute with her little leg dangling.
The beach was really pretty and the weather was perfect!
Sprinkling some sand.
My Mom loves this picture because it shows her dirty little feet.
Waving "hello"
In the water
Getting her feet wet with Auntie.
She liked the way the sand felt on her feet.
How cute!
Sand feels cool in your hands!
My little California beach girl!
Having a great time at Medieval times.
At Universal Studios
In front of the Universal Globe.
My brother wrote Ashlyn's name in the sand. It is kind of hard to see though.
Sunday, October 5, 2008
No pictures this week :(
I can't post any pictures this week because our camera is still broken. I called about getting it fixed, and apparently we have to mail it in and it takes 4-6 weeks. I am going to hopefully borrow my sister's camera. 4-6 weeks is way too long to not take pictures of our growing girl! I am going to try to post the rest of the California pictures this week.
Ashlyn had an okay week. I started my job and it was a big adjustment for all of us for me not be home all day. I missed her so much the first day. I hope that it gets better! She has been having fun with her Gram and her Dad. My new job was a little overwhelming at first, but I feel a lot better about it. I have a good class and I think it will be a good year. I just have a lot of work ahead of me. I have the next two weeks off because of Fall Break. I am going to have to spend most of this week at school getting everything ready.
On Thursday morning, Joey noticed that Ashlyn had a bad cough. My Mom noticed it that afternoon too. She was coughing a lot when she was sleeping that night. Her breathing was really raspy. I had Friday morning off, so I took her back to the doctor. The doctor confirmed our suspicions: croup. He said it was probably caused by her virus and not the actual croup virus. Pretty much her airways are just inflamed. He prescribed some steroids and she is doing much better. The doctor said that since she got it before a year old, she is now more likely to get croup. At least she did not seem to feel sick or be in any kind of pain. It just sounded really bad.
Well, that is our update for this week. I will be back tomorrow to do Ashlyn's 11 month post, since tomorrow she will be 11 months. I need to go cry now! Time is going by way too fast!!!!
Ashlyn had an okay week. I started my job and it was a big adjustment for all of us for me not be home all day. I missed her so much the first day. I hope that it gets better! She has been having fun with her Gram and her Dad. My new job was a little overwhelming at first, but I feel a lot better about it. I have a good class and I think it will be a good year. I just have a lot of work ahead of me. I have the next two weeks off because of Fall Break. I am going to have to spend most of this week at school getting everything ready.
On Thursday morning, Joey noticed that Ashlyn had a bad cough. My Mom noticed it that afternoon too. She was coughing a lot when she was sleeping that night. Her breathing was really raspy. I had Friday morning off, so I took her back to the doctor. The doctor confirmed our suspicions: croup. He said it was probably caused by her virus and not the actual croup virus. Pretty much her airways are just inflamed. He prescribed some steroids and she is doing much better. The doctor said that since she got it before a year old, she is now more likely to get croup. At least she did not seem to feel sick or be in any kind of pain. It just sounded really bad.
Well, that is our update for this week. I will be back tomorrow to do Ashlyn's 11 month post, since tomorrow she will be 11 months. I need to go cry now! Time is going by way too fast!!!!
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