Our Little Mermaid

Ashlyn continues to do very well after her hospital visit. She was bouncing around the house very quickly! That girl is just so wild! She can't be held back! We are getting very excited for our BIG trip to Disney World. We leave on October 3rd! Joey is finally able to go on a big vacation with us. It will be both Joey and Ashlyn's first trips to Disney World. Ashlyn and I created a countdown calendar the other day. We cross of another day each night. She doesn't understand the concept, but it is something for us to do! I am really looking forward to an entire week off of work!

Work continues to be very hectic. This job is quickly becoming very overwhelming. My old class was very difficult, but my school was great. We had one staff meeting a month that I would have to stay late for. With this new job, I am literally staying late every single day. Yesterday, I left for school at 6:30 am and didn't return home until 5:30 pm. What a day! I am just sad that I am missing precious time with my ever growing girl! I try to pack in as much quality time as possible. After dinner, we have been playing ever night. Her favorite thing to play is "ponies" with her My Little Ponies. Some of them are actually mine from when I was young. It's kind of fun because I get to relive my childhood.

Ashlyn continues to be OBSESSED with Little Mermaid. We finally let her watch the movie, and she would watch that thing on repeat all day if we let her. (It did SAVE us in the hospital!) She just loves anything Little Mermaid. If we are shopping and she sees something Little Mermaid, she gets so excited and screams "Ariel!" We are all taking bets on what she will do when she finally sees "Ariel" in Disney World. My mom finally found Ashlyn an Ariel costume. She loves it! It is more of a ballerina costume. She is in-between sizes and is too small for the really cool Ariel costumes yet. We are already planning a Little Mermaid 2nd birthday party.

We have been keeping very busy on the weekends. It seems that September is already filling up fast as well. Our trip will be here before we know it! I have included some various pictures from the last few weeks. I know in the past I tried to blog once a week, that is still my goal, but realistically, it may be 2 weeks from now on. I am praying this job gets better and less time consuming!

Here is Ashlyn as "Ariel". Please excuse her wild hair. She is just like her mom was at that age, and HATES having her hair combed!

She decided she needed the wand to complete the look.

A princess can ride a horse too.

She loves that horse.

I finally got her to sit still. For some reason, she did not want me to take her picture.

This one is funny. I was trying to get her to take a picture of the two of us. She was not happy. This is the face she made. It is priceless!

Again, she didn't want me taking her picture. She was covering her face with an Elmo book.

A friend won a box seat at a Sky Sox game. Ashlyn enjoyed it. She was having a great time!

Daddy, Ashlyn, and her corndog at the game.

Another game pic

A family picture

On Monday, we headed to the State Fair. I went growing up and I love going every year. It is neat to see Ashlyn enjoy the stuff I use to enjoy. They had a petting zoo area. They had a cool sandbox filled with dried beans instead of sand. Ashlyn really seemed to enjoy it.

Looking at the kittens.

Petting some sheep

Standing in front of a fountain. She loves water! It was cute, I told her to stand in front so I could take a picture and she did!

Eating a funnel cake as fast as she could.

Our attempt at a family picture. Really wish Ashlyn was looking at the camera.