The DeLorme Family

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Play Time

This week was a busy one as usual. Last weekend, we turned our guest bedroom into a play room for Ashlyn. Her toys are getting too large and numerous to contain them in the living room anymore. Ashlyn just loves her play room. She loves going in there and getting into everything. I will have to take a picture and post it. Every night, Joey, Ashlyn and I all go up there and play for a bit. She amazed us the other night by putting a puzzle together. It is a very simple 3 piece puzzle of animals. She was actually able to place the animal pieces in the correct spots. She is really getting into baby dolls. Last night, she was carrying one around saying "baby" over and over. She got a doll cradle for Christmas and she enjoys putting her doll to bed.

Ashlyn has also learned to point to her belly and nose when you ask where they are at. We are going to work on other body parts. She just loves pointing to her belly. I might try and get a video of it to post. Other than that, this week was pretty normal. The work week was too long and the weekend was too short!

When Adam was in town, our friends Chris and Sara came over to visit. There daughter Haiden is 2 1/2. Ashlyn got to play with her for a little bit. They had a good time together. I am posting pictures of them playing.

Also, I had my Mom bring my camera to this week's Fun Fit class. Since I never get to go, I wanted to get an idea of what it is like. I am in the process of signing Ashlyn up for some new classes. We are going to do swimming lessons again next month. Those will be every Wednesday night. I am also going to get her into a gymnastics like class. That class will be every Saturday. I hope these classes will give her some more social interaction with other kids.
She just loves trying new things!

Ashlyn watching Haiden wear the crown.

Ashlyn trying on the crown.

Playing with Ashlyn's ATV

Haiden giving Ashlyn a hug before she left. This picture is just adorable!

Running with Auntie at Fun Fit

Smiling for the camera.

The parachute, her favorite part!

Picking a toy

Riding a scooter thing with Auntie

Fun a Hola Hoop!!!

Saturday, January 3, 2009

Phoenix

We headed to Phoenix again on December 31st. This was Ashlyn's third time going to Phoenix!!! Since it is late, I am not going to go into great detail about our trip.

We had a wonderful time. It is always so nice to go down there because we get to see people we don't often get to see. We got to spend lots of time with my Grandma which is always so nice. We also saw Jacob and Maya when we were down there. I got to meet Nadia for the first time. She is 3 months old now and just adorable. She is such a sweet girl. I was excited to see how Ashlyn reacted to a baby. She really did not seem too interested in her. She did love to watch as Nadia was getting changed. She also was not phased at all when I held Nadia. Maybe she will be a great big sister one day? My friend Jen came over one day to visit. She brought her son, Kosten. The last time Ashlyn saw Kosten, she was 6 months old and he was a little under 5 months I think. They have both changed a lot in the last few months. She enjoyed playing with him. Especially because he is a BOY! Joey really enjoyed Phoenix and plans to join us on future trips. It was so nice to get away for a few days. I just wish the weather would have been a bit warmer!

Waiting to go to the airport.

Playing at her favorite kitchen.

Checking out Nadia.

She was not too sure what to think.

Getting a better view

She had to touch her to see what she felt like.

An adorable picture of little Nadia.

I think she is making the funniest face in this picture!

Outside exploring

Playing

With Daddy at a restaurant

I love her face in this one

Playing with the kitchen Ashlyn's Great Grandma bought her for Christmas. What a perfect gift!

Playing with Kosten. This is the first time Ashlyn has really gotten to play with a child her age.

They shared really well.

How cute!

We tried our best to get a picture of the two of them. It was next to impossible!

They are too cute!

On the plane on the way home.

Christmas '08

I am finally getting around to posting about Christmas. I wish I had done it sooner when it was still fresh in my mind, but I will try my best:) Christmas Eve dinner was really nice. As I had mentioned, we went to a German restaurant. Ashlyn ate lots of spatzle. Ashlyn also got to see my cousin Luke. He was sitting down the table where she could not see him. After we ate, he came and sat by my Uncle. Ashlyn just sat there and stared at him. It was the funniest thing. I think Luke was a little weirded out by her staring. We enjoyed seeing family that we do not see nearly enough. After dinner, we headed to my parents house. I got Ashlyn dressed in her new Christmas pj's. I read her "The Night Before Christmas" and she was off to bed.

We woke up bright and early the next morning. Ashlyn had a great time opening her stocking. She really did open all of her gifts. It was really cute. After we opened our stockings, we had breakfast. Shortly after breakfast, Ashlyn started to get tired and a bit grumpy. I think opening all of those stocking stuffers really wore her out! Ashlyn took a nap while we opened our presents. When she woke up later, she got to open all of her gifts. She got sooooo many gifts. As I am sure you are all surprised, she is a bit spoiled:) Santa brought Ashlyn a kitchen. It was her favorite gift. She just loves playing with that thing. My Grandma made her lots of play food. She also got some dishes. She just loves to "cook". I think it has to be the DeLorme in her!

We spent the rest of the day playing with her new gifts. We also ate a wonderful Christmas dinner. It was a great Christmas. We got everything we wanted and more. It was a relaxing day spent with family. Here are a bunch of pictures from the day.

P.S.- When I scrolled down to add captions to the pictures, I was reminded of the Santa incident. My Mom bought a Santa suit last year at Target on clearance. We thought it might be fun to have around. Well, since her first Santa picture went so horribly, I asked my Dad if he would put the suit on since Joey was at work. My Dad, being a great Papa, happily obliged. As soon as he put that hat and beard on she FREAKED out! She started crying and would not get anywhere near him. So, my Dad took of the suit. She was fine after that. Well, when we got home from dinner on Christmas Eve, Joey decided he wanted to see what she would do if he wore the suit. Again, once the beard and hat went on, she was not happy. She did a tiny bit better with Joey, but still freaked out and would not let me get a picture. So, we have concluded that Santa is a VERY scary man to poor Ashlyn. I am hoping her fear diminishes by next year!

Ashlyn's Christmas shirt. It says "Grandma and Santa have my list covered".

She loves laying on this ottoman and being pushed around.

What happened when Papa turned into that scary man in the red suit.

Ashlyn and Mommy.

I love my little girl so much!

I took a picture of Ashlyn in this chair last year. My Mom and I thought it would be a cute tradition to take a picture of her in this chair every Christmas.