Lazy Afternoon

Today I am very pregnant and cant do a whole lot. I decided to take Ashley outside in the backyard for some fresh air. She is picking up leaves and sweeping the deck for me. She is also eating a granola bar? I'm sitting at the table typing this blog. The weather is great. Crisp fall air and plenty of sunshine. I wish I could take her to the park. These days I cant get around the playground like I should.
Have I mentioned how much Ashley loves her preschool? She talks about the other kids and her teacher everyday. I dont think the other kids feel the same way, but I'm glad she loves it as much as she does. She's going anyway. Its so funny to watch her say "hi" and "bye" to everyone in the building!! She is such a sweet little girl, if I do say so myself. She gets her sweetness from her Daddy. Speaking of her daddy, he should be getting up for work soon. Well, I need to go play with Ashley.

Its been a long time....

Well, alot has changed in the past year. We are about to have another baby, a boy, and Ashley is growing like a weed! She is talking quite well and quite alot, she is going through her testing stages aka terrible two's and three's. She knows all her colors, numbers to atleast ten and can recite them. She recognizes all the letters and can recite some in order. She also know all of her shapes. She is now in a preschool and is only two days a week and she absolutely loves it!! She talks about her teacher and classmate all the time! I'm so glad. With the new baby coming I will need the break and so will she. She is also momma's little helper. If I'm sweeping, she wants to, if I'm vacuuming, or cleaning hte bathroom, she want to help too. Its very sweet. Anytime her daddy gets out his tools to fix something, she is all in it. She loves animals, outside and her friends. I think she will be a great help when baby brother gets here. I hope she able to adjust without too much trouble. She is almost potty trained. She is resisting and I'm not pushing b/c of the baby coming. I figure she'll just regress then anyway. She has enough going on. She seems very happy.

That's a quick update b/c I hear her awake now.

new bathroom and first boat ride!

Ashley loves the boat ride!! Here we are on Pop's boat for her very first boat ride. Driving makes her very tired.
I recently painted her bathroom. I like the purple b/c it maches the purple in her shower curtain which I love. Eventually we want to put in new fixtures, lights and crown mouling to update it some. We are happy with the way it turned out. Ashley loves it! Everytime we go in there she pionts to the wall and coos. She is also out of her toddler tub and taking a bath in the big tub with no problems.

Today she tee teed in the potty!! If I had left her on for another minute she would have done a little boo boo too. No sooner I got that diaper on her then she used it! It shouldnt be long before she "gets it". Once she figures it out, she'll be potty trained. Then we can go on and have another one, lol. I hope everyone has a great and safe holiday weekend.

Holly

Checking in....

School and work have started up again after a very slow summer. Jamie stays with Ashley while I'm in school. She is finally on a sleep schedule that allows her to go to sleep on her own.

Work has me in the neonatal ICU. I like it but it is very different from what I'm used to.


School is challenging. I should graduate from VSCC this semester. Hopefully I will get into WKU RN program, if I dont, I guess I will just have another baby. I might do it anyway, lol.
Ashley always wants to be outside. She loves to go camping and ride (or drive) on a boat. We hope to go camping with Gina and her family this weekend too.
I hope you all have a good and safe labor day weekend!!!

Holly

At Grandma/pa's house

Ashley sure had a great time with her Mamie and Pap-pa!! Pap-pa had been out of state for a long itme. She was really glad to see him (as were we). Mamie played with her and read her books and took her outside, even though it was sweltering hot outside.

We had some friends over for a cookout today and we all had a good time. Ashley conked out early due to the fact she had not gotten a nap today. My dad cooked a bunch of chickens for us, they were really great! Thanks Dad!!

First Camping Trip

We had a great time on our first camping trip!! Things couldn't have gone better. Ashley and Cole had a great itme and were very, very good the whole time!! Val bought two pinwheels for the kids and it turned into a very good investment, Ashley carried both of them around the whole time we were camping. The tent I bought years ago finally came in handy. Val and TIm brought their grill and stove and we had a big breakfast Sunday morning. Ashley went on a walk with Paul (Kelly's boyfriend) and Cole. They saw trukey's and deer and a spotted fawn. Later on, Jamie took Ashley for a walk and she saw more of the same. She pointed at everything! I wish I had gone om that walk too. They actually went on two walks b/c the first time they lost her hat, and I sent them back for it. We hope we can do it again very soon, preferrably when it is a bit cooler outside.

Holly

Ashley is feeding herself and walking really well these days. She loves to be outside and she is using lots of baby signs to communicate with us.
She is a slow eater but she is getting better at it. Ashley has enough dexterity to make a semi-straight mark with a crayon. Ashely loves the dog, Yuna and the cats, Cleo and Daisy. She will watch them eat and bathe. She can climb all over the dog and it doesnt bother Yuna at all. She has really turned out to be a great dog.