Funny Faces

I wanted everyone to experience the funny faces of Ashley.

Playing In The Leaves

We were playing in the leaves on a beautiful warm fall day. Yes, the little kid in me still likes to play in the leaves. Ashley dove in and started playing. We have to enjoy the nice weather while we have it. We will probably play in the leaves again today.

Halloween 2008

Why is my mommy making me wear this crazy get up?

Carving The Pumpkin

Ashley had a lot of fun playing in the pumpkin guts. We had pumpkin slime everywhere.

Helping Daddy Wash His Truck

Ashley loves hanging out with daddy.

11 awesome years

Today we are celebrating 11 years of marriage. We look so young in this picture. We celebrated yesterday because Courtney has a class today and tomorrow. So tonight we just had carry out and we are going to watch a movie. A nice relaxing evening.

15 Month Check Up

Ashley did not do well with going to the doctor's office this time. She cried when the doc wanted to listen to her heart and check her ears. She did not cry as much this time when she got her shots. She now weighs 21.7 pounds and she is 31 inches long. She is wearing 18 month to 2T clothing.

Ashley is running all over and gabbering constantly. She has a very healthy appetite. She will try a new food a least once. Loves eggs, black olives, green beans and orange juices.

1 year old

I know I need to better at this whole blogging thing. Time just slips away when you are having fun. The first birthday. She did not get as messy as I thought she would with her cake. I had to put her hands into the cake. She got a lot of great toys and clothes.

Vacation

Two weeks ago we went to Gatlinburg, TN for vacation. We went with five other couples. We stayed at an eight bedroom cabin. We had a great vacation. Everyone chipped in with meals and doing the dishes. I think the main attraction at the cabin was pac man and galaga. There was a pool table, fooz ball, and air hockey lots of entertainment.
We did a lot of hiking. Ashley loved it. Of course she was being carried around in a back pack. We loved the mountains and being outdoors. I am sure we will try to do more hiking we really liked doing that. We did not really like downtown Gatlinburg, to commercializied. To many t-shirt shops and people trying to get you to buy a timeshare. We went to the Ripley's Aquarium it was okay a little pricey.



This is daddy being funny. Note the sign. They were at ground level so there was no danger.


In this picture we are at the highest point of the Smoky Mountains. Ashley was interested by my teeth at that moment. There was some snow and ice in areas that were shaded. It was weird since we were in shorts and t-shirts. The hike to this point was half a mile at a 12% incline. You had a sense of accomplishment when you were at the top. Going down was much easier.

11 months old

Helping Mommy unload dishwasher

Sorry it has been so long since I have posted. Ashley has grown a lot since the last time I posted. She is doing all kinds of things now. She is eating regular food now, walking along furniture, and crawling all over the place. We are still waiting for the first step. One day she will surprise us.

Her favorite things to do are riding on daddies shoulders, taking a bath, and standing at the front door watching the cars go by. I forgot one thing she likes to crawl under things.

It is so funny when Courtney comes home from work she gets so excited when she sees him. She has to crawl over to see daddy.

One thing she does not like is grass. If you stand her up in the grass she will pull one leg up or if you sit her in the grass she will not move.

Ashley's hair is finally long enough to put it into puff's

Ashley tormenting the dog. The dogs do really well with her. Every once in a while we have to calm the dogs down. They don't realize that she is little.

I will try to do better at blogging.

First Christmas

We had a lot of fun with it being Ashley's first Christmas. She got many toy and much needed outfits. By the time Christmas day came around Ashley was tired of opening gifts. Although when she opened gifts the wrapping paper went directly into her mouth.