New Neighbors!

My brother and his wife, Amber moved into a beautiful new home about 1/2 a mile from us. We are so excited to have them so close to us. They have been working so hard to get everything done. They painted the inside of the house, with the help of family and friends and are now getting things hung up on the walls and it looks so beautiful! Amber has done such an amazing job inside while Shane had his work cut out for him in the yard. I am so proud of them and so excited for them as they are beginning their new life together in their new home!

Almost 7 months...

Aiden has grown and changed so much in the last two months. He went from sitting up to scooting and now he is crawling and CLIMBING everywhere. He likes to pull himself up on everything. We are just glad that he learned how to catch himself when he falls from standing up. Instead of falling straight back and hitting his head he will sit down from standing up. He loves to watch Ashley and to play with Callie. You can always find a bruise on his head somewhere because he manages to fall on the tile all the time. We are LOVING this stage!

All twisted!

For comfort, Ashley likes to play with her hair especially, when she gets tired. A couple months ago, Ashley had been in bed for about 20 minutes when she started crying. I went into her room to hear her say, "my fingers are stuck". I turn on her light and see that she has twisted her index fingers so tightly in her hair that she can't get them out. Of course, before I attempt to help her undo the mess, I run and get my camera. Once I was able to get to her fingers, the tips of them were purple! We talked about how that really wasn't a good idea.

I love pictures!

My sweet friend, Danielle came over and took some pictures of Ashley and AJ the other day. I thought I'd share a couple of them!

Date night

Allen and I got to go on a "real" date last week and Ashley wanted to come with us so, instead we scheduled her next date night with daddy. Ashley and her Daddy went to see the movie, Wall-E. This was her first time seeing a movie in the theater. They got popcorn, candy and a soda! She was so excited about her date. They even got to go to Home Depot after the movie! Later that evening, Allen fell asleep on the couch and Ashley told me that he must be tired from their date.

Tiny Dancer

Ashley finished her dance class this week and they had a performance to show us everything that they had learned. It was adorable!

Little fish!

We have spent lots of time in our pool this summer and Ashley has become quite the little swimmer. They both LOVE the water and we are amazed at how well Ashley can swim now. Some of our favorite summer days are spent swimming and BBQing.

Yum, Yum!!

Aiden turned 6 months on Tuesday so, we broke open a jar of baby food to celebrate his 1/2 birthday! For his first real babyfood, we gave him peas and he didn't even stop until he finished the whole jar and then wanted his baby cereal too! It is pretty intense when it is his dinner time. You have to be ready to focus on him and have each bite ready for him right away. He loves to eat fast! He also had a baby teething cookie...good stuff!

My first TWO teeth!

About 3 weeks ago Aiden got his first two teeth. They came in a day apart. We knew he was teething but he did really well, it was very exciting to see those first pearly whites!

A trip to the Urgent Care

On Wednesday, Ashley woke up with a runny nose...no big deal until about 3p.m. Allen had taken the kids to visit with his grandparents and Ashley fell asleep on the couch at their house. When she woke up she sounded terrible with the horrible sounding croup cough. We took her to urgent care because we couldn't get in the doctor and we couldn't wait until the next day. She just didn't feel well at all. We got home gave her the medicine and we watched the clock, within 3o minutes of giving her the medicine the croup cough was gone. Amazing!! Aiden got the same cold the next night but didn't have the same croup symptoms. Allen took such good care of her while she was sick, today when she was telling me "she can't hear berrry well" (because her ears are plugged up from being sick) she needed to call daddy to tell him because if you ask Ashley, she says that daddy will know what to do.

Let's Play Heaven

Me: Ashley look at those clouds...aren't they amazing?
Ashley: Yes, they are.
Hey, I see papa and God.
I see them right there!!!!!
Do you see them?!?
Me: Yes, I do.
Ashley: Hi Papa and God (yelling)!!! Hey, they did not hear me!
Me: They always hear you.
Ashley: Hey they waved to me up in heaven!! Are they on every cloud?


Then we get in the pool and she continues...


Ashley: I know, let's play heaven.
Me: How do you play?
Ashley: I be God and you come to heaven
Me: Okay
Ashley: First we need a box....I know, how about a box made of flowers. That's a good idea.

Love my Pasta!

Ashley LOVES to cook fettuccine Alfredo with her "Ma Cheryl". It is one of her favorite meals. They make it for dinner almost every time Ashley goes over to play at their house.

Summer Days + Watermelon=Happiness

Ashley loves playing out front with her neighbor friends. The other day Allen brought out these huge pieces of watermelon and they loved it and I thought it was so cute! Aiden even got in on the action and he loved it too!

A place to start.

I thought we should start our family blog with the most important people in our lives. Ashley, 3 years old and Aiden, born on February 26th. It feels like he has always been a part of our family. We are looking forward to keeping this blog up to date with pictures because as we all know too well little ones grow and change so fast. At the end of each day I always have pictures on my camera that tell the story of our day and I want to be able to share them with friends and family.