Spring is in the air

I have been anticipating Springs arrival! I love that the days are longer, I love the birds chirping (not so much the millions of frogs forcing us to keep our windows closed at night), I love that the flowers are blooming (not so much the yard work that comes along with it), and I love that it's the time of year when you get unexpected visitors like this one. When I looked in our back yard yesterday I saw this little guy! Isn't he the cutest? Ella was so excited and decided to name him Jack. Then Jack saw Apollo jump up in the window and we got to see how fast Jack can run. I am not sure that he will be back (although I am not telling Ella this, she cried when he ran away) but it was a fun reminder that Spring is in fact here.

Hello Cupcake!

On Sunday I made this giant cupcake for Ashley's one year pictures. It took awhile to make so I had to take a picture of it before it was destroyed by my frosting loving munchkin :) Pictures of that coming soon!

Ooh la la Fancy!

Ella and Ashley were invited to their friend Berkley's 5th birthday party! It was a Fancy Nancy theme and was absolutely darling. Ella was a little camera shy today but Ashley had no problem flashing her fancy face for the camera! Happy 5th Birthday Berkley!

Hat Head

I saw this hat and had to have it. I wasn't sure if Ella would even wear it but it was too cute to pass up. Lucky for me Ella loves her new hat :)

Dad explaining the intricacies of Candyland

Bring on the sun!

Ashley is swimsuit ready...I sure wish I was :)

Our Little Lady Is ONE!

Ashley's first birthday was a ton of fun! We had a house full of friends and family to celebrate our little Ashley Mae's first year. I may have gone a little ladybug crazy but it was a lot of fun making all of the decorations and I was really happy with how it all came together.

Happy 1st Birthday Little Lady! We Love you! 

What a difference a year makes!

March 25, 2010

March 25, 2011

Happy Birthday Sweet Girl!

Double Birthday Celebration

Since Ashley and her Daddy share a birthday we had a double birthday celebration on Friday. Bernie and I started by putting Ashley's present together, which turned into a serious project. Who knew a Little Tikes Car could take an hour to put together...throw in a 2 1/2 year old that asked every 5 seconds if we were done yet and let's just say it made for a very long hour. Although once it was all put together the girls had so much fun testing it out. I think Ashley liked riding in it as much as Ella liked pushing it, there were a couple of bushes that jumped out in front of the moving car so we may have to work on Ella's steering. After playing hard we went out to Pizza and games and then eneded the night at home with cupcakes and ice cream. We thought it would be fun to watch home video of Ashley's first year. Bernie and I could not get over how quickly this year has gone and how little Ella was when Ashley was born. Seeing the girls meet for the first time in the hosiptal was very eye opening as to how much can change in just one short year! Happy Birthday to my Husband who has given me the two greatest gifts in my life and my beautiful baby girl Ashley who makes me smile everyday!

Sister Secrets

Lately Ella likes to play in Ashley's crib when the girls first get up so this morning I put them in there and went downstairs to see what I could accomplish in my 5 minutes of free time. As I was listening to the girls on the monitor I heard some jibber jabber between the two of them and then I heard Ella say, "Ash, I love you...you are my best friend!" My heart just melted, I hope these beautiful girls of mine are always best friends :)

Ella's Special Day

At Ella's preschool each kiddo has their own special day in class when they get to bring their favorite toy, snack and pictures to show everyone. Today was Ella's special day and wow was she excited. It was all she could talk about all week and when Bernie, Ashley and I arrived in her class she was so excited she could barley contain herself. She introduced us to her class and showed off her favorite doll Eva along with a collage of pictures that her and I put together of our family. Since she was sharing all of her favorite things we had to bring cupcakes for the class since they are Ella's favorite treat. It was fun for Bernie and I to see what they do in class and for Ella to be able to show us around. A special day for our very special girl!

Ella introducing her favorite dolly Eva

Ella doing the weather forecast

Circle time and prayer

The special St. Patrick's Day cupcakes we made, rainbows with a pot of gold!

My big girl in her new booster seat!

When did she get so big?

11 Months Old

Ashley decided to wake up at 5:00 am this morning, making this mommy a little cranky. But as I was rocking her I noticed a couple things. First that she now takes up my whole lap with her legs dangling down, second that she almost has enough hair to put in a bow. I know this may not seem like much but I swear just yesterday she was my little peanut and as we are fastly approaching one year I can't help to start to notice all of the changes that have taken place in just the last month or two. So here is a little preview of what my little Ashy is doing at 11 months old.

• Sleeping through the night in her own bed the whole time. This is actually a big milestone for us because for a long time she was falling asleep in our bed and I would then transfer her to her own bed once she was asleep.
• Eating new foods! Her favorites are waffles, cottage cheese, blue berries, bananas, and chicken. And just yesterday she started drinking milk! (YAY no more expensive formula!)
• She waves, claps her hands, gives high fives, and dances anytime she hears music!
• She says Mama, Dada, baba, baby and every once in awhile something that sounds a lot like Ella.
• She can take a couple steps but then starts to laugh and falls down
• She thinks standing on her own is the greatest thing ever and always has a very proud smile on her face when she does it.
• Is extremely fast and will grab anything and everything that she can get her hands on including glasses, food, and mom's decorations.
• Speaking of my decorations when you tell her no she holds one finger up and waves it and says, "Na Na Na."
• She loves to share her food with Apollo.
• If you ask her how old she is going to be she holds up one finger
• She loves to eat paper...I know weird. We are always grabbing it out of her hands and her mouth! We joke that she is going to be on that show My Strange Addiction.
• If you say Ashley give kisses, she will lean in and smack her lips...this is my favorite thing ever!
• She loves to push her stroller that Unlce Eddie and Auntie Chrissy got her, it is by far her favorite toy.
• She has two bottom teeth that seriously just popped through this past month.
• She seems to have a little bit of a temper, especially when you take her out of the bath tub before she is ready. She loves her bath time.
• Ashley is still mesmerized by her big sister and wants to be with her all the time. I am happy to report that at this stage in the game the feeling is mutual...I hope it stays that way :) 

But most importantly she has added so much joy to our family and we couldn't love this little girl more!