Kisses & Pigtails!

Ahhhhhhhhhhh, kisses for Daddy! This is one of Ashley's new tricks. For 7 1/2 months we have been smothering her with kisses and now she has started to give them back! Within the last two weeks, Ashley has also started to reach her arms up when she wants you to pick her up. It is so much fun to have a baby that responds back with arms up in the air and kisses- it just keeps getting better and better!

Here's a picture of Ashley doing some "tummy time". She is getting close to crawling now, she gets up on her hands and knees and rocks back and forth.

Matt and Ashley enjoying some afternoon sun in the back yard.

Friday morning I woke up and the lake was so calm and it had beautiful reflections. It was a perfect Fall morning. I had both Thursday and Friday off this week. I used my time off to get a few things done around the house and to recuperate from my sinus infection and pink eye. YEP, now I am the sick one. I suppose after two months of someone coughing and sneezing on you, you are bound to catch the crud too. I went to the Doc on Monday and was given antibiotics. After 7 days on the meds, I am finally starting to feel better. I wasn't sure I was going to make it! I felt horrible and to think this is what my baby has been feeling like and we can't give her any medicine. Poor baby!

Another awesome picture of the lake reflections taken on Friday evening.

Yesterday while Matt was shopping in Forest Lake, he picked up some little rubber bands so I could put pigtails in Ashley's hair. Too cute! She also discovered clapping her hands together on Saturday. It is so fun to watch her clap them together as she stares at her hands in amazement.


Ashley with pigtails!

Saturday night Matt and I went out with a group of friends for some Halloween festivities. On short notice Grandpa J came over to watch movies while Ashley slept soundly in her crib. Thanks Grandpa! As I am finishing typing Ashley is sitting on the floor next to me and she just said MAMA! When I looked at her and said, did you just say ma ma, she clapped her hands with a big smile! I think I will go wake up Matt to tell him the news.