December 2008

Happy December everyone!!

Here is Ashley Jane at 20 months old... she'll be 21 months old in just a few days. She loves coats and shoes. She will go to the coat closet and get her coat and try to put it on by herself. That usually just consists of making a big ol' staticy mess out of her hair but it's fun to watch how independent she is becoming. She can put on her own shoes and pulls out matching pairs from her shoe drawer which consists of at least 15 pairs of shoes (all hand me downs).

Just a cute picture of Ashley in a head to toe pink outfit.

Here is a video of Ashley chasing and playing with our kitty, Sadie. I'm not sure why Sadie didn't run away...she just stayed and got pulled around by her tail and her leg and whatever Ashley could get a hold of.

Last weekend it snowed just a trace. Ashley and I were feeling cooped up in the house so we bundled up and went outside. It was maybe 20 degrees out. We started off playing on her slide but as bundled as she was she got annoyed with not being able to get back up once she landed at the bottom of the slide. This led me to think about pulling her around in a sled, which we did for a few minutes when I realized we have the most perfect sliding hill! We walked up the hill and I got her all set up in her slide and then I sent her a sailing. When she got to the bottom, she said, whoa. Then she and I climbed further up the hill and we went down the hill together. We were going so fast we actually made it across the street at the bottom of the hill and then half way into our yard. I haven't had that much fun on a sled since I was a kid. Ashley loved it and just said, more...more...more.

Here is a video of Ashley sliding down the hill. You will also notice that she has multiple layers of mittens on to keep her little hands warm. If you listen closely, you will hear her say, whoa, WHOA when she reaches the bottom of the hill.

Here's my little cookie monster saying cookies.

Here is a video of Ashley talking.

Ashley loves to wear our shoes these days. I'm not sure how she was able to move in daddys heavy boots but she did.


One last video of Ashley eating soup. It occurred to me as I watched her eat it that these table manners were not something she learned at home. I had to laugh as I recalled watching Ashley at daycare with 10 plus toddlers all sitting at the little table eating their cereal and drinking their milk from the bowl.


What else is new this month with Ashley? She had a spell with pneumonia for about 2 weeks but that has finally passed. She loves cookies. Ashley and I baked cookies at Grandma Terry's on 12/6 and Ashley couldn't get enough. Some of the cutest things I have heard her say to date is mu me daddy- which was excuse me daddy as she climbed over his leg. Daycare has taught her to say Yo. Now she lays in her crib and says, Yo daddy, Yo mama, Yo Molly (teacher at daycare). It's very cute. Ashley has also become obsessed with Elmo. One evening while we were eating dinner, we discovered that Sesame Street was on. We made the mistake of saying Ashley, who is that to which she replied ELMO! We were then stuck watching Sesame Street for the rest of dinner. This is the first time she has watched tv. Now, when we turn on the tv, she says Elmo? It's hard to explain to a 21 month old that Elmo isn't on the tv all of the time. Just as I had calmed her down...ELMO came on for a commercial and then 30 seconds later, he was gone. Boy was Ashley mad. We had to turn the tv off just to get her to stop saying ELMO, ELMO, ELMO!!

Happy Holidays!!

November already?!

~ Ashley Jane Johnson ~

Here we are over at Grandma and Grandpa J's. We've spent a lot of weekends over there lately while our realtors show the house.

In the woods behind Grandma & Grandpa J's. The colors were beautiful.

My big girl!

Here we are at our annual pumpkin patch outing. Matt, Ashley and I rode on Grandpa Randy's 4-wheeler all the way from their house to the pumpkin patch. Ashley's wearing the little bumble bee fleece coat we bought her for $6. The hood has little eyes and antennas.

Friday was Halloween and although Ashley doesn't eat candy, we did take her to see Grandpa & Grandma J. We dressed her up as a clown. This picture is just before we put the outfit on.

Ashley the clown. She didn't care for the outfit at all. It pretty much came off as soon as we got to Grandpa & Grandma's. Grandpa & Grandma kept her overnight on Halloween. Matt and I went out for a couple hours. It was fun to see the costumes.

Ashley on her little hot wheel at G&G J's.

Ashley in her car seat on the way home from my cousin Riley's 5th birthday party. She was sure happy even though she was hungry and it was 6:30pm and we had just left the cities!

Riley donated her favorite Elmo chair to Ashley. We are so thankful for all of the wonderful hand me downs. Ashley is in love with her new chair. It's light enough that she can carry it from room to room.

Evidently our kitty loves Ashley's new Elmo chair too! I think she slept there all night.

I took this picture this morning. All my girls looking out the window waiting for daddy to come out of the garage.

Here is a video of Ashley hopping around the kitchen. She is saying "hop, hop, hop"!

Here is a video of Ashley helping Daddy build the Cobra. She loves to spend time in the garage with her Daddy.

19 Months Old!

Ashley Jane...

Here's my little peanut getting up from her nap. She's just getting SO big. On Sept 14th, Matt and I also celebrated our 6 year anniversary.

On of Ashley's favorite things to do is lay down on a big pile of blankets. As of Friday 10/10 Ashley can now say blankey. She still says kee for her small blanket but all other blankets and blankeys.

Here's Ashley getting ready to go for a walk up to the park. We like to walk to the park because the park has side by side slides that Ashley and I can go down together.

Here's Ashley with Maddy. Maddy loves to squeal as loud as she can. As you can also see, Ashley now carries her kee and ducky. In fact, she is obsessed with ducks. If she hears the geese on the lake, she squeals with excitement and begs for you to take her outside or hold her up in the window to see the ducks. She then tucks her arms into her armpits and flaps her arms like the ducks. It's adorable.

Maddy and Ashley having a thumb sucking contest. Their both the "best at that".

My little sweetheart! I left the ponies out for the day and she looked like a completely different kid. In this picture she was sitting at the breakfast bar eating doritos. She's a big girl!

Here she is enjoying her slide and the nice fall weather.

Yesterday for Ashley's 19 month birthday, we went to visit Violet and Henry for a cookie decorating/halloween party. Here is Ashley and Violet posing with Drama and Vince the goats. Maddy and Allie were there too...just not pictured above. It was a lot of fun. The kids loved decorating...and eating the cookies...so did us mommas.

Here Ashley and daddy sit down by the lake taking in the nice morning while searching for ducks.


What else is new this month? Well, Ashley now has 14 teeth...the last two were miserable. She was up every 2 hours or so crying oweeee, mommeee, oweeeee. Strange moment- she can now tell me when things hurt and she also decided she didn't want to take any medicine. The days of being able to simply squeeze tylenol into her mouth are over... What else? Oh, she went poopie in the potty at daycare! This only happened once, but none the less, it was exciting! Ashley can now repeat just about anything I ask her to say. This morning my favorite was how she said waffles.

Our house is officially on the market. We've had open houses all weekend and let me tell you what a chore it is to keep the house showcase clean with a 1 1/2 year old and a husband. If we all survive this transition it will be a miracle. I start my new job on 10/20.