8 Months Old Today!!

A couple of weekends ago when I walked in to get Ashley from her nap, her face and hair were covered in puke. This is what she looked like after I attempted to clean it out of her hair. I laughed and ran for the camera. Then she got a bath. You may also notice that she has a blankey in her crib. I got her a blankey a couple of weekends ago and now they are inseparable at nap time. She just loves her blankey.

Another picture from a couple of weeks ago. Matt decided to take the canoe out for some evening fishing.

Matt bought Ashley a pair of Converse tennis shoes. Now you may be thinking…why is she wearing just a onesie and her tennis shoes? Well, if you’ll notice this picture was taken on Halloween…and if you recall from my Halloween posting, Matt was in charge of getting her dressed in her costume- he tought it would just be easier to leave her shoes on then to take them off and try to put them on again. :o)

This is Ashley in a cute little outfit that her Auntie Angie sent her in a Halloween care package. The teachers at daycare loved it too- they said, she gets the best dressed baby award.

This is a picture from this weekend. Doesn't she look so big? She loves flailing her toys and saying ba ba ba ba.

Here is a picture of Ashley from this morning- she's 8 months old today! She's holding her bag of hair binders and trying to decide on what color. If you look real close at her bottom lip, you can see her little tooth peeking out. I think she is working on her second tooth now as she was sent home from daycare on Thursday with a temp of 101.8. She still had a temp Friday too so again, she had to stay home. Seems crazy to pay daycare for 5 days a week because I'm not sure she's been there for a full week yet! I'm still sick too and I am now on my second round of antibiotics for my sinus infection and taking a decongestant at the same time. I have had intense headaches for about 3 weeks. Ashley and I have been to the doctor so often, they actually recognize us when we walk in the door. I'm going to have to get a second job just to pay for the co-pays!

Another picture from today. I can't believe it's already been 8 months! Where did the time go?

A Frog and a Lizard

Here's my Halloween story: I left work at 4:10 yesterday and traffic home was horrific! I didn't get home till 5:50. I called Matt when I was about10 minutes away and said, ok change Ashley into her jammies and then put on her costume so that when I get home we can just run out the door to go to your parents house. So he complains a little and says I don't know where her jammies and costume are and ahhhhh, unnnnnnnnn, ablaaaa. So I tell him exactly where everything is and hang up the phone, he's going to get her ready. Well I get home and he was just finishing getting her into her jammies and is trying to figure out how to put her costume on. So I say, Ruby's costume is in the blue room closet, you go get that and put it on her and I will dress Ashley. So I start putting on Ashley's costume and she is not happy about it. I get her costume on and I am in a mad rush trying to hurry so we can snap the ultimate halloween photo. Ashley is crying and I look over and Matt is still trying to get the costume on Ruby. So I say, here, take Ashley and I will put Ruby's costume on. So finally both of them are dressed, Ashley is still crying and Ruby has the look of terror on her face and is wondering what on earth is on her back and laying on her head (her costume). So we snap a few pictures of crying kid & terrified dog and then rush out to the kitchen to put Ashley in her car seat so that we can quickly go see grandparents before she goes to bed. While Matt is getting her in the car seat, I have to quick wash a bottle and measure formula so we can feed her when we get there. So I am doing that and Ashley is screaming bloody murder in her car seat. Matt decides that the costume is choking her and takes her back out. I said, ok, take the top part of the costume down and put her back in the car seat. So he does that but she still's screaming, I look at the clock and yep, she's starving, so... we take her back out of the car seat, take her costume backoff, take the costume off Ruby and stop to feed Ashley. Ok, finally done feeding Ashley and time to put her costume back on. Since it didn't go well the first time, I decide, I am going to take off her jammies so the costume fits better. Ok, take off jammies put on costume, put Ashley back in the car seat, pack diaper bag, grab ruby- put her in her costume, leave the house! Wpheeeeeeeew- that was a lot work. Arrive and Grandpa and Grandmas, and of course Ashley is seconds away from falling asleep. TRICK OR TREAT!! Grandpa and Grandma had a teddy bear for Ashley and she did surprisingly well even though it was past bed time, but good grief, what an exhausting crazy evening! I'm sure we could have won the $10,000 prize on America's Funniest Video's had this all been captured on film. THE END.

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.