An Ashlyn Update

Ashlyn has grown up so much in the past few months. I've been telling my mom that her hair now fits in pigtails, and this picture is proof:


The Saturday before Easter, Grandma May hid eggs in her yard for the grandkids to find. Brad and I would lead Ashlyn over to the hidden eggs and let her grab them and put them in the basket. After the hunt, she went into the house and dumped her entire basket out. I think it was easier to drag it around when it wasn't full and heavy!




We recently bought a small container of sidewalk chalk and Ashlyn has really enjoyed scribbling with it in the back yard. We've had some pretty warm days and it has been so nice to be able to play outside.




Ashlyn had just woken up and she climbed into Brad's lap for some cuddle time. She loves her daddy!


Ashlyn is also talking more and more. She says "bubbles" and "popcorn" extremely well. She is great at communicating what she wants without words too. What a big girl!

Baby #2 is on His/Her Way!

We wanted to share with you all our happy news . . . we're expecting once again! The EDA is September 23, so that means I am about 14 weeks pregnant. These ultrasound pictures were taken 2 weeks ago.

This pregnancy has been an interesting experience to say the least. Shortly after we found out we were pregnant, I started bleeding, and I was pretty positive that I was miscarrying (this was about the same time I had the car wreck). However, I didn't go to the doctor immediately, and the bleeding stopped and I started to have some strong pregnancy symptoms, and by pregnancy symptoms, I mean 24/7 morning sickness.

At about 11 weeks I started bleeding once again, and once again I thought I was miscarrying. This time, however, I did go to my midwife. She suggested that I have an ultrasound done, and in the ultrasound, it was found that I had a tear in my uterus (can anyone else see that in the pictures?), but that the baby was perfectly healthy. We couldn't have been happier.

So, hopefully the bleeding will not be an issue. What will be an issue, though, is my nausea (if it doesn't stop really soon). To date, I have thrown up 25 times. Was that too much information? I have found that eating is the only thing that makes me feel better, so I'm afraid that I am going to gain an enormous amount of weight this pregnancy.

I'd like to add that my weak stomach is the reason why I have been such a pathetic blogger for the past two months. Hopefully, I'll be better about posting, but I'm not making any promises . . .

Underage Driving

Whenever we're out in the garage, Ashlyn likes to be out there too. We let her crawl around the car and she just loves it. I got in after her to go somewhere, and she had managed to turn the blinkers, windshield wipers, radio and air conditioning on!

Farm Country

About two weeks ago, we went with Grandma and the cousins to Farm Country at Thanksgiving Point. Ashlyn is still not a huge animal fan, but she enjoyed playing with the other kids.

Here she is with two of her cousins.


She liked these little buildings.


She was crawling all over the place, and ended up with filthy pants and coat!