The Weekend of Many Firsts!

We went up to Phillips this weekend to enjoy the nice weekend (well Saturday anyway). Ashlyn got to.....

Go on her 1st lawnmower ride.... Go on her 1st 4 wheeler ride....

Swing on the new swing daddy and grandpa put up....and after a few minutes of swinging mommy looked away for a second and heard something snap. She looked back to see Ashlyn in the swing hanging from only one rope in the tree! No harm done...she was fine! Just needed to secure the ropes a bit tighter....

A tired little girl on the car ride home after a long weekend of fun :)

Over the weekend, 3 of Ashlyn's 4 top teeth that are coming in popped through. The 4th one is real close. She has been a little on edge lately and some things set her off real easily, but what do you expect when she's getting 4 teeth in at once!! We think she's been doing really well, all things considered...what a little trooper :)

One Year Pictures

We got Ashlyn's 1 year pictures taken this week. We had a friend from high school, who is a photographer (she also took her 6 mth pics), come over to our house to do the pictures this time. Ashlyn was quite serious, and needed a cracker and milk break during the session, but otherwise didn't do too bad. We got a sneak preview of a couple of the proofs on Kathy's blog at: http://foreverphotographyonline.blogspot.com/. Ashlyn's photos are the August 14th post.

Hot weather!

Over the weekend we went swimming in our pool on the deck. Ashlyn had more fun crawling out of the pool and around it than anything. What a goof...it kept her entertained though!

Poor thing had little bruised up knees after this though! She needs to learn how to walk (wait maybe not, then she probably wouldn't have stayed ON the deck)....what are ya gonna do :)

1 Year Check-Up for our little Troublemaker!

One of our favorite things to do now is go through mama's cupboards and take things out multiple times a day! And look at how she just sits there like "look what I did." How fun!!

We had Ashlyn in to the doctor last week for her 12 month checkup. Everything looks good and she is now 22 lbs 7 oz (75th percentile) and 30.5 inches long (90th percentile). Big Girl!!! The pediatrician said that normally babies don't follow a growth curve all of the time, but Ashlyn has basically been following the same growth curve since she was just a couple months old! She also had to get 4 shots (not fun), but actually worse than that was when they pricked her finger to get blood (horrible - I felt soooo bad for her!!!). We survived though and once she finally calmed down after that she seemed fine the rest of the night.

Happy 1st Birthday Ashlyn! How the year flew by...

I must be a little post happy today but I wanted to post a few pictures from the last year. So much has changed and Ashlyn has grown and developed so much it's just amazing. She has become a one year old who is somewhat shy and timid, but silly, and can have a little attitude when she wants! We wouldn't change her for the world!

These pictures were taken this morning of the Big Birthday Girl!!

She has started to "pose" for pictures when you tell her to smile for the camara - what a cheesy smile!

Cute pics with a few friends...

Mason, who is only about a month older than Ashlyn, wanted to give her a kiss~ boy these kids are starting young! Ashlyn and Taylor were snuggling with the bear...they were so cute! Addy, Brody and Ashlyn were hanging out at the party...

Ashlyn's 1st Birthday Party!

We had Ashlyn's birthday party yesterday. We had some family and friends over and they were all soooo generous! The weather was awesome and she did really well all afternoon. She did get a blue frosting foot from the pictures with the cake, but she didn't seem to mind. Here she is "opening" her presents with some help from the older kids. She liked the tissue paper the best! She needed to lay down for a minute because she was getting a little sleepy from all of the activity :) Our big Birthday Girl!!!