Our little cook

Ashley has loved playing with dishes and helping me in the kitchen since she was younger! Now she cooks in her kitchen while I'm cooking/cleaning and she loves to wear her apron from Grandma while she's busy! :) She needs more counter space, so we added boxes that were her size (every woman's complaint right!)

AZ baby

So we have really enjoyed all this rain lately! It was a pretty rough storm we had last week. Crazy winds and non-stop rain (similar to our wedding day! hahaha). Supposedly there were Tornado warnings and everything. . .Pretty wild for Arizona!

We finally got to wear her adorable rain coat and she loved it! :) A total AZ baby though, not sure what to do without the sun shining! She looks older and older everyday! Kev came home this day and she was eating dinner in the highchair, he looked at me and said, " she looks like a 4 year old today, how did she get so big?" Time really does fly and she is growing into an adorable toddler! :)



Oh' its chilly mommy!


Wow! What is that on the ground?


Her adorable new "cheese" smile!


Went to play at Grandma's for a change of environment. The rain had us stuck in the house!


Snuggling and reading with Grandma

Variety of Park play days. . .

Everyone else is freezing around the country at this time and I was putting sunscreen and a hat on her with 75 degree weather!

WE LOVE ARIZONA!

January 5, 2010





January 12, 2010
Park playdate with my friend Maddie! Maddie and I were having so much fun and were just getting ready to go when Daddy showed up and surprised us at the park! It was so much fun! :)


Picnic tables that are the perfect size for our little legs!


"Run Maddie, Daddy's going to get us!"


Cutie Maddie!


Running like crazy!



January 14, 2010
Snacking at the park. Mommy and I go to the park 3-4x's a week! We are not looking forward to our summer weather! :(


Snack time!


I love crackers and pretzels!





Waving at other kids running and playing!


Big girl on the playground and slides! Once she feels comfortable to do it on her own she loves to do it over, and over, and over again!


Ready. . . set. . .


GO! ! !


Pure excitement at the bottom!


AshB playing in the clubhouse


Mommy and AshB

Pigtail fun (2)

When she was younger and sat still I could play with her hair! Now it's somewhat of a struggle! hahaha Her hair is getting so long and I'm happy she's letting me play more and more everyday! She loves to look at herself in the mirror when she's all finished getting beautiful! What a girl! :)

Being silly. . .

Playing dead




Posing






Hamming it up. . .


CHEESE

Eating (cont)

Ashley has gotten much better with feeding herself and has tried cereal, oatmeal, chicken noodle soup, and anything else Daddy and I are eating! :)

She still loves mashed potatoes and those are much easier to clean up! :) hahaha


Mashed tatoes! :)


About to flip the spoon upside down!


YUMMMMM! ! !

Eating. . .

So Ashley wasn't too interested in big girl food right away and now she eats like a champ! She loves diced up chicken or turkey! She loves diced up apples and grapes. She LOVES black beans and cooked pasta, so I mix it up and make small shells and then small pasta wheels - love to give her a variety! hahaha

She is eating really well and has done amazingly well with feeding herself with a spoon! She enjoys eating pasta and applesauce and loves to make a mess! AshB has done a great job with using the spoon the right way and just recently has started her new trick of turning the spoon over as it gets close to her mouth. So she eats the food off the spoon upside down - hilarious, but hoping it's just another phase! :)


Eating diced up chicken or turkey!


Strapped in, naked and ready for Spaghetti!


Oh' she's ready!


Showing her "the right way" from the beginning! hahaha


Trying it herself


Not too bad


Getting a little more covered!


All finished and ended with applesauce! Yummy

Zoo Lights

The Phoenix Zoo does this amazing thing called "Zoo Lights" every holiday season. They decorate 1/2 of the zoo in a gazillion lights. They decorate trees, sidewalks, animal exhibits and even place lit up animal figurines through the zoo. It is absolutely gorgeous and some portions even have lights that dance to the music, the girls loved that! This year we went with our friends the Brown family (TJ, Tesha, and Maddie). The girls absolutely loved the Zoo Lights and were excellent throughout the evening, we had great weather too!



Girls are bundled up and ready to go!


Snacking along the way!


Family pictures at Zoo Lights




"Oh' WOW" So excited to see all the lights!


Silly Maddie!


So cool, the girls loved it!


AshB loves wearing glasses (anyone and everyone's) so we couldn't resist. Light-up glasses were our fun purchase and she loves to wear them! She also loves to wear them up on her head like mommy does!


Better without the flash on my camera! They have 6 different light settings! Too funny!


Pure excitement!


Wiped out and ready to go "night night"