Such a Champ!

Ashley just recently had her 2 month check up! The doctor said she looks great - weighing in at 10lbs 6oz and 21.25 in long, and a head size in the 80th percentile (thanks dad!). Unfortunately, she also had to get 4 shots! Yikes! It was heartbreaking to hear her cry, but the nurse was really fast and our little snugs took it like a champ. Here she is with her camo bandaids a few hours later- still as happy as can be!

To make it easier for her to sleep that night we gave her a bath with some 'soothing bedtime' baby soap. She was loving her bath center when we changed the setting from newborn to infant! Now she looks like a queen on her throne! It seems like the whole 'shot' experience was definitely harder on Mom and Dad than it was on her!

Happy Halloween!

Our Halloween activities began by going to a harvest pary for one of our friends a couple weeks before. Ashley of course was the cutest darn Tinkerbell you have ever seen, and Matt, Erin and Cheryl were of course, the three blind mice! Someone did actually ask Erin if she was a bunny- we worry about the bunnies that this person has seen!

Next was one of everyone's favorites-carving Ashley's first pumpkin! Ashley helped Matt carve the perfect jack-o-lantern, an exact copy of her very own pumpkin-booty!

On the actual day of Halloween Ashley got to hang out with her buddy A.J. as Erin, and her friends actually had time to sit down and talk while eating a 'pumpkin pizza'- trust us, it is supposed to look like a pumpkin! Then we took the kiddos to Enterprise where Ashley got to see her daddy and all his co-workers go crazy with decorations!



Last but certainly not least we drove down to Palmer Lake so that Ashley could meet up with her cousins. We had Pebbles and Bam-Bam, Aurora (Sleeping Beauty) and the little fairy herself. By the end of the day she was EXHAUSTED! What a fun first Halloween though!

Bring on the Fall!

On Saturday we had the chance to visit the Colorado Pumpkin Patch in Monument and it was aweseome! Not only did God bless us with incredible weather, but there were SO many activities for the kids to enjoy- and you only had to pay for kids over the age of 2! Adults and the little ones were free (which is a word everyone appreciates!)

Ashley got a chance to spend time with her three cousins and a couple of really close friends-

which we will just have to tell her about later because the little stinker slept through the whole thing!!

Here are the kiddos at the goat petting zoo and the corn sandbox- yep, it was filled with real corn kernels!

Matt took Ashley for a 'ride' on one of the huge tractors and the kids spent some time running through (or on top of) the hay maze.

And of course, here is little miss Ashley with her very first pumpkin - now we just have to figure out how we want to carve it!




Towards the end of the day we all stood in line so that we could go on a tractor ride-not quite a thrill seeker,
but the kids had a good time :)

The last stop was the hay slide, which went surprisingly fast! Ashley will just have wait and try this one next year-
but her cousins had a great time!

We would definitely reccommend this activity to anyone willing to make the drive down to Monument!
It is the perfect way to celebrate fall!

Check out that volume!

Here is miss Ashley right after her bath. Hair is nice and clean, softly brushed, and 'pulled back' with a cute little bow........

Then no joke, like 20 minutes later....

POOF- it is all standing straight up!

Erin has to put stuff in her hair in hopes of having any kind of 'oomph,' and Ashley's won't stay down!

Gotta love it!