Summer!

More teeth! I guess when you don't get your first tooth until 9 months, they are in a rush to poke through. Ashley has two bottom teeth visible and today I felt a top tooth coming in!

The weather has been amazing here. Ashley has been playing in her baby pool and has even gone swimming in her big pool! She absolutely loves the water. She'll sit in her float and kick away or she wants you to hold her so she can splash with her hands.

The basement is a big play room now and Ashley just loves to play with all her toys. She has a couple toys to hold on and walk while pushing and she does just that. It's exciting to see her learn more and more every day.

I can't believe she's going to be 10 months old tomorrow!

Clapping!

Ashley's tooth is really coming in now and she's drooling up a storm! As painful as I hear it is, she seems to deal with the pain quite well.

She has been very interested in her fingers lately, waving them and such. Yesterday, she started clapping and now she does it all the time!

That's all for now!

9 Months

9 Months!

Ashley had her 9 month appointment today. We were both happy that there were no shots! Ashley was 15 pounds, 15 ounces and 27.5 inches. She is in the 15% percentile for weight and 60% percentile for length. I swear she eats, she's just so active all day long and only naps for 2-3 hours total! The doctor said it's normal to see less weight gain when they start moving. And she sure likes to move!

Ashley's obsessed with her Leap Frog Table lately. She stands at it turning the page on the book and playing music and dancing. She's really good at sitting down from standing and sometimes I catch her doing squats!

We had a nice relaxing Mother's day and Grandma and Grandpa stopped by for a visit. When they were leaving, Ashley waved backwards bye with her hand. Too cute!

That's about it for now...We're waiting for that tooth to really come in!

We're home!

Ashley did even better on the drive home. I think she was tired from the fun and exciting visit in Maryland at Ashley's grandparent's house.

Ashley was a busy girl while in Maryland. She had lots of visitors, including her Aunt Laura, Great Grandma, Two Great Great Aunts, Great Great Uncle, Great Cousin, and several of Pete's friends from high school and their families!

Ashley has made several more milestones in the past week...

When we arrived in Maryland, she began pulling her self to a standing position and even started moving her feet to walk (Yikes!) Standing has become her top priority. She now looks around the room and crawls over to anything she can use to help her stand up! Not only can she stand up, but she managed to climb up stairs!

Ashley must have been doing a lot of planning on the drive home yesterday since she started dancing to music when we got home! She'll turn on her music from her toys and wiggles to it! It's sooooo cute! She's also getting good at waving bye.

She is "talking" all the time and you can see she is really trying to say something or maybe she's just moving her mouth because her FIRST TOOTH is finally about to appear! I didn't do any "tooth checks" while we were in Maryland but this morning I felt her tooth starting to pop through!

It's so much fun to see the new changes in Ashley and I have a feeling our lives have just become even more interesting!

Roadtrip!

Ashley did great on her first road trip. We left at 5am and Ashley woke up briefly as we changed her before we left. She woke up around 8am and after that only had about three 30 minute naps for the rest of the day! She was very happy most of the trip. We had great weather so she was able to crawl around when we stopped. We arrived in Maryland around 5pm central time and Ashley was happy to get out and play!

Ashley had to impress her grandparents and showed off how she's mastered standing up. She has been holding on to furniture and walking around! It's exciting and scary at the same time.

We have lots of visitors to see while here. Ashley is enjoying being the center of attention!

Firsts...

Lots of Firsts have been going on...

Ashley played in her baby pool for the first time last week. She had such a fun time splashing and crawling in the water. We can't wait to have consistent warm weather so she can play in it more often and also swim in the big pool once we get it open.

Ashley finally stayed awake to make the 5 minute walk to the park! She had such a fun time in the swing. She wasn't sure at first, but then she figured out it was fun and was smiling and laughing.

Now that Ashley's been crawling for awhile now and figured out sitting about a month ago, she's decided it's time for something new and is now pulling herself up to standing! We lowered the crib down when she started to crawl and then we dropped it again now that she can pull herself up (especially in her crib) but that still doesn't seem low enough, so we have to drop it all the way to the bottom! It's exciting to do so many new things, but it seems so fast!

Wednesday will be another big first, as we will be taking our first road trip with Ashley (and Jada and Pippen) to Maryland. We are renting a mini-van for the adventure and are looking forward to visiting with family and friends on the east coast!

Comments:

Tricia: Have an awesome trip! Can't wait to see pictures when you return! Oh, and can't wait to get in the pool with everyone this summer!

Spring!!

We are loving this spring weather! It was in the upper 70s today and Ashley was having a blast outside. I set down a blanket and she crawled to the side and was checking out the grass. She thought it was funny when the wind blew in her face so she was laughing and smiling since it was fairly windy.

Thankfully, we've had nice weather this March. Ashley and I have been able to take several walks around the neighborhood. She falls asleep within minutes of moving. I want to go to the park and see how she likes the swing, but she's always asleep when we get there!

We are looking forward to consistent warm weather and all the fun it brings!