What a Monkey!

So, Ashley has found a new way to find toys, just get in the bin with them!

Monkey Crawl!

Ashley didn't like the dry prickly grass! You can see her funny monkey crawl until she realizes she's being recorded :)

Standing on her own!

Look who's standing all by herself! She stood for probably 30 seconds and then got bored so she stat down and crawled to her toys. I have a feeling that now she's figured this out, she'll be walking soon!

Big Girl Car Seat

I'm still holding on to my last couple weeks with the infant carrier, but we got Ashley's Big Girl Car Seat. I love the convenience of the infant carrier but she's just getting to long for it (thankfully she's not too heavy for it or I might be ready to pack it away!) We were testing it out and she was quite happy in it...or maybe she was happy because she was playing with daddy's game controller.

The one on the left is in grandma's car and the other is for the CRV. We have one more for Pete's car, but Ashley doesn't weigh enough to use that one yet (she has to be 20 pounds and our little runt is only about 17-17.5 pounds)

Where has the time gone?

I was going through videos that were on the camera and I had to watch them to give them a name. Somehow there were random videos here and there since February. I cannot believe how much Ashley has changed in the last 6 months! I ran across videos of her first trying peaches and she wasn't too thrilled with them and I just thought how she has been eating them for months! She even has tried actual peaches!

I also found a video of her babbling nonsense and now she says mama and dada when she hears or sees us!

I can't believe in 25 days until Ashley turns one...Here's a video from a couple weeks ago...She's such a character!

Picnic

For 32 years, my dad and his childhood friends gather at the same location on the same weekend and this year our family got to show off Ashley!

Pete and I were only able to stay a short time (we had another party to attend) but Ashley stayed with my parents/family. She was so tired from the day she fell asleep within minutes of being in the car. We have many more years to look forward to at the picnic. I remember as a kid having water balloon fights and I'm sure Ashley and the other kids will be doing that soon enough!

Happy 4th of July Everyone!