Asher's 1st Birthday Party

Our Saturday started in Fairbury at Paw Paw & Gma Welborn's house. Ashlyn made a new friend with the puppy they were dog sitting for-he loved to play fetch with her. Gma found this tractor at a garage sale-how come I never find deals like this at garage sales!!Took Ashlyn a little bit to figure out how to run it but once she did she was all over the place. In the afternoon we went to Asher's 1st birthday party!
I think Asher enjoyed his cake my mom made for him what do you think?
Attempting once again to get a picture of the 3 kiddos-this was the best one I got at least 2 out of the 3 are looking at the camera:)
Asher opening all his neat gifts:)
LOVE LOVE LOVE the new ride buddy!!
Oh and of course Ashlyn broke it in for him since he couldn't quite reach the peddle:)
I thought this picture was cute with Kane in the back ground playing on the golf cart.
Hard to believe all the kids are 1 now and soon Ashlyn will be 2:(

1st boating trip

Sunday Me & Ashlyn joined Dustin, Tess & Asher for their 1st boating experience w/ kiddos. Overall I think it went really well-Ashlyn didn't really care for her life jacket or swimming in the deep water with Mommy. I think she hated the way the jacket made her lay flat on her back. So we decided to beach it the rest of the afternoon with some other friends. Then she loved it!!

Having 1st of many snacks:)
Really wishing mommy would let her drive the boat.

My little fishy:)

She loved to be pulled around in this little boat!

Having another snack-swimming makes you hungry.

Asher wasn't so sure about the water so he played in the boat most of the afternoon-loved this water gun.

5 minutes after getting in the car to go home!!

Interesting Saturday Morning!

Our Saturday morning started out pretty interesting! Ryan left by 7 to go out golfing with some buddies and Ashlyn and I were going to go shopping that afternoon in Peoria with Sam and Sydney. I decided I needed to vacuum out the car, clear out my good will stuff that has been in there for a week and load up the stroller. Of course Ashlyn was right there to help mommy out!! So while I was vacuuming she was climbing around messing around in the front. All the doors are shut at this point just the back hatch is open so I shut it and walk around to the passenger side to find it LOCKED!!!!! OH CRAP!!!!!!!!!! I frantically run around the car checking all the doors and of course there all locked. Ok deep breathe-I call Ryan and he said call Onstar they will onlock them right away-DUH!!! So I call onstar and the wonderful lady informed me that our subscription had expired a few months ago and they have no signal to our car so she can't help me! Your probably wondering why I just didn't use the extra key we have or key fab and that is b/c of course we only have one set!! So I call Ryan back-after 15 min. of me trying to bribe her with M&M's to hit the unlock button-and he tells me to call the police they will come right out since its a baby in the car. Ok-feeling like an idiot at this point I call 911 and she tells me she will send an officer right out and the fire dept. will have to come too. WHAT!!!!!! Why in the world does the fire dept need to be dispatched??? She said they always do when the police are called out. OH GOD-how embarrassing. I hang up and call my neighbor Kim right away to see if her girls are up and want to come over and try and see if they will have any luck sweet talking my little peanut into unlocking the doors-Ashlyn adores them. Within 10 minutes of calling 911 I have about 15 people in the garage, 3 firefighters, 3 police officers, 1 tow truck guy, and my neighbors. Oh and Ashlyn is not scared one bit, she is just bouncing all over the car smiling and staring at everyone as they are trying to bribe her into pulling the nob to unlock the door. Finally after about 30 min. pass the tow truck guy gets the door unlocked and the police officer rescues her-not that she wanted to come out she was having a good ole time in the car all by herself.

Oh and the best part is the guy put about a 3 inch crack in the passenger window-and the cost to replace it will be about $800 bucks-oh what a day!!!!!!!!! I guess I can only be mad at myself b/c I never thought to get an extra key made-well lesson learned-onstar subscription is now renewed for another year and an extra key is made.

Enjoying a DQ treat!

Well of course this isn't Ashlyn's first time having ice cream but it was the first time we let her have her own dish from DQ. She thought she was big stuff sitting there all by herself eating it-she wouldn't share with anyone:)

Baby Welborn Update

Thought I would post an update on Baby Welborn-had dr. appt yesterday and everything is going great so far! The best part is being done with the 1st Trimester-last week I felt like a new woman. The heartbeat this time was 155 and last time in the 160's-not that it matters much b/c I really don't believe that the heartbeat determines the sex of the baby but looking back Ashlyn's were right in the range at this time too:) June 1st we find out if the little peanut will be a little boy or girl! I can't believe how fast the time is just flying by.

Ashlyn's new cage!

Well after a lot of discussion over the winter we decided we had to fence in our yard. Ryan and I decided to go with the vinyl and we LOVE IT-turned out awesome. The color matches our siding perfectly and the best part is NO MAINTENANCE!! I had no idea how wonderful it would be-she can run free and we don't have to have our eyes peeled on her unless we are worried she is eating rocks or mulch! Now the 2nd debate is adding the swing set-I feel with her it would be an accident/broken arm waiting to happen:)

New way to drink from a cup

I was in the kitchen the other day and turn around to see Ashlyn laying on the ground drinking her milk like this-you can't help but laugh at her:)

Sleeping beauty

Not sure how crossing your legs while sleeping is comfortable but its Ashlyn's favorite position!!

I just love to capture moments like these.

Singing in the Tub

Ashlyn loves to sing in the tub-usually when I grab the camera she stops but I finally captured a moment.

some fun pics!

Ashlyn and her 2 best buds-Emily and Katie
Such a little ham!!

Ashlyn taking a short litte nap with Zelma-such a sweet picture.

BABY! BABY!

Ashlyn has picked up on me calling Ryan -"baby"-we have always called each other baby and tonight I yelled downstairs "Baby" its time to eat and next thing I know she is yelling "baby." Guess I better watch what I call him from here on out:)

Easter 2010

Ashlyn's 1st time coloring easter eggs-she loved it! I thought she did pretty good until it was time to clean up then she threw a HUGE fit.
Handsome boy Asher-love his easter outfit
Digging into her easter basket-well all she wants is the candy:)I thought this picture was so cute-Ashlyn and her PawPaw Bob Auntie Rachel twirling me around
Time for the easter egg hunt. Ashlyn loved it-she was too cute when we couldn't find her last egg she went around the yard yelling "EGG" "EGG"-I'm loving this age-attitude and all she is so darn cute and the best personality!

Oh yes I almost forgot about our attempt for a cute picture with the 3 kiddos

Not much success as you can see:)

Well to end our wonderful easter weekend we found out Monday morning Ashlyn had Chicken Pox. Over the weekend she got a rash across her back but we thought there is no way it could be chicken pox-no one we knew had them-she was vaccinated-and if it were she would have them everywhere. Well sure enough went to the dr. Monday morning and she have a very mild case-she has done very well with them and I have only seen her itch them a few times. Hopefully by monday she will be fully healed so she can go back to the sitter and we can get back to work:)