Ashley's Dr. Visits

Ashley has had very wonderful doctor visits so far! She is now a formula-fed baby (thanks to the aspirin I am taking daily for my blood clot!) and so I think that is why :) It seemed to take Emily forever to gain weight and each visit was kind of stressful, but so far, so good with Ashley. Here is a recap of our visits so far:

Look how little she looks on the big dr. table!!!

June 2nd
* 1st official appointment
* 8 lbs, 8 ozs (up from 8 lbs, 2 ozs at the hospital)
* Major question was the fact that when she spits up, it comes out her nose!!! Apparently completely normal, but it still weirds me out a little )

June 9th
* 8 lbs, 7 ozs (not too concerned, she was weighed on a different scale than the last time)
* Major question was her sleeping. She was sleeping ALL THE TIME. I know they say babies do that, but I don't think Emily ever slept that much! Again, she was completely normal :)

June 16th
* 8 lbs, 15 ozs (WOOO HOO, back to her birthweight)
* Major question was the consistency of her...ahem....poops :) Found out it's not the frequency of the poops, it's the consistency, so prune juice is needed. Again, completely normal :)

June 24th
* First visit to the sick side and she wasn't even really sick, I was just worried about a few things!
* 9 lbs, 14 ozs (MAJOR WOOOOHOOOO). Dr. said that 1 oz. a day is good for weight gain, she had gained 15 ozs. in 8 days!!! He even told me to start spreading the bottles out a bit....even at night....music to my ears :)
* To make a long story short....she is completely normal....again :)

She is truly an answer to prayer! I told God I wanted a healthy baby that slept....AMEN :)

Emily Can Count!

Daddy and Emily have been working VERY hard on counting lately! It all started with her bathtub numbers 1-10 and it has just gone from there! Here is our very talented 2 year old counting to 40....yes 40 (well, minus 11 and 16!) :)


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1st Trip to the Mall

Last week we HAD to get out of the house, so we loaded everyone and everything up and went to the mall. We were going to go to the outside mall in Rogers, but everything took a little longer than we had planned so we ended up at our indoor mall! Ashley slept the whole time which was nice! Emily got to spend some of her money and ride a few rides! Of course, I didn't take any pictures of Ashley on her first outing...but I did of Emily :)

Taking Daddy's ice cream order!

The purple car...Mommy's favorite!

1st Walk

Ashley took her first walk the other night. Even though it has been close to 100 during the day, the evenings have been pretty nice, still warm but not humid or anything. So, we have been trying to go for a walk every night....we'll see how long this lasts! Thank you to Aunt Becky and Uncle Bob, we do have a double stroller! However, at the time of our first walk it was not put together, so we each had a girl in a stroller :)

Up!!!

During Charles' 3 weeks off of work, he and Emily did lots of Daddy activities :) They both had a great time! I think Charles was both sad and glad to go back to work after 3 weeks! One of their activities was going to see the movie Up! Emily had never been to the movies before and Charles thought it would be fun for her to go! So, he told her he had a surprise for her and he said "Emily, we're going to go to the movies this afternoon, how does that sound?" And Emily said "No, let's go to Jump Zone, you know Jump Zone with all those blowup things?" I think Charles was a little sad because he had planned this for a couple of days and just knew that she would like it! However, after some discussion (as I told Charles, she didn't know what going to the movies was) and mention of candy, Sprite and Icee's, Emily decided she did want to go see the movie! She even picked out a special Sunday dress to wear to it....it was just precious!! She loved it! She sat through the entire movie, except for 1 trip to the bathroom! Charles said right at the end she got a little antsy but that was it!

All dressed up and ready to go!

Ready for Up!

It was even in 3-D!
Skittles and Sprite...yummy!She made it all the way to the end!

Summertime Fun!

On Thursday, Lily and Tracey came over to let the girls play! Tracey brought everyone Sonic drinks....yum.....and the girls had a BLAST enjoying a wonderful summer day! They swam in the pool, ran down the slip & slide, bounced in Emily's bouncer, went for rides in the wagon and had a picnic lunch outside! We enjoyed having them over for a nice relaxing afternoon! We will definitely have to do that again soon!

Ashley's First Bath!

Ashley is having to have "spit baths" until her belly button falls off! So far it's not her favorite thing, but I think that will change once she can take a real bath! Emily loves it when they get to take a bath "together" (Emily in the big bathtub and Ashley on the counter in her tub)! She just wants to look at her and know what she's doing! She's a great big sister!