Grape Festival

So, as if we needed something else to do this week (Bunco Thurs. night, Emily's party Fri. at lunch, SS party Fri. for dinner, Emily's party Sat. at lunch, Sip & See Sun. in Ft. Smith!), we decided to head out to the Grape Festival tonight. Charles LOVES going there and the Fair and now so does Emily :) I, personally, think they are just really shew and dirty, but they have such a fun time I guess it's ok (we just come straight home and take REALLY good baths!).

We met up with Lance, Tracey and Lily, got the girl's their armbands and hit the rides! Emily and Lily rode everything together. They were so CUTE! I was glad Lily was there so that we didn't have to ride all the kiddie rides!! Plus there were a couple that you had to be over 36" but under 48" so it worked out perfectly! Lance and Charles were on ride duty and Tracey and I visited and watched...a pretty good division of responsibility if you ask me :) Oh yeah, and I had Ashley in the Baby Bjorn and Tracey is 7 months pregnant :)

We also saw Gary, Tarah, Jack and Jacob. They walked up while Emily was riding a ride. It took her three times around to realize who it was we were talking to. Every time she came around she would just look. Finally, on the 3rd time, she said "Tarah and Jack"! It was cute!

Ready to go!

Terrible picture of me, but the only picture of Ashley (kind of!) at her first Grape Festival!

Yummy...grape ice cream!

Emily participated in the grape stomp! She wasn't exactly sure what was going on!

What's going on in there?

Hey, this is fun!

All done! With lovely feet to prove it (definitely a Daddy idea!)!
Her face says it all :)

Advancement Sunday

Today was Advancement Sunday at church! All 4 of us went to new Sunday School classes! Ashley went to her first day in Sunday School in the Babies class! When Emily started in the nursery we had just joined the church and didn't know any of the teachers. It was a lot easier to leave Ashley this time because we knew everyone in there! We didn't get paged at all and when we went to pick her up they were just standing there watching her smile...it was too cute :) They said she hadn't been put down since we dropped her off :) I love her teachers!

Emily moved to the Two's-Two class! I was kind of nervous about dropping her off! Our friends Layne and James have been her teachers for the last 2 years and she was having some issues with the fact that they wouldn't be her teachers anymore. We have been talking about it for a week now and Layne took the kids last week to the next class to meet their new teacher! Well, Miss Sarah and Miss Shannon were prepared and had Play-dough out as the kids arrived. Emily walked right in and sat down at the table and started playing! We said "Bye Emily" and she said "I need hugs and kisses!" I thought, "Oh no, she's going to start crying!" But she gave each of us a hug and a kiss and went right back to the table! I was relieved and sad at the same time...she's such a big girl!

Charles and I moved up to the "old" class :) We are now in Adult 6, which covers the ages of 30-39! Oh my goodness!

All dressed up and ready to go :)

Such a big girl!

First day in the nursery!

2 Month Checkup

Today Ashley had her 2 month checkup! I cannot believe that she is already 2 months old, I just don't know where the time goes! It is so hard with the second one, I feel so bad that she doesn't get our undivided attention at this age like Emily did! But she seems to be right on track according to the doctor as well as Emily's recorded events :) so that makes me feel better! Here are some updates:

~ 12 lbs., 5 oz. (75th percentile)
~ 23 in. (75th percentile)
~ Has started "cooing"
~ Can roll over onto her side. Usually it's the right side, apparently that's her favorite!
~ Sleeps from 8:30ish pm until 4:30ish am, then takes a bottle and sleeps for another 3 hours - I am SO thankful :)
~ We are trying to get her on a 3 hour schedule during the day and it's going pretty good so far!
~ Wears size 1 diapers and 0-3 month clothes
~ Smiles A LOT :)
~ Loves to lay on her changing table and wiggle
~ Has started to hold on to our clothes or burpcloths when she gets them
~ She got 3 shots and 1 oral vaccine! She cried so hard, it made me so sad :( Here are her first bandaids!

Wiggly Girl!

She started the night in the positioner, swaddled, on her back and with her head to the left...this is how I found her the next morning! She is a wiggler!

Going For A Walk

Emily and Ashley both love going for a walk! With the wonderful weather we have been having it has been so nice at night! Emily had been playing dress-up the other day and asked if she could wear her dress-up clothes on the walk! I can't believe she left the house like this :)

Pretty Smiles!

Ashley has just been smiling so much lately! She has also started "cooing" and "talking" to us! It is so cute! She LOVES to lay on her changing table and just wiggle and talk! There is something magic about that place because Emily did the same thing! Here are a few pics of our smiley girl!

I don't know why this is on sideways!

A Good Big Sister!

The other night while I was fixing supper, Emily decided to entertain Ashley! She LOVES to "read" and will read to anyone who will listen! Right now, Ashley's a pretty captive audience :)