OUR 3RD ANNIVERSARY!

It is really hard to believe that its been 3 years! Sometimes it feels like its flown by + other times it feels like we've been together our whole lives! I've had fun thinking of our gorgeous wedding... all the family + friends that came across the country FOR US! Its such an amazing feeling to know that ALL of you are there for us + love us!

Shawn came home today w/ a beautiful bouqet of flowers + a surprise menu for dinner... Coconut Curry Chicken Stir Fry w/ Noodles... all made from scratch!! I'm so blessed to have a chef for a husband! The dinner was delicious... just like 'My Thai' (my favorite thai restaurant in town)!!!
Shawn, thank you for being such a loving, caring + supportive husband. Thank you for being the best father to our princess. It melts me every day, seeing how in love the two of you are! Here's to our 3 blissful years together + many, many more in our future! I LOVE YOU!

Lunch Time...

As promised, here are the AVOCADO pics! This is Elsie Anne's 2nd time eating them + she ate the whole bowl in less than 5min... she is a SUPER BABY!
I love this green stuff... its delicious!!

Some acrobatics after lunch... can you imagine how strong her back + neck must be to scoot like this?! Such a crazy little monkey...

We just dropped Ashton off @ her sister's school + are waiting on Daddy to get home. Hopefully we'll get a workout in today, we'll see?!

Happy Tuesday!

Today, we are having more fun w/ baby Ashton! EA got so excited to see her this morning. Ashton smiled + made EA wiggle + smile in delight! They are going to be the best of buds!
They are both napping right now, so I wanted to get some blogging in. I also already made another batch of organic bananas b/c EA is loving them! Yesterday she tried, + loved AVOCADO for the first time... I will take some pics of her eating it for lunch today!

FSU vs MIAMI...

Well, the outcome of the game wasn't as we desired... but we had a fun time watching the season opener as a family @ home!

Elsie Anne loving her bananas...
Daddy is the best 'jungle gym'...

Giving Homer Simpson a hug... yes, these are Shawn's slippers!!
After Elsie Anne went to bed, the game got intense... With our shouting + cheering, I'm so glad we didn't wake her up!

6 MONTHS...

Game Day... Go Noles!!!

weight 13.4lbs (5th %)
length 26in (50th%)
head 44cm (90th%)

Elsie Anne is officially 6mo old, on Sept 3rd!!! How did our little princess get so big?! How did this time go by so fast?! Didn't we JUST come home from the hospital?!

Shawn has already said he wants another baby... I'm thinking... 'not so fast mister'! The infancy part of parenthood was such a blurr to both of us... I hope next time we'll remember it more!

EA continues to impress us... everyday learning + doing new + different things! Her personality has blossomed + is so hilarious! She is such a happy, loving, sweet little baby... we couldn't be any happier!

GO SEMINOLES!!!

Okay, we don't care if Kirk thinks there's going to be an upset on Monday nite... We are priming Elsie Anne to do some real Seminole cheering...War Chant...OOOOO, OO, OOOO OOOO (if you know what I mean)!

This is EA thinking Mamma + Daddy are crazy...
F-L-O-R-I-D-A, S-T-A-T-E, Florida State, Florida State, Florida State... WOOOO!

Thank you BumBum for her 1st FSU t-shirt! It's only fitting that YOU were the one to send it to her! We love you!

A funny shot that Shawn got while she was playing w/ the top to her sippy cup!
HAHAHA, silly girl!

Our First Week w/ Ashton...

Meet ASHTON... she is my new 'client', a little confusing since my niece shares the same name! She is 3mo old + has an older sister, Avery, who I kept for a few months while I was pregnant. Their parents are wonderful people + I'm so glad to be working for them again!

I picked Ashton up from her house @ 7:30am both Tues + Wed mornings, while Shawn stayed home w/ Elsie Anne. It's so nice to be able to keep her @ my house... that way EA stays on her normal schedule + doesn't feel out of place. Ashton's mom is a physical therapist @ the local gym, so I was able to drop her off there @ 5pm + then workout w/ Elsie Anne!

I had been telling EA that we were going to have a little baby friend come play w/ us... not to worry, SHE was my daughter + I'm NOT trying to replace her! For some reason, I had a bit of guilt before bringing Ashton over. But once the week had come to a close, I saw there was no reason for feeling that way... EA could have cared less when I was holding or feeding Ashton. And I made sure to play w/ them equally, love on them equally, talk to them equally, etc! I think EA really understood the situation!

It was really neat watching Elsie Anne stare intently @ Ashton... she was really trying to figure her out! At one point when EA had woken up + she saw that Ashton was in the swing, she'd play a bit then look over @ Ashton, like 'what do you think about that'!!! Same w/ Ashton... EA would be shaking a rattle, sitting up + she couldn't take her eyes off EA. It is kind of wierd that EA is the 'big girl'... my little baby is the 'big girl'??!

Elsie Anne tried organic BANANAS for the first time on Tuesday!! She has been eating Oatmeal Cereal for a few weeks now + was definitely ready to try something new! I'm so proud of myself too... I bought the 'Super Baby Food' book, + I've learned to MAKE all of her food! I know exactly what is going into her little body! No preservatives, chemicals, fillers, etc... just plain organic bananas! I've also just made a batch of organic AVOCADO, that she will try after 5 days of eating bananas w/ no allergic reactions!!!

HMMM?? What do I think about these? This was the 1st day she tried them (Tues).

UMMMM! I want to lick the bowl!!! And this is the 3rd day she had bananas (Thur)...
Elsie Anne loves her new 'Exersaucer' Gee + Granpa sent her (my in-laws)!!! She gets so excited when we sit her in it... look @ this GUMMY grin!! I've got to say, she is getting so hilarious... + more beautiful w/ every day! WE LOVE HER SOOOO MUCH!

This was the perfect solution to keep EA busy while I fed or put Ashton down. It kept her so entertained + I didn't have to worry about her getting into 'trouble'!

Happy Birthday to ME...

Just a quick little post to share w/ everyone the FUN ADVENTURE Elsie Anne + I experienced the eve of my Birthday...

As we were headed home from the gym, looking forward to my Birthday Dinner w/ my family, my tire picked up a nice surprise for us all... Immediately after driving over a ditch in the never ending construction site, my back left tire made an awful thumping noise... I pulled over to find THIS in my tire...

6INCH, 3/4 ROUND BOLT!!! To put it into perspective... Yes, THIS was a wonderful ending to my 29th Birthday!
Thank goodness for our Knight in Shining Armor... DADDY TO THE RESCUE!!! Shawn was about 15min behind us, so he was able to fix everything! He had to put the spare on, while EA + I took his truck home to get dinner + tubby going. I think this was my first flat tire experience, + I have to say, I wouldn't have known what to do w/out Shawn. I was getting ready to call a tow truck?! HAHAHA!

Okay, I don't want to sound like 'poor me' b/c I really had a great Birthday! We had celebrated on Sunday @ Water World in Denver. I wasn't able to take pictures b/c I couldn't carry the camera + EA around + risk getting it stolen or wet on the slides! Laurie, Scott + Donnie came w/ us + it was a trip we'll never forget! It was an overcast day, so not many people were there, which was great b/c we got to go on all the slides we wanted w/ no lines!!! We just took turns holding EA... before leaving, we took her in the warm baby pool area... she loved SPLASHING in the water, can't wait for her next pool experience (next wknd w/ Henry)!!