tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202645700864868102024-03-05T11:48:37.150-07:00Our Journey to ForeverAshley Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17758700866065555264noreply@blogger.comBlogger110125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220264570086486810.post-64704389931161419462011-07-25T10:14:00.018-06:002011-07-25T11:27:36.932-06:00Summer Fun<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIUrm3cP4jt0_7xsb7swnmC8OZ8NHFDrUYa6OwfJ3KOFefg83XsTaXh_CWv_nxDYjr3wQi-iI2ctx_CyLb4aMJgD1Q3xM9cJnzAMBBRjD3m4GQZsyVjHDi7ajZS8C_lC8jjNOW8TaL60Y/s1600/IMG_0170.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIUrm3cP4jt0_7xsb7swnmC8OZ8NHFDrUYa6OwfJ3KOFefg83XsTaXh_CWv_nxDYjr3wQi-iI2ctx_CyLb4aMJgD1Q3xM9cJnzAMBBRjD3m4GQZsyVjHDi7ajZS8C_lC8jjNOW8TaL60Y/s320/IMG_0170.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633342827258915954" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0FRlcaObmjrrQUlQnTZk8IQclvSwQFTtpuE_AzqUsjn849AI0uYsjv5L713A3MC6xpbJuw-G468g7lV4O1RL8wHaOCR-7xvNRBJ30Chg1nYPOngmRNQcXQxKqxX8eeqcCVChoV3QzxDk/s1600/IMG_0099.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0FRlcaObmjrrQUlQnTZk8IQclvSwQFTtpuE_AzqUsjn849AI0uYsjv5L713A3MC6xpbJuw-G468g7lV4O1RL8wHaOCR-7xvNRBJ30Chg1nYPOngmRNQcXQxKqxX8eeqcCVChoV3QzxDk/s320/IMG_0099.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633324815389465922" /></a><br />We've been having a pretty good summer. We decided to go to Utah for a month to be close to family. We stayed there for all of June and now we're back in Washington. We brought my little sister Savanna back with us to stay for all of July. Here are some of the things we've been doing....<br />Parks<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-3oiUqkqCFhEbq7VRq3X-BoT0g566Swxe_2CLIOj_73aXFiPkTAcEfmjV2sUKk8ZpUpNryWDplpyET21F8falzrPyzgiTQnPGp7YzRJFmbknrLfJoTsKFLT4cAu7Z4jedKn35ASfWhCk/s1600/IMG_0119.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-3oiUqkqCFhEbq7VRq3X-BoT0g566Swxe_2CLIOj_73aXFiPkTAcEfmjV2sUKk8ZpUpNryWDplpyET21F8falzrPyzgiTQnPGp7YzRJFmbknrLfJoTsKFLT4cAu7Z4jedKn35ASfWhCk/s320/IMG_0119.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633326273927181314" /></a><br /><br />Playing Outside<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ6MltdIIt8gWdIee-hZ-fWHsZWb1jlqUMNE0rqn1FR8TP1bevummE0EyjMEkRI6iQxbsqIyAQmnkUZJKIdtpVt4Mei18lBpqOhZRdDkckKwT3nglkDHQ_e0KsDK0Ix6bEbJEP1BrIH4Y/s1600/IMG_0198.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ6MltdIIt8gWdIee-hZ-fWHsZWb1jlqUMNE0rqn1FR8TP1bevummE0EyjMEkRI6iQxbsqIyAQmnkUZJKIdtpVt4Mei18lBpqOhZRdDkckKwT3nglkDHQ_e0KsDK0Ix6bEbJEP1BrIH4Y/s320/IMG_0198.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633328661539694546" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0xykiO4jW3Q1_6dOn9g3MT4XTgND_t-cz2SzwDAKFxuEb-WiUSKt0dZLk9TRpxigYsl9yM91w2AA2ms1p0x9AVWx-W3vG6Haq1l4lhnovM5wOqmc2G8FQojt0OGuTC3rgfRP1jjn4smU/s1600/IMG_0237.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0xykiO4jW3Q1_6dOn9g3MT4XTgND_t-cz2SzwDAKFxuEb-WiUSKt0dZLk9TRpxigYsl9yM91w2AA2ms1p0x9AVWx-W3vG6Haq1l4lhnovM5wOqmc2G8FQojt0OGuTC3rgfRP1jjn4smU/s320/IMG_0237.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633329927475604098" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwvBaCwy4AWefclFFmM5fUtZbwz21VKKM8OrOq3FC5a_1XS3Vv65SK-SOMXPdxIEXmMH-5MhjC0Cx5mSMkZ_Ka2Y5UWYcFhpQeLmCQjSmouIkqyLZ2NNL8OYkRyMN11f_Fh2Tk69JmAu0/s1600/IMG_0238.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwvBaCwy4AWefclFFmM5fUtZbwz21VKKM8OrOq3FC5a_1XS3Vv65SK-SOMXPdxIEXmMH-5MhjC0Cx5mSMkZ_Ka2Y5UWYcFhpQeLmCQjSmouIkqyLZ2NNL8OYkRyMN11f_Fh2Tk69JmAu0/s320/IMG_0238.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633330694133306322" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9KT8LCYx09PfVySnt5WxCIWG1Ahenn39yGU91ByC9bC1TtHfyPWBQ19odNuqTUrdRq0Ef7e3ZGuvEuQDcWZIjwmtxckxQnE_pr6-jCZR-y40xif0bJNBs9jx63Te_1b-YXLCy16hmfws/s1600/IMG_0255.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9KT8LCYx09PfVySnt5WxCIWG1Ahenn39yGU91ByC9bC1TtHfyPWBQ19odNuqTUrdRq0Ef7e3ZGuvEuQDcWZIjwmtxckxQnE_pr6-jCZR-y40xif0bJNBs9jx63Te_1b-YXLCy16hmfws/s320/IMG_0255.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633331326286116674" /></a><br /><br />Playing Inside<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Qp8Z6S7Jz-AxKJ2GUPDwc00v4heWrcfbNYAyo8YMonYlCH13wXehKLDgKA4HmRR7toWH2QQSUTbhPhn-q4NTsi-Y01sERpwF5GIiCkcaGxwbQKd6y0cLgOoqdXFLp-9Iz3MEi5lqS84/s1600/IMG_0289.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Qp8Z6S7Jz-AxKJ2GUPDwc00v4heWrcfbNYAyo8YMonYlCH13wXehKLDgKA4HmRR7toWH2QQSUTbhPhn-q4NTsi-Y01sERpwF5GIiCkcaGxwbQKd6y0cLgOoqdXFLp-9Iz3MEi5lqS84/s320/IMG_0289.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633332334046179058" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieZqe-Tierj5o9LGjD8uU_T0zQuP1NUV0yZn3E9eaXKmVYUvoxhUsrpbKrg13rO5O-RDcrJ-w5nQohSm3Opgtr-R0kvogkRgqfCvyRhrXNXKtYBMBrnfBleEx-nIUVqNUYoyit3MHjmY4/s1600/IMG_0331.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieZqe-Tierj5o9LGjD8uU_T0zQuP1NUV0yZn3E9eaXKmVYUvoxhUsrpbKrg13rO5O-RDcrJ-w5nQohSm3Opgtr-R0kvogkRgqfCvyRhrXNXKtYBMBrnfBleEx-nIUVqNUYoyit3MHjmY4/s320/IMG_0331.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633332669574875266" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVF23uZRbgJYFKr9Vx72A26n4wbXQhxhuJatYJEsxNhGaG1n7cCROJAovxs5iX8GqIy-eKPeIP5ku301iRPFHdIfWzwbYoKnw8JVpADBebfZRGuBMJ4qGXgpHzRb0Gn22BjfydmjFv31g/s1600/IMG_0351.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVF23uZRbgJYFKr9Vx72A26n4wbXQhxhuJatYJEsxNhGaG1n7cCROJAovxs5iX8GqIy-eKPeIP5ku301iRPFHdIfWzwbYoKnw8JVpADBebfZRGuBMJ4qGXgpHzRb0Gn22BjfydmjFv31g/s320/IMG_0351.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633333390626682594" /></a><br />Children's Museum<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP8sIVt1sB-sEw3KCUa_WIRLxC1ej4IBboH8x5cWvJ2UIVvUyH65TjAm9BWE7YrbEz3b8jR7hyphenhyphenq67peBhzFDviV37LwbS8tWg2T5l8hcuDwWnTrM7sganXH8irmEk4tWEwlljNxCXtaV8/s1600/IMG_0441.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP8sIVt1sB-sEw3KCUa_WIRLxC1ej4IBboH8x5cWvJ2UIVvUyH65TjAm9BWE7YrbEz3b8jR7hyphenhyphenq67peBhzFDviV37LwbS8tWg2T5l8hcuDwWnTrM7sganXH8irmEk4tWEwlljNxCXtaV8/s320/IMG_0441.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633336506201168034" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9JjmyMLjl1p3OBtZiSonV4-nTjlvCBQwmuHZY-Bk1PRNJ5Kf4Mvr5VWtind8aPTy-jOM4I3CDcGOqraSqiqgStZhYkwke3skZHtUo1FGNHRYNxXobIrnV5v6GforeiGnmJorC-xHhj7c/s1600/IMG_0394.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9JjmyMLjl1p3OBtZiSonV4-nTjlvCBQwmuHZY-Bk1PRNJ5Kf4Mvr5VWtind8aPTy-jOM4I3CDcGOqraSqiqgStZhYkwke3skZHtUo1FGNHRYNxXobIrnV5v6GforeiGnmJorC-xHhj7c/s320/IMG_0394.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633335927800396626" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhdGbLhd5UYH_KeKcMpx4BTPWdx-wmBFkkzj8ii9T49n2eY1SMihzLvWmS04P1EKC5nfLyJGarmNmrSxGAUHEtPcUt1QoPGgFBocoZ1ZH_VsmJygTeg2zBik8NeQpcFh7iJkNQQ8xNZvs/s1600/IMG_0383.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhdGbLhd5UYH_KeKcMpx4BTPWdx-wmBFkkzj8ii9T49n2eY1SMihzLvWmS04P1EKC5nfLyJGarmNmrSxGAUHEtPcUt1QoPGgFBocoZ1ZH_VsmJygTeg2zBik8NeQpcFh7iJkNQQ8xNZvs/s320/IMG_0383.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633335243546666786" /></a><br /><br />Homemade Pizza<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn1-GjU_wMHqaqh8nZB9-MfRiFKIvtHL0d3wXKMONExCQUS0Ga2Hc1KW3Itj59wHaXoFW4mEThStdbBLfBmbLV-FVpkPQo_9a2995zMeNWCi2wTER9VwxdQLOprUu_-n8KJpIYXMWuQgw/s1600/IMG_0481.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn1-GjU_wMHqaqh8nZB9-MfRiFKIvtHL0d3wXKMONExCQUS0Ga2Hc1KW3Itj59wHaXoFW4mEThStdbBLfBmbLV-FVpkPQo_9a2995zMeNWCi2wTER9VwxdQLOprUu_-n8KJpIYXMWuQgw/s320/IMG_0481.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633340706739658466" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZrP_MTvSm4Wqhs3OiVYvAZ5XJ91Z0O_XVCiAY9TAsg3W9BDf0bPpFf9rgX5KDH7IpVglSrVsulp2pzvD4gueYOzAvVtjL7z_aVUMbIf3R_la_za86GaEBpdIE64xvTNN4lee0sSY6Jv4/s1600/IMG_0497.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZrP_MTvSm4Wqhs3OiVYvAZ5XJ91Z0O_XVCiAY9TAsg3W9BDf0bPpFf9rgX5KDH7IpVglSrVsulp2pzvD4gueYOzAvVtjL7z_aVUMbIf3R_la_za86GaEBpdIE64xvTNN4lee0sSY6Jv4/s320/IMG_0497.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633341161535517218" /></a><br /><br />And last but not least Oliver is now in a big boy bed and doing great!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM27t3FrrvbLLacy5Km5ntBZ9Yx9I8VrpQ6ceILBMlpjGM9ABJRca0rmts-VFKAHGb9S5nPUS9UHLV8wRCCUqHQz0xYPf7itQncxwHLJBVVHQssiTDt7bxrxeWdh4rH7e1HjH311QJWU0/s1600/IMG_0524.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM27t3FrrvbLLacy5Km5ntBZ9Yx9I8VrpQ6ceILBMlpjGM9ABJRca0rmts-VFKAHGb9S5nPUS9UHLV8wRCCUqHQz0xYPf7itQncxwHLJBVVHQssiTDt7bxrxeWdh4rH7e1HjH311QJWU0/s320/IMG_0524.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633342067974475762" /></a>Ashley Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17758700866065555264noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220264570086486810.post-90523845613861147952011-03-09T08:22:00.013-07:002011-03-09T08:59:19.888-07:00New Post!Finally getting the chance to do a new post. Things have been really busy for me lately. But, Ben has been missing his son so much so this post is for you Daddy....<br /><br />Oliver is now a one year old. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg34BPvH0qPbdcVzxC2pWNZ3dr8rBqYx8KXAyGDgwAaVz0RgLtbjamfn1-3cCqYHkyBWLbE-pD3vedw6ExFO1ZN9e5PH4YsaxmmNtOtZSgh-NwWwUvQxlmkiDRmuiWELlUrBqakZu3FJW4/s1600/get-attachment-13.aspx.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg34BPvH0qPbdcVzxC2pWNZ3dr8rBqYx8KXAyGDgwAaVz0RgLtbjamfn1-3cCqYHkyBWLbE-pD3vedw6ExFO1ZN9e5PH4YsaxmmNtOtZSgh-NwWwUvQxlmkiDRmuiWELlUrBqakZu3FJW4/s320/get-attachment-13.aspx.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582102277322600610" /></a>Here he is eating his birthday cake. He actually didn't really like it. He just licked all the frosting off the top. (It may or may not be because I left out the baking soda and didn't taste very good. Lol.)<br /><br />Having a toddler keeps me on my toes. He has been walking since 10 months old and now he is EVERYWHERE. He doesn't like to be held and definitely doesn't like you to hold his hand<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg12qjqUOnw8ysORpfJ0AqWoyLFuRxTWTLJAMCxke3XiaMIzmY_YPzy59yKqz7Cc7T7VC-tAF7C0EMfBWkKGRmH2ag1-PXpS85HDzAREnx-fIxIlw97GnyEYPAFDzVkX035CswyEXmmXn0/s1600/get-attachment-8.aspx.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg12qjqUOnw8ysORpfJ0AqWoyLFuRxTWTLJAMCxke3XiaMIzmY_YPzy59yKqz7Cc7T7VC-tAF7C0EMfBWkKGRmH2ag1-PXpS85HDzAREnx-fIxIlw97GnyEYPAFDzVkX035CswyEXmmXn0/s320/get-attachment-8.aspx.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582103116689053970" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrzKSJN6bbsUca-v5A70YJmbUVOtQKgS1RJzJG77EIJZCD3LAEe2t7054DbvWtG4lWVOjUMJWHs2PGMI82DrMG2DVstY2-IC6fEKQ7CCFqKZF7aQmfjSUGdxn9L-to3Ucs69yEB3hamcg/s1600/get-attachment-11.aspx.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrzKSJN6bbsUca-v5A70YJmbUVOtQKgS1RJzJG77EIJZCD3LAEe2t7054DbvWtG4lWVOjUMJWHs2PGMI82DrMG2DVstY2-IC6fEKQ7CCFqKZF7aQmfjSUGdxn9L-to3Ucs69yEB3hamcg/s320/get-attachment-11.aspx.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582103279457584450" /></a><br />Unless of course if your name is Daddy. When Ben is home he doesn't let him out of his sight. The last time Ben came home Oliver held on to him so tight and would not let go. So sweet. It makes me sad they have to be separated so much. But we sure do appreciate the sacrifices he makes for our family. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7QQtVnbHbU4MjzAOQ1rwn0O3ZjZnPv5D89naDKfthqB-XUd7WxUlAHOwkSjzedGezouDP8NLxRCH6z4wf_Zz3nte9plmt9sM9kY5lOjpbX2NFy71W_UTXbNzzEb_0pPlQ6low-1ngLH0/s1600/get-attachment-7.aspx.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7QQtVnbHbU4MjzAOQ1rwn0O3ZjZnPv5D89naDKfthqB-XUd7WxUlAHOwkSjzedGezouDP8NLxRCH6z4wf_Zz3nte9plmt9sM9kY5lOjpbX2NFy71W_UTXbNzzEb_0pPlQ6low-1ngLH0/s320/get-attachment-7.aspx.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582108166418350594" /></a><br />Here is how we get him dressed everyday. (We have to manhandle him a little bit) It's fun. :)<br /><br />This is for all of you Despicable Me fans. Our little minion.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIIsnaUlmG9kzzXWKH2qEXVeLvjvNpFe-K8hXwgGioQPiHO1pkyooqq5pyu2YqgsgkeXTX0N19FjFbHMIANVQTUdTfhcSym0ayCXNrVV1GT37Q8bz4Gki_3G4r_rcIpnV1sP5IFCX22r4/s1600/get-attachment-12.aspx.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIIsnaUlmG9kzzXWKH2qEXVeLvjvNpFe-K8hXwgGioQPiHO1pkyooqq5pyu2YqgsgkeXTX0N19FjFbHMIANVQTUdTfhcSym0ayCXNrVV1GT37Q8bz4Gki_3G4r_rcIpnV1sP5IFCX22r4/s320/get-attachment-12.aspx.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582109072275541538" /></a><br /><br />When we go out to eat at a restaurant we are definitely the loudest table. He loves to drum with his crayons (or hands) and then when he is done he likes to throw them at us. Lol. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhods92FHrqm7DNJ1APEow3mPblnqRt3SjTi7faZkbcKhHsTn0i02Vi1D6Q2iV7ACfaFv_dC3xLNKsgizHr08BzJFHs_zR6lqn7X-gQR80oluoncBlkTLrgnbQ_AJsrftHO1wBN3Ev7u80/s1600/get-attachment.aspx.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhods92FHrqm7DNJ1APEow3mPblnqRt3SjTi7faZkbcKhHsTn0i02Vi1D6Q2iV7ACfaFv_dC3xLNKsgizHr08BzJFHs_zR6lqn7X-gQR80oluoncBlkTLrgnbQ_AJsrftHO1wBN3Ev7u80/s320/get-attachment.aspx.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582108456759086882" /></a><br />Both of our families came out to visit for Olli's Bday. It was really fun to have some visitors. Unfortunately, we didn't get any pictures when Ben's parents were here. :( When my Dad and his wife came out they brought a little bike for him that they could build together. Oliver loved helping Grandpa bang with tools. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdW7P6UZrx-2O0aiC9tZW818Sf720PVdhxWZHSJLIG260CGUSFOdI2qGmK_sO_fWS45YtnEm-alBJ0lrvBPqrw7mA-Ouq5iKq18m7PnVFqe4EPdVdW3kCZ1ir7fKeNFz7L3SQI-YiKs5I/s1600/get-attachment-6.aspx.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdW7P6UZrx-2O0aiC9tZW818Sf720PVdhxWZHSJLIG260CGUSFOdI2qGmK_sO_fWS45YtnEm-alBJ0lrvBPqrw7mA-Ouq5iKq18m7PnVFqe4EPdVdW3kCZ1ir7fKeNFz7L3SQI-YiKs5I/s320/get-attachment-6.aspx.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582105598702814754" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbl7p7A9Ka7OJa1hvlHQR7t0QVNL43jzsVNiK_eKjv5urL3MIbEDIQZfrb2Uu2RCG4ChzDnmekWThUCLrY28TEuY0L3182gXIXg4j9bwgfDSAXIU6iHtkybYhZw6JcCxLokLVHCLy6pzA/s1600/get-attachment-3.aspx.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbl7p7A9Ka7OJa1hvlHQR7t0QVNL43jzsVNiK_eKjv5urL3MIbEDIQZfrb2Uu2RCG4ChzDnmekWThUCLrY28TEuY0L3182gXIXg4j9bwgfDSAXIU6iHtkybYhZw6JcCxLokLVHCLy6pzA/s320/get-attachment-3.aspx.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582105316447524082" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic-81VVixkCHw9FvDl3UxRtmi4QENhe7isvk3WO9lg-1wv91NUdeur8_hhIqlMkJdGLqRXbylBGI4GFFlTChbQVT93R8UqvT89KmNdW31tM-1w_PbvD7ZaOE2XX5h4KFSA8gvRyoTGqzs/s1600/get-attachment-2.aspx.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic-81VVixkCHw9FvDl3UxRtmi4QENhe7isvk3WO9lg-1wv91NUdeur8_hhIqlMkJdGLqRXbylBGI4GFFlTChbQVT93R8UqvT89KmNdW31tM-1w_PbvD7ZaOE2XX5h4KFSA8gvRyoTGqzs/s320/get-attachment-2.aspx.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582105044552679506" /></a><br />Also, we got to show our families a little tour of the base. Here's Oliver and my Dad looking at the planes. You can see Ben's plane in the background. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9_3MsvJ6jxx1NHjUyq0jRoRv_MVfoRgJV257lelzv8vFQLagGNqAw3sDQHI8ykC84YF-gFPXYNfAVwpImYBzD51GDS2m6c9e3s5FmemK3UChIF9525mCbTxyM6DQ3YgLhpNAzLwcQymk/s1600/get-attachment-5.aspx.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9_3MsvJ6jxx1NHjUyq0jRoRv_MVfoRgJV257lelzv8vFQLagGNqAw3sDQHI8ykC84YF-gFPXYNfAVwpImYBzD51GDS2m6c9e3s5FmemK3UChIF9525mCbTxyM6DQ3YgLhpNAzLwcQymk/s320/get-attachment-5.aspx.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582107584647453058" /></a><br /><br />We hope to see more friends and family in the future. We miss you all.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnjV5knfOGluTlopegNDHJE9yP7cRSI_JEXv_8tgmJDGUPGHZndULcDoaYq94fWOksa8OsM0qgxoYDp3qYDFBVaYBGzTSoCX4qNNahLYGNbKyHpz0e4GCDpLaKlnOY7B4bFMtvJZ0otC8/s1600/get-attachment-9.aspx.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnjV5knfOGluTlopegNDHJE9yP7cRSI_JEXv_8tgmJDGUPGHZndULcDoaYq94fWOksa8OsM0qgxoYDp3qYDFBVaYBGzTSoCX4qNNahLYGNbKyHpz0e4GCDpLaKlnOY7B4bFMtvJZ0otC8/s320/get-attachment-9.aspx.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582109684084585010" /></a>Ashley Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17758700866065555264noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220264570086486810.post-21979233713645250652010-12-12T16:38:00.015-07:002010-12-12T18:07:12.252-07:0010 months<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8JgU-OLc1_B84ZqUdVIpi27L-RHUQBW2M4eVAS_lbPyntTCrkVqo9SZovmbgty3xaW3t0KKi2LsEQaTam61OeA1TLx7HqGNVLZHxjsEWB2KKlReqOmyxfnpeIPXXQJplmYd26Wx1NJ4I/s1600/DSC01950.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8JgU-OLc1_B84ZqUdVIpi27L-RHUQBW2M4eVAS_lbPyntTCrkVqo9SZovmbgty3xaW3t0KKi2LsEQaTam61OeA1TLx7HqGNVLZHxjsEWB2KKlReqOmyxfnpeIPXXQJplmYd26Wx1NJ4I/s320/DSC01950.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549947892815930930" /></a><br /><br />Life couldn't be any better right now. Here are my 10 favorite things about Oliver being 10 months:<br /><br />1. He sleeps through the night! Yay. (It only took us 10 months but we made it) One night Ben went in to check on little O and this is what he found<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQD7TvZyLnV_GxbAoXVJh1zYQXuE691P4PiirVqaYVFIOxfEPEj3fDThKcwYwHOuP_jqG_2gWGtrjKFNR3sr7hzDh8FXDXxN50RRIiy1w6DlQgGp6XH_j8TqIX0BGlSp_tZxndyQfFkqA/s1600/DSC01947.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQD7TvZyLnV_GxbAoXVJh1zYQXuE691P4PiirVqaYVFIOxfEPEj3fDThKcwYwHOuP_jqG_2gWGtrjKFNR3sr7hzDh8FXDXxN50RRIiy1w6DlQgGp6XH_j8TqIX0BGlSp_tZxndyQfFkqA/s320/DSC01947.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549947121322702754" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoLViz_pgmnUhfsvsYdRY3kJjOi5S7Hk4IhrtiyZK5zgUfho19sruBvR7dvti8MvZyF39exHvKbuQk5JjThBRwPEUrjIb4gWtXahMGZ5U-zTrR9NkcaBzps5xFH9KZPO9NISqA-xnF3A4/s1600/DSC01946.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoLViz_pgmnUhfsvsYdRY3kJjOi5S7Hk4IhrtiyZK5zgUfho19sruBvR7dvti8MvZyF39exHvKbuQk5JjThBRwPEUrjIb4gWtXahMGZ5U-zTrR9NkcaBzps5xFH9KZPO9NISqA-xnF3A4/s320/DSC01946.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549946424781905490" /></a><br /> <br />2. He's a good little cuddler<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpJPbnBNaTwQ13pkpmT55LAUG3JH5fikyxWnV6KFFjZyghUyhHTZ0wq4alu4cTwQ38ChXuv-Qq1FodBoIbk8cRObVMRv0DRUUJVfnX6FyxH6-FnRkQxH_Ft8XF5Nnr7PFW2jT5CbnnxDw/s1600/thanksgiving"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpJPbnBNaTwQ13pkpmT55LAUG3JH5fikyxWnV6KFFjZyghUyhHTZ0wq4alu4cTwQ38ChXuv-Qq1FodBoIbk8cRObVMRv0DRUUJVfnX6FyxH6-FnRkQxH_Ft8XF5Nnr7PFW2jT5CbnnxDw/s320/thanksgiving" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549961974356470322" /></a><br /><br />3. His cheesy little smile with 3 teeth on the top and 2 on the bottom. Lol. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6-lr1V_l3kw8uSJ_OqRh-G6vkZfsZ60zcF1GcKgqbOpCkXLYkmGliX2sMKget87jrO4IV3f4qRG-VZuVVNqsaMbDqIInQcazqmnbPV_ExJDUPMZUFNYozxEGt1nwFpvlgbQ6MON8no7M/s1600/DSC01952.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6-lr1V_l3kw8uSJ_OqRh-G6vkZfsZ60zcF1GcKgqbOpCkXLYkmGliX2sMKget87jrO4IV3f4qRG-VZuVVNqsaMbDqIInQcazqmnbPV_ExJDUPMZUFNYozxEGt1nwFpvlgbQ6MON8no7M/s320/DSC01952.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549948334795405762" /></a><br /><br />4. His jokes. He likes to come up to me and whisper his sweet baby talk and then laugh out loud. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlSYX6nVe1aXfPXshP_iAd12J87CcALzI6lnsyhjGWI0Y9OvRzjTO5aIGTaMdLow-GHkXLHKsZ-xTLd8pmL7HvlkrmMa5LFd3KdIAe9DhHY-AYy6hrvD721d80CKuOk_4ItE2lSgIS3tY/s1600/DSC01958.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlSYX6nVe1aXfPXshP_iAd12J87CcALzI6lnsyhjGWI0Y9OvRzjTO5aIGTaMdLow-GHkXLHKsZ-xTLd8pmL7HvlkrmMa5LFd3KdIAe9DhHY-AYy6hrvD721d80CKuOk_4ItE2lSgIS3tY/s320/DSC01958.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549949369182308930" /></a><br />And here he is at our ward activity, the theme was a night in Bethlehem and he spent most of the night hiding under this table yelling at people for attention. <br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWsPUmox4mIruVXhY5FwCStSeKi7aTK8D-ODP_NnKcnb8zcfkRI0NZDpopYFkIU7ZUKwwQhGDTBRo7PHw7wdrFa1cam4TiZl3DO2J6YipqCOGsFZgsjFqAmXFymemkmm-TXvokkHCVwh4/s1600/DSC01973.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWsPUmox4mIruVXhY5FwCStSeKi7aTK8D-ODP_NnKcnb8zcfkRI0NZDpopYFkIU7ZUKwwQhGDTBRo7PHw7wdrFa1cam4TiZl3DO2J6YipqCOGsFZgsjFqAmXFymemkmm-TXvokkHCVwh4/s320/DSC01973.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549951097617547138" /></a><br /><br />5. His curiosity. I turned my back for a second and found him with a mouth full of dog food and two hand fulls of food ready to go.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgq45tEtCIk3S5b9XKz3Eos8LjNm-PebxUNanZwvc5rtYR6pZ8OSIWXO5-T5YcDGe4nQViSF41Qgri7BvUd06y-HNrRzfxKczVU6JMxIXspzmCkLPPPAUmlg1rEBfB4L5byT8JGNsUh_w/s1600/trouble"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgq45tEtCIk3S5b9XKz3Eos8LjNm-PebxUNanZwvc5rtYR6pZ8OSIWXO5-T5YcDGe4nQViSF41Qgri7BvUd06y-HNrRzfxKczVU6JMxIXspzmCkLPPPAUmlg1rEBfB4L5byT8JGNsUh_w/s320/trouble" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549961616071992130" /></a><br /><br />6. His hair. It doesn't matter how I comb his hair it always looks shaggy. Here's his first haircut. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg54oQnjwpXFPhBux1YlBAJjaBaMqwLb-0Qgo9xxkcMEG65UrkTBKaaW_-eWaqvLnS64Q7hpeIrglEUq6r3GbdvJUa04txk6H_fVqbO3PtVgIP7rW2mxC9O8TLghegGhUwH7vd0QVrMtHU/s1600/1st+haircut"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg54oQnjwpXFPhBux1YlBAJjaBaMqwLb-0Qgo9xxkcMEG65UrkTBKaaW_-eWaqvLnS64Q7hpeIrglEUq6r3GbdvJUa04txk6H_fVqbO3PtVgIP7rW2mxC9O8TLghegGhUwH7vd0QVrMtHU/s320/1st+haircut" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549961867775312258" /></a><br /><br />7. His brains. We bought the expensive baby gate that has a door you can walk through so you don't have to step over the gate. Well Little O knows how to loosen the gate so the door is easy to open and then climbs right up the stairs. So much for baby proof.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpkoYn1Mx6qDioowYLcZthoxd-chyphenhyphenQe_NUb4N42N-6CswLIOAtgT2qLKhqO8mOfHCcJ05eAtNhnRS1BRu12Ti4FjTxt6AowIBbAKmLEZ53QyMSwCdL5LrDXzBZTSx-V1c7TEnnOvngsJw/s1600/get-attachment.aspx.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpkoYn1Mx6qDioowYLcZthoxd-chyphenhyphenQe_NUb4N42N-6CswLIOAtgT2qLKhqO8mOfHCcJ05eAtNhnRS1BRu12Ti4FjTxt6AowIBbAKmLEZ53QyMSwCdL5LrDXzBZTSx-V1c7TEnnOvngsJw/s320/get-attachment.aspx.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549961726384162242" /></a><br /><br />8. He puts his hands up and reaches for you when he wants to be loved on.<br /><br />9. His love for his mommy and daddy. Right now he makes us feel like we're his favorite and he's ours. <br /><br />10. His accomplishments. This past week he just started taking his first steps. He's growing up so fast. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfrdANc0Xiz3FHBxieasBygJRaaQx2_R-4wR1VkJSwqMuqblphd_fYuKypBRF_ixQkivvi81JI79S7nFQU1taeMg09aw0iNdp-aRsxPmUzbvdBL2yX9KApVSsfkvBOV0VAwDK9TMXs2WA/s1600/DSC01966.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfrdANc0Xiz3FHBxieasBygJRaaQx2_R-4wR1VkJSwqMuqblphd_fYuKypBRF_ixQkivvi81JI79S7nFQU1taeMg09aw0iNdp-aRsxPmUzbvdBL2yX9KApVSsfkvBOV0VAwDK9TMXs2WA/s320/DSC01966.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549966390224769042" /></a><br />(Does he look like he's from the olden days in Bethlehem?)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs-RKcV3nSDl9NwQnShHsWKpM9MuGAVuFsSX1Tu7pyg978ydhNM3AYxKLzLkuybrk_-SK9pJbPBTjT3r5fh9WxmwRQFU-fm3BqpdEsVFda7uPDpmB0fvrG9ivwWXepgFYodIcwVgBoWSQ/s1600/DSC01960.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs-RKcV3nSDl9NwQnShHsWKpM9MuGAVuFsSX1Tu7pyg978ydhNM3AYxKLzLkuybrk_-SK9pJbPBTjT3r5fh9WxmwRQFU-fm3BqpdEsVFda7uPDpmB0fvrG9ivwWXepgFYodIcwVgBoWSQ/s320/DSC01960.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549950605711469682" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIvL0BDlMJqJBqliRhVNrNlS_I7wOf3DsweUSfxJA_gFPBdActhnbmDse7iBetIDJeUIcIg__rQtVmQmCY-lABRdG-mSDvT-lxGIVrh4qJDVA0ywPL1stq0ME3UNAJ9fqHDs29IiGZguY/s1600/DSC01959.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIvL0BDlMJqJBqliRhVNrNlS_I7wOf3DsweUSfxJA_gFPBdActhnbmDse7iBetIDJeUIcIg__rQtVmQmCY-lABRdG-mSDvT-lxGIVrh4qJDVA0ywPL1stq0ME3UNAJ9fqHDs29IiGZguY/s320/DSC01959.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549950228849874578" /></a><br />We love this little man.Ashley Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17758700866065555264noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220264570086486810.post-37536477399023842322010-11-26T18:48:00.001-07:002010-11-26T18:50:46.016-07:00Happy Holidays<div style='background-color:#e9e9e9; width: 425px;'><object id='A703323' quality='high' data='http://aka.zero.jibjab.com/client/zero/ClientZero_EmbedViewer.swf?external_make_id=a6AjiiZmUqGGMXI5&service=elfyourself.jibjab.com&partnerID=ElfYourself' pluginspage='http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' height='319' width='425'><param name='wmode' value='transparent'>Ashley Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17758700866065555264noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220264570086486810.post-13628687276101115902010-11-17T18:11:00.020-07:002010-11-17T19:20:13.455-07:00October Fun (Picture Overload)Sorry it's taken me so long to do a post. We've been gone on vacation and then we came home and Oliver got the croup and turned into a major pill.<br /> <br />Here's just some of the examples:<br /><br />-waking up at 3:30 in the morning and staying up for the rest of the day and only taking a 30 min nap for 3 days in a row<br />-when we try to put him in his crib to let him cry himself to sleep he just cries for hours until I give in<br />-spitting his food out and slapping it out of our hands<br />-not wanting to be held or put down<br />-refusing to sit in the bath which caused him to fall into the faucet and give himself a black eye<br />-and learning how to throw tantrums by screaming, crying and hitting<br /><br />But it looks like he's finally starting to be nice to his mommy and daddy again. :) On a better note he are some of the fun things we did in October<br /><br />For family home evening we went to a farm to pick out our pumpkins, go to the petting zoo and corn maze<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFMu_pWsKbDkO4XJDX5Qhw6bapm2QB1aEDmpJ78UdlvqGE3z5jvthDBZECSKVFWyOlEk-FIeHn40VAHtM7fs7ajTZboEK7iFQJu3jU_qEu8gvVdqwQ0iorfU3pzrEIqzYHar7UvFJo2NE/s1600/DSC01903.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLUbEUN97yOQu-PL7bAJTe0zqo_RBP3ZmeddYm69rCHNw1QkXZpFeuXaXGmNVZjjUcwZ9ND4hzKQ-HG-oe8UKAMtx0JcZTtP2lCrTLN_dUkYsMBAiqswh5OQQr4zUoFRLr5oqFtowKSpQ/s320/DSC01913.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540701595825660098" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLOgZ43X_S6j7UKc2SDigdq1-r2P1SxX9QTDKCjFpnR1g-Jh4QhihrBB4CwHVHuI4RYqclW3dE1NelRD73J7RoYu2mFRLxnaNrxAy9RBLOctNuvOjbcLFDF0u2kAFMMQqzLX0FpKq_ak4/s1600/DSC01909.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLOgZ43X_S6j7UKc2SDigdq1-r2P1SxX9QTDKCjFpnR1g-Jh4QhihrBB4CwHVHuI4RYqclW3dE1NelRD73J7RoYu2mFRLxnaNrxAy9RBLOctNuvOjbcLFDF0u2kAFMMQqzLX0FpKq_ak4/s320/DSC01909.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540701347904076770" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaAtJHnKr6Ro0Xvaq-PDzH77FX_uRwXbZpHKAs6Y0_KvJ4XVBUzlFTpoeag3nz8P3ev6AJitiX_SuqLyFLL0iMjCo3Eztnjyw4jBeJf2lXKQZKZmQphI6KLfgZNEd1AkgTpRukpw9PfUg/s1600/DSC01900.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaAtJHnKr6Ro0Xvaq-PDzH77FX_uRwXbZpHKAs6Y0_KvJ4XVBUzlFTpoeag3nz8P3ev6AJitiX_SuqLyFLL0iMjCo3Eztnjyw4jBeJf2lXKQZKZmQphI6KLfgZNEd1AkgTpRukpw9PfUg/s320/DSC01900.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540696539711824690" /></a><br /><br />We learned to help unload the dishwasher<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn876ZNpePew3GoV90flseZSmzEklyxdvu52b4UuGVU7ZWMSJ7Imumtg-sfE_xSxZ0Mno3yxvp3wZzPyh6RrU4_Ne31qghTkAcsBEYkXzNrFvJ-JRrocVg36_agRzTB6D7tdeCklRCfrI/s1600/DSC01937.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn876ZNpePew3GoV90flseZSmzEklyxdvu52b4UuGVU7ZWMSJ7Imumtg-sfE_xSxZ0Mno3yxvp3wZzPyh6RrU4_Ne31qghTkAcsBEYkXzNrFvJ-JRrocVg36_agRzTB6D7tdeCklRCfrI/s320/DSC01937.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540697577174839266" /></a><br /><br />We learned how to climb the stairs<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiCcleab_9TuJDMAJDeGand4pylD1ptMR81UTB3xFYKibAuJwF64OUzrI56JtPchO6jEodD3aCeQk4GGIQJ5_bY2g4bySo3fiUqnOTekuw-_UIUo6GFOWPVfTlEhN-X7tAoXdqnVqnpHo/s1600/DSC01893.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiCcleab_9TuJDMAJDeGand4pylD1ptMR81UTB3xFYKibAuJwF64OUzrI56JtPchO6jEodD3aCeQk4GGIQJ5_bY2g4bySo3fiUqnOTekuw-_UIUo6GFOWPVfTlEhN-X7tAoXdqnVqnpHo/s320/DSC01893.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540697117721384194" /></a><br /><br />We carved pumpkins<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB2Bib2QPcmdKi8cyLdCTd-P2TVvu8zeLTWv8MkJq7wyHZx5xRItWieUGak_V5d5pb7ZyJJAUEFPa67rkQzbTSE_QrPiAjqKpKcAWWv3YsogO28CoMF07oX5uMT9qxSBhIlRJqdACn_OY/s1600/DSC01926.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB2Bib2QPcmdKi8cyLdCTd-P2TVvu8zeLTWv8MkJq7wyHZx5xRItWieUGak_V5d5pb7ZyJJAUEFPa67rkQzbTSE_QrPiAjqKpKcAWWv3YsogO28CoMF07oX5uMT9qxSBhIlRJqdACn_OY/s320/DSC01926.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540700376684967938" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ8bNFkA1mtd_qZm9FJbJtKbL6ZdIpGnP1o3OXXbAVJ6hslGorSOnPRoxYBeOKls6rqulQZ2TiAH5MRFFfETyH8jDRkSjnp4uFiV5kYwNJX1e19DkAebl9yfiNFc5SmBQoXLfARgFbwYI/s1600/DSC01915.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCxHUS-yUdwBX1z8_R6PLHkdvtLhBxyJPDyhnSl-iMbFSsCEzkuWKksEe8aasVInDmPy-nCat6CflhdIEY0fSqktFblXiAW0c8TcutoTz6vhO7tO4srBk1GnALpOQOtHNVxzfUFqUxczA/s320/get-attachment-1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540707368848417906" /></a><br /><br />We went to Disneyland<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAnHPreau-wn7KsYYepeJkEsDWObbXVWHeAGSnFUiIxXw3qaWCJGFR6fQn3nhoK_A-OTnZDYVclTpR9MYfMX0X8hEiEkNQFqczBKmO7Vcl_YtVq_G-sQkm7l9QSKCjPHB9x6QhJx06irE/s1600/get-attachment-2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 238px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAnHPreau-wn7KsYYepeJkEsDWObbXVWHeAGSnFUiIxXw3qaWCJGFR6fQn3nhoK_A-OTnZDYVclTpR9MYfMX0X8hEiEkNQFqczBKmO7Vcl_YtVq_G-sQkm7l9QSKCjPHB9x6QhJx06irE/s320/get-attachment-2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540707520101815730" /></a><br /><br />And we went trick or treating<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy2Li_vpZ46U72TQCVfDyI6nf6RubHRNBgwNy6S8TVPX_JEqnx2WiPvY73fGKxvrUFjHwnGx6WiILw0KaWH2It5k1v5acJy1Accthp_o-q-jgGwa0Wqa4yDUN37irWvdFfrbe6itVQgPE/s1600/get-attachment-6.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy2Li_vpZ46U72TQCVfDyI6nf6RubHRNBgwNy6S8TVPX_JEqnx2WiPvY73fGKxvrUFjHwnGx6WiILw0KaWH2It5k1v5acJy1Accthp_o-q-jgGwa0Wqa4yDUN37irWvdFfrbe6itVQgPE/s320/get-attachment-6.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540707726619299986" /></a><br /><br />Now we're getting ready for the holidays and having a good time back at home! <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigzPI19o1v_2VzYG9fMzzYSQQDuRrIPQDj7F_-4cohk8Mv3TMtIl_2FrKs5S9cnytcjXhStrvly4y8xVfc0nHlPRHorF2DBkpg4tkVJW1graw1ekl8Yff-8NO7sJxIFMFiB1-hBGQQm_Q/s1600/get-attachment-4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigzPI19o1v_2VzYG9fMzzYSQQDuRrIPQDj7F_-4cohk8Mv3TMtIl_2FrKs5S9cnytcjXhStrvly4y8xVfc0nHlPRHorF2DBkpg4tkVJW1graw1ekl8Yff-8NO7sJxIFMFiB1-hBGQQm_Q/s320/get-attachment-4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540708320982632226" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC40WWFrkA1oxgdAxBPTRbIKwKUixbcVUypOC5rJh_QcqKXnsSd-Te8JquNifbFCKY7tSyThVg8E_TbT_t839yUe_4U91HbxrtAqjOzq4pofUArUsgsgR0h1ZvVz5QB_xzlU9jaiczJrs/s1600/get-attachment-5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC40WWFrkA1oxgdAxBPTRbIKwKUixbcVUypOC5rJh_QcqKXnsSd-Te8JquNifbFCKY7tSyThVg8E_TbT_t839yUe_4U91HbxrtAqjOzq4pofUArUsgsgR0h1ZvVz5QB_xzlU9jaiczJrs/s320/get-attachment-5.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540708111935545634" /></a><br /><iframe width="425" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/QF3gHF38RNY?fs=1" frameborder="0"></iframe>Ashley Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17758700866065555264noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220264570086486810.post-73966167018336945832010-10-16T08:01:00.003-06:002010-10-16T08:33:23.191-06:00I Got Tagged!What is your dream job and why?<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Being a stay at home. Staying home and playing with my little man all day is the best job ever! My second choice would be an accountant out of my home. I know you all think that is weird but I LOVE accounting. </span><br /><br />What is your all time favorite TV show or movie?<br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><br />Favorite TV show would most definitely be The Bachelor. And favorite movie would be a tie for Serendipity and The Notebook. (Can you tell I love romance?)</span><br /><br />Where is your ideal place to live?<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">In a little village in Germany. With a house that looks like a Gingerbread house on top of a beautiful green hill. :) Maybe one day. </span><br /><br />What is your biggest pet peeve?<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">smoking</span><br /><br />What is the first thing you'd buy if you won a million dollars?<br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><br />Pay off the rest of our debt and our house.</span> <br /><br />What is your worst fear?<br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><br />Whales. I'm deathly afraid. Not joking. </span><br /><br />If you could be any celebrity who would you be?<br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><br />Audrey Hepburn</span><br /><br /><br />8th album 4th picture<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZJAOMemQ3KdyblgR8GqNd4nkPXUDtkqctSGA7FxThFhyphenhyphenS5aXfpPmFKUW1DIE9X2AYtXd1hzdnzcoE1TTZXNugoP5nVKrxTGUQviKBOhaNFJERwhJYFAXqUYC_ixvFCY2MrwYbiA4l_ik/s1600/IMG_0371.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZJAOMemQ3KdyblgR8GqNd4nkPXUDtkqctSGA7FxThFhyphenhyphenS5aXfpPmFKUW1DIE9X2AYtXd1hzdnzcoE1TTZXNugoP5nVKrxTGUQviKBOhaNFJERwhJYFAXqUYC_ixvFCY2MrwYbiA4l_ik/s320/IMG_0371.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528651114608219058" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">15 hours before I went into labor. We took the dogs for their last walk before Oliver came at the park next to our house. </span>Ashley Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17758700866065555264noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220264570086486810.post-2193376699019350562010-10-02T12:46:00.006-06:002010-10-02T12:59:30.407-06:00Fun<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-s972TIYIDg4Ar4FjpbxSXR8XhJ1QgKoRgl6yq7Mrdj0gOECn7FnhFmETjQdDP4fFUc7NkD0pBG2gwzz6lLqGiwCdXFVvQzEtT52NWEWzBbsZkM4VsidMOjHD2MMFOi0XCoyHSC5nU-A/s1600/photo(3).jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-s972TIYIDg4Ar4FjpbxSXR8XhJ1QgKoRgl6yq7Mrdj0gOECn7FnhFmETjQdDP4fFUc7NkD0pBG2gwzz6lLqGiwCdXFVvQzEtT52NWEWzBbsZkM4VsidMOjHD2MMFOi0XCoyHSC5nU-A/s320/photo(3).jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5523523122877360434" /></a><br />We have been having so much fun these past 2 weeks with Ben being home.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4gxL22Neoviaj8JJsrDvDnt0igNmtnqZ3sfhGa7kmWgNkOapFIOBrRlxooZthEoYioJgntBF6dFxS9QRmq1Rd1XLwa0u5pziIzwsZ7UodQ2ujMcpkNfWfIeSNR-HNp8e2WQoKuAC0CBA/s1600/photo.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4gxL22Neoviaj8JJsrDvDnt0igNmtnqZ3sfhGa7kmWgNkOapFIOBrRlxooZthEoYioJgntBF6dFxS9QRmq1Rd1XLwa0u5pziIzwsZ7UodQ2ujMcpkNfWfIeSNR-HNp8e2WQoKuAC0CBA/s320/photo.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5523522164583772322" /></a><br /> We've been going to lunch with daddy<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFCTSPHUu7SQRYi7RCSpWfGRQH41BbrYb6-91oshLIYadhdTe6LBvPoG3EKNkAQ-Knf_YsNRdFOKKzuDsh94rJnhUAhFu1Emd8AbYLDA1EDG_YMDVeCZzvcS_SVHpYafvWU3VJ1uBnl-Y/s1600/photo(2).jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFCTSPHUu7SQRYi7RCSpWfGRQH41BbrYb6-91oshLIYadhdTe6LBvPoG3EKNkAQ-Knf_YsNRdFOKKzuDsh94rJnhUAhFu1Emd8AbYLDA1EDG_YMDVeCZzvcS_SVHpYafvWU3VJ1uBnl-Y/s320/photo(2).jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5523522867559458866" /></a><br /><br />Buying new toys at the just between friends event <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC0oAUPLvL_gPolFyfrIMSG7_qVGRgWjTf5lxeNYNTe6z3hsRTJStz64T8tjpRTzeKj7N4OYmr9QMRMZSw5FRpGDhcnR3vVjqh2k0Resi7govzmb4gTMVawuXA39h2T3_OkoS-7SLxxx0/s1600/DSC01850.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC0oAUPLvL_gPolFyfrIMSG7_qVGRgWjTf5lxeNYNTe6z3hsRTJStz64T8tjpRTzeKj7N4OYmr9QMRMZSw5FRpGDhcnR3vVjqh2k0Resi7govzmb4gTMVawuXA39h2T3_OkoS-7SLxxx0/s320/DSC01850.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5523523710899620098" /></a><br /><br />Buying Halloween costumes<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSRT56TJGuCgYf0YM6Bb8YAyUBsqkz-QrynzSYtyOteGXTS24z8-NLJfHRYnMJUS6GaV3An3r4xXSrdvjO40A3r-c_fVsKoqO8eJsaiSC631mM74rwehcQpjBgOrvpGZt4x50kXfex09M/s1600/DSC01855.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSRT56TJGuCgYf0YM6Bb8YAyUBsqkz-QrynzSYtyOteGXTS24z8-NLJfHRYnMJUS6GaV3An3r4xXSrdvjO40A3r-c_fVsKoqO8eJsaiSC631mM74rwehcQpjBgOrvpGZt4x50kXfex09M/s320/DSC01855.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5523524277028451266" /></a><br />And going to the fair, painting some more of the house, dinner with friends and many many more. We're always so thankful when we get to keep Ben home longer than 4 days.Ashley Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17758700866065555264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220264570086486810.post-37293253756806606832010-09-27T16:19:00.002-06:002010-09-27T16:22:05.281-06:00Boo Boo LipDaddy, don't make me sad....<br /><object style="background-image:url(http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/PhxpRAlw9DY/hqdefault.jpg)" width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PhxpRAlw9DY?fs=1&hl=en_GB"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PhxpRAlw9DY?fs=1&hl=en_GB" width="425" height="344" allowScriptAccess="never" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object>Ashley Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17758700866065555264noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220264570086486810.post-72062224376025119292010-09-24T20:25:00.007-06:002010-09-24T22:08:20.363-06:008 months
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<br />This is how we've been spending our days lately. Tired. Oliver is back to getting up multiple times a night and is up by 4:30 a.m. everyday. We went back to crying it out at bedtime and I think we're going to have to let him cry it out at 4 a.m. also. That's just too early to function.
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<br />On a better note he is so fun when he isn't cranky... He's now crawling EVERYWHERE! He gets into all kinds of fun stuff. He has his two bottom teeth and his top teeth should be here anyday now. He's 20.5 lbs. Loves watching Daddy play video games
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<br />I came downstairs one day after I asked Ben to watch him while I took a shower and this is what I found.
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<br />Here's a couple home movies for you....one with Oliver's favorite game peek-a-boo and the other is little man crawling.
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<br />Ashley Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17758700866065555264noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220264570086486810.post-21080378096079678422010-08-15T10:20:00.013-06:002010-08-15T11:11:55.981-06:006 months<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9G4C80415fzjBVMl84GvEfY0yOi4kTr3vSHrepGOIOw5GphsH2Z9kKTz5xdeCt4OHaffhrULuOunt2vfWgXX2XaK7xwW24vvJK0MHJb-vK2tdCH6_E0t_8Rrj5QI38Sg3SUMI_noBfRY/s1600/DSC01794.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9G4C80415fzjBVMl84GvEfY0yOi4kTr3vSHrepGOIOw5GphsH2Z9kKTz5xdeCt4OHaffhrULuOunt2vfWgXX2XaK7xwW24vvJK0MHJb-vK2tdCH6_E0t_8Rrj5QI38Sg3SUMI_noBfRY/s320/DSC01794.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505675320280628226" /></a><br /><br /> Stats:<br /><br />Weight: 17 lbs 7 oz (50%)<br />Height: 26 In (50%)<br />Head: 45 cm (90%)<br /><br />Oliver's weight gain has slowed down a bit now that he's trying to be a little bit more mobile. <br /><br />Here's 6 facts about him: <br /><br />He still is bald although his little rat tail in the back is growing beautifully (almost time for a haircut)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghJ-SecHApkQb2QiAXLb6tvSBvXgyTp9tqbnGeWDsDM9ipiuYkdLZLF9irfpf7o5HWjoi0hu7MhQ1q3ozouF_Xi_GmHKjCSeOubw3kkWysgPA9XOEoajy9njbBP1J6QLCxl8b6496gBG0/s1600/DSC01796.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghJ-SecHApkQb2QiAXLb6tvSBvXgyTp9tqbnGeWDsDM9ipiuYkdLZLF9irfpf7o5HWjoi0hu7MhQ1q3ozouF_Xi_GmHKjCSeOubw3kkWysgPA9XOEoajy9njbBP1J6QLCxl8b6496gBG0/s320/DSC01796.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505677085249299010" /></a><br /><br />He does everything in his power to keep his clothes off<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEzOK5DKenC-Nr1DGGps5ctz1P80J85HLe2XZyYS1bR5JzNBoZi-Fpn_MRShgLWUCm4qsTsgnkdlEKL7c0Tn7PHxWg8PvUMjgJXMS310vpZeqMlHMzRCvtQVc2zjTRUuTSxxLW8pyn4M8/s1600/DSC01793.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEzOK5DKenC-Nr1DGGps5ctz1P80J85HLe2XZyYS1bR5JzNBoZi-Fpn_MRShgLWUCm4qsTsgnkdlEKL7c0Tn7PHxWg8PvUMjgJXMS310vpZeqMlHMzRCvtQVc2zjTRUuTSxxLW8pyn4M8/s320/DSC01793.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505676544044653570" /></a><br /><br />Everytime he smiles he sticks his tongue out<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH3-kIebBa0oMjk1vpvVp5Z6ggMDAtfxIdVhx1aA6QJq00n_OS0hYEkItnJUOj_r8EDCft3o84E6PYOy1YhxrfHxXCNxyAO6JMUWd4Uz_GxUJuZ4Nh3CM5SI_a9bmXCfjG2ot93GktU7I/s1600/oliver+taxi"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH3-kIebBa0oMjk1vpvVp5Z6ggMDAtfxIdVhx1aA6QJq00n_OS0hYEkItnJUOj_r8EDCft3o84E6PYOy1YhxrfHxXCNxyAO6JMUWd4Uz_GxUJuZ4Nh3CM5SI_a9bmXCfjG2ot93GktU7I/s320/oliver+taxi" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505682861505932770" /></a><br /><br />He still has blowouts (Don't you wish you were me)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKlzW4mUtIHVWRpcL-AMxktLW0w4_vtj1Ug5rCaAb1T1xE4RepnFw-NCLK3236VrOlWXwXwZVtIzXvGRjpk1RMVwHqte1Aov2rwrm-YyGV0XnsPPPkfpIDXYF0K-SeAkGlnFG1GaoTpWc/s1600/DSC01781.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKlzW4mUtIHVWRpcL-AMxktLW0w4_vtj1Ug5rCaAb1T1xE4RepnFw-NCLK3236VrOlWXwXwZVtIzXvGRjpk1RMVwHqte1Aov2rwrm-YyGV0XnsPPPkfpIDXYF0K-SeAkGlnFG1GaoTpWc/s320/DSC01781.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505682869209933218" /></a><br /><br />He loves Rowdy (and putting his hand in his mouth)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW8jtK4kme91ZNs_0jWua1LKrh9pFEuHHp0y8wnzdccqdJN0uXcdNW5wgSllnvBOorP5v_j-jmvVy3oGoXd1n44xblE4HM_x_Zv-yHrKWx2wI6oijs1wIk4C66zTdrnjHGqZpsAa1ZEgs/s1600/DSC01733.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW8jtK4kme91ZNs_0jWua1LKrh9pFEuHHp0y8wnzdccqdJN0uXcdNW5wgSllnvBOorP5v_j-jmvVy3oGoXd1n44xblE4HM_x_Zv-yHrKWx2wI6oijs1wIk4C66zTdrnjHGqZpsAa1ZEgs/s320/DSC01733.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505684679337858370" /></a><br /><br />And he's finally turned into a decent sleeper. Only waking up once at night (I finally let him cry it out to go to sleep. It's amazing how easy that was)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1P-6pFlbTEdRxgGGdVXk8s4Y4uhH4enNengKM7DlL-Fgu4xSslHSCZyjgj_JSzZZmjwyE3p7-DK18pocF0Al98RMmTxeN4yooMqHwx0mM4j8ifIDAU1ivkLWbA6sxfWIMWVxYCfyJkPs/s1600/DSC01787.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1P-6pFlbTEdRxgGGdVXk8s4Y4uhH4enNengKM7DlL-Fgu4xSslHSCZyjgj_JSzZZmjwyE3p7-DK18pocF0Al98RMmTxeN4yooMqHwx0mM4j8ifIDAU1ivkLWbA6sxfWIMWVxYCfyJkPs/s320/DSC01787.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505684686525665586" /></a><br />This is how I find him after he wakes up so we just took the swaddle away. Crawling here we come. We're halfway there.Ashley Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17758700866065555264noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220264570086486810.post-24517109538977966752010-08-13T11:05:00.002-06:002010-08-13T11:09:35.826-06:00Motherhood<object style="background-image:url(http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/WbYLKVgwztY/hqdefault.jpg)" width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WbYLKVgwztY?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WbYLKVgwztY?fs=1&hl=en_US" width="480" height="295" allowScriptAccess="never" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object><br /><br />I love this short video. What a wonderful message to mothers.Ashley Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17758700866065555264noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220264570086486810.post-52485407698318993682010-07-07T11:08:00.008-06:002010-07-07T11:44:53.506-06:00July 4th<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9vAXqtDxeZzU4IhGvRDXL6FKg1KYLKdH35nP3MTlRQoKVq1gsmpMcd47_us-JcKrQCKbI30XXWE_VTn2T84WMxRnETx7tq3z9EooRKuuQ5iXCk532Y4NVKKS0E3mJ4EL5Rq_Uf9cffnc/s1600/image-1.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9vAXqtDxeZzU4IhGvRDXL6FKg1KYLKdH35nP3MTlRQoKVq1gsmpMcd47_us-JcKrQCKbI30XXWE_VTn2T84WMxRnETx7tq3z9EooRKuuQ5iXCk532Y4NVKKS0E3mJ4EL5Rq_Uf9cffnc/s320/image-1.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491212966070358114" /></a><br /><br />Ben was able to be home on the 4th of July so we decided to go out to the golf course and watch the fireworks as a family. We had such a good time. They had a concert going, bounce houses, food everywhere, sky divers, parades and more. We didn't participate in any of the activities since it was Sunday but next year we will be sure to jump on that. They said they had over 3,00 people there that night. The best part of it all was it only took us 10 minutes to get there and there wasn't any traffic coming home. And, Oliver did great! The fireworks didn't start until 10:15 and he was able to sleep right through it. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAgnJDiyyOiPUg7DGq5AEpDxkk8AfmqxseBuqxY_i_aE0WS5uRgWYfyxJjdra9iWRe4apWvlux13S4qSO2UpuFeyBSejEgVi71vLYRB1RzK3_e506DfF12HerEVwnNCb8w-9pXiHvIFFQ/s1600/image-2.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAgnJDiyyOiPUg7DGq5AEpDxkk8AfmqxseBuqxY_i_aE0WS5uRgWYfyxJjdra9iWRe4apWvlux13S4qSO2UpuFeyBSejEgVi71vLYRB1RzK3_e506DfF12HerEVwnNCb8w-9pXiHvIFFQ/s320/image-2.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491214865015308050" /></a><br /><br />The only problem we had was it was colder than we had planned so Ben and I were cold but I bundled Olli up real good and he cuddled in between the both of us under the blanket so he was nice and toasty. Next year we'll be sure to bring more blankets.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiju6rSf0NtjTQQbJ_lsqqIuwOqs0bGpS9HEHfRpJ0yzNMwFyxx7PJDLpSHVSVsVh6AOMbJwkiD08lO1zQ9Ll-giQ9h_J3Aj4niYe_4D-NWaMK__xyasiaAR904msRnEThyZCPMYzGE2yU/s1600/image-5.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiju6rSf0NtjTQQbJ_lsqqIuwOqs0bGpS9HEHfRpJ0yzNMwFyxx7PJDLpSHVSVsVh6AOMbJwkiD08lO1zQ9Ll-giQ9h_J3Aj4niYe_4D-NWaMK__xyasiaAR904msRnEThyZCPMYzGE2yU/s320/image-5.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491216190157629746" /></a><br /><br />As for everything else, Ben's back on the road and I've been called to be primary secretary in our ward so that's keeping me really busy. Oliver is learning to sit on his own already. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLpKEZkoGpA2kBkULsnu86KwpHKWhY_W-ul7DtcpONC0AELJZzyqOM22qQk8SY9JhSKATRWOz503JnQH0j5Z_RNhRjC0RD4TOUddFThOS_YmO2iCulYJtdAkEhV65dHyFFpTGSQPlBIt0/s1600/DSC01770.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLpKEZkoGpA2kBkULsnu86KwpHKWhY_W-ul7DtcpONC0AELJZzyqOM22qQk8SY9JhSKATRWOz503JnQH0j5Z_RNhRjC0RD4TOUddFThOS_YmO2iCulYJtdAkEhV65dHyFFpTGSQPlBIt0/s320/DSC01770.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491218833457846466" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwSYiirECEzLD5sxg-JzuAPN35O36k1kCFOF8BmhUI-IOhlftE2rn6TmSo3TcEII-OfVJBt2WSYiPn7-WGy-vOn7Kz-2ngfDIn6Ran6GVdrVlhlzbkRfzTzsdghybQDFKcyD8bNRDHpMY/s1600/DSC01767.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwSYiirECEzLD5sxg-JzuAPN35O36k1kCFOF8BmhUI-IOhlftE2rn6TmSo3TcEII-OfVJBt2WSYiPn7-WGy-vOn7Kz-2ngfDIn6Ran6GVdrVlhlzbkRfzTzsdghybQDFKcyD8bNRDHpMY/s320/DSC01767.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491218020947110002" /></a><br /><br />He must've learned it from his bff Logan.<br /> <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtCj0JabXDCklGczMqkdj07SdNP6WGn4eCzel9cA1IRmFqpIjp-YJTeI1y02DD41P7xlzcieSwmfOSDLvWcr-XWs5PNNOrKrBeiocRF8SCkvwvdUAhVKwyNaq2MRNFIhLlVrfauBmHai4/s1600/100_4370.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtCj0JabXDCklGczMqkdj07SdNP6WGn4eCzel9cA1IRmFqpIjp-YJTeI1y02DD41P7xlzcieSwmfOSDLvWcr-XWs5PNNOrKrBeiocRF8SCkvwvdUAhVKwyNaq2MRNFIhLlVrfauBmHai4/s320/100_4370.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491220640471521218" /></a><br /><br />These kiddos were cracking us up. (Mom stop laughing, please help) :)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjim-eyeTmVdNVevS7jXwbPr75LuMosdKZzusrwjF7lFl21M70DMJ-QkqrfHGOvIJY9ASZhNFFjGWvoLb-IhLK9J3aHt7QKUISz-Nnpx818MCs5MVGT-YkP2PdMs9F8TAOBZ_crOPYs1CQ/s1600/100_4368.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjim-eyeTmVdNVevS7jXwbPr75LuMosdKZzusrwjF7lFl21M70DMJ-QkqrfHGOvIJY9ASZhNFFjGWvoLb-IhLK9J3aHt7QKUISz-Nnpx818MCs5MVGT-YkP2PdMs9F8TAOBZ_crOPYs1CQ/s320/100_4368.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491221186558130770" /></a>Ashley Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17758700866065555264noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220264570086486810.post-77824567390369849472010-06-24T21:14:00.009-06:002010-06-24T21:31:45.375-06:00Hanging out in the sunWe've been outside enjoying the sun....<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvRsdr56zgSq7ZcEhbZHjl06lb0TFpXvsK3Q-bXslKYC2VGXiFE4j5Y5ayXEZ5zRig6YVhV8Jz8phIpIHBXHl1njZEzjhqZ3f9dZ8p4XhT30HT1Vl30ixpKggXGoSuWzmHrIt4lL_l4AQ/s1600/DSC01705.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjni5soiuYcYg1RysVyuiy5WFThDhrDlbIQbnfQF8-MbBBQZylstOtqsljSADFA4HjNGA2Myt7bSHcR0eTri2OrYMMuJnIda_rvCZaFpfgUKS6kZmmbADQvY-LMSp4ndbVNFsIlUPDtIIg/s320/DSC01714.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486547708508086002"></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX__Ir4v-yaks2gmOAPRI4YVT9ACplVXdA2cehXRJWd0LGOe_XnKd5VLr8IGyUJPDJo-N0edKgZCKi2uuLr9ZS8m7cE1RgeYg6hIeYcJrBWwGNIpAm9QXUXHCciH0AEdMIAqEf4fkTYqw/s1600/DSC01703.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX__Ir4v-yaks2gmOAPRI4YVT9ACplVXdA2cehXRJWd0LGOe_XnKd5VLr8IGyUJPDJo-N0edKgZCKi2uuLr9ZS8m7cE1RgeYg6hIeYcJrBWwGNIpAm9QXUXHCciH0AEdMIAqEf4fkTYqw/s320/DSC01703.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486546460172753842"></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_7w32arXLIFwvotunuQ9VkYaQlmxLbeseqSIun8xwVXfEo4-54FKPG-zB1WZ-eGOper-wbraQgQ5x9YnEtWdmOjBnbVfkMSgUoB2HBIBivW_ZNikYTxiGo0U1Ut3T4KchV1uMZ7ZXAPk/s1600/DSC01713.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_7w32arXLIFwvotunuQ9VkYaQlmxLbeseqSIun8xwVXfEo4-54FKPG-zB1WZ-eGOper-wbraQgQ5x9YnEtWdmOjBnbVfkMSgUoB2HBIBivW_ZNikYTxiGo0U1Ut3T4KchV1uMZ7ZXAPk/s320/DSC01713.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486548274769406898"></a>Ashley Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17758700866065555264noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220264570086486810.post-27609678152869641092010-05-31T19:57:00.004-06:002010-05-31T20:07:06.483-06:004 months<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpbi2OxpkRauNVmh-8LE8-pxKbFS6YsG1dFjrNPUD3XYvucIpy8U-XRBFaAdXM65p-V0XhD7nHVWiuKWaM6K5bSoZv1PKADOqN_esdeioOr0WQCZKA6u3drqklOiAWugTW4X4Xn8o4Y8o/s1600/washington+111.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpbi2OxpkRauNVmh-8LE8-pxKbFS6YsG1dFjrNPUD3XYvucIpy8U-XRBFaAdXM65p-V0XhD7nHVWiuKWaM6K5bSoZv1PKADOqN_esdeioOr0WQCZKA6u3drqklOiAWugTW4X4Xn8o4Y8o/s320/washington+111.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477618861855091106" /></a><br /><br />We've hit the 4 month mark. My baby is growing way too fast. His favorite things right now are bath time, stories, eating his hands, pulling my hair and babbling. Here are his stats from his latest doctor's appt. <br /><br />weight: 16 lbs 2 oz 80%<br />Height: 26 in 70%<br />Head circumference: 43.5 cm 80%<br /><br />He's starting trying to grab food off of our plates now and looked interested in our food so the doctor said we could start trying to give him solids. The first few times he didn't really like it but now you can see he loves it. He's trying to help himself. I can't feed it to him fast enough. <br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvE-RB9SYpyOWJe5JXXZ5S6ue93lterh2fWRrH2Gcb3zvCMMxCkH4KhG8tk8rV0RiI1g5j3RXIuuN4NisTcrkfsBw8NT29NBkgDbNLoOiJV9AVmrrxHYaFnRCeS_BmXS8grF3-EKOImpM/s1600/washington+103.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvE-RB9SYpyOWJe5JXXZ5S6ue93lterh2fWRrH2Gcb3zvCMMxCkH4KhG8tk8rV0RiI1g5j3RXIuuN4NisTcrkfsBw8NT29NBkgDbNLoOiJV9AVmrrxHYaFnRCeS_BmXS8grF3-EKOImpM/s320/washington+103.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477620731922967602" /></a>Ashley Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17758700866065555264noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220264570086486810.post-13586280250024462692010-05-25T14:03:00.006-06:002010-05-25T14:13:07.825-06:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWpC-9DC-ntFyfHPKnlbNfodTedXjsPXmORR3sgr0UISnT-pcb9B66UqemL62zuZ3PFL_TP5ZXWgYwSmeCRj7o-Djdo0MAWxlzqDYqwxVM-250WC1qDVE-lbAZAs1cb9FyzIbEV9CuIw0/s1600/Oliver+hat.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWpC-9DC-ntFyfHPKnlbNfodTedXjsPXmORR3sgr0UISnT-pcb9B66UqemL62zuZ3PFL_TP5ZXWgYwSmeCRj7o-Djdo0MAWxlzqDYqwxVM-250WC1qDVE-lbAZAs1cb9FyzIbEV9CuIw0/s320/Oliver+hat.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475300981149924226" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2yWbBQIlvyhmoN4z75npO5UmQX1E3_VEPIzuT6-tzkJ22nGHaQ2qJjujstrwz8qek2OxzIAcW-SCEJlxA8tYmEAR52kL1buTDbUfD3by41U0_JTEijKZ21dAKUEnj99U_8IzROMIJJ8c/s1600/disney.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2yWbBQIlvyhmoN4z75npO5UmQX1E3_VEPIzuT6-tzkJ22nGHaQ2qJjujstrwz8qek2OxzIAcW-SCEJlxA8tYmEAR52kL1buTDbUfD3by41U0_JTEijKZ21dAKUEnj99U_8IzROMIJJ8c/s320/disney.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475303025797597922" /></a><br /><br />We're back home from California. We had such a great time. We did Disneyland with Mike and Ash and Universal Studios by ourselves<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4tGTJxBGUI6CfigZIrCt5CHlhX2KHxd2g7JH8uon65JsZE4P1Ny-5aGr_8r1Hyuz5_XuMKZXEj_tsMSseU-c2gq0T9qWfDWnGwkLUdAF2LI-sK7MQ-26z4Tc3zufeM0FAd0nE5By1CvA/s1600/bailey+oliver+2.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4tGTJxBGUI6CfigZIrCt5CHlhX2KHxd2g7JH8uon65JsZE4P1Ny-5aGr_8r1Hyuz5_XuMKZXEj_tsMSseU-c2gq0T9qWfDWnGwkLUdAF2LI-sK7MQ-26z4Tc3zufeM0FAd0nE5By1CvA/s320/bailey+oliver+2.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475301947609404258" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgThNp4JXmI8on0N8jGCPNmdb-tUf66ovAU7NMsbxhDl3facLwchSAKKI5OTODFak7q4jRtxBwecposUqNB_J9yS61TI7yqJ_3yHc7O5Sazxkpp7aXzyy4C9i1x2MKPiMMdalQBRXewCDA/s1600/get-attachment.aspx.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgThNp4JXmI8on0N8jGCPNmdb-tUf66ovAU7NMsbxhDl3facLwchSAKKI5OTODFak7q4jRtxBwecposUqNB_J9yS61TI7yqJ_3yHc7O5Sazxkpp7aXzyy4C9i1x2MKPiMMdalQBRXewCDA/s320/get-attachment.aspx.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475301616604383250" /></a><br /><br />We went to my dad's work and bought a new car with our tax refund :) 2010 Honda Civic<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkKBr4o_oB2u2bOePtpd-cfhZ8b4JxGKsN_nOrtob9wGo2gt6zPSiwPDdFOO_lU8F0sesu6uyy6cx6kOMoNKI1jNV1hJRsRRaoFdKOZ4R1dKSh3szXu6Wl6APV6zuerNFio9A1i1yhIAY/s1600/grandpa.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkKBr4o_oB2u2bOePtpd-cfhZ8b4JxGKsN_nOrtob9wGo2gt6zPSiwPDdFOO_lU8F0sesu6uyy6cx6kOMoNKI1jNV1hJRsRRaoFdKOZ4R1dKSh3szXu6Wl6APV6zuerNFio9A1i1yhIAY/s320/grandpa.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475302171168952850" /></a><br /><br />Oliver even got to sleep with us. He loved it. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUqhhqiLSkxcS9eUos2yvOdFHoqjQaZSs-ZBp-6MD2yskHXNUeilZQJnQ4mYMBj7vlCdQY_KMWZndGa4rgI94eGi1RfBfjo58hgNzwP8Dk6w4yIwMRUmCxCWX__rxM7v-aFbW4QbcLyZc/s1600/sleeping.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUqhhqiLSkxcS9eUos2yvOdFHoqjQaZSs-ZBp-6MD2yskHXNUeilZQJnQ4mYMBj7vlCdQY_KMWZndGa4rgI94eGi1RfBfjo58hgNzwP8Dk6w4yIwMRUmCxCWX__rxM7v-aFbW4QbcLyZc/s320/sleeping.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475302608958347970" /></a>Ashley Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17758700866065555264noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220264570086486810.post-47402859788171687152010-05-10T09:06:00.011-06:002012-07-27T15:39:20.227-06:00Happy Mother's DayHappy Mother's Day. Ben made this the best first mother's day ever. It started with a new haircut and color. And Ben stayed home with Oliver. Just after that 2 hours of being home with him Ben now says it's much harder being a stay at home mom. He would much rather be the provider and go to work everyday. That always makes you feel good. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWHL9B7S-0NtdfyxqSjVkUt5TT7EDB0i1yBqEJvUHWVhz6VA8bOmhJjrx-7hzT-eCLXfznN9KegdPiTdUW5CM-ML8g-N0vl1NcoTT9qGpas7Iu5sNbkka3PI_Ye_577wxqOv1W9qa1GYg/s1600/DSC01665.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWHL9B7S-0NtdfyxqSjVkUt5TT7EDB0i1yBqEJvUHWVhz6VA8bOmhJjrx-7hzT-eCLXfznN9KegdPiTdUW5CM-ML8g-N0vl1NcoTT9qGpas7Iu5sNbkka3PI_Ye_577wxqOv1W9qa1GYg/s320/DSC01665.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469659759363682050" /></a><br /><br />Then the presents kept coming. He brought home roses on Saturday.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj29XnIocdB61Se9w8CpdyHYxltbQIQFJpxU14r8ID1Qi89ZeartD3hcsdOeyiloeWJwnBWIyWASkveEg_vB_bH9hae7SLdHIoSHA15kq9XIdlu7KKQ0klFkyAMbf2EojwCTol2_YKQa4/s1600/DSC01669.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj29XnIocdB61Se9w8CpdyHYxltbQIQFJpxU14r8ID1Qi89ZeartD3hcsdOeyiloeWJwnBWIyWASkveEg_vB_bH9hae7SLdHIoSHA15kq9XIdlu7KKQ0klFkyAMbf2EojwCTol2_YKQa4/s320/DSC01669.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469662123838410786" /></a><br /><br />On Sunday Ben got up with Oliver at 6 and let me sleep in until 8. (That was heaven) Then I got my next present this beautiful right hand ring. (Thanks Mari for helping him out) And we ended the night with a delicious steak dinner that was supposed to be a romantic little date at home but Oliver was super cranky and Ben and I had to take turns eating and then taking the baby. It's the thought that counts. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLASKls_zGNIaGuD56mQH8DLkh13Yk3c_m-pbmume6IQk5DxpI8xdO2yaws90AANDziq3E92361dcVT8c1EBmMDIRYa3afzCwhPB5v5a9stA7KydVSuYB1lKyp_wlsxmpCy8Zl_ocyTaE/s1600/DSC01674.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLASKls_zGNIaGuD56mQH8DLkh13Yk3c_m-pbmume6IQk5DxpI8xdO2yaws90AANDziq3E92361dcVT8c1EBmMDIRYa3afzCwhPB5v5a9stA7KydVSuYB1lKyp_wlsxmpCy8Zl_ocyTaE/s320/DSC01674.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469663539689642994" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY-2cqoC180ydtOcdysoTlris8hJP1IKpXOLQ7fupRyWR_r1WqeEVmZraGCZKrl2xmB0cNabuN1YPBRAGz_9aplYG48q5cnQzHy1PxQ47Qbn5f9U5wWVtugfSrQOEFxXZt7T6WnySF_Jw/s1600/DSC01662.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY-2cqoC180ydtOcdysoTlris8hJP1IKpXOLQ7fupRyWR_r1WqeEVmZraGCZKrl2xmB0cNabuN1YPBRAGz_9aplYG48q5cnQzHy1PxQ47Qbn5f9U5wWVtugfSrQOEFxXZt7T6WnySF_Jw/s320/DSC01662.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469660369589174658" /></a><br /><br />As for Oliver he showed how much he loved me by not wanting to leave my side and...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9vkhlgg9KzOKZCjzIMUuvfwPP1KKhgfkO6WBdpMHa7n0Wo6ocMoSY36e-8ZPePkR-thwZ7ay6kYC2NSV7O058CJT0PTgYe6000JRdgc9021gxisWLnj7BwTdt7rsmq0mDpQFZBKOn3tM/s1600/DSC01655.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9vkhlgg9KzOKZCjzIMUuvfwPP1KKhgfkO6WBdpMHa7n0Wo6ocMoSY36e-8ZPePkR-thwZ7ay6kYC2NSV7O058CJT0PTgYe6000JRdgc9021gxisWLnj7BwTdt7rsmq0mDpQFZBKOn3tM/s320/DSC01655.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469665140180756562" /></a><br /><br />whoops spitting up all over after just getting changed.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn-5xnQV1HHUheWcYjUFHPGKEwHnRBH_GiUkembWssx1GX_EaMUcyoA1e-H1Ud4JXLIC0zfp9aCO933vN45p1cxBZQDzdLeDQ5a1xOz8Pa2VPgc5Nyy4jSDt89I4-1l7JAke_sPSe4WGQ/s1600/DSC01657.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn-5xnQV1HHUheWcYjUFHPGKEwHnRBH_GiUkembWssx1GX_EaMUcyoA1e-H1Ud4JXLIC0zfp9aCO933vN45p1cxBZQDzdLeDQ5a1xOz8Pa2VPgc5Nyy4jSDt89I4-1l7JAke_sPSe4WGQ/s320/DSC01657.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469665696918791554" /></a><br /><br />Yes, that is spit up coming out of his nose.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio6w_gXiRhj3X2spZ-qI7Rjxs2vVwSZHw20InxKkdL0vo51r2ZAv4DoU1qOaruZvWSa7joKv2Qhdhu6ZGpp5Uwq9xc19u81TdZ2s_TRgukCGzEnjLeq-ekVKGtlhreqB6gWRb8HzJvvpA/s1600/DSC01659.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio6w_gXiRhj3X2spZ-qI7Rjxs2vVwSZHw20InxKkdL0vo51r2ZAv4DoU1qOaruZvWSa7joKv2Qhdhu6ZGpp5Uwq9xc19u81TdZ2s_TRgukCGzEnjLeq-ekVKGtlhreqB6gWRb8HzJvvpA/s320/DSC01659.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469666071407330562" /></a><br /><br />But that's okay this smile makes up for all of it. :) Thanks Oliver and Daddy for making the best Mother's Day a mom could have.Ashley Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17758700866065555264noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220264570086486810.post-78448487938061075092010-04-19T12:22:00.006-06:002010-04-19T12:39:35.440-06:00Quiet Book<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8IfU7YdMvVQAR39xC8eXb-g2Lkh1Hec0O781hqLW6_cvzQu1Dvg_NnfLbGoTVSPmil77LH-ntRYfbd7rYsRuj2yAgcTTu3EoqfCRslW9CAq9BnJCT2_Uux1PcCQRZvJBBeaoJdm5dCOM/s1600/sm+quiet+book+1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8IfU7YdMvVQAR39xC8eXb-g2Lkh1Hec0O781hqLW6_cvzQu1Dvg_NnfLbGoTVSPmil77LH-ntRYfbd7rYsRuj2yAgcTTu3EoqfCRslW9CAq9BnJCT2_Uux1PcCQRZvJBBeaoJdm5dCOM/s320/sm+quiet+book+1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461916935657225442" /></a><br /><br />This is going to be my next craft project, making a quiet book for Oliver. I always see people at church with these, and I thought it sounded fun to make. I like this girls barn idea and it's something Oliver would actually be interested in right now.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgec3ckMR_1zS0wfM3NhHj4Fg3MqSVY_D9XmloBmgh_brCWDj-H-MfZIbv8OHtE-pb8497Ztwy3js9KiZ3KNQaPo19xekJHYpoCJnOD7plm4SEqSBI92p49QVWTQCM36UlHPVLA6MLtHdM/s1600/barn1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgec3ckMR_1zS0wfM3NhHj4Fg3MqSVY_D9XmloBmgh_brCWDj-H-MfZIbv8OHtE-pb8497Ztwy3js9KiZ3KNQaPo19xekJHYpoCJnOD7plm4SEqSBI92p49QVWTQCM36UlHPVLA6MLtHdM/s320/barn1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461916530324902242" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-UDVvvvYy2hNrc8XYBbGPnawZ_wNp4x6V3KEI4QL4JOcD7ABpJwQRfiJ3C1wDAYTW0u7z1siR1Amof_GZyZn7qB1BFiqyKPIdPcSCRkIYuk5bYL_5WEriKSDJM9DXK_2RRsrMjZ9KpQA/s1600/barn.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-UDVvvvYy2hNrc8XYBbGPnawZ_wNp4x6V3KEI4QL4JOcD7ABpJwQRfiJ3C1wDAYTW0u7z1siR1Amof_GZyZn7qB1BFiqyKPIdPcSCRkIYuk5bYL_5WEriKSDJM9DXK_2RRsrMjZ9KpQA/s320/barn.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461916632559310066" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoCIhVT8GxfM3dV2dFG3yl7KDnA52kB-NRBS0wYJApFgyZwMmdBdUXqBFLDfW-BBjWQsQlTNo923-d8ZEm_in6CK_SlT1YqF4hYhCiInfdcGxoiFgIg5L3iJhxQMAUPpcryNVEmObwKYs/s1600/barn3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoCIhVT8GxfM3dV2dFG3yl7KDnA52kB-NRBS0wYJApFgyZwMmdBdUXqBFLDfW-BBjWQsQlTNo923-d8ZEm_in6CK_SlT1YqF4hYhCiInfdcGxoiFgIg5L3iJhxQMAUPpcryNVEmObwKYs/s320/barn3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461916717427468450" /></a><a href="http://http://craftingchicks.blogspot.com/2009/09/quiet-book-i.html"></a><br /><br />If anyone else wants to make one I got the idea from craftingchicks.blogspot.com and they posted september 09. (The hyperlink isn't working) And if anyone has any creative ideas let me know :)Ashley Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17758700866065555264noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220264570086486810.post-88687345513029831352010-04-03T19:46:00.005-06:002010-04-03T19:57:34.453-06:00Easter Eggs<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQwZrtpHcGBgHBCERT4IzdnisYd4cOVs-w3qlmdNuUE09JeJMb-NFM3-ZahxMZasx7Mz1xLki1S7yX0acB53NogAatFOzXQn6A7NM4lO3By27X0tJBgsO8KN1EMn9gDQr1Ok87NmgjCb8/s1600/washington+092.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQwZrtpHcGBgHBCERT4IzdnisYd4cOVs-w3qlmdNuUE09JeJMb-NFM3-ZahxMZasx7Mz1xLki1S7yX0acB53NogAatFOzXQn6A7NM4lO3By27X0tJBgsO8KN1EMn9gDQr1Ok87NmgjCb8/s320/washington+092.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456094423962106882" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY-5-XVU5P0eX0t0lGtrAkpgKxK0kYQR63KTIoL-ofoq4IwTAcfWZ5iN3Hd8mmdoJMnZAgdWzpYMwzMU_J1B7QQWjlmkm5dUPb7DHZXInqjNkydlo3Jq-HxngtVG5oblln_3NERMcP0Mo/s1600/washington+095.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY-5-XVU5P0eX0t0lGtrAkpgKxK0kYQR63KTIoL-ofoq4IwTAcfWZ5iN3Hd8mmdoJMnZAgdWzpYMwzMU_J1B7QQWjlmkm5dUPb7DHZXInqjNkydlo3Jq-HxngtVG5oblln_3NERMcP0Mo/s320/washington+095.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456094089778650018" /></a><br />Ben left Thursday for work so Wednesday we decided to celebrate Easter and dye eggs. We tried to wait until Oliver went down to bed to start. At 9:30 he fell asleep and I went to put him to bed, but he has a new trick. The second his head touches the mattress he opens his eyes and is wide awake. So he joined us. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxzEaNZY6VD5vzWMXZk8e42Rk6wdVnpsHf3hUro_WfSWUxFI3s0iamkaWpxBhjvZYpCG6JhiKJ10yHqKDjS3B8CHKZ2xgQAznUXQ3K6VkqLXM2NrebYLaaassyucJ-tq5aoP2XXjFawSg/s1600/washington+091.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxzEaNZY6VD5vzWMXZk8e42Rk6wdVnpsHf3hUro_WfSWUxFI3s0iamkaWpxBhjvZYpCG6JhiKJ10yHqKDjS3B8CHKZ2xgQAznUXQ3K6VkqLXM2NrebYLaaassyucJ-tq5aoP2XXjFawSg/s320/washington+091.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456094784522388018" /></a><br />(pretend you didn't see our dog on the table)Ashley Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17758700866065555264noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220264570086486810.post-28210361633880749622010-03-25T16:04:00.003-06:002010-03-25T16:27:59.515-06:00Hi Daddy!Hi Daddy, we miss you! Come home soon :)<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyh6tPh7qhn3qnptehsq9hPIH_wUcVxaZd3jjSGiVjMuRHR3sYSpZ2qJBnYqlI5veCeSkivmBTCO485RHpLdg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzB1u1z_rDl_-BsJAhybXmZhWc-FAh8uhIJSO17_x7XhhjnYZ86imGG1AsHV6wAaBULQGizR27Cn1taZRdXRQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Ashley Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17758700866065555264noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220264570086486810.post-2120038087706807042010-03-16T12:13:00.004-06:002010-03-16T12:31:31.262-06:00Utah<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjPSFtx7S1-bC3d_VmrAaRRuBbV2wvqXZ3cq0wqbpCe7Lzg4mptnOqIiS2Ryd26MOyo852qyx9-4jpaRw5dm0WLDPBoL1Bo9_4Dat8SAnq_ItBRLj1EKht8gwrp6Vtzp44M9wxT9eYr8o/s1600-h/family+pic.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 227px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjPSFtx7S1-bC3d_VmrAaRRuBbV2wvqXZ3cq0wqbpCe7Lzg4mptnOqIiS2Ryd26MOyo852qyx9-4jpaRw5dm0WLDPBoL1Bo9_4Dat8SAnq_ItBRLj1EKht8gwrp6Vtzp44M9wxT9eYr8o/s320/family+pic.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449296903493075506" /></a><br /><br /><br />We just got home from Utah last week and we had so much fun! We wish we were still there. While we were there we had Ben's cousin Madi take family and baby pictures for us and here are some of the samples. I think they turned out really well. I always love the pictures she takes. <br /><br />I love these ones. Oliver loved the camera. Lol. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_k_K-4rBAKJkqDdC8A0FI0jIHyWeJrdegALANNA6tgzxY02EaDcHNO3_6xoieOkIg2ZnsXFpmMOx6_kI-148Pe99tJhaa8U2RDER-izJMgTcEtgG_blLGd3yVSuCxOrpV4Fg1R6aiWoQ/s1600-h/oliver+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 222px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_k_K-4rBAKJkqDdC8A0FI0jIHyWeJrdegALANNA6tgzxY02EaDcHNO3_6xoieOkIg2ZnsXFpmMOx6_kI-148Pe99tJhaa8U2RDER-izJMgTcEtgG_blLGd3yVSuCxOrpV4Fg1R6aiWoQ/s320/oliver+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449297504290039570" /></a><br /><br />Also, while we were there we were able to bless Oliver. That was such a special moment for our little family. This is a picture of him in his blessing outfit. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcB14DmJKZ7qs_8ZPv_b0CO1KwLFQ_mnEflI3TKD4Uk0pt9pBOaKMfQKHqOPyCvKaOCYXBD1dvhHs9Qa9PFvZU9EyfjAoqBi1NQGOBk_i6P8DD2ZAXLzw0tQqqH4jlsbHA9ktW_7ZxKds/s1600-h/oliver.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 222px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcB14DmJKZ7qs_8ZPv_b0CO1KwLFQ_mnEflI3TKD4Uk0pt9pBOaKMfQKHqOPyCvKaOCYXBD1dvhHs9Qa9PFvZU9EyfjAoqBi1NQGOBk_i6P8DD2ZAXLzw0tQqqH4jlsbHA9ktW_7ZxKds/s320/oliver.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449297173984321874" /></a><br /><br />Now we're back home, back to reality. Ben's gone on another trip. They've bumped his trips up to 15 days at a time instead of 10 from now on and he has to take them more often. Oliver and I better start making some friends real quick. It's even harder now having Ben gone now that Oliver is here. I know it's harder for him too because he doesn't want to miss out on anything. Luckily, we have skype and we can see each other on the computer. <br /><br />As for everything else, life is starting to settle down a bit for Oliver and I. He's sleeping a little bit better and going a little bit longer between feedings and taking naps! <~~~ Mom's best friend. Now if I could just get my house under control and if I could get 3 meals in a day. It's really hard to cook since he always wants to be entertained and held. I normally get in 1 good meal and the rest consists of snacking (usually on cookies or chips or whatever I can eat really fast). I'm realizing everything is a juggling act and I'm getting better at it everyday. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN3s0ljV5zzoRQksUWwk3Z05FoS6wknpksyKUJgMSGOb-yQk3TrlvSxVkg5OcT-mw3VlHR_TTIe2yASAfXNxnzLBNmwFQQxLXJuNPg88KxB0XOj122YKMsaJsgLte4W9zEO8ErbmE_XZA/s1600-h/family+pic+1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 215px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN3s0ljV5zzoRQksUWwk3Z05FoS6wknpksyKUJgMSGOb-yQk3TrlvSxVkg5OcT-mw3VlHR_TTIe2yASAfXNxnzLBNmwFQQxLXJuNPg88KxB0XOj122YKMsaJsgLte4W9zEO8ErbmE_XZA/s320/family+pic+1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449296628419235266" /></a>Ashley Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17758700866065555264noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220264570086486810.post-1351513852596745842010-03-02T19:19:00.007-07:002010-03-02T19:42:33.965-07:00One Month Old<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3tH2LdTLQfio6CkYI9LpWGaMpCXfJWlIkjsgtF7xkYbRqmuD3HQ7kIKV4ntirV7HL00L355MQ8l9BpU9hjUF9Y_ahSOseMCOet0tFtF8nnnf0491iolejC8eS57Ph1pOg1FScZE6GHwg/s1600-h/Olli.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3tH2LdTLQfio6CkYI9LpWGaMpCXfJWlIkjsgtF7xkYbRqmuD3HQ7kIKV4ntirV7HL00L355MQ8l9BpU9hjUF9Y_ahSOseMCOet0tFtF8nnnf0491iolejC8eS57Ph1pOg1FScZE6GHwg/s320/Olli.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444227061031274418" /></a><br /><br />Oliver is now a little over one month old. This has been the fastest month of my life. The days just fly by. I never knew how much work a baby was. I'm lucky if I get to take a shower and brush my teeth before 11. It's crazy to think I went from this (the day I went into labor)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAwlT9sgtgZV9u9Wr3SfwdLp3Lx6VR6ZSyCeZs5WszWAhcJWTkqRF1WqiqcKRkVG4yOR86PlroKELrArFRUtychY2XH_QuVdyow4KBY3bp9qNntHnAVTPfnHZcNlAzT_8l0kmloPNiJxg/s1600-h/belly.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAwlT9sgtgZV9u9Wr3SfwdLp3Lx6VR6ZSyCeZs5WszWAhcJWTkqRF1WqiqcKRkVG4yOR86PlroKELrArFRUtychY2XH_QuVdyow4KBY3bp9qNntHnAVTPfnHZcNlAzT_8l0kmloPNiJxg/s320/belly.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444228819812234706" /></a><br /><br />to this handsome little man. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihM_1W8DbjeUVZx6dEDD7nTHRl0SalJghDx99m5B9KZ0RXBENDkgSY853XPXviOufjiMIOD9oGAymEzBdNq1XSpCQYP8I8J_rqsDt8egDRJXTyi2uWs2HmbER6GRa1R_ifsy4u4R8Mba0/s1600-h/get-attachment.aspx.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 237px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihM_1W8DbjeUVZx6dEDD7nTHRl0SalJghDx99m5B9KZ0RXBENDkgSY853XPXviOufjiMIOD9oGAymEzBdNq1XSpCQYP8I8J_rqsDt8egDRJXTyi2uWs2HmbER6GRa1R_ifsy4u4R8Mba0/s320/get-attachment.aspx.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444228586218071410" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZPuj9Zsbz4szts3bsx_T4qrPsjR25Ist3gTXoJ99VSdFKdYPMf4xxpB7e7rZfmMw-6mgxsN273fm42LHGVQXptPzDzqH1q7SM93I4PH3hOa-DCgMjHZA_O1vpF1U9lVei-n0pWx4bR30/s1600-h/church.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZPuj9Zsbz4szts3bsx_T4qrPsjR25Ist3gTXoJ99VSdFKdYPMf4xxpB7e7rZfmMw-6mgxsN273fm42LHGVQXptPzDzqH1q7SM93I4PH3hOa-DCgMjHZA_O1vpF1U9lVei-n0pWx4bR30/s320/church.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444228471118449474" /></a><br /><br />Here are some things about Oliver at 1 month:<br /><br />-Still won't sleep very well at night. He wakes up about every 1 1/2-2 hours, which means I probably get a total of 4-5 hours of sleep a night if I'm lucky. <br /><br />-Great eater. He now weighs 12 lbs. He was in the 75% at his 2 week check up but I think that's changed now. <br /><br />-Likes to nurse at least every 2 hours. <br /><br />-Only takes two or three 1 hour naps during the day<br /><br />-Smiles and coos. <br /><br />-Loves the puppies<br /><br />-Loves to sleep in our bed, but we're mean and take him to his crib as soon as he falls asleep. <br /><br />-He can get out of any swaddle we try regardless of how tight. We call him Houdini<br /><br />-And loves to hear the scriptures at night before bed for story time<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj66D42HdI35QTKeCfIO5NpU2vmLyRFMkCC5k4cEY-k2_Zt8mLPlKEJtKvXkKVn-LuPHU9pJkAysU7Ica-7eIX9CrLU2T6e_7tJplW-amiyP7CfQjVlH6sB46t6tBQAlFjbN24h87ZwOKM/s1600-h/outfit.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj66D42HdI35QTKeCfIO5NpU2vmLyRFMkCC5k4cEY-k2_Zt8mLPlKEJtKvXkKVn-LuPHU9pJkAysU7Ica-7eIX9CrLU2T6e_7tJplW-amiyP7CfQjVlH6sB46t6tBQAlFjbN24h87ZwOKM/s320/outfit.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444230754925451170" /></a>Ashley Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17758700866065555264noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220264570086486810.post-62214353387803103112010-02-07T17:25:00.009-07:002010-02-07T17:50:37.160-07:00Just Daddy and MeToday is game day. Ben is a HUGE colts fan. We just sat down to watch the super bowl and we are so excited! I thought I would put some pics up of just the two of them. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimfKchpmduMLJyatFfTx8HIi5VDCa5W_Hk2J0wsXf2wDIfHfa2i_L2pFXX0vO3V2HI14vblmDS5-lULW4weIAbQzKXAqsA2wyGOrkVsjQMYmttcsbCl9TwoWmzLBLk58CgSGWtSDqlIGQ/s1600-h/oliver+004.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimfKchpmduMLJyatFfTx8HIi5VDCa5W_Hk2J0wsXf2wDIfHfa2i_L2pFXX0vO3V2HI14vblmDS5-lULW4weIAbQzKXAqsA2wyGOrkVsjQMYmttcsbCl9TwoWmzLBLk58CgSGWtSDqlIGQ/s400/oliver+004.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435668208644668866" /></a><br /><br />This is how we eat ice cream together<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKO106vqwXLFo0J2S8HWybJXXoXifh6H6n0Zz9sX1F3RGsPKhjin9-brZ0MQ2vvkd7lBIcVOrlPVG14h3msOSV9m-F5tPJ7N00-RBI-JCSnrwgwNPJaYbphNzGftsNQbGjIkfd2lAJAcM/s1600-h/oliver+005.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKO106vqwXLFo0J2S8HWybJXXoXifh6H6n0Zz9sX1F3RGsPKhjin9-brZ0MQ2vvkd7lBIcVOrlPVG14h3msOSV9m-F5tPJ7N00-RBI-JCSnrwgwNPJaYbphNzGftsNQbGjIkfd2lAJAcM/s400/oliver+005.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435663286528732658" /></a><br />This is me suiting up for the big game<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsPd6KZsVHGpLnEO2pvEi91O_pQ7O9hemf54L3HmxInxl7dq-ABbrbB8UPNn_BLhP9zhwphvL2HZNfl48mvwSkIHiWXzSoUYNvkFITrQxX25haCxMKEIf8sqeiFb_fYU85H4kWkCfPuIM/s1600-h/oliver+008.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsPd6KZsVHGpLnEO2pvEi91O_pQ7O9hemf54L3HmxInxl7dq-ABbrbB8UPNn_BLhP9zhwphvL2HZNfl48mvwSkIHiWXzSoUYNvkFITrQxX25haCxMKEIf8sqeiFb_fYU85H4kWkCfPuIM/s400/oliver+008.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435663701356455090" /></a><br />But then I peed on it....but luckily Daddy bought me 3 Colts outfits. So here is outfit number 2. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdGH6NyClX7_CvCALlV9jmyMaUKFdgql5I9CPksh864cRZ2FurzyF5lJBe0sQOAF_mTOCA4kYST98gPIgW2y5hKKoie6hxkcFkslcNP76kdUMSc_PS9oUbYgv3mqDDXdDprY7d-jVGjRM/s1600-h/oliver+015.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdGH6NyClX7_CvCALlV9jmyMaUKFdgql5I9CPksh864cRZ2FurzyF5lJBe0sQOAF_mTOCA4kYST98gPIgW2y5hKKoie6hxkcFkslcNP76kdUMSc_PS9oUbYgv3mqDDXdDprY7d-jVGjRM/s400/oliver+015.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435664332733989666" /></a><br /><br />Here's Daddy and me watching the game together. I was really tired. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha_BXbzGPOxyMJLOFPjNntzhjf_DF31_PPp7zzOxbfvZLCj2ovfidgft28AT0cOebW3zbqUc_MViCwXf2FdyTEw-tkSj-FDi1ASp7ITPS2Fp5xa_zPrjEL4z1h6c8Tyamu4lnNjtuwZzU/s1600-h/oliver+016.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha_BXbzGPOxyMJLOFPjNntzhjf_DF31_PPp7zzOxbfvZLCj2ovfidgft28AT0cOebW3zbqUc_MViCwXf2FdyTEw-tkSj-FDi1ASp7ITPS2Fp5xa_zPrjEL4z1h6c8Tyamu4lnNjtuwZzU/s400/oliver+016.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435664651791016818" /></a><br /><br />But Daddy is a little too loud and kept waking me up. So Mommy took me. I wouldn't let her put me down so we're watching the rest of the game in the moby wrap so she can get move around the house. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTYAkRGr04Kgr08T9epmiXJaCKEluQClxTDXVsOslkwzdT7MOvMioYMS9TP4r84lPNd8FCjApJ4_XzChL5z2maCiiOlhzc_WS5frzqGW54_pEfT0gCWUxJME16MmhIt6m8UujqX6HJs9U/s1600-h/oliver+017.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTYAkRGr04Kgr08T9epmiXJaCKEluQClxTDXVsOslkwzdT7MOvMioYMS9TP4r84lPNd8FCjApJ4_XzChL5z2maCiiOlhzc_WS5frzqGW54_pEfT0gCWUxJME16MmhIt6m8UujqX6HJs9U/s400/oliver+017.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435664966508064482" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizkBaGdcwFICz8pW8BfofT1LwZOdAUUdEnSxBLuHwJADpJAtg0BbOsuKHkgCjUvH2Ps8Ff_hcQka2opMoUhUq0DrsBpH0lzHbOCkIQTPV0YgA-g7xDS2f9662RUhyphenhyphenh1293eKwZZBdX6XM/s1600-h/oliver+018.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizkBaGdcwFICz8pW8BfofT1LwZOdAUUdEnSxBLuHwJADpJAtg0BbOsuKHkgCjUvH2Ps8Ff_hcQka2opMoUhUq0DrsBpH0lzHbOCkIQTPV0YgA-g7xDS2f9662RUhyphenhyphenh1293eKwZZBdX6XM/s400/oliver+018.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435665598432002770" /></a>Ashley Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17758700866065555264noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220264570086486810.post-64948267539102017762010-02-04T11:33:00.005-07:002010-02-04T12:02:42.549-07:00One week old<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0j3d5UMiFMrREm1XSgUpM9vjllZrPT6mv19hXiCZLNNtWwiTnJXSaeq6LbMWy8j15Ez8oEdMhwq4A-_xLzG4xy4x-H_LP5s33C0vQUKAGP4K9XxoHXT-QbmuKxaVHuTatoWX6TDrp-a4/s1600-h/oliver+098.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0j3d5UMiFMrREm1XSgUpM9vjllZrPT6mv19hXiCZLNNtWwiTnJXSaeq6LbMWy8j15Ez8oEdMhwq4A-_xLzG4xy4x-H_LP5s33C0vQUKAGP4K9XxoHXT-QbmuKxaVHuTatoWX6TDrp-a4/s400/oliver+098.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434460976117674626" /></a><br />Look at those cheeks, doesn't it make you just want to eat him up? <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLvpkcwALGGWBD9ilw3-mF45sY1zRViV8m39sf96pmvAyKkEl0jNFrcsuafA1Lir91Gem5hfCvPCx-2Pz5xkGp_ZSEefNJYLc5FjG6CW2GhP5cxhjwlO3Dzvzvsq-ZPCqDdPmVpzDzYCE/s1600-h/oliver+097.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLvpkcwALGGWBD9ilw3-mF45sY1zRViV8m39sf96pmvAyKkEl0jNFrcsuafA1Lir91Gem5hfCvPCx-2Pz5xkGp_ZSEefNJYLc5FjG6CW2GhP5cxhjwlO3Dzvzvsq-ZPCqDdPmVpzDzYCE/s400/oliver+097.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434459415813699074" /></a><br />No more pictures mom. <br /><br />This has been the fastest week of my life. I feel like the days are just flying by. My mom just left yesterday. I'm so glad she was able to come out here for the birth and to help out. She was a lifesaver. Oliver has been a pretty good baby. He doesn't really cry that much except at the bewitching hour which is around 6. For some reason he's just had it by then. Other than that, I feel like I know his schedule pretty well. It's an endless 3 hour cycle. Change him, feed him, and burp him. As soon as I'm done with that he usually needs to be changed again. Lol. Then I have about an hour or two and then the whole cycle starts over again. He doesn't really like his bassinet that much so we're just going straight for the crib. He seems to do a little bit better in there. Last night was the first night we tried it and he woke up about every 40 min and would cry for 10 min and then fall asleep for another 40 min and then it would be time to feed him again. It was really hard to just let him cry but he has to learn sometime I guess. Ben has to go back to work on Monday and he'll be leaving on a trip really soon. So we need Oliver to like his crib before he leaves or there will be no sleep for me. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_r9pP6gNYpT45PAqUG6FFq5MdqzlaEGR5Pgzv4N27GPxwlsSpN9PjiAuHtMmfDEnGf_-OZdrfAQQkzIKmOTGM8SaLgGdGnqmdm5rV7gUElWQ-ebZIvUAkqYEk9B03RA3JKeHdP6e_pTo/s1600-h/oliver+099.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_r9pP6gNYpT45PAqUG6FFq5MdqzlaEGR5Pgzv4N27GPxwlsSpN9PjiAuHtMmfDEnGf_-OZdrfAQQkzIKmOTGM8SaLgGdGnqmdm5rV7gUElWQ-ebZIvUAkqYEk9B03RA3JKeHdP6e_pTo/s400/oliver+099.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434459824843673746" /></a><br />This is what a typical shift looks like. :) Even the puppies are tired. But like you all said, they won't stay this little forever so we're trying to soak it all up.Ashley Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17758700866065555264noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220264570086486810.post-14790086058678769922010-01-29T17:34:00.011-07:002010-01-29T18:33:27.732-07:00Birth Story part 2Okay so there I was telling them I wasn't going to make it and I was throwing in the towel and wanting the c-section and the midwives decided it was time for the epidural. Hallelujah! Those words were like music to my ears. At this point I didn't have any breaks in my contractions they were doubling up one after another. She told me unfortunately since I wasn't progressed very much I was at a higher risk of a c-section and having more complications but I did not care one way or another. This needed to end. They made my mom stay outside the room because they could only have so many people in there. Ben was able to come with me. He was getting really worried at this point. None of us knew if the epidural would actually work. He knew there would be pain but he said it was just breaking his heart. Since my body couldn't hold still they had to give me a spinal first to numb my back and then I could try and hold still for them. Luckily, the spinal did take the edge off and I was able to get an epidural about a half hour later at around 10:00 p.m. That kicked in so fast and I was gone. I just went right to sleep. They hooked me up with a little pitocin and oddly enough my body just took off and started progressing. By 3 in the morning I was at a 5 and they broke my water and at 7 they started setting up the room and at 8 it was time to push. They informed me the reason I couldn't progress was because I wasn't letting my body relax. Also they said he was face up and that's what was causing the back labor. The back of his head was against the bone. So now that he was face up not only did I have to push but I had to try a bunch of positions to get him to turn. Right as they were telling me this the girl next door was starting to push and she was screaming. That freaked me out. Here is a picture of me right before I started pushing. You can tell it was a long day. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPJHiY_mqaJKMKM85-JrZC9KPmMEfUkTEocVmiEMbJvurl98Bq_dXofsXQ2_BLW1bCjt1rC7L3HHG_xueQakh8qgn68tZXmjBpCh8uVMbZzRbTjaa1f1Tcq_sNAK1w5SjVfXBkJOVhWIM/s1600-h/oliver+grey+100.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPJHiY_mqaJKMKM85-JrZC9KPmMEfUkTEocVmiEMbJvurl98Bq_dXofsXQ2_BLW1bCjt1rC7L3HHG_xueQakh8qgn68tZXmjBpCh8uVMbZzRbTjaa1f1Tcq_sNAK1w5SjVfXBkJOVhWIM/s400/oliver+grey+100.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432329932006436754" border="0"></a><br /><br />This story is almost over. I pushed and gave it my all starting at 8:20 and he was out at 9:18. He had a little meconium so they had the pediatricians in there and handed him off to them right away. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9YjiEn7V2wbSHZR4IqCcU2BtxZamyOyGpO-xiVFDp-lNwqAXV_MRAD69LkOKy0PHSZJ99WEd8mpi1fKe2yWBbamoZZ9Jf12JiEr2eo9qRLcBKqav9Bw-CkgY3SU0N9aUNcsLJCqGdMTM/s1600-h/oliver+grey+101.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9YjiEn7V2wbSHZR4IqCcU2BtxZamyOyGpO-xiVFDp-lNwqAXV_MRAD69LkOKy0PHSZJ99WEd8mpi1fKe2yWBbamoZZ9Jf12JiEr2eo9qRLcBKqav9Bw-CkgY3SU0N9aUNcsLJCqGdMTM/s400/oliver+grey+101.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432331259872020114" border="0"></a><br /><br />We did get him turned a little bit but not all the way. He came out sideways with his face facing the right. Because of this and since he was such a big baby I did tear a little. But he came out crying his little heart out and healthy as can be at 8 lbs 10 0z and 20 inches long. He has fuzzy dark brown hair and deep blue eyes. He's as beautiful as can be and we just love him. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSXh6saEHjZqwpl6R4YrRg5LVR8O1FoSemm33rfU5cc0KJDH5O6Y4Kd_VMNrUX33I34KQC8iIxYD9_k6S1UomXZPn4zipKwRtkcsA7Bl4kimcZi7jvQmzLQbuZrw54uauQwflmVobdf3c/s1600-h/oliver+grey+106.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSXh6saEHjZqwpl6R4YrRg5LVR8O1FoSemm33rfU5cc0KJDH5O6Y4Kd_VMNrUX33I34KQC8iIxYD9_k6S1UomXZPn4zipKwRtkcsA7Bl4kimcZi7jvQmzLQbuZrw54uauQwflmVobdf3c/s400/oliver+grey+106.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432334243621403122" border="0"></a><br /><br />I'm healing incredibly fast and nursing is coming right along. I was able to come home from the hospital and fit right back into my pre pregnancy pants. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLHHZEIXU035gtJ1F2XtLDhw8jV8vuEcqDt3Ls8b9f7rhdAeGEp3g7PAb7bBp1d20gtx6WM_x9VBdbdl-QbbGaUkVnJ39i-SuEoB8aVCv6fmhG8SUI2GPULEJYvWuAshmh4yd4BBJK6Nw/s1600-h/oliver+grey+110.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLHHZEIXU035gtJ1F2XtLDhw8jV8vuEcqDt3Ls8b9f7rhdAeGEp3g7PAb7bBp1d20gtx6WM_x9VBdbdl-QbbGaUkVnJ39i-SuEoB8aVCv6fmhG8SUI2GPULEJYvWuAshmh4yd4BBJK6Nw/s400/oliver+grey+110.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432334545183263234" border="0"></a><br /><br />He's a good baby until the night comes and gives us a run for our money. We don't know how to get him to go to sleep without someone holding him just yet so that has been quite the challenge. So if anyone has any great ideas please pass them our way. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIiknRZwsUNhTUUZ9LeKle9Cp2NCvrKluRv_KEgYoSInVH0BpUsJmXFIvpkecO2qERTkpruaZazg1nNgThCOBaQ-3biUNFtNaicAxnBQxTkN0PBNmNgauHN1MoXFCRVBLD24O7U9SMWZE/s1600-h/oliver+grey+112.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIiknRZwsUNhTUUZ9LeKle9Cp2NCvrKluRv_KEgYoSInVH0BpUsJmXFIvpkecO2qERTkpruaZazg1nNgThCOBaQ-3biUNFtNaicAxnBQxTkN0PBNmNgauHN1MoXFCRVBLD24O7U9SMWZE/s400/oliver+grey+112.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432337198579602930" border="0"></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5N1xG6D8AJctYVYot93BljQKNDy-fUCDUbTKblXtVjBNwa5XNTe_LJ-Fu4NuPH4Hdnp3paMdCz5NJr60_JU1Gh603tRjqrrODxDXVZnoLicNcHeSiVpAOzsgCWerqcfzq_3I9VDoP8qA/s1600-h/oliver+grey+119.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5N1xG6D8AJctYVYot93BljQKNDy-fUCDUbTKblXtVjBNwa5XNTe_LJ-Fu4NuPH4Hdnp3paMdCz5NJr60_JU1Gh603tRjqrrODxDXVZnoLicNcHeSiVpAOzsgCWerqcfzq_3I9VDoP8qA/s400/oliver+grey+119.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432337896177129842" border="0"></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIHCmSSXpIO3MzFQDA6OZ1e1iGrjLixojsZSo9GUGJ5D00KfCN0lnARAIUuyZS5s2Jr9Xs_mIlhU-bBbw9XN8XLIOnGyKkDz8E8IWj-IDoB1WnH9ZS890tqaBzowKQ9qYDlsZWcnMF7Mo/s1600-h/oliver+grey+111.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIHCmSSXpIO3MzFQDA6OZ1e1iGrjLixojsZSo9GUGJ5D00KfCN0lnARAIUuyZS5s2Jr9Xs_mIlhU-bBbw9XN8XLIOnGyKkDz8E8IWj-IDoB1WnH9ZS890tqaBzowKQ9qYDlsZWcnMF7Mo/s400/oliver+grey+111.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432336143541305762" border="0"></a><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwku4PVjggmO8nxwALTc_delvw0vZjmHRnnop1G4p8qsfJsqWxpfXfWn-6wgF0lTgYFWgkl5aTNMITggcLQ7Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Ashley Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17758700866065555264noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220264570086486810.post-25446407115453200342010-01-28T17:39:00.004-07:002010-01-28T18:41:20.301-07:00He's Here!....Labor StoryAs you've all probably heard Oliver Grey as made his debut! Sorry it's taking me a little while to get pics up and writing back to some of you. I have been wiped out. Who would have thought something that slept so much would take every second of your day? Good thing he's so cute. He's worth it. <br /><br />I'll try and hurry to tell you the labor story before he wakes again..... :)<br /><br />So everything started Saturday night really. Ben and I were preparing our talks for church, the next day in sacrament meeting. We were finishing everything up around 9 p.m. and I was saying how active he was in belly. Seriously, he was so so crazy in there I knew he was trying to get out but didn't think anything of it since I hadn't been having any contractions. Then we went to bed and at 2 a.m. Sunday morning I woke up in bed and felt a little funny. So, I got up went to the restroom in the dark and saw there was A LOT of blood in my pants. Now what? I took a deep breath and turned on the light. Tried to get cleaned up for a second and called labor and delivery. About 10 minutes after I woke up I started feeling contractions in my back only. They were coming every 2 minutes right away. They didn't feel too strong but I could tell they were slowly increasing. Labor and delivery said we needed to come in right away because of the amount of blood so at 3:00 a.m. off we went. <br /><br />As soon as we got in the car I called my mom and told her I think it's time. (Worried she wouldn't make it) She reassured me she would be there. She called Southwest and got booked on the next flight to arrive at 11:00 a.m. And left her house 15 min. after I had told her. She's amazing. <br /><br />So we get to triage and they hook me up to everything. Ask me about pain and I say it's about a level 1. I was joking and laughing but my back was a little achy. They checked and I was only 1 cm dilated and 80% effaced but my contractions were so regular they made us walk the hospital for 2 hours and come back and get checked. We started walking and after 20 minutes I couldn't walk or talk through contractions and they were really starting to get uncomfortable. Again only in my back though. After 2 hours we go back in and I'm still only a 1. Great. So they send us home at 8 and told us it could be days before he comes and he probably wouldn't come until Tuesday. The car ride back was uncomfortable but I was glad to get home to try and relieve some of the pressure. Laying on my back and sitting down felt like I was carrying a 300 lb weight on me. Right when we get home I get in a really hot bath. That's when I started to lose it. My sister in law Ashley called me and was trying to make me feel better (thanks by the way Ash) while I was sitting in there. I was crying and telling her the pain was so much already and I was only a 1. She told me some other things I could try and I tried some of those after my bath but they just weren't working. By this time Ben needed to go pick up my mom and I told him I would just stay home and try and take a nap. Off he went. My nap never happened but I was able to relax a little. <br /><br />They arrived back home at 1 p.m. I was feeling a little better and my mom was rubbing my back during contractions while I was on my hands and knees. While she was doing that, Ben was enjoying his Colts game. Lol. He kept trying to show me replays but I wasn't having it. Ben gave me some toast to eat to give me some energy. Then things changed really quickly. At 4 p.m. the contractions were still coming 2 minutes apart but I couldn't get through it without crying. My mom said it was time to go. So off we went again. <br /><br />The car ride was even worse. We got up to triage and they started asking me all the same questions but they could tell something had changed. One of the questions was is the baby moving? And I said, "I don't even know I haven't been paying attention we're not on good speaking terms right now." Everyone just laughed. So then it was time to get checked. I was only at 1 1/2 cm and 90% effaced. Are you kidding me!? I told them I wasn't going to make it. Luckily they realized how bad my contractions were and she said we'll get you some pain medication and have you take a nap and see what happens from there. But before I could do that they had to take all these blood tests and they brought someone in to try and take my mind off of the contractions so I could sit still long enough for them. <br /><br />So they wheeled me in a quiet room and gave me 2 doses of morphine and thought those would do the trick. It was the strongest thing they could give me. Well that was a no go. I started to get delirious. For those of you who don't know back labor is the worst you could have. Ben kept saying it's okay it's okay and I finally said it's not okay. I'm really not going to make it. I started telling my mom I need a c-section I can't do this. It was only 8:00 p.m. So the nurses changed their plan asap. <br /><br />Sorry but baby needs to eat.....I'll come back.Ashley Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17758700866065555264noreply@blogger.com3