Happy Birthday Ashton!!

How did he go from this... ... to this SO fast???

Ashton scored for his birthday. David & I keep saying we're going to rewrap everything and give it to him for Christmas. Okay, we won't but it's fun to say.

David's family came down down to open presents and eat cake with us. Ashton got his very first football from his Poppy Jake. It's soft so he can palm it and squish it right into his mouth. One of the coolest/most thoughtful gifts was from David's little sister "Aunt Boo". She made him a book of his life so far full of his favorite foods and things he likes to do. He loved it and flipped the pages again and again and suprisingly didn't put it in his mouth for the first 10 minutes. I'm going to tuck it away for another year and read it to him when he can fully appreciate how cool it is.

And because Ashton is really only known as "the Bug" at our house we decided he needed a bug cake. So we made him a caterpillar.

He was LOVING life. He kept stuffing frosting into his mouth with a look on his face like "I don't know what I did to deserve this but please don't stop."

He was chugging the water as fast as he could only so he could fit more in his mouth.

Our new tradition: A friend of mine had a great idea to have her kids paint on a small canvas every year on their birthday. When they accumulate they will act as a border on a wall and we'll all see how he has grown through his little artwork!

It took him a few tries to learn that the paint was NOT frosting. Poor kiddo cried until I washed out his whole mouth and then was happy to continue dipping his fingers in the paint.

I didn't think he would really get the concept of keeping it on the paper but he actually didn't get messy at all. He just kept grabbing new colors over and over and rubbing his hand around in the same spot. So this year's art has a VERY brown theme.

Happy Birthday Ashbug we LOVE you little man!!
We're off to Midway tomorrow. And we'll be doing the famous mall ultrasound to find out if Ashton's going to have a little brother or sister...so stay tuned.

There will be snow!!

I have been checking the 10 day forecast for Midway for the last 2 weeks.
You will see HERE that there will be snow for Thanksgiving!
I never knew how much I loved snow and needed it in my life until I started my 3rd year here in TX. It's pretty safe to say that David & I have decided that we will end up somewhere with snow.
So in celebration of finding out there will be snow I dressed Ashton all up again.
Who knew that his new jacket would match his eyes perfectly.

Finally updated

Some random tidbits:

• Wahoo for the 2nd trimester. I'm 14.5 weeks. My due date for all of you who asked is May 11thish.
• I won't be posting a floating baby on the side of my blog because I think I'd go crazy with a daily reminder of how many days are left. Sorry, you'll all just have to remember that by mid-May we should have a new little baby.
• I have an awesome midwife who comes to me for all of my appointments. It's so nice not to drag Ashton to a Dr.'s office every month.
• We just found out that Medicaid will cover any hospital transport if needed. Yay. Now I no longer have to panic about not having maternity coverage.
• Found out that one of my favorite people is now EVEN higher on the favorite list because she can sing every word on the Beaches soundtrack. I've NEVER met anyone my age who can keep up with me. (my sisters just might be in shock that I know someone as crazy as me) Bette Midler fans unite!
• Ashton turns 1 in 10 days. Where does the time go?
• In 11 days I will be on a plane to Midway! Pray for snow and for the next 11 days to fly by.
• There is nothing better than knowing we're having homemade pizza for dinner and that there will be A&W rootbeer for the occassion.
• The crib biting saga was solved. I threw a heavy blanket over the entire side of the rail. He has only pulled it off once and seems content enough to chew ontop of the blanket in his "marked" corner.
• We got a Flip video camera and we love it. Here are some recent videos.

On this first one you'll have to turn up the volume kind of loud to hear what I'm saying. Ashton only sits still for the first page of any book and this is what I caught on tape a couple weeks ago.

This video is a month old but it's hilarious. Ashton figured out how to pick his nose. Sorry, you have to witness our poor dinner choices for him. Chicken Divan and graham crackers.

Yes, I regularly let my kid run around in a snow hat and diaper.

Ashton sported his new hat around. And since it was 80 degrees in Dallas today I figured I should take off his clothes to help him stay cool.
Side view. Is is time to go to Midway yet??

Just because they are cute.

Are you keeping track of the biting crib saga?

Ashton=3 Crib=0

I tied the rail down with floss.

It was no match for him.