15 Months!

Yep, that's right Ashley is 15 months already. Two of the girls at work are pregnant and it feels like yesterday I was. We have a good kid and have no idea how it happened, but that's just her. She's very much on a schedule, but she's able to adjust when we need her to. Still goes to bed around 6:30 or 7:00 and wakes up at 7 or 8 on the weekends if we're lucky, but hasn't woken up in the middle of the night since she was 7 or 8 months old. We had Ashley in our room while my parents were here last weekend and there was no chance of her going back to sleep once she woke up and saw us. She's tall enough to see over the pack 'n play now so she peeks her little head over the side and says "Hiiieee". She did cuddle in bed with us one of the mornings and fell asleep, but she usually just wants to play. You'll see from the pictures that she really likes to carry around purses. I think she got this from daycare. They have a corner where the kids can play dress up. Anything with a handle she'll carry around, especially true with this bucket we have for her. She has 10 teeth that have all come in without us knowing. She never has gotten cranky or had a fever with any of them (how we got so lucky who knows?) She cut three molars this past weekend while my parents were here. It definitely did not effect her appetite either. This girl likes to eat and she has won over the hearts of the girls at daycare. She has them wrapped around her finger. She just has to do the sign for more and please, looks at them with those big brown eyes and she gets whatever she wants. I can always tell when they've served something good for lunch and snack because her big belly gives her away. She's doing very well at daycare and we really like her teachers. She gets excited when we walk in and that's always a good feeling. It's not easy leaving her there every day, but its good to know she's well taken care of and happy. She does let us know she's ready to go home when we pick her up at the end of the day, though. She runs over to her cubby, grabs her coat and starts saying "Bye-Bye" to everyone. She's talking more, but doesn't ever do it when we're trying to show her off. Seems to be the case for a lot of parents. She'll say "No, puppy, ruff-ruff, Bro (for Brody), Hop-Hop, Moo, socks, shoes, Mama, Papa, uppie, eat, book, ball, bath, mo( for more) hat, uh-oh (her favorite, but she never gets away with anything because of it. The girl needs to learn not to give herself away!)and she started signing baby. Oh, I can't forget how she's mastered the fake cry and occasional fall to the floor. It never last very long once she figures out Mom and Dad are ignoring her, but she's got it down! It's like she's trying to have a temper tantrum, but it's about the mildest form of a temper tantrum you could ever imagine, it's a riot. The thing that makes us laugh is she'll laugh when she's over it. Makes us think whatever made her act that way was "really bad!" She also loves to be tickled and will tilt her head back to get you to tickle her. Her giggle is contagious. All in all she's a very happy, laid back little girl whose parents love her very much.

Did I mention she likes to clean? Just like her Mama

Loves her purses. She has multiple ones that she likes to carry around at the same time.

Loves, Loves, Loves her books. Here she's reading to Brody while Papa makes dinner.

"Let's figure out how I can ride this horse... now go, giddy-up!"