Ashley turned 2 weeks today. We had another Dr's visit and she's up to 8lbs 2 oz! Our doctor said most babies are just getting back up to their birth weight at this time which would be 6lb 10oz for Ashley. There's obviously no problems with feeding this child. Brian guessed that she was already up to 8lbs and I thought 7lb 6oz, he won by a long shot. Little Ashley has been quite the trooper lately going on all sorts of outings with Mom and Dad and now Grammy (my mom). It's getting a little easier to get out of the house and plan things around her feedings and I'm getting more brave with changing her and feeding her places other than our home. It's been great because I haven't felt cooped up in the house, but there are those days where we've done too much and we know when it's time to go home and relax. Ashley makes sure we know when she's had enough and that's about the only time she gets fussy. My mom flew into Seattle Friday night and will be staying with us until Thursday where my Dad will join up with her and they'll move to a hotel with my brother. She's helped out a ton and it's been fun just to relax and share these new days of parenting with her. I am so grateful she's here to help out with Thanksgiving too. We're having a party of 9 at our house for dinner; my parents and brother, Brian's parents and sister and brother in law, and uncle Ed. It will be great to have everyone here to celebrate Thanksgiving together. So, here's a few pictures I've taken over the last week.
Saturday I took Ashley to a card camp where we made Christmas cards. We were out almost all day and Ashley did fantastic. It was nice because we were at a lady's house, so I was able to feed here and change her easily and she just slept the whole time while we made our cards. Of course she was held a ton and the lady who put on the card camp just ate her up. She has all nephews and was so excited to have a little girl in her arms. My mom had never been to one of these card making deals so she had a ton of fun too. It was a great girls day.
Mom and Ashley with one of the cards we made. I had to get her started early, after all her initials are A.R.T
Another cute picture of Brody and Ashley. He does so well with her, we're really pleased at how he's handled the transition from being the only baby in the house
Ashley's cord fell off on Thursday so here she is in her bath. She doesn't mind it too much, but has had to get a second soak when she pees in her towel as I'm trying to get her dry. I don't think there is a way to prevent this, but next time I will have two towels close by if I attempt this on my own. Luckily both Brian and my mom were there to fetch a new towel and help get her diaper on. Since her cord has fallen off we've also switched to cloth diapers and absolutely love them. I can't believe how many diapers she goes through and I hated throwing them away. We have a service that picks up the diapers every Monday and the diaper wraps they have to go over the cloth makes it so easy to use. They look like actual diapers and fasten the same way. Marvelous invention, my mom has shared stories of how she used to have to use pins and we would get poked all the time because we squirmed so much. So glad they came up with something easier. Plus the cost of cloth diapers is the same as the store bought ones and they're supposed to potty train a lot faster. She already has made a lot more fuss when she has a dirty diaper. I could never tell when she was wet because the disposables were so absorbent.
This is a hat that Grandma Timm got her and it fits her perfectly. We put it on her a few weeks ago and it kept sliding down over her eyes. She's actually outgrown more than a few of her outfits already that she used to swim in.
This is one of those outfits that was so big on her two weeks ago and just fits now. Another week and it will be too small. I'm amazed at how much she's grown in such a short period of time.
Ashley got her first piece of mail yesterday, her social security card. It was really weird to get mail with my daughters name on it at three weeks of age. I thought they would address it to the parents of Ashley Renee Timm instead of just to her like she's going to open it or something. Pretty soon she'll be getting applications for credit cards and loans for college. My baby is growing up so fast!
This is an outfit that one of Brian's classmates gave Ashley to wear for her first Thanksgiving. Her son passed away expectantly when he was a baby and he wore this for his first Thanksgiving. It means a lot that she was able to wear it and we took a picture to give to her, it fit perfectly. 
Ashley and Uncle Dan
Ashley and Aunt Becki. 
My mom decorated the table with little pumpkins wrapped in ribbon. I thought it turned out so cute.
This picture was taken last Wednesday night when Brian and I were able to get out of the house for a date night. He got out of class for the holiday at noon and since I hadn't seen much of him all week because of school and work he decided to take me out for a date and allow grammy to babysit. He took me out to Nishino's in Madison Park, something he's wanted to do since I had Ashley. We sat at the sushi bar which was really fun because we could watch the chef prepare the sushi right in front of us. I'm not sure if it's because we haven't had sushi in so long or if this place was really good, but it was some of the best sushi we've ever had. We were gone for about three hours, just in time to come back for Ashley's next feeding. Well, I think she got hungry a little early because she was not happy for about 20 minutes before we got home. My mom said she calmed down right before we walked in the door. She just wanted something grammy couldn't give her. We do appreciate all her help this past week, it was really fun to have her here. I'm just sad that she doesn't live closer so we can have more time to spend together. We'll see them again in a couple of weeks when we go down to Portland for a week around Christmas. Ashley got a few more things to add to her wardrobe too as grammy was a knitting machine while she was here. She made some adorable sweaters and booties and is now she's working on hats to match. This girl can never have enough clothes.
Here's a picture of our little burrito. Brian and I have perfected our burrito wrap and she has a pretty tough time getting out of it. We used to be able to use a receiving blanket, but she's too big for it now so we've been using a this blanket that my friend Allison's mom gave her and it works great. She sleeps this way in the cradle and it buys me 2 1/2 hours of sleep in between feedings. If she's not wrapped up tight she wakes herself up and it doesn't make for a very good night's sleep for mom. She's been getting a little more vocal when she's upset, but she's still a very easy baby and doesn't fuss hardly at all.
