Thanksgiving

We went to Joe's sister Christy and her husband Bryan's new house in North Mankato for Thanksgiving. It was sooo nice to not have to travel very far and it's always great to see the Fashingbauer gang. They remind me a lot of my mom's side (the Kral's).... it's always a good time and there are a ton of people there :) I wish Bernie's three girls lived closer so they could babysit for us! They were fighting over the babies all afternoon so needless to say, the babies were in good hands.

Ashlyn and Connor decided to dress up as little Minnesota Gophers. They were cute as always!

Connor & Ashlyn

Ashlyn & Grandma Ruth

Lip Smacker

She does this funny thing with her tongue and lips, it's pretty funny to watch. (Video quality is not the greatest and she was in her swing.)

Teething??

I'm convinced Ashlyn is teething. She has been so crabby the past couple days and hasn't been sleeping very good for the past week. Last night and today were almost unbearable. I was just googling teething and came across these signs that baby is teething and here are the ones that fit Ashlyn:

• Drooling
• Coughing
• Biting
• Pain
• Irritability - (irritable doesn't even describe it.... )
• Refusal to feed - (very strange for her, she LOVES to eat!)
• Wakefulness - (what a nice word to describe waking up every 2-3hr at night and not napping during the day!)

From what I've read, this can last a day or go on for weeks. I guess we'll just have to wait and see. I don't know how many more days like today I can handle, I feel so helpless when she's screaming in pain and nothing seems to help. One good thing is that she went to bed at 7:30pm but I have a feeling I'm going to be up with her a lot tonight. Wish me luck!

Ready for Hunting Season

Since it is hunting season we had to put on our cute pink camo outfit. Grandma Ruth put a cute bow in her hair this weekend while she was babysitting and it was adorable! I can't believe I didn't do it a long time ago, her hair has been long enough since birth! We're definitely going to be accessorizing her gorgeous hair from now on :)

Matching bow's :)

4 Month Check Up

We met with Dr. Knudson this morning for our four month check up. Ashlyn is doing great! He said she is a happy, healthy baby. Poor little thing had more shots. It's hard to watch her in so much pain, she's pretty inconsolable for a while. This time I let her eat before we left the Dr's office and that seemed to help calm her down. I'm sure she will sleep most of the day and try to forget the traumatic events of the morning :) She is also starting to wear her size 9 month clothing... and to think that before she was born I thought that she wouldn't be wearing those until March!

As I guessed in the previous post, she is over 17 lbs!

Here are her stats: 26" tall (97%) ~ 17lbs 12oz (99%)

4 Months Old!

Can you believe our little peanut is four months old already?! I swear the days just fly by! We go in for her four month check up on Tuesday. I am curious to see how much she weighs. She has become quite a load to tote around in her car seat. I'm guessing she's over 17lbs.... I think it's mostly in her cheeks ;)

Some of the fun things she's doing: 

• Talking.... she's really finding her voice. From low tones to high pitch squeals.  When she's in the right mood she can talk your ear off. I think she gets that from mommy ;)
• Rolling from front to back, she's been attempting the much harder back to front, but no luck on that one yet.
• Giggling... she's starting to enjoy tickling and blowing "fart" noises on her belly and cheeks. (Sorry, I couldn't think of a better word to describe the noise!)
• Eating rice cereal. She's been watching us eat and seemed like she wanted to try it so we did. She's been doing great. 
• Chewing... mainly on her fingers but my fingers are her second favorite. Along with the chewing comes drooling, sometimes it's a little and sometimes it's a lot! I think that she may have some teeth coming, we'll have to wait and see!

Here you can see her change month by month. I swear she just keeps getting more adorable as the days go by! 

2 days old

1 month

2 months

3 months

4 months!

Snow

Ashlyn's first snowfall! She even tasted a little snow and seemed to like it :) I'm not sure if we're ready for winter/snow yet but I guess we don't have a choice!

Halloween!

It was Ashlyn's first official holiday, Halloween! It was so much fun dressing her up, she was such a cute Tigger!

She does look more like me with her dark hair covered up.... right??.... maybe :)

... at work with Grandma Deb

Her costume was making her really warm so we were trying to cool off! 

Here's Ashlyn with Grandpa Frank

... with Great Aunt Lois, Great Uncle Daryl and cousin Frankenstein (Jared).

... with Great Aunt Mary

... with Great Grandma Lappe

After visiting everyone in New Ulm, we went to Bryan & Christy's house in North Mankato to help hand out candy and have Joe & Christy's aunt Mary take pictures of Ashlyn and her cousin Connor in their costumes. I haven't seen to pictures yet but I will post them when I get a copy!