Happy 3rd Birthday Ashlyn!

We celebrated Ashlyn's 3rd birthday last night at our house. All of her cousins were able to make it and she had so much fun! Her theme was Strawberry Shortcake and everything turned out so cute! The party was a total success! Thanks to everyone who helped us celebrate!

our family :)

The awesome cake Grandma Deb made... cupcakes looked like little strawberries too :)

Ashlyn giving Grayson some love

Morgan, Kaelyn and Ashlyn

opening gifts

Molly, Gabbie and Chloe checking out the new doll makeup and hair accessories

Auntie Stacy helping Morgan try on Ashlyn's new shoes

Molly and Grandma Deb helping open her tea set (Kaelyn hanging out in her bouncer)

Mommy, Ashlyn and Grandpa Frank

Luke, Nick, Gabbie and Chloe wrestling

We almost forgot about the pinata! Lots and lots of candy!

 Happy Birthday Ashlyn, we love you to pieces!

Kaelyn's 7 months old!

Kaelyn continues to grow like a weed! The last few weeks our family has been suffering from the same sinus bug. Ashlyn seems to be over it but Kaelyn's turned into a cough that was waking her up at night so she went on antibiotics for three days and is now all better!

This is what she is up to:
~Sitting pretty much unassisted, tends to lean forward
~Loving solid foods more and more
~Rolling everywhere! And fast!
~Says da da and mmm (not quite mama
~Blows bubbles
~Makes loud sighing noises
~Sleeping through the night 8pm - 6am (eat) then back down till 8 or 9 sometimes
~No longer eats at night if she does wake up
~Napping usually only once a day around 1pm for 2 hours
~Loves watching Ashlyn and laughs at her all the time
~Has two teeth on the bottom, looks like her top ones will be here any day!

S'mores

Ashlyn had been begging daddy to make a fire so they could make s'mores.

burning one for mom (that's how I like 'em!)


She enjoyed just the plain marshmellows more than the s'more... go figure!

slumber party at the lake

Ashlyn and Connor got to stay at Grandma & Grandpa Loula's this past Saturday. It was a beautiful day out and they had lots of fun playing outside.

Supper by the lake!

helping stoke the fire

snack time on the big rock

exploring

the kids got to sleep in their new bunk beds...
I guess they made it till about 4am then had to join grandma in her bed :) Not too bad!

Last day of Gymnastics

Ashlyn's last day of gymnastics was on June 1st. She had a lot of fun going to class once a week since this past fall but we're taking a break for the summer. She's made a lot of progress since she started and she's also made a few friends too!

jumping on the tumble trampoline,

hopping through the hoops

her friends Katie and Jace

practing her cartwheel

the three little sisters:

Kaelyn , Avianna (Jace's), Courtney (Katie's)

Kaelyn's the biggest but the youngest!!

rub a dub dub

Kaelyn's in the tub!

She loves to splash water and chew on what ever she can get her hands on. Ashlyn's always right there to help wash her or to join her in the tub too. I think Kaelyn will love water just like her sister!

HOT

Ashlyn took full advantage of her pool during the two days of 90 degree heat!

look close...

Something doesn't look quite right...



Ashlyn thought it was pretty funny to "catch"  her little sister.
Kaelyn did not!

Kaelyn's 6 months old!

Can you believe that our little Kaelyn Ann is 6 months old already?! Half of a year, where has that time gone? I finally believe what everyone tells you, time goes faster the second time around. I feel like I don't take enough pictures sometime and document all the little things like I did with Ashlyn. But my 'spare' time is next to nothing. Ashlyn doesn't nap during the day anymore so I don't get any so called breaks during the day are gone.  Now I can't give my mom such a hard time about not having my baby book as filled in as my older sister :)

Kaelyn had her 6 month check up with Dr Knudson today and she is doing GREAT! He said she looked happy and healthy. She is following in her sister footsteps with her height and weight too.

Her stats:

28 inches (99%)

19 lbs 13oz ( 99%)

~ Happy, happy, happy girl! She only really cries when she hungry or gets stuck (see below)

~ Rolls everywhere! Amazing how much ground she can cover in just a few minutes

~ Grabs everything and shoves it in her mouth

~ Starting to sit alone for a short time

~ LOVES her big sister. Ashlyn can get her to smile and laugh every time!

~ She has two teeth and will chew on anything

~ Sleeping pretty good. 8pm to 7:30am. Up once on good nights ;)

~ Still likes to sleep on her tummy but rolls over to her back when she wakes up and plays for a little in her crib

~ Wears size 12 month clothes

~ Talks a lot, blows bubbles, squeals and giggles

~ Has a couple crazy cowlicks which is resulting in an impressive mohawk - so cute!

~ Starting to eat solids more regularly. So far we've just tried rice cereal, squash, and banana. We'll get out the puffs and toast soon.

Proud big sis wanted in on the photos

LOVES her jumper!

sugar, sugar

My little helper making oatmeal cookies with her cool new piggy utensils from Aunt Mary in Iowa. I left her alone to help Kaelyn for one minute - in the same room - and she said she had "just a little taste" of the sugar... I actually remeasured the sugar just to make sure there was enough left! What a little stinker :)

Here she is with her brown sugar goatee!
 

fish gazer

Kaelyn enjoys watching the fish swim
 

more easter...

Easter Day out at G&G Loula's. (thanks for the pics Aunt Mary :)) Kaelyn and her bunny

Ashlyn barefoot enjoying the weather

Connor and Ashlyn running around

easter egg hunt

Hunting for eggs in the house.

Ashlyn went to the Jaycee's Easter Egg Hunt in St Peter.

Cheese!

She filled her basket up with candy filled eggs. It was freezing out!

Showing off her taffy... ahhhh