Happy Birthday Ken

Hey who of you has ever had 4 birthday cakes made for you on your birthday? Me? Never. Maybe 2? And probably not both on my actual birthday. Ken (my father-in-law) had 4. Including and ice cream cake. Way too much sugar, but cool to be loved!

Oh, and I think this was Jordan's first time being with his dad on his birthday.

Because blogger won't let me

So a few weeks ago Ryan bought a much needed phone. But not just any phone. he got me the iPhone. Now, I know I don't need it, I honestly didn't even want it, but it is really cool.

2 of the things I really love are the ability to get online anywhere and the clear pictures it takes.

This morning I had gotten back in bed for a few more minutes of rest when Ashby comes back into my room with the following:
A yummy homemade roll (thanks to Grandpa Ken), sweet Honey and a knife.
Yes she is big enough to reach for and actually retrieve all of these items.
Ashby: Mommy I want honey on my roll
I couldn't help but laugh and grant her wish.

Then about an hour later she comes into the kitchen with this on her lip
I hope this isn't a warning for future experimentation.
But I wasn't worried because when I asked what she was doing she told me
"the clib is tickling my lib"

Again there I snapped another pic.

So with the cool new phone I had I thought I could use these two excellent photos and simply upload them right then and there at the kitchen table to blogger.

I went to blogger.com. I signed in. I clicked "create new post" then on "add picture" but that was as far as I made it. Once inside that window, the option to browse my photos wasn't there. Grrr. So here I am on the laptop, because blogger won't let me have it my way.

Ashby did some growing up today and maybe I regressed a little.


NOTE: It was only a butter knife. The sharp ones are still out of reach.

Firsts

So in this picture you see Ashby's first black eye. Yes, it is small, but I thought one day she might want to see it... so there it is. It happened around the 28th of Feburary when she tripped while dancing and hit her cheek on the hearth. It never got really too colorful as you can tell.

The other first is this cute kitty. Nana made it for her as a Valentines present! She loves it as you can see. Her first hand made stuffed animal!

Daddy and his girl

Two of my Favorite people. Too cute to pass up. I sure love them. One day we won't be able to have her sleep on us. But for now...we'll take it!

Backyard Fun

Backyard fun, the way only boys can think of spending a nice day in early March.

Big Tractor in a Small Space

Daddy and Ashby "drivin"

Ashby, Grandpa Ken and her pony!

Really the guys rented this big piece of equipment to finish digging a hole for the shed they are building in the back yard. It was a big hole. Some of the neighbors asked if we were building a swimming pool! hehe.

We also had help from our friend Brian. He has a dump truck. Ashby Loved riding in that! Thanks bud.

Our own Goat

So today while the weather was nice, we went for a walk. Daddy couldn't believe how much fun AND how slow a walk can be when Ashby isn't sitting in her stroller. hehe

But while we were talking we some how began talking about how one day it would be nice to have our own milk cow or even goat. Ashby was listening (as always) and asked what the goats name would be. As our imaginary goat had no name, I asked her what she would like to name it. If you had been with us this is what you would have heard:

Ashby: Lambie
Me: You would name our goat, Lambie?
Ryan: laughter....
Ashby: Yeah, or Lambie-goat
Ryan: you're a goofer Ashby
Ashby: NOoooo
Me: Well, what if we had a Lamb? Would we name it Goatie?
Ashby: Yeah... ...or Goatie-Lamb

I'm not sure where kids get these things, but I'm glad I'm around to enjoy Ashby. ;)

Oh great one

These last few weeks have been busier and I've been a bit more fatigued.

I guess I am now officially out of the first trimester of this pregnancy at 14 weeks, but boy am I tired. It seems that by 3 O'Clock, 4 at the latest, I can't stay awake.

Now, I have been providing massage and helping my friend who just had a baby in addition to the normal daily activities, but I didn't think it was an exhausting schedule

Well this morning I woke up with a sore neck. The product of a long week, staying up too late and daylight savings kicking in on the wrong morning. That sore neck had worked itself into an extremely stiff neck. So stiff that I couldn't even stretch it for comfort (my normal method).

After getting Ashby to be I realized I had to ask Ryan for help with this pain.

About 10 minutes after I left Ashby's room he brought me this:

OH Great One! How you loosen the muscles and help the pain fade away

Logan

While Ashby and I were on our merry little way to visit our good friends the Curdy's (see last post) in Logan we stopped a couple times along to way to document the beauty.

We also stopped to see the Temple. Ashby's first visit to the Logan Temple. :) She liked it a lot. She said it is "so very beautiful"