Christmas in Downtown Seattle

These are just a couple pictures from our outing in Downtown Seattle, right after Thanksgiving. We went to the Seattle Center where we saw dancers from other countries and Ashlynn chased seagulls in the park. We rode the Monorail to Westlake Center and there we got to ride on the Christmas Carousel. Then we went to the Sheraton Hotel where they were displaying amazing gingerbread house creations. Lastly, we went down to the waterfront (walked through a lit up Pike Place Market) and saw the Toy Land of Lights on one of the docks. A very fun family day. We need to do things like this more often!
Ashlynn with Daddy, waiting for the Monorail.

Mommy & Ash with our tickets for the Christmas Carousel. So excited!

She was thrilled when I set her up on that horse!

Not so thrilled when it started moving. She was so brave and didn't cry or scream even though it obviously freaked her out! *laugh*

In line at the Sheraton to see the Gingerbread houses. They were all from Christmas movies.

Can you tell that she was being a little trouble maker during the wait?

So Big!

This was taken yesterday. Ashlynn is learning how to feed herself. She's very excited about it. Can you believe that she's already 14 months old!!! When did this happen?
Excuse the boxes in the background. We're still unpacking. I'll try to get the Christmas pics up before this month is over. :) No promises though. :P

And. It's......

A GIRL!!!!!

Everything looked good at my mid-term ultrasound and Ashlynn's going to have a little sister. :)

Repentance. A looooooooooooooong repentance. :)

Hi. This is my attempt at catching up. I've been quite remiss in my journaling (aka blogging). You've already read the updates on Anthony and me. Not a lot has changed there. Tony's only got 2.5 more weeks of this quarter left. I've been using up my dental insurance for the year. Not fun. And we've decided to run down to Utah & Rexburg for a quick visit right before Christmas. And now for the interesting stuff. Ashlynn. >:)

She's actually got hair now. She can wear clips, bows and bands. Yeah! My sister, Rachel, did this hair-do. Now if only I could get Ash to leave it all in....

I've never met a child who adores fur and fuzziness more than my baby. Those textures have a very calming effect on her. Comes in handy at the grocery store, among other places.

We took Ashlynn to the local pumpkin patch the weekend before Halloween and she had a blast patting all the pumpkins and playing with the farmer's puppies.

This is the face of frustration. We get to see it quite a bit actually. The story behind this particular photo is brief. I had filled a tall container full of carefully folded baby clothes. Ashlynn emptied it out. Almost. She got very upset about not being able to reach the very bottom pieces. Hahahaha!

Little flower fairy. It was so hard to get a halfway decent picture. She wouldn't hold still.

Going through her bag after trick-or-treating. "Yeah!!! Candy!!!"

Birthday Party #1. With Anthony's side of the family. Day before Ashlynn's actual birthday. This is Daddy helping her blow out her candle. Ashlynn refused to eat her cupcake. Probably should have just put a candle on top of a banana or a pile of broccoli. Or better yet, her bottle.

Opening presents. With a little help.

Tony cutting the pizza for Birthday Party #2. With my family. On the 15th. Happy 1st Birthday Ashlynn!!

Party Girl.

Everyone decorating their own cupcakes. Ashlynn actually ate the candy off the top of her cupcake this time around. :)

Whew!

Jamie

Okay, okay. So, the picture is mostly of Ashlynn. But, it's a good smile from me. I know I shouldn't laugh when my baby falls on her face, but I do. Only when she doesn't cry though. :)

So, what's new with me? I'm busy with the before mention child, who is into EVERYTHING! And when she isn't all over the house searching and destroying, she wants me to hold her. So, I spend a lot of my time cuddling. Not complaining though. Just enjoying it while it lasts. I'll get my chores done some other day.

I've been crafting more. Can't say what I'm making right now because it's all for Christmas and some of the recipients may read this blog.

I'm also pregnant and just about half way through. I'm excited for the 9th of next month because I get to (hopefully) find out the baby's gender. Tony wants a boy. I can't imagine having anything else but girls. We'll see. I find myself forgetting that I'm pregnant some days, which is nice. I'm having a hard time remembering to drink enough water.

Can't think of anything else really exciting to tell you.

Oh! We're moving into an apartment in downtown Vashon between the 17th of November and the 1st of December (depends on when they finish spiffing it up). I think that's pretty exciting. :)

Guess my next post will be Halloween. Hope everyone has a good one!

Tony

Tony commented on how there is nothing about us on here. So I figure we'll update you on his life this post and my life on the next post. :)

So, Anthony is still working for his family's business as their graphic designer. He really likes it and from what I've seen of his work, he's really talented!

He's taking a couple of classes at Tacoma Community College this quarter and is s-l-o-w-l-y knocking out all the required classes to get his Associates in Business. He's taking math and english right now and says that his teachers are cool so far.

Anthony is REALLY enjoying Ashlynn and all her new phases. She's getting to be more playful and they have lots of fun wrestling, tickling and playing peek-a-boo together. He's a really good daddy. :)

Milestones in a Minute

Sorry that it's taken me so long to do this. I've been busy.




This first video was filmed at least a month ago. I finally decided to quickly document Ashlynn's bizzare crawl before she started walking. Glad I did.

This second video was filmed about two weeks ago on the day that Ashlynn decided to give up crawling. She has been walking (and improving) ever since.