Sick

Cade and Ashlynn got sick the week before Christmas. They were both lucky enough to have RSV. It started with steady fevers of 101 and then turned into to coughing and stuffy/runny noses. They were both so miserable for a few days. We went through tylenol like it was juice and a couple boxes of tissues. They both didn't eat or drink very much for a couple of days. It was sad to see them uncomfortable. Cade got better first and Ashlynn followed a few days later, just in time for Christmas. I'm hoping that will be our one and only sickness this winter.

Christmas

Christmas was fun this year. Cade is getting closer to understanding the concept of Santa and was a bit more exicted to open presents. Brian had to work on Christmas this year so we did our Christmas morning the day before. It was great to be able to enjoy the new toys with them before the hectic day of bouncing between our families on Christmas day.

6 Months old

 

My sister in law Natalee took some picture of Ashlynn when she was 6 months old. I think they turned out so cute.

At six months old Ashlynn is so fun. She is eating all sorts of baby food and finally sleeping through the night. She is trying really hard to crawl and is getting quite good at doing it in her own special way. She is very happy all the time and takes 2 naps a day one in the morning around 10 and again in the afternoon around 1 or 2. She hates to be left alone and will cry until she can see you again. Ashlynn of course loves Cade and thinks he is great. She is still very small, 24 inches and 14 pounds. She is still wearing 0-3 month clothes but I think I am going to switch her to 3-6 month clothes in January(she'll be 7 months then).

4 Months

 

Ashlynn recently turned 4 months old. At her appointment she weighed almost 12 pounds and is 23 inches. She is very dainty. She'll have 5 bottles a day but only eats 3-5oz depending on what time it is. Her reflux is much better. And her colic attitude is pretty much gone. She is a very different baby from the first 2 months of life. Recently she has started sleeping from 11pm to about 7am without waking and will normally go back to sleep with a binky. We tried giving her rice cereal and she hated it. After putting a bite in her mouth she would just scream and cry while it sat on her tongue. Now we just put a little into her last bottle at night, which seems to be helping her sleep longer as well.

She is very active and loves to roll around and move. She loves to lay on her playmat and try to grab the dangling toys. She'll smile at anyone that looks her at her and will occasionally laugh. Anytime she watches Cade play she'll laugh. He doesn't really pay too much attention to her. He'll tell me when she's crying and bring her a binky if she doesn't have one. And will shake a toy over her head when I have her laying on the floor. He asked to hold her for the first time when she was about 3 months old but hasn't asked since. But I think the older/more fun she gets to more interested in her Cade will get.

3 months old

Ashlynn turned 3 months last month. It was also the day of the first Utah football game, so I put her in her first Ute outfit. I think she looked adorable.

Swimming

A couple weeks ago I was making dinner and Cade came up to me saying his frog was stuck. I told him to show me where it was. He took me into the bathroom where I found this:

 He proceeded to tell me that his frog wanted to go swimming.

Cade is just getting more adorable by the day. Especially since he's talking more. Friday he was asking for dinner, which I told him we would eat once his show was done(it was still cooking in the oven). He walked up to the TV and turned it off and turned to me and said "All done!" Well played toddler, well played.

Baby Blessing

We blessed Ashlynn on August 5th. We did it in our ward. Brian did a wonderful job and she stayed calm and quiet the whole time. 

Brian's mom got this dress for Ashlynn in London(they were on a trip there when she was born). I love how long it is and it looked beautiful on her.