So many changes

Ashley has been growing like crazy lately. She is more alert during the daytime and has been doing better sleeping at night. I think her being more awake during the day is a combination of her getting older and Logan being loud with his screeching.

Here is a picture of Logan taking a nap. I think he still needs to be caged in a crib for a while longer since he is all over the place when he sleeps. Luckily he is not too far off the ground and a pillow is there to catch him if he does fall those 6 inches. Most days he would rather sleep in Tim & I's bed than his. Even though he is literally right next to me since when are all sleeping in the living room.

Logan loves to play with his chalk. This picture was taken when Logan got ahold of his chalk after leaving it out in the rain. It was extra messy and Logan thought it was the best.

As for our condo. Our closing date got moved yet again. First it was May 29th. Then June 5th and now June 10th. It is all because the state was baglogged on doing appraisals. So we ended up getting a storage unit for all of our stuff since we told our landlords we would be out on the 10th and we are leaving to come home on the 12th. Now we basically only have the essentials and we are working on eating the food we have in our freezer (just in case we don't close until the 12th, keep your fingers crossed). We are really looking forward to being done with moving and being able to come home and relax.

One Month

Ashley is now one month old and growing like crazy. She is starting to fit into her 0-3 month clothing. The pants/shorts are still a little big around the waist since she is not very chubby. A few days ago she sort of rolled over. She stiffens up while on her tummy and rocks until she is on her back. Logan did the same thing around 6 weeks. Ashley has started to sleep a little better at night. Once she goes down for the night (which can be a challenge some nights) she will sleep for up to four hours, eat, and go back to sleep for 3-4 hours. So now I am starting to get some good sleep unless Logan decides to have a rough night.

Logan has adjusted to not being an only child anymore. He likes to help where he can. If Ashley is crying and we have not gone to get her, he lets us know and goes over to her and gently touches her. He also likes to help feed her if we are giving her a bottle and will throw away her diapers after she is change.

Right now our house is in total chaos. There are boxes everywhere. We sold most of our living room furniture since it will not fit in our new place and we are using our extra bed as a couch until we move. Tim is ready to move right now but we don't get possession until the beginning of June. I am starting to look forward to our new place. I wasn't thrilled at first about moving into a smaller place but now I can't wait. It will be easier to keep an eye on two little ones since Logan likes to wander around and get into trouble.

Photo Shoot

Ashley Rose

Home from the hospital.

Mom and Ashley.


Dad and Ashley.

Ashley all bundled up.

Saturday April 18, 2009 we welcomed Ashley Rose into our family. She arrived at 10:55 am. She weighed 7 lbs 14.9 oz and was 18 inches long.

I woke up Saturday morning around 6:00 am with contractions and timed them for an hour before waking up Tim. After waking him up, I watched him run around the house trying to get things ready. We called the pager for the midwife just before 9:00 and waited for a call back. At 9:15 we decided to drop Logan off with a friend and head to the hospital. At 9:30 the midwife called us back and told us to wait until the contractions were 5 minutes apart. We decided to go anyway. We arrived at the hospital around 10:00 and by then the contractions were 4 minutes apart. 55 minutes later Ashley was born. I guess it was a good thing we didn't wait any longer.

Now everyone is home and doing well. Tim is on paternity leave until next Wednesday. My mom arrived on Sunday and will be here for 3 weeks. She has been a big help by cooking for us and helping us with Logan. Logan has been a very good big brother. He gently touches Ashley and rocks her (with supervision) when she is hanging out in her car seat. He also likes to share his cars and toys with her. Thanks to everyone for their prayers and well wishes.

19 months / 1 year

It was one year ago today that we left the snowy state of Iowa for much warmer weather. We didn't officially arrive here until tommorrow because we spent the night in L.A. to break up the trip a little (and I was technically still supposed to be living in CA). I remember that when we left IA it was starting to snow and they had to spray down the wings of the plane so they wouldn't ice up. When we got here it was a shock to the system because the temperature was in the 80's. Now that we have been here for a year, I am not sure if I want to return to colder weather for an extended period of time. We are enjoying the sunshine and ocean activities. Tim loves to go snorkling and is thinking about getting a surfboard after going surfing this past weekend.

Yesterday Logan turned 19 months old. He has had a busy last couple of weeks. He has discovered that he really likes to play with matchbox cars. With a total of 20 something cars (even though we can't find all of them because some may have gone in the dirty diaper trash without us knowing). He likes to drive them on the coffee table, couch and my stomach and tries to take them into the bathtub with him.

His other accomplishment is saying more words that we know the meaning of. For example: wich is sandwich, shoes, juice, uck is truck, us or ice is bus, helicata is helicopter, alk is walk. Then we have the words that make Tim and I laugh because they sound worse than they are. For example last night Tim got Logan to say the word ocean and it sounded more like oh sha. A word that he likes to say a lot is ash because he likes to do ring around the rosie but he tends to leave off the "h" when he says the word. But we are just happy that he is actually saying more words that we understand.

The Belly

I don't know why people think they need to see how big my belly is but this post is for them. I know that I posted more on my pregnancy with Logan than with this one. It is probably because it is not new this time around and lately I just feel fat.

At my doctor's appointment last week I weighed 141.8 lbs and my stomach measurement was 32 (right on target). The scary thing about my weight is that when I started this pregnancy I weighed around 135. Most of that weight was because I was still nursing at the time. Once I stopped nursing and the morning sickness started, my weight went down to 123 over a 6 week time frame. But since then I have been gaining weight like I am supposed to and feel like I get bigger and bigger every day.

Now the big thing we need to prepare for our little girl is to get some clothes for her to wear. We have some sleepers that I need to sort through and some gender neutral clothes from Logan that I need to pull out. The other day we bought her an outfit to wear home from the hospital. I have been looking on Craigslist for some deals on girls clothing but haven't gotten around to buying anything. I want to go to some garage sales and see what people have. I will have to put that on my list of things to do this weekend if there are any good sales around.

New Toy

The other day when Tim and Logan went out to get the mail, one of our neighbors saw them and asked if we wanted an outdoor slide. They said that their 3 year old doesn't play with it anymore and they were giving it away. So Tim took it and Logan now has a toy out on our patio. Logan doesn't always like to go down the slide because he lands on the cement. Other than that it is a good toy to climb on.