Dinosaur Nuggets

About six months ago one of my friends posted on her blog that her 11 month old had his first McDonalds Happy Meal and I can remember thinking she must be nuts...what 11 month old can eat a happy meal?? Well, here we are...Ashley is 11 months old today...and she is eating Dinosaur Chicken Nuggets. Funny how much a baby grows and changes in 5 months! She's almost a year old, time flys so fast!

1st Vacation ~ St. John ~ USVI

Ashley went on her first vacation this past week. The plane ride there was great...Ash was a little angel, and all the passengers around us kept telling us how good she was and how cute she was (the trip back to Dallas was a different story...I think the other passengers may have been planning to mug us when we landed). We spent seven wonderful days in St. John, USVI with Gigi, Granken, Uncle Michael, Aunt Kristen and Matt. Ashley loved the ocean and the beach. Gigi and Granken rented a big villa on top of a lush tropical mountain. The villa was beautiful and should have been in a magazine. The decor was amazing! The main house had a huge wrap around balcony with amazing views of the ocean. Ashley, Mommy & Daddy stayed in the little house across the pool. We had a great time and it was so nice to just relax and hang out as a family!

1st Mother's Day!

Ashley got Mommy a chandelier for the dinning room. She also made me a card with her footprint on it...TOO CUTE!
Ashley with Gigi & Mommy
4 Generations: Ashley with Gigi, Memaw & Mommy
Happy Mother's Day to all the special mom's out there!

Sunbathing Beauty!

Saturday was such a beautiful day...while Daddy mowed the grass, Ashley and Mommy headed out to their favorite store...Target. We were shopping for some things we needed for our upcoming trip to St. John and were looking in the pool toy area when we came across this baby splash pool. I thought Ashley would really enjoy it because she loves her baths so much! I was right...Ashley loved playing in her pool in the backyard. She only got to play in it for about 15 minutes before it started to rain (that's the weird TEXAS weather for ya...one minute sunny enough to play in the pool...and the next raining!) I took her out and she started grunting and trying so hard to squirm out of my arms...she wanted to get back in so bad...it was really cute! She loves her splash pool so much and I'm sure she will spend a lot of time in it this summer! I also got her the Little People school bus ride along. The original plan was to get Ashley this for her birthday next month...but I couldn't wait to see if she could figure out how to ride on it....so we opened it up after we came in from the rain. She thinks it's pretty fun.

Good Times in the Kitchen

Ashley loves being in the kitchen with mommy and daddy. Her favorite thing in the kitchen is the refrigerator...perhaps because she loves food so much?? Every time we open the door to the refrig. Ashley comes sprintcrawling (really really fast!) over and gets so excited.
This morning Eric was eating breakfast at the kitchen table and Ashley was crawling around. She ducked her head down really low and crawled under the lowest bar on the center pedestal part of the table and then crawled into the center and stood up. The table is glass and she thought it was hilarious to see daddy eating his breakfast through the glass when she looked up.

1st Time in the Pool!

Ashley spent the afternoon relaxing in Gigi and Granken's pool. This was Ashley's first time in the pool and she LOVED it! Memaw and Papaw bought her the little swimsuit she is wearing...isn't it cute? She loves to play with dinosaurs and rubber duckies in the pool....she also thinks it's fun to splash in the water, but doesn't really like it when the water splashes into her face.