Who needs a chair?

So yesterday Ashley was being really really fussy and extremely needy (like the ENTIRE day - which is soooo out of character for her!!) - and I needed to do some laundry - so I set her up in her catepillar chair with my favorite soft blanket - got her a sippy full of milk - got her her baby and then put on her favorite movie for her to watch for awhile - Ratatouille.

I went into the laundry room - got the load switched from the washing machine to the dryer and got another load started in the washer - came back out and this is what I saw - I just had to snap a pic!

Apparently, Ashley did not care that I had just spent 15 minutes making her the most pampered and comfortable 22 month old on the block - she had taken the box we got at Costco earlier in the day and brought it into the family room - placed it in front of the tv...and apparently proceeded to settle in to watch her movie from the coziness of this tiny olive oil box :)

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The BOX!

Ashley got a sandbox a few weeks ago and has LOVED playing in it each & every day (that it hasn't hailed or rained!) She refers to it as "the box" - pretty cute :) She loves to pour the sand and use her shovel to dig around and fill up her buckets that Memaw & Papaw got her for Easter. She is our little tan monkey! Ash LOVES playing outside and would much rather spend every waking hour outdoors than indoors. I'm not sure how she got so tan - b/c I'm definitely still white as can be and I've been outside w/ her every time. Guess she's one of those lucky girls ;) like my sister!



Here are Ash and Daddy reading the instructions on how to set up the sandbox and adjoining table. As you can see here, Ash was a big helper!

And here she is enjoying her sand box. I love it that it came w/ it's own little umbrella - perfect to keep her out of the hot sun! I'm sure many more fun times will be had by all in this "box".

The Results are in....and there's no more denying it!

Ashley officially looks more like her mother than her father. See below for the 100% error proof test that was performed by the Look-a-Like Meter.

Here Comes the Bride!

We woke up early Friday morning to hop on a plane to Arizona so that we could be a part of Katy's wedding (my best friend from high school). We had a great time and Katy's wedding was amazing! She had an outdoor ceremony on a PERFECT 70 degree day and then a nighttime reception under a beautiful white tent with get this....super cool wrought iron chandeliers hanging from the tent and a candy bar (I soooooo wish I had a picture of this - it was so cool!!!).
Here's the bride getting ready! Katy was a beautiful bride (she's absolutely gorgeous anyways...but she looked stunning on her big day). Eric and Ash spent Saturday at the zoo while I hung out w/ Katy and the other bridesmaids getting our makeup and hair done...it was super fun! and made me realize how much Katy and I are so alike!!! I miss that girl...and wish we didn't live in two different states!

Ashley and Daddy at the reception. Ashley did so great the entire weekend - we are very proud of our little daughter - she was up early, out really late and on the go go go the whole weekend and with two plane rides crammed in there we were shocked at how great she did :) YEA!!!!

Here are some shots from our hotel - it had a really pretty courtyard and amazing flowers --- but then again most of Phoenix had really big beautiful flowers!