Kasey & Ashlee: 2013

Monday, September 16, 2013

Beaver

Such a nice trip to Beaver to see Bryson!

The Doctor...

If you know me then you know that I do NOT like going to the Dr, I don't mind the dentist but even just making my annual checkup gives me anxiety!

A few months back I hurt my foot, I thought I had somehow just bruised my foot and it was taking a while to heal because well obviously I can't avoid standing on it every day, but as time has gone by it seems to actually be getting worse! I've got a brace that helps a little, enough that I've been putting off making that dreaded call to the Dr but today at the gym instead of using the bike like normal I decided I would walk on the treadmill and after realizing that I can't even stand on my foot flat I think I've gone as long as I can so against my will I guess today I will be making that dreaded phone call to make an appointment and meet with the Dr to see what is wrong with my foot :(

Also since this is "day 1" of my new schedule I guess I'll journal about that as well. I used to be such a morning person, I loved waking up early and going to bed early, water used to be my favorite drink not Mt Dew and I was actually in shape (even though at a size 8 I thought I was huge!) Anyways my new schedule will be something along these lines...

Bed - 9:00pm -9:30pm

Wake up - 3:00am

Gym - 3:30-4:30am

then I'll come home shower, get ready for work and edit photos until 7:15ish when its time to get up the baby and head to work

After work I'll come home make dinner hang out with my family give Olivia a bath and put her to bed, clean up the house head to bed and start over again the next day! Now of course this is just a Mon-Friday kind of thing, the weekends are mine for family, yard work, projects etc.

So far everyone I've told thinks I'm crazy for waking up at 3, but I don't see any difference in sleeping from 9-3 then sleeping from 1-7 which is what I've been doing. And since I"m WAY more productive in the mornings then I am in the evening I think for me this will be perfect! By the time I get home from work I don't want to do anything but hang out with Kasey & Olivia and relax, I have a very hard time getting motivated to go to the gym in the evening and I don't end up going. If I can get everything done before work so that in the evenings I can just relax I will feel so much better about myself and hopefully I will be able to stick to the routine better and I'll actually be able to get back in shape and feel amazing and actually enjoy shopping and getting my pictures taken again.

Here's to getting back to my before!

Monday, August 12, 2013

Words

Its funny the things we don't realize we know anymore, for instance how many words can you say? Ya don't worry I have no idea how many I can say either, however I do know how many words my 1yr old can say!

Mama

Mommy

Dada

Daddy

Papa

Aam (gram)

Mimi (greatgrandma)

Yesh

Don't touch

Marshmellow

Hotdog

Lunch (which she says anytime she's hungry lol)

Bath

Baba

Night Night (even though it sounds more like ni-night)

Help me

Dance/Dancing

Justin

Jen

Dedin (Devin)

Bayee (Bailey)

Moden (Morgan)

*She tries really hard to say Grayson but it sounds just like Justin lol

Cup

Hi (which she says to EVERYONE she sees while waving!)

Heno (Hello, she only says it when she holds a phone up to her ear)

Bye Bye

Baby

Don't know

Lets go

Birdie

Goggy (Doggy)

meow

woof woof

Puff

Happy

Roll it

Pat

Yum

This

Shoe

Potty

What

Shhh

Done

and lets not forget to mention that she can blow kisses like no ones business!!

Count em up folks that's 47 words!! Ha and the Dr asked me if she can say at least 4 or 5, well we sure impressed him! Speaking of Dr's at her 15 month check up we were told she is very advanced in Language comprehension and walking, but to be honest we kind figure that out on our own!
She can repeat almost anything you say to her as well, but the words above are ones she says all the time on her own! We only taught her more and all done/gone in sign and she does use those as well.

Thursday, April 25, 2013

One Year

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY!!!!

I can't believe its been a year since you were born, it seems like just a few months! You have brought more joy, smiles and laughs into this world with you then I ever though possible!

I wish I could express how much you are loved by your mommy and daddy, but that is something you'll never know until you have a baby of your own one day. You have so many people in your life that truly love you and will always be here for you!

I can't wait to see all the new things you learn this year and to grow with you!

Love your mama and dada!

Friday, February 8, 2013

the last few months

I'm not really sure what happened but I'm thinking with the holidays time has just gotten away from me! I'm going to try and do a MAJOR catch up but we'll see how it actually goes lol, so much has happened I might not remember everything :(

Lets start with Halloween, Olivia was a flower. She was supposed to be an Angel but she HATED her costume so I ended up making her a little flower costume.

She also wore brown pants as her "dirt"


She also had this super cute outfit!

Not a whole lot happened in November Olivia started scooting like crazy and master sitting up, on Thanksgiving day she learned how to pull herself up on to things, she of course started with her crib. She also started teething like crazy!!

Early December was pretty boring as well but then we went to California for Christmas and it was awesome! We got to see all the grandparents and spend time with them and we also went to Disneyland for 3 days! I was planning to do Olivia's 8 month pictures at the beach but they day we went it was SO windy I didn't want to unbundle her. We stayed in Vegas on the way down and my dad got us a sweet room at the Golden Nugget and it was such a beautiful hotel! I would have never known!! We spend Christmas eve with the Barretts and then Christmas morning with the Smiths and had a blast! Olivia loved playing with the wrapping paper more then anything else, but she was so good and just played! I was worried about taking her on such a long trip but she was amazing! She only cried once and it was the last 20 mins of driving before we got to Cali, and really can you blame her? Sitting in a car that long makes anyone want to cry! She had so much fun at Disneyland! We took her on the swinging ferris wheel, the little mermaid ride, small world and whinnie the pooh and she loved them all! She wasn't so fond of the Nemo ride, in fact she was so scared she cried the entire last half of the ride because it was so dark and loud! I felt so bad for her!! She also hated the Bugs Life movie for the same reason but thankfully I was able to walk out of the theater for that! She is standing on her own and almost walking, she has her two bottom teeth and is working on getting her top teeth! She is such a happy baby and brings so much joy to our house. Kasey and I laugh all the time at the funny little things she does and I can't wait for her to start talking!! Kasey is such a good dad and he loves her so much! He pretends to be so cold hearted but I always hear him sweet talking her and making her laugh and he is so helpful at night when she wakes up and he goes and makes her a new bottle and puts her back to bed! I am so grateful to have such a wonderful little family that I love so so much!!! Here are a bunch of our pictures from December.