So I am addicted to coffee, Sesame Street and organizing

I have gotten the hang of being a stay at home mom, which I LOVE! We have been keeping busy during the days. I have them on a routine, I strongly believe that routines are a good thing. We watched Sesame Street every morning after breakfast and I get excited to see who will be on it!
It has also been super awesome that the kiddos havent gotten sick. When they were in daycare they always had a cold! I know I have to go back to work but I am going to try to find something in the evenings so I do not have to get back into rush mom mode like I was. I have became much more calm and happy now that I get to watch them grow and learn during the day. Now I am not hating on daycare, daycare is very important and good for children, to have that interaction with other kids and the learning enviroment, but I am being selfish and soaking in this time with them while I can :-)
Lake is freakin' ALL over the place! He is now crawling and is just an extreamly happy kid! I am still wondering what color his hair is going to be? I hope not red (again, I am not hating, I am just not a big fan)! Red heads do run in my fam, my sis and Aunt have strawberry hair, another Aunt has red (and 2 of her 3 sons) and my Granny had red hair. My hair has a strawberry tent to it when I do not highlight it. I think it will be blonde and maybe when he gets older Drew's color hair and those big blue eyes! AWWWW! I wonder????
Harper is talking non-stop! She is doing very well getting her sentances together! She can count to 3 and we are still working on the ABC's, she almost has it! :-) I still can't believe that she is 2! Where did these 2 years go? She is so great with Lake also! We put Lake to bed last night and Harper dissappeared. I found her in Lake's room, climbed up on the crib just talking to him and he was laughing. I bet they can understand each other.
We are taking them to Chattanoga for the weekend. I bet they, and Drew and I will have a blast at the Auqarium! I am so excited to get out and about! We need a mini vacation and this will be our first one as a family! YAY!
Things have been great! We finally got a new car, a Sabaru Outback. I love it and the double stroller fits in the back! YAY! Oh and I have a remote to lock the doors...I am super pumped about this because it was so hard in the old car to manually lock and unlock with 2babies. Drew's car will be in the shop for a bit and we are selling my old one to my dad's Aunt. We could probly get a bit more for it but I know my dad would have wanted this. :-) I miss him! I can't believe it will be a year in May since he passed away. :-( I still feel like I can just pick up the phone to call him and tell him about my day and I wonder what he would have thought about Lake. He wanted a grandson SO bad, a fishin' buddy.
Happy note, Drew finally got his "dream TV"! I never really understood all this HD 1080 stuff, but WOW! Evern comercials look amazing! I am happy he got it! He totally deserves it! I tell ya, he is the best hubby and daddy! We are blessed!
Oh...something that totally aggravated me yesterday...
I have decided to finish up my Early Child Development degree so I called UA to get my transcrips and to reapply. Well apparently I have a balance with them from a loan I took out for books (yes, almost $1100 in books and lab stuff) in 2004 so they are holding my transcripts until it is paid. I totally understand, but I havent received any letter or bill from them and I thought my dad had paid it? Totally blows, but we will just have to pay it off so I can finish. After being home with Harper and Lake and keeping my BFF's daughter a few days a week I have realized that I would enjoy teaching something like pre-K. We will see. I am still getting my real estate lisence just to have it cause I want it. You can never know to much about anything!
Well off to have some art time with Harper and clean out her closets!
All our LOVE and HAPPY EARLY VALENTINE'S DAY!
-Ashley

some pics from today!

Family Time!

Today is Harper's 2nd birthday! Where has the time gone? I can clearly remember being in the delivery room and meeting this perfect little angel! The time has flew by and I have missed so much because I have been working fulltime. I have been home the pass few days and still debate if I could be a stay at home mom because daycare I feel is very important for children...regardless, I will not get into all of my thought cause you should know that I am very good at rambling on. haha! I have decided that we are going to try our hardest to spend more time with our families. My family is spread out. I have my Aunt (my dads sister), my younger brother and sister and my mom in town. The rest of my fam is around New Orleans, the beach and Texas. Drews family is around Birmingham and Jasper. But I want to start trying to hang out more...not just holidays and special occassions because family is super important! Also Drew and I are starting to go to church on Sunday...I am super excited! So all my fam reading this lets make a date for a reunion over the summer....my family use to do this at Logan Martin Lake when I was younger and it was a blast!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HARPER!

I can not believe that my little angel is 2 today! WOW!

I WON!

It is so funny! Every since I was a kid I have always been able to win radio contest... This is my secret power hahaha! I have won numerous tickets to concerts like, Ani Defranco, Odyseey Festival with lots of bands, Sherill Crow and lots more! Last year I won tickets to concerts, ticket passes to the movies and breakfast for all of my coworkers!
Now to kick off my New Awesome Year I have won a key that could crank a brand new car...which I so desperately need! So everyone, cross your fingers or say a prayer anything to help me with some good luck next Saturday the 17th!
My poor car I have now has over 250,000 miles on it! WOW!

LOVE!

Christmas at the Beach!

We had lots of fun with my fam! The kids got gag presents. One of the boys got a HUGE pair of silk undies and another got a pink tutu, which Harper claimmed haha!

The Bowl Game....well, we had a good year!

We went out to eat with my cousins Saturday night so Drew could get his raw oysters (YUCK!) and Harper ate one! She chewed it and actually wanted another, which we wouldnt give her being shellfish and all. We went out to Orange Beach on Sunday and it was a beautiful day! People were actually there swimming! I wish we could have stayed longer though...ohhhhh the beach!

"MOMMY...I DONT WANT TO LEAVE THE BEACH!"

THIS IS MY FAV!

MY 2 MEN!

1-4-2009 ORANGE BEACH!

HARPER ATE A RAW OYSTER YUCK! AND GOT REALLY DIRTY HAHA!

UNCLE JERRY JAMMIN' TO GUITAR HERO

ME, MY COUSIN JULIE AND LAKE

CLOE, LAKE, HARPER AND IVY

JUSTIN, JOSEPH, MASON AND HARPER (2ND COUSINS)

ROLL TIDE! :-( WE HAD A GOOD YEAR THOUGH!

BAMA GEAR FOR THE GAME! 1-2-09

Harper's New Year!

KISSES TO BB AT ANNA'S PARTY AFTER THE NEW YEARS PARTY!

PRETEND SUSHI TIME!

HAPPY NEW YEARS HARPER!

SPARKLING WHITE GRAPE JUICE!

TREE HOUSE SLIDE!

SAVING THE RACOON FROM THE SWAMP!

I carried Harper to the Children's Hands On Museum to ring in the New Year with a bunch of kids. They counted down at noon to celebrate. We had a blast!