See Attle

Ryan had class in Seattle last week so we all went up and got some good time in with the Lacey and Symons families. Leading up to going we were telling the girls we were going to Seattle to see Eli and Eva. The day we were leaving our neighbor asked them who we were going to see, their response was "Attle" I don't know if they ever realized there was no Attle once we got there...The trip part was a success, all three traveled well and two out of three slept well -thanks to the tent Katie set up for Adie and Eliza. Ashlynn's not sleeping wasn't so bad when I get to hang out with friends, walk to the park, walk to coffee, and have other people cook for us (thank you Scott and Katie for all of the good food) during the day. I love seeing all of these kiddos together. I started to download pictures from Katie and Tristan's web sites to put on here but then realized I wanted all of them and didn't think everyone needed to see 100 pictures from the weekend. We got to celebrate Tristan's birthday while we were there - I LOVE when Tris and her Captain get together! That was probably the hi-lite of the trip for me, sitting around the (loud) dinner table cracking up with everyone. That and our mid day IPA's...

Heading to coffee with Eva

Ashlynn's expression whenever Eli came into her view

Ashlynn is quite fond of Eli - and I think they make a pretty cute little couple

It's tough to get a picture of Eva, she is at the stage where she just runs. I've always thought she's had a really funny personality, and she's still got it. I don't think it will be long before she's the one telling Adie and Eliza what to do.

This was cute, we didn't realize they were coming down together - cracking up

Just like every trip we take, we get in the car (filthy) and they just conk out. Thanks for the fun few days and for putting up with all of us.

Buddies

One of these days I'll grab my camera when they're having one of their knock-down drag-out fights over the princess polly-pockets.

Opal Skye

Ashlynn and I finally got to meet our new niece Opal this weekend. She is such a little cutie, I can't wait to see these two get to know each other. It made Ashlynn seem huge. I had fun playing with Ila and got some good bonding time with Opal Friday night. It will be fun to tell these two how Annie and I sat up for an hour at 3 in the morning chatting while they were wide awake looking around.

Ashlynn LOVED Rio

and she LOVED Ila, and Ila got a taste of what having a little sister will be like once she starts moving around.

Six Months

Ashlynn is officially six months old! She's a crazy little baby, right now she's into figuring out how to get herself upright. She crawls around looking for something to pull herself up on. She's figured out to go to the kitchen and can get up using the knobs on the drawers. She is so happy. Even in the middle of the night after I've let her cry in her crib for an hour - as soon as Ryan or I would go in she'd quit and give us a big smile and start bouncing around like she wanted to play. Her sleeping was HORRIBLE for about a month. There were a couple of nights where she was up for about 4 hours at a time, not wanting to nurse, just awake. That's why we decided it was time to let her cry. It didn't work very well the first couple of nights when I would go in and pat her or try to nurse her then put her down. So, the last few nights I didn't go in at all. She cries for about 2o minutes once or twice then sleeps until 6:30 or 7:00 and wakes up happy. So hopefully we've got that under control now, and I can start thinking about something other than when I can get a nap in. With the sleeping under control I don't think there's a negative thing to say about this one.

Randoms

These are the last few pictures I took before the camera died, it's in getting fixed again. I really wish I had it this week. Ashlynn will be 6 months next week, infancy is definitely going by faster in my eyes this time around. She's crawling and pulling herself up now, and still not sleeping great. Adie and Eliza are great, they are so funny to watch/listen to when they are playing. Even some of their fights are funny lately... Adie and Ashlynn

Eliza

I like how Adie and Eliza are playing in the background here

They're both loving riding their bikes, and both still prefer swim suits and princess dresses over clothes. We opened the next box of hand me downs yesterday and Eliza had to sleep in the purple fuzzy gymnastics suit from Ila and told me she will take it off in a couple of days.

Outdoor concerts

We went to a couple of outdoor concerts this summer - the second time we went we found the designated dance area...