One more week

Josh comes home next week. We are both excited! He was able to do his briefing today instead of on Thursday and they are hoping that his papers will clear processing within the next day or two. We will know more as soon as his papers come back. It could be as early as Tuesday but Josh said not to plan on Thursday or Friday. Either way we are happy to be able to be back together. We also will be able to spend our anniversary together (as long as everything goes like it's suppose to, cross your fingers) I can't believe we are going on 3 years! It seems so strange to think about but we are grateful for the wonderful relationship we have with each other and are excited to continue growing with each other.

Ashlyn is almost asleep thankfully which means I can go to bed soon, hooray! She's been pretty good the last 2 days but tonight she's been pretty fussy. My goal is to have her moved out of our room by the end of May and to be sleeping soundly through the nights. Right now she only wakes up once each night so it's pretty nice, especially where I'm the one getting up with her. I can't wait to have Josh back to help with that responsibility. We love Ashlyn very much and can't wait to see more of her personality come out. She is our joy!

Ashlyn's Past Week

Ashlyn hasn't been feeling well lately. I finally took her to the doctor. He feels that her tummy is just upset because she was constipated and then the laxative I gave her at my sister's house seemed to irritate her tummy a little. He's having me try a little bit of yogurt to see if that helps her. Her teeth are also giving her some discomfort so I'm grateful for tylenol. I can't wait for her to start feeling better. It's not fun to have a fussy little baby who isn't getting her sleep either. She has actually been really happy this morning thus far, which is nice. I give her a few days to get back to her sassy little self. Wish us luck!

End of May

Well it' looking like the end of May before Josh comes home. They said it will take about 4 weeks so that is the timetable we are looking at. Josh is just going to go back to school in the fall, he's got about 60 credits left before he graduates.

Ashlyn's 2 month appt

Well today we took Ashlyn in for her 2 month appt and we are happy to say she is growing and developing right on schedule. She weighed in at 11 lbs 3 oz and is 23 in. long. The doctor said she is in the 75th percentile for both height and weight. WE are hoping she gets Josh's height gene and it looks like she will, yeah! The only sad part of the appointment was that she had to get her shots. She actually did pretty well. I'm glad that our ped. makes the nurse's hold her down and lets the parent's comfort her. It makes it easier to calm her down and then she also doesn't get mad at mom and dad. She's actually been really happy and has only cried once since being home. She feels like she's getting a slight fever, which is to be expected, so we'll be watching her to make sure she's okay. Right now she's just laying on the floor watching her daddy play Halo with Uncle Neil and she's been talking and smiling like crazy. It's actually funny to watch her and listen to her as she discovers her voice. The other day it actually sounded like she was trying to laugh, it'll come in a little while, but it's funny to hear it slowly developing. She's also discovering her hands more and likes to take her plug out of her mouth and try to grab things like her blanket. WE love this little girl and are so grateful that she is blessing our home. As the months continue to go by it'll be fun to see her personality develop.
Well I'd post a picture of her with this post but I don't want to mess up the internet connection for the guys, so I'll have to post tomorrow an updated pic, hopefully of her smiling.

Update on Us

Well we are doing good up here in Rexburg, ID. We havenl't really been enjoying the snow or cold but we look forward to when it warms up. Josh has only 8 more days home, before leaving for basic. This week is just going to be getting him ready for basic and going to dr. appointments. Ashlyn will be 9 weeks on Tuesday and then will have to go to see Dr. Jones on Thursday for her 2-month appt and shots. Hopefully she does okay with the shots. She isn't one for going to the doc. so we'll just have to hope it goes good. My last day of work was going to be on Friday but they have asked me to stay on another week, due to training purposes. Well not much I can think of to say, so we'll post later. Hope you all have a wonderful Conference Sunday.

Pics from Cami

Photos Taken by Karen Anderson in Rigby,ID

We used Karen's services when Ashlyn was 3 weeks old. Karen did a great job. We are very pleased with her photos.