The Ash Family

Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Startin' Slow in 2007

Sorry, it's been a long while since our last post. We just haven't had much to report! Phoenix is still growing on us, although it hasn't really been that warm. Well, warmer than where most of you are...but not what we expected from "Phoenix winters". Karly is getting so old, we can't believe it. She loves to sit and read her "flip the flap" books and rearrange mom's cupboards. She also loves primary...especially singing time. (I teach the 9/10 year olds and Karly spends sharing time with us.)

Happy Valentine's Day!! Karly got lots of compliments on her cute, pink polk-a-dot shirt.

Just readin' a book!

Watching Baby Signing Time--Karly got this for Valentine's Day from Mom and Dad. She can sign eat and baby, so far. (Tongue is out for concentration, of course.)

Tuesday, December 05, 2006

Thanksgiving

We were excited to have my family come down for Thanksgiving! And Karly got to open some pre-birthday presents from Ba, Poppy, Erika and fam, and Sissy... a great time had by all!

Poppy's Beavis/Cornholio impersonation got all smiles from Karly Jo!

Happy Birthday!!

Karly turned ONE on Saturday, December 2nd! We can't believe how fast time has gone by--it seems like just yesterday she joined our family. But, we sure can't imagine our life without her....was there life before her?!? She brightens our every day! We haven't updated the blog in awhile since we moved and were without internet for awhile, and since our last update she has taken to walking. She's not very brave...her best walking takes place with her bottle in her mouth, when she doesn't notice she's away from anything to hold onto. But she's getting there! And, still no teeth...I'm almost beginning to wonder if she has any at all?! Other than that, she's still the happy, smiley, little people-person she's always been. We sure do love her!!

Good morning, Sunshine!

We were lucky to have Darin and Shelly over to help celebrate! Karly had to tear each piece of wrapping paper off and hand it over to Darin.

Silly D!!

We gave Karly her own little cake to go at for awhile. She took a minute to get into it--she just kept stroking the top of the cake. But once I dug her hand into the cake for her, she got the idea and tore into it. And of course, the mark of a job well done, she ended up with some down her diaper!

(Her face looks orange in this picture b/c she just finished dinner and I didn't see the point in wiping off her face)

She cleans up pretty nice!!

Wednesday, October 04, 2006

Our Beauty

We can't believe how fast Karly is growing up! So, now I'm going to have to take a moment and gush about her...She's already 10 months old--standing, dancing, babbling non-stop, and all the other cute things that come with this age. She LOVES people and makes new friends everywhere we go--my little social butterfly that I already can't keep up with!

Karly especially loves to put on a show for everyone sitting behind us at church. She dances to the hymns and tries to sing along, and she has a new, "fake cough" that she uses to get people to look her way before flashing them a big smile. A couple weeks ago, she had the sister behind us practically in tears from laughing so hard (quiet laughing, of course). But, I do expect the Bishop to pull us aside soon and give us a talking to about keeping our child reverent for others--but either she's entertaining others or whining and crying...tough choice.

She is always sure to entertain us at home, too. She danced to the Tabernacle Choir during Conference, and loves to make new noises and then turn to see what we think of them. She sure is our sweetheart!

This is Karly doing her "fake cough"

Eating a glue stick (don't worry it's not opened!)

This is what we call the "very serious face"

She loves to smell her blankie for comfort...who doesn't?!

Sunday, October 01, 2006

Thanks Ba and Poppy!

A couple days ago, we got a great package of Disneyland stuff from Ba and Poppy (they went last week.) Karly screamed with excitement and had to hold each new thing I pulled out... a t-shirt, and a matching princess bowl and plate. It was pretty cute, so I had to take some pictures of her tasting each new present.

And here is Karly in her new "Princess in Training" shirt...

Pig-tails

I finally tried to put Karly's mop into pigtails. It turned out pretty darn cute...although it was weird to see her without all that hair around her face! She didn't seem to mind too much--just gave the occasional dirty look if I pulled her hair.

Thursday, September 07, 2006

Nine months old!

Here are some pics we took of Karly at 9 months! She is getting so very active! She is incredibly curious and loves to be chased!

What a rag-a-muffin!

More trip pictures...

On our way home from Idaho, we stopped by Erika's house in Utah. Karly had so much fun with all her cousins around to entertain her!

With Erika

With Karridy

With Brinley

Playing with Poppy

Our trips

We had a very busy August! Karly got to fly for the first time, and we did it four times in three weeks! First we went to see Grandma and Grandpa (Kelly's parents) in Colorado. Then a few days after we got home, Karly and I went to see my parents (Ba and Poppy) in Idaho. Karly did really well, for which I was very thankful!

With Grandma

With Grandma and Grandpa Great (in Colorado)

With Emily

Barclay shared his pool with Karly (in Idaho). Karly really had fun, and wasn't as disgusted as she looks in the above picture.

Having fun!

With Sissy

It's been awhile...

Eight months old, and very cute! (taken August 2)

Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Grandma Face!

This is a picture of what Dad affectionately calls "grandma face". It seems to be the face of the week for Karly, which she does a lot...like learning a new trick. She'll do it over and over for a week or two, and then we won't see it for awhile. This particular face has made several appearances, but this time we were lucky enough to snap a few pictures. They sure are good for a laugh!---or is it just us?