New York Baby!

This weekend I went to visit my friend and Ashley's godmother Michelle in NYC. It was such a great time we pounded the pavement all day long on Saturday in pursuit of some good deals. We then had a great dinner at a Mexican restaurant near her apartment and then headed back home to watch movies. We ended up basically having a big old slumber party and Ben ended up sleeping on the couch! I got up and took an early train back on Sunday and it is amazing to have 2 1/2 hours of time to myself where I could read and listen to my ipod, I had forgotten what that much quiet was like. Ashley and daddy also had a great day Saturday.

Here they are waving bye bye to Mommy.


Michelle & I at Rockefeller Center.

A close up of Maddie Hanko, what a cutie!

Ashley's Obsession

Ashley got a book for her birthday called Abby Cadabby's Rhyme Time. She loves this book. The minute we get home and go downstairs to play she grabs the book and brings it over to me so that I will read it to her. It is a cute book, starring, that's right, Abby Cadabby. For all of you who don't keep up on Sesame St, Abby is a new character (or at least newer) and she is a littler girl who is a fairy in training. The book is adorable, but after reading it for the 6th time last night I thought my head was going to explode!



This poor book has seen better days. She carries it around and has even been caught nibbling on the edges!

Like Mother

like daughter! Ashley loves her Elmo purse. Beth got it for her and she loves to carry it around. And she also spends alot of time on the cookie monster cell phone that came inside of it. She just gabs away saying who knows what, and I always wonder who she is pretendng to talk to. You hear lots of sounds that make no sense to us and then a "no" or a "girls". (I guess Ashley picked up girls b/c Shawn and I call the dogs girls when we are speaking about or to both of them)



And lastly, her favorite thing to try and play with... Daddy's blackberry. I guess they really are crackberries b/c Ashley is addicted to trying to get it away from him and pushing all the buttons!

Christmas Kitty

Ashley got a kitty from Aunt Laura for Christmas. Well, not a real kitty but a perfect pet kitty which is much better b/c it does not require food, liter box or vet bills. This will probably be the only cat that Ashley ever owns, at least in her childhood. 2 dogs seem like more then enough pets and Shawn doesn't like cats to much. (This is an understatement!) But, Ashley loves her perfect pet. Here she is giving it a big hug!

Monkey Business

We had such a fun weekend at the Janovich house. Saturday morning we went to a birthday party for a friend of Shawn's little boy. He turned 2 and Ashley had a pretty good time she got to play with some of the big boy toys. Ashley is getting into a little bit of a shy stage. She likes to cling onto my leg until she warms up to everyone. Which is funny b/c at daycare she rips in there like a mad woman!
Then after a nap and a snack we headed over to a new indoor play area that just opened near our house. We weren't sure what to expect especially since it was "open play" time and kids of all ages could play together. We were worried Ashley might be a little small. But Ashley had a great time at Monkey Business (what a cute name for it) and loved all of the big things to climb on. It was worth the $8!

Accidents

Now that Ashley is mobile and getting into everything she constantly has a bump or scratch somewhere on her. This past weekend she got a big scratch on her nose. She cried for 2 seconds and then was off to do some more damage. All this and she isn't even 14 months yet...