Our Month So Far

2015 has been busy already for the Wilcox household. We started out the year with Terry and Anah visiting from Austin with their boys. They made us the last stop before moving to Utah. We had a lot of fun going swimming, playing at the park, and opening more presents. Ashton really enjoyed having cousins to play with again and will miss that.

We finally finished our entertainment center. We like it a lot. We kept looking for one with doors at furniture stores. But with people having huge TVs now, they don't make many with doors. So we built one as having doors was very important to me.

Ashton had her 15-month check up with the doctor. She is healthy and happy. She weighed 23 pounds and is 32 inches long. When I was her age, I weighed the same but was two inches shorter. Ashton continues to be pretty tall. Her first set of molars are almost in. I'm excited that she now has more teeth in her mouth than are left to come in. We're over half way with stupid teething!

It melts my heart that Ashton loves reading so much. This is her reading to herself at the library. She loves visiting the library every week.

Then on the 9th, Joseph and Ashton flew to Utah for his sister's wedding. Initially the plan was for him to go by himself but as time passed, we decided to take advantage of the fact that Ashton flies for free. Joseph nicely offered to take her and I quickly took him up on it. Their flight left at 6:30 so we were up at 3:30am. Ashton actually woke up first. How nice of her! Stupid teeth/cold/sleep problems/whatever else can possibly cause a toddler to not want to sleep!

Snow for the first time.

Some cousins at the wedding

Loved eating Joseph's cheesecake

Playing with Whitey the cat

Airplane entertainment

I looked forward to five days with a house to myself but by 4pm on Friday, I was missing my baby girl (and Joseph of course) more than I thought. The longest I've been away from Ashton is about seven hours when I went to Houston for a day. This trip definitely helped me prepare for future trips we're planning (aka Spain!) where I'll be away from Ashton.

I planned a baby shower the Saturday that Joseph and Ashton were out of town. It was fun to decorate and it gave me the excuse to actually clean the house as opposed to picking up only the visible crumbs. I also dusted. I think that's the first time since we moved into our house that I have done that. The theme was Noah's Ark "two by two" as my friend is having twins.

The rest of the weekend was spent sleeping, working on crafts, and organizing some things around the house.

I went to pick them up from the airport and got a gate pass. That way, I could go through security and meet them at the gate. Ashton ran right to me and never let go. She laid her head on my shoulder and was so quiet and still. It was pretty cute and a nice feeling to know I was missed.

The rest of the month will continue to be busy. Stay tuned for more exciting events!