Our little girl is definitely growing up in every way. She's bigger in size and in personality. Ashton continues to be a very determined, playful, lively little girl who is full of emotions.
Ashton continues to be a talker. She loves to just chit-chat as she plays and narrates her playtime a lot. Joseph and I have fun trying to think about what she's saying. Her conversations also include pitch fluctuations and volume changes. It's pretty amusing. Ashton can say quite a bit and has started putting a few words together. Her favorite is, "I see you."
Ashton is still a mommy's girl. I'm hoping future children prefer Joseph. I try to remind myself to enjoy it now because one day, she will want nothing to do with me. Even then, I just wish I could go to the bathroom without her yelling, "Mom" around the house looking for me. At least she's securely attached to me.
She still isn't the best sleeper in the world. But I've finally surrendered to the fact that she will probably never be the kid who needs more than 10-11 hours (if we're lucky...) at night and takes longer than a 45 minute nap (if we're lucky, she'll nap for 1.5 hours and that's a LONG nap). Or the kid who consistently sleeps through the night. What surprises me is that no matter how much sleep she gets, she is typically always happy. She has always been on the lower side of the sleep recommendations for her age. Ugh. If only she knew how much sleep I need to function... I think Ashton got my personality but Joe's sleeping habits
Her favorites:
Favorite book: This changed within the past few days. It is now Clifford the Big Red Dog book. She wants it before bed every night.
Favorite toy: Her baby doll. She loves carrying her baby around and rocking it. Any time Ashton sees a baby, she gets very excited. Hopefully that will make her a good big sister whenever that day comes.
Favorite word: "That" Ashton is a pretty bossy kid. She will yell "That" persistently until someone acknowledges what she wants.
Favorite show: Daniel the Tiger. We got a DVD of some episodes to have in our car for Houston trips. We used it a few weekends ago when we went and that was the most peaceful car ride we've ever experienced. She loves Daniel.
Favorite Outing: Swimming. Joseph and I typically go swimming every Saturday and Ashton loves it. The big water slide is her favorite.
Favorite food: "Sup" meaning syrup. The definition of syrup to Ashton is anything she can dip her food in. This means honey, ketchup, peanut butter, sugar, ranch dressing, and syrup. Lately, she's gotten sick every time she eats syrup so we've been trying to use other things. Sometimes, you can just say that the food has syrup on it and she will eat it.
Favorite activity: Coloring. Our struggle right now is to convince her to color on the paper instead of herself. She can take the caps on and off by herself so I typically let her color unsupervised. This may be the cause of the self-coloring skills she is perfecting!
Here are some pictures from the last few months.
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| I used an old shirt that no longer fits to make an apron for her. She likes it okay. |
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| Made edible playdough. She just ate it. |
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| She kept saying, "Wet, wet" as she played in the water. |
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| This is how she watches Daniel. In her chair with a snack. |
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| Hiking on the Dow Trail |
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| Never afraid to get dirty |
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| Interpret this drawing please. |
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| We found these balloons at the mall one day and Ashton loved playing with them |
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| Wearing Dad's goggles as a necklace, of course. |
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Loves her daddy.      |
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