SANTA Has Arrived!

On Friday night we attended the Parade of Lights in Louisville, despite the COLD, cold weather. Ashtyn had a great time seeing all the lights and kept clapping her hands when she heard the bands play Christmas music. The parade thankfully was short, but the best part were the fire trucks at the beginning and the last fire truck at the end which brought SANTA to town! Ashtyn's face lit up when she saw him and she said "YEAH!" I am thinking she's finally figuring out what this holiday is all about.

We saw some friends at the Parade who have a little boy, Adam the same age as Ashtyn - they looked so cute sitting all bundled up next to each other in their strollers - kind of like old people! The parade was fun and cold, but it was a great way to kick off the Christmas season!

Thanksgiving 2009

Happy Thanksgiving! I LOVE this time of year - the Holiday season! Everyone is in a good mood, time off from work, GREAT food and lots of time with Family and Friends. We had a GREAT Thanksgiving sharing our day between the two families. Matt had to work during the day, but Thankfully since he works in Louisville and we have Thanksgiving dinner at my parent's he was able to stop by and have dinner #1 with us. I LIVE for the Thanksgiving dinner - my mom, Mimi and my aunts are wonderful cooks, so the food is amazing. We ate lots of food and then Ashtyn ran around with her cousins before we had to head to the next party.

That evening we went to the Trujillo's and enjoyed another Thanksgiving dinner and then had dessert while watching the AWESOME Broncos game - we were all so happy to see them finally win again! Ashtyn ran around again keeping herself very busy, but then right about 9 O'clock she just laid down on the floor and was out - it was so cute! We definitely ate way to much food but enjoyed every minute getting to see all the people we love so much and are so THANKFUL to have apart of our lives!

The rest of the weekend was busy as well - decorating the house, visiting more family friends, and eating more leftovers - Needless to say Ashtyn was very tired today and took a long nap and went to bed early - I think she was worn out from all the fun. Now its time to enjoy the next couple weeks getting ready for Christmas - which Ashtyn is already loving it with all the lights, pretty ornaments and the Christmas Tree - which she constantly likes to shake the branches - I really hope it doesn't fall over before Christmas... Happy Holidays!

BIG News for the Trujillos!

We are all very excited to announce that we will be adding a new little baby to our family this coming June! Ashtyn is going to become a BIG Sister and already is very excited for the new role. She pats her belly and says "Baby" when we ask her if she is going to be a big sister. I am just about 13 weeks along, and things have been going well for the most part. Typical, nausea, back pain and all the other fun side affects - but am very thankful to have everything progressing... Just had a check up this Friday and got to finally hear the heart beat - very fast 161 and the baby was very ACTIVE! They also confirmed my due date to be June 8th, 2010. We are all so excited to meet this new baby and can't wait to see Ashtyn's reaction when it arrives! What will we have I wonder - boy or girl - can't wait to find out so I can make plans for the Nursery!

Wednesdays

Wednesday's are very special days for me. This is the one day a week I get to stay home from work and spend all day with Ashtyn - we call it "Mommy and Ashtyn's Day of Fun!" Every Wednesday we wake up, snuggle in bed and watch Dora the Explorer together. Then we get up and head to the grocery store - usually in our Pajamas! - which is the best time to go because it is so peaceful. Once we get there I get my usual Starbucks and Ashtyn picks out which buggy car she wants to ride in and then we head straight to the bakery to get a strawberry cookie - a great breakfast! After shopping, we of course have to take a ride on the "horse" and then we are headed back home. Once we get home Ashtyn takes her usual morning nap, while I catch up on laundry, emails and everything else there is to do... But then when noon rolls around, Ashtyn wakes up and our "Day of Fun" begins. We either go to the mall, the swimming pool, the library, meet friends for lunch or something fun we can do together and enjoy our precious time. I cherish this time with her so much, because having to work full time I don't get the time I would ultimately desire with her. Every week I look forward to Wednesday, and then I am always sad to see it end when I lay Ashtyn down to bed. Hopefully, our "Day of Fun" will be a tradition we keep for years to come. I love you Ashtyn Faith!

Perfect Sunday Morning!

Today was a PERFECT Sunday morning - the kind you wish would never end. It snowed all night and so it was the perfect morning to stay tucked into bed all morning. Ashtyn slept in till 8 o'clock and then climbed into our bed and the three of us snuggled, talked and then of course had a pillow fight! Then we all got up and had breakfast together while watching The Mickey Mouse club and then we all decided to get dressed and play in the snow. Ashtyn surprising has started to love the snow - mainly eating it! So we got her all dressed up like a little snowman and headed outside to play in and eat the fresh snow...

Ashtyn helped Matt shovel the snow...What a big helper she is!


Who says you can't play with your sand toys in the winter! Snow makes much better snow castles then sand castles we discovered...

What a PERFECT Sunday morning - spending it with the ones I love so much!

Moving Day!

Ashtyn loves her play house that we have outside in the backyard, and she doesn't understand that with it getting cold that we can't let her play outside all the time. So with the weather nice this past weekend, Matt decided to clean the house so we could move into the basement and she could enjoy playing with it all winter long....

So Friday afternoon, Matt took the house apart, cleaned it and then laid all the pieces around the deck so they could dry. Well, on Saturday morning Ashtyn does her normal routine - wakes up, has her milk and breakfast, watches "Pooh" and then as always checks outside to see if she can play. Well much to her surprise when she moved the curtain to look out the window she saw her beautiful house in pieces. Needless to say - she got VERY upset! She started crying and saying "huse", "huse" with her arms up in the air! and just couldn't understand why someone would destroy her house! So Matt explained to her that he would fix it - so all morning before nap she walked around with big alligator tears in her eyes and a worried little face saying "Da Fix it", "Da Fix it" - Oh it broke our hearts, but it was kinda hilarious at the same time! Who would have know she would get so upset - you never think about these things as an adult.

The moving day was successful though - by Saturday afternoon her house was back together in it's new place - she now can enjoy her house all winter long!

Nineteen Months...

So I am couple days late, but Ashtyn is now 19 months old and I need to make an update of all her new words, tricks and discoveries... Ashtyn has learned more words and still perfecting her previous vocabulary. She now says "up", "down", "Done!", "Gun" (we live by a shooting range, so we had to explain to her what the sound was), "papa", "sit", "Dora", "cold", "hot", "this", "that", "one" and "boy"! She still constantly babbles and I can't wait till I can finally understand what her fascinating stories are all about. She still is speaking mainly one words, but occasionally has her brilliant 2-words phrases - "Fix it", "Play me", "Where go"... It is so cute to finally hear her precious words... We finally taught her what to do when she is finished eating - Instead of throwing her dish off the highchair - Now when she is finished eating she says very loudly "DONE!" Ashtyn now climbs the stairs like a big girl - which was a very scary discovery when I saw her do it for the first time, but now she is very good. As she climbs the stairs though she has to say "UP!" every time she lands on a step - very cute! Her Grandma Trujillo has been counting with her - which is so cute because she will hold her fingers all up and slowly folds them down -awkwardly- while saying "one...one...one..." hopefully we will master some more numbers this coming month. She loves to help me in the kitchen whether it is putting dishes away or making dinner or cleaning up the dinner table - GREAT little helper! She also loves to just sit on the kitchen counter - not sure why, maybe because she can see up there, but when I am in the kitchen she has to be on the counter.

Ashtyn discovered my makeup drawer recently without my knowing and was able to put eyeshadow all over her face before I found her - So we have now moved the makeup - I was thinking this would happen maybe at age 5, but not my little one! She also is obsessed with toothpaste and brushing her teeth. Which I am OK with, but the eating toothpaste thing is always a fight!

She loves playtime with Daddy after dinner the best - that's what Dad's are for right! They run, roll around, jump on the ottoman, play chase, piggy-back rides - you name it! - It is a great way to wear her out for bedtime! Watching them play melts my heart every time, especially to hear her little giggle!

Everyday she becomes more independent and changing into a little girl instead of my baby. She keeps me on my toes - that's for sure! We will see what new things are in store for us this month...