Friday, January 31, 2014

January

My month apparently revolved around Ashlyn - big surprise.  Pretty much all the pictures I took this month were of her.  


Austin and Lauren still don't leave Ashlyn alone.  The poor girl gets poked, prodded, and squished on a regular basis.




These two are just so cute. I love the way the play together.



Love. Those. Cheeks.


Another good picture to give me the giggles.  Ashlyn probably won't love this picture the way I do.




One thing that has been interesting to notice, is Austin and Lauren's morning interactions.  They are often waking up extremely early in the morning.  Like 4 or 5, though its usually more like 5 or 6.  One morning while laying in bed feeding Ashlyn in her room, I heard Lauren's voice.  "Autin.... Autin..."  Over and over again I heard her call for Austin.  It took me a minute to realize she was calling into the vent for him.  These two had found a fun way off talking back and forth with each other while staying in their rooms.  Luckily, I heard it before Austin did, and went and got Lauren back to bed.  Many other mornings, once they wake up, they go into the other person's room and wake them up to play.  Austin was the one who did it the most.  Sometimes I would find him in Lauren's room, playing, with the light on, and Lauren still in bed trying to sleep.  I did have to ask him to stop waking her up (or trying to wake her up).


One of my nieces took this picture of Sammy and Lauren playing together. Cuties!  Lauren is so lucky to have four cousins her age on one side of the family and one (kind of two if you count Kaden who is a year younger) on the other side.  Hooray for cousins!



Snow!  We love the snow at our house, even if we don't get out much in it.  Its just so tricky with a new baby.




This was my view one day as I nursed Ashlyn.  Austin and Lauren are such great friends.  I love the way they play together.



And last, but not least, the kids had some fun with the car seat box.  It was the perfect shape to make into a car.

What a great month we had!