Ashley's Birthday Party

We had Ashley's Birthday Party last night with the family. She really enjoyed unwrapping her gifts well the first couple then she just played with the boxes. Brooke and Kenzie were right in on the action helping their little sister unwrap. Her Birthday cakes.

She ate her cake like a little princess. She would take little pieces at a time and never really got that messy with it. Corey went to take it away and she started to cry and kick her legs so he gave it back to her and she got a huge smile on her face and kept eating. She knows what to do to get her way.

These are all her gifts she got. Yup she's the third girl and gets diapers and shampoo. Ashley you are such a joy to have in our lives. You are starting to develop your our personality. It's so fun to watch you interact with you older sisters and stand your ground with them. You are starting to get into everything. You are walking along furniture, but not standing by yourself. We hope to celebrate many more birthdays with you.

Happy Birthday Ashley

Wow where did this year go. Your first month dragged on with waiting for answers, countless doctor visits, 2 hospital stays. We don't know where the rest of the year went it just seems like yesterday you were born. You have been such a blessing to us and your sister's. We can't image life with out you. We hope to celebrate many more birthdays with you.

It's hard to believe that you only weighed 5 pounds 11 ounces at birth, but you also were 2 weeks early.

Bronner's and Cutting Our Christmas Tree

We took a little road trip with the girls on Friday to Bronner's Christmas Store. We didn't tell them where we were going and they were excited to see all the Christmas stuff. Each girl got to pick out an ornament that represent something that happened to them this year. Brooke picked out a girl playing soccer, Kenzie got a ballerina the closest thing to gymnastics, and Ashley got a helicopter for her trip in Areo Med. It was crazy busy, but I guess that what happens on Black Friday.We cut our Christmas tree today. I was a nice warm day to pick one out. It sure does beat those times when it's so cold out that we pick the first one we see.

Thanksgiving

I hosted my first Thanksgiving dinner this year. We had Corey's family over, I figured if I messed up they would not care. I'm proud to say that everything turned out great and I didn't even mess the turkey up. It was great to stay home this year and not be running around to all different parties. We had some great games on the Wii between everyone and of course we looked at all the ads. We have so much to be thankful for this year our girls, family, friends, Corey's new job, health, and many more things. Hope everyone enjoyed their Thanksgiving. Here are a few pictures of our Thanksgiving.The girls made these Pilgrim hats for a little snack after dinner. Brooke made most of them while Kenzie ate the marshmallows.

Missouri 2009

11 Months and New Tricks

Ashley turned 11 months today. I can't believe that in 4 weeks she will be 1 where did the time go. She is such a layed back girl, she just watches her sister's and everything else going on around the house. She always has a smile on her face all you have just have to look at her and she just beams. She is starting to pull herself up on things and crawling super speed. She does not have any teeth yet, but she still eats great. Here are some of her new tricks that she does.

You tell her to go night night she will lay her head on the floor. She will do this like 10 times in a row. It's so dumb cute.

Climbing into the entertainment center.

Puckering her lips. It's so funny when she does it that we laugh at her and then she keeps doing it. We might have problems when she grows up.

Halloween

The girls wanted to get dressed right away when they got up on Saturday. They had a hard time waiting until 3:30 to get dressed. We went to Brandon and Kristin's and then we went to our church for Trunk or Treats and supper. It was inside this year due to the cold weather which was nice so the girls didn't have to bundle up. We then headed to mom and dad De Vries' house along with their cousins. The girls had a blast this year they would look in their pumpkin buckets to see what candy they got. At one point I heard Kenzie tell Brooke "We can't eat it all at one time because we might get a stomach ache"