"Sisters".

Ashlee loves her little sister! I often catch her singing to or kissing Danielle. She can also stop her crying. The other day when we were trying to get things packed to go swimming we asked Ashlee to help stop Danielle from crying. This is what we saw!

Priceless!!!

Daddy's little girl

Ashlee and Aaron enjoying brownie batter! Ashlee is my little chef. She loves to help out in the kitchen. Aaron helps a lot too. You can see what they do best!

A Child's Honesty

For Mother's Day in Joy School, the children were asked questions about "Mommy" and thier answers (unedited) were written down on a Mother's Day card. Here were Ashlee's responses. The truth hurts.

"I have two Grandpa's".

Ashlee and I were upstairs coloring some paper when, out of the blue, she said "I have two Grandpa's. Grandpa Heslop and Pappa" I smiled and said "That's right". Then she said "but I only have one Hemma and Grandma Heslop is in Heaven". It was so cute because this conversation was completely out of the blue. She must have been thinking about it, trying to figure it out. I love our conversations together. The things she says puts a smile on my face and often surprises me. She is so smart and who knows what she is thinking of next!

Ashlee's new bed.

Ashlee hasn't been napping lately so we have been doing quiet time. Well today she wanted to nap in this rubber-made box. I figured, oh well. She's not going to sleep anyway. LOL! I honestly didn't think she would actually fall asleep!

Our Valentines....

This year Aaron and I celebrated Valentines day a weekend early. My friend Christina was so nice to watch Ashlee while we went to dinner. "The Coast" has to be my favorite restaurant hands down. I ordered something with chicken and huge asparagus, Aaron ordered sword fish and ratatouille. The manager had come by to check to see how our food was and that's when I found out that the sauce on my dish was reduced 11 times! It was sooo... good. Aaron only could enjoy the salad and his fish, he is still on the South Beach diet for his competition (and is doing awesome!). I let him know how good his ratatouille was!

On Saturday the 14th, Aaron and Ashlee spent a few hours together on a Daddy Daughter date. She had a ball with him. They went to Dave and Busters, had lunch, and pretty much did whatever she wanted! When they got home, the first thing Ashlee did was put her bag down and start pulling everything that she won out of the bag. They were very successful. Her favorite thing is a white pig that she can throw at the wall and stick. She's gotten lots of exercise and giggles out of that one! We ended with exchanging valentines and cards and dinner together as a family. Hope you all had a wonderful Valentines day. We sure did.

Jesus wants me for a Sunbeam!

It was Ashlee's first day in Primary yesterday. She was so excited! Aaron and I teach the other sunbeam class so we get to see her from a distance. We went to sharing time first and what can I say, when the teacher asked who wants to bear their testimony, Ashlee rose her hand and hollered "I do!". So she marched up to the podium, nerves of steel (didn't get that from Mom!!!!) and even though we couldn't understand all of it, we heard "...mom and dad..... Jesus....and love...". It was so cute! Both Aaron and I were gleaming!

Two girls in Tutu's!

Sarah made these for Ashlee and Madison. They were the cutest ballerinas! So... fun!

Our little Mary.

We had our Joy School Christmas program last week. The kids were so cute and did such a good job singing. The very last song they did they got to dress up. Ashlee was the perfect Mary. Halfway through we caught her kissing the baby Jesus. Heather took a better picture of her holding Jesus ("I'll have to get that from you!"). She looked so cute!

Not quite ready for Santa!

I think if it wasn't for the line Ashlee would've been okay but there were a lot of kids and I couldn't bring myself to make her sit on his lap. I thought this picture explains it all!

Ashlee was such a happy baby!

This was a long time ago but I had to share it. Ashlee was such a cute baby. She was so easy going and always happy, and she sure loved her uncle Nate.

"Thanks for finding this for us Leicha!" Sooooo.... cute!

Making Gingerbread Men!

I had to make Gingerbread dough for Joy school and look who got to help me! She was the perfect assistant any chef/mom could ask for!

Happy Birthday Ashlee!!!

This is when Ashlee was only a week old. Wasn't she a beautiful baby! We are having fun celebrating her 3rd birthday today (actually this whole week). We will be going to dinner tonight and opening presents after (or before, I don't know if I can wait that long!!!). Then tomorrow we will be having her birthday party at the Wiggly Play Center with Wags the dog. It will be tons of fun. "Happy Birthday Ashlee. We love you so much!" Mom and Dad.

P.S. Stay posted because there are lots of pictures I need to upload. Once things slow down a bit I will add them.

"A" is for Ashlee.

This is my favorite photo that Kiddie Kandid's took. I don't usually like the black and white but this turned out really cute and fun. She is so pretty!