Independant baby!

Ash is so independent now. Well she wants physical contact but that is about it. She wants to eat on her own, stand on her own, take a bath on her own. I swear she wants to get dressed on her own.

She will take the spoon out of my hands and feed herself. And then of course....

she smears it all over her tray...then the tablecloth, then her hair, then behind her ear, then my face....

Plus, getting her to pose for pictures now is impossible. Enoch and I missed out widow to get family pictures taken... She was helping me make dinner and do dishes which she likes because she can get her hands moving.

BBQ night

We made some delicious burgers tonight.  Nothing fancy, just juicy beef, lots of cheese and mayo and ketchup. Soooooo good .

Ashlyn loved watching dad outside. She would follow him around the kitchen when he came in and out.

Golf and grass

She wasn't sure what she felt about the grass at first. It was poking her and was a bit damp

Then she stared to warm up to it.

Then...she ate it.

Bath Time Fun

These are the many faces of Ashlyn during bathtime. Her bath is her favorite thing. 

This one was by total accident.  It was just the right timing and I just died laughing. 

Every bath, she loves chewing on the foam letters.

If she gets water in her nose she just starts blowing in and out really fast.  It's so so funny.

She loves drinking bathwater from the sponge.  It's kind of gross really...but she gets so excited for her bath, she usually pees in her diaper before.  I don't think she goes in her tub.  Never know.

Our fun weekend!

We packed up the car and went down to Salt Lake this weekend to see Enoch's brother Jared. He hasn't seen his niece yet!  I was pretty worried about the car ride down...we are all still gun shy after her 2 hour scream fest going to West Yellowstone.  But she was pretty darn good!! She had some little naps on the way down.

Friday night we left right after we all got off work and I took Enoch and his brother Adam to Maddox. Now in the Flanders family, Maddox is a tradition.  Anytime family is together in Utah, we always go. The rolls, cornpones, raspberry butter, chicken fried steak, fried chicken, bison burgers, oh man.....we all pigged out. And it was so good. Ashlyn was so tired but was so intigued by all the new stuff.  She could hardly keep her eyes open.

We stayed with my great aunt and uncle but they are just like my grandparents. I just call them Grandpa Anne and Grandpa Conrad. They haven't seen Ashlyn since she was a few weeks old and now they are just  amazing that she is crawling and pulling herself up onto everything. 

Saturday was a fun day for Enoch and Adam. They had some guy time and I hung out with Anne and Conrad.  Later that night we went to Rodizios. Ashlyn stared down every server in there like, what are you giving my mom? It was sooo good. Ashlyn must be going through a growth spurt because wow, I ate so much food. I ate everyone else under the table....

 Ashlyn didn't do too well with sleeping at all....once she's thrown of her schedule, it's bad news. Friday night I got a total of 4 hours....and Ashlyn ended up taking 5 naps all day Saturday.  Saturday night was a bit better.  But I think she enjoyed her trip. It was a fun adventure for her.

"I...will...not....sleep...must...stay...awake...