Announcements

We sent the announcements out last week. Everyone has given us great feedback on them. I was really happy with how they turned out. They were printed by photoaffections.com. Happy to show off our beautiful baby girl!!

Photo op

I have been trying really hard to get a cute picture of Ashlyn smiling. They all turn out really weird and she looks funny. It is my mission to keep taking, and deleting, pics until I find a cute smile picture to post.

Been busy! Am putting together our 10 year reunion, taking place the Friday after Thanksgiving. I also made it back to my first Junior League meeting for this year last night. I'm a bit overwhelmed with all i'm supposed to be doing prior to January, but hopefully it will all pan out.

Rich and Creamy

I am referring to my hair. With the colder weather, and paler skin upon us......I richened up my hair for winter. Went a bit darker overall, and did more of a carmel highlight. Matt didn't want me to lose the light streaks, and I wanted dark, so feel it was a good compromise. I also cut a couple inches off to get a healthy start to the dry air, and give Ashlyn less to rip out of my head.

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The world around us

As we notice the world around us, mommy pulls out more and more fun stuff for Ashlyn to enjoy. She will be content under the play mat for a good 15 minutes or so. I think she is looking more at the ceiling than the animals, but she seems to like it.

Ashlyn also LOVES tummy time. She is a girl that likes to be on her belly. Unfortunately it also makes her want to go to sleep. Life is rough!

Hand me downs

We were very lucky to gets lots of girls clothes from my neice Madison, and her cousin. Not only did it save us lots of money, but Madison was a very trendy little girl:) We love all the outfits we get to show off. The seasons don't completely match up, so we are taking advantage of the summery outfits and abnormally warm November temperatures. Here is Ashlyn looking oh so fashionable in her lemon outfit!

Victory!!

Matt, Ashlyn and I sat and watched history last night. Barack Obama was announced president. The first African American (or half) to run the country. I am so excited to see what he brings to the united states. It truly is time for a change and I think he is the person to slowly start that process. I got the chills watching him walk out with his family, it was an exciting thing to witness.

Halloween

Ashlyn looked adorable in her "My 1st Halloween" onesie....even though she doesn't look happy. We did end up putting her into a butterfly bunting costume. It was absolutely huge on her. We basically snapped the picture and took her out, I felt guilty. Maybe in a few months we'll put it back on and take some cute pictures.

Mommy and daddy had a lot of fun out on the town in Cincinnati. We got to meet up with all of our friends for our annual Halloween Boo Bash. The costumes turned out awesome, even though we did get some boos from all the ohio state fans. Oh well, it was fun! Lots more pics posted on the share site, lifewithashlyn.shutterfly.com