Callie's 1st Birthday!

Sorry this is so late. Enjoy! :)

(Video made my Andrew!) Thank you! :)

April Fools

This is my dad. He's a State Trooper. You wouldn't think he was by this picture, but he's definitely a fun and goofy dad. And he got me good on April Fools day. Here's the story:

Okay so I was getting ready to do the dishes when he called me. This is what he said, "So mom got a call from Tims mission presidents wife this morning. You know how he's had problems with his molars? Well he hasn't been able to get them looked at since our insurance doesn't cover him where he's at, and they're really bothering him right now. So the dentist finally decided to just look at them for him and I guess one is infected really bad. So anyways, his mission presidents wife called and said he will have to come home to get them fixed- I'm not sure what they'll do though, but it sounds pretty serious because she said he'll probably have to come home as early as Sunday." (By this point I'm crying a little!) Dad: "But I guess Tim is heart-broken because he has to come home early." I was quiet the whole time, crying, and dad finally noticed the silence, so he asked if I was still there.

I was quiet a little longer and said, "yeah" as I started bawling.

Then he said, "Ashley, are you crying?!"

Me- bawling loudly, "Yes."

Dad: "Why are you crying?"

Me- in my bawling voice, "Because I feel bad for Tim and that he has to come home early from his mission, when he's having such a great time there."

Dad: "Oh Ashley, APRIL FOOLS!"

Me: still bawling loudly.

Dad- laughing in a feeling bad kind of way, "You're not supposed to cry Ashley. I tried to come up with something that wouldn't make you cry. I was going to tell you that your mom was in the hospital or that I lost my job. I didn't want you to cry."

Me- still bawling.

Dad- kind of laughing, "I'm sorry Ashley."

In the background I kept hearing my mom saying, "Did you make her cry?!" Then my dad had me talk to her while he went and picked Brady up from school. My mom got on the phone and tried to calm me down, but I just couldn't stop, even though I thought it was kind of funny- well a good April Fools joke. He finally got me...not very easy for that to happen. :) But mom kept saying that the joke was on him because I cried and made him feel bad. haha He got me!

Callie's 1st Haircut!

Andrew's great idea...haha! He put Callie's pony tail through the hole in her hat. Don't worry, we didn't keep it like that.

Callie's 1st haircut! She kept trying to get my scissors and was moving constantly, but Andrew held her and that helped a lot! And she didn't cry!

After the haircut! She can see now!! :)

Straight hair...

After her bath...(click on the picture and you can see how curly her hair is!) SO CUTE!!

What a beautiful girl we have!

Quiet Book!

I finally finished Callie's quiet book, and she loves it!

The phone handle has velcro on it

She LOVES the different textures page! And then the mitten on the right has a space on the bottom for her to put her hand into.

That's a mirror on the right page...it just looks really dark in this photo.

Those flowers come off (buttons), and in the zipper pouch I just put a necklace and a toy she likes in it, if she wants to play with them.

The shapes have velcro on them.

Isn't it so cute! I'm so proud of myself! :) And I'm SO GLAD it's finished! haha

President's Day Weekend! (And some more pictures of what Callie's been up to!)

My family came here last weekend to visit us... well mainly to see Callie. ;) Thursday we had dinner and then went swimming at the hotel they were staying at. Friday my dad was sick most of the day, so we just hung out, went swimming, and played DANCE CENTRAL!! that we borrowed from our awesome friends! It was a ton of fun! And Zach and Brady (my 2 youngest brothers) stayed the night at our place. Saturday Andrew and I and my parents went to the temple, which was wonderful! I'm glad we were able to go with them. Saturday night my Aunt Liesl and her family came up from Utah for the rest of the weekend. Sunday we went to church and then everyone came over to our place for dinner. And then Monday we all hung out and played games here until they had to leave. I'm glad we were all able to see each other! It was a GREAT weekend!

Brady gave Callie a sucker...lets just say she LOVED IT!!!

I thought it was pretty funny how everyone is circled around Callie :)

Creeper Callie! haha I thought her hair looked funny when she woke up from her nap. (ps, I don't think my hair is really this dark)

Callie having fun playing with dad's slipper. :)

She's lifting herself up now! And this is how I found her last night! hahaha

Having fun playing with the drawers! What a cutie!

Update

Callie loves Sesame Street

She also loves sleeping on her stomach

Callie and her cousins (Sam, Jack, Charlie, and Luke). This was last week when we were in Utah for a baptism and a baby blessing. I wish I took more pictures. ps, I LOVE Lukes face in this picture. He's such a silly boy...

This is my cousin Olivia, holding Callie. Callie and I stayed at my Aunts house in Lehi, Utah while Andrew had an interview at the University of Washington. Callie was sick, with a 102* temperature and crying basically the whole time we were there, which was kind of a bummer. But at least she's feeling better now. Everyone was a HUGE help! I'm so glad I had their help, or else I probably would have gone crazy and cried the whole time.

Poor girl...

Our candlelit dinner we had on Valentines Day. If you look closely you can see the salad is a heart. I like to do things like this sometimes, especially to make Andrew laugh. And there's candy in the middle section of the glass thing with the candles. Swedish fish and fast breaks. YUM! :)

Okay are you ready to hear about dessert??! I was trying a new recipe for cinnamon rolls...I love the one's I've made before, but I heard these ones are AMAZING! Well everything was going great until I had to roll the dough out on the counter. Then I started getting frustrated because it was way too sticky, no matter how much flour I put on the counter/dough. And on top of that, I was using a glass because we don't have a rolling pin, which doesn't work the best. Anyways, after being frustrated and FINALLY getting the dough spread out, I poured melted butter on it, then sprinkled sugar, and then sprinkled GROUND CUMIN!, thinking it was ground cinnamon! UGH!! I showed Andrew, and yes you guessed it, he laughed REALLY HARD! I got teary-eyed, but this mistake was too funny to cry. So we both laughed pretty hard and I threw our Valentines treat away. At least we had candy! ;)

Emily's Visit!

Andrew's sister, Emily, came and stayed with us for a few days last week. We played games, and made a lot of yummy (unhealthy) food. The day before she left she got her hair colored brown! Her natural color is blonde, so that was fun, and it looks GREAT on her! And then we went on a walk around campus.

We went to the gardens on campus, which are covered in snow right now.

Still at the gardens...

Callie had a lot of fun with her Aunt Emily! She even made some funny faces and noises just for her!

And I finally colored my hair brown, after 1+ years of being afraid to do it, but wanting to SO BADLY! And it helped that Emily did it too! We had a lot of fun with you Emily! Thanks for coming to COLD Rexburg and visiting us!