he makes my day every single day!

i promise, he owns more than white.

it seems all he wears is white these days.

i am going to try to hit up the park today. it's so warm out it's hard to believe it's only february!

still alive.

haven't updated in awhile. a lot going on right now. ashton is doing great. he is a different baby every morning. he looooves to smile and goof off during his morning feeding. which i secretly love even though i am starving to eat my own breakfast. he is very strict with his own set routine. i am blessed to have a baby who knows the difference between night and day. however, i am not used to him wanting to be put to bed so early. if we are not home and rocking him to sleep by 7:30pm he will throw the biggest fit where ever we are (like this last saturday when we were at lowes trying to appliance shop. wooowee that was a rought night). we used to think it was his "fussy period", really it's the "PUT ME TO BED, YOU STUPID PEOPLE" period. which means grocery shopping is a pain in the butt since i haven't nerved up to go grocery shopping by myself during the day. perhaps when my babyhawk finally gets here. i was given the ok to start working out again last week. like i have time HA. 

today i played around with my 85mm lens during his bouncer time.

blue eyes are a bit exaggerated. the picture was overexposed, making his eyes lighter and appear more blue than they normally are. currently, his eyes are more of a light gray/deep blue combo.

he laughs and smiles a lot now.

it's starting to feel normal around here...

how did that happen?! day two i have been able to take a shower (with no one here but me and ashton). day two of me getting PLENTY of sleep. day two of being able to eat. day two at getting things done. and i mean DONE. i made our bed for the first time in six weeks. SIX WEEKS people! today i decided to finally pick up my camera and take some pictures of baby ashton on my nice, clean, made bed. it was wonderful. not only that, but breastfeeding is officially EASY! i have been working really hard on new nursing positions, getting over my fear of breastfeeding in public, and breastfeeding in bed so i can get more sleep (and guess what. it works!).

people tell you the first six weeks are the hardest. now i haven't gone past six weeks but it's held true so far. everything has a normal feeling now. it's really strange. now if i could only get this baby wearing down, find a nursing top that is actually comfortable/covers my stomach, and my fear of driving alone with ashton and i will be set!  i have to go to my 6week post partum appointment tomorrow so that means i will face my fear of driving alone with ashton whether i like it or not (eek). i might as well test drive it today right? ha. ashton has also started smiling tons while making eye contact with me. it melts my heart every single time he does it.

now on to some super cute pictures of my super cute boy (biased of course). 

little boy white.

oh yeah, he isn't happy about it either. poor kid. his mother is color phobic

baby acne :o(

such a chub!

it's a good time to be a first time home buyer

$8000 tax credit. hello! loving the new stimulus plan.

makes me feel better for waiting so long to get a house ha!

my mother has me worried sick something will happen and our deal will fall through though. (thanks mom!) lol. i am trying to stay positive though. we have the loan. the cash. and they accepted our offer. it looks good but darn it. the closing date couldn't come fast enough.

we took my mother to the house on sunday for a walk through before her flight back to denver. the first time david and i walked through the house we were sooo smitten with our first choice we didn't really give the house a good look. i must say I LOVE OUR NEW HOUSE! love it! sure the carpet needs to be replaced and some other things but it's such a beautiful nice home. and i can't wait to live in it! i can't believe we are going to be real homeowners. it feels so surreal. here are more pictures i took of the house. the quality isn't that great since we were in a hurry (my mom had a flight to catch) and the electricity wasn't turned on so i had to use horrible direct flash and my camera had a hard time focusing in the low light with the kit lens. ha. the house has great natural lighting when the blinds are open though.

entry way

entry way hallway

entry way into the kitchen from the hallway

trying to talk david into a new oven/stove. with our tax credit it should be possible.

baby ashton sleeping. this shows the three large windows in the living room!

living room.

eating area. you can see the laundry room and entry way into the two car garage

master bedroom. it looks smaller in the picture but it's actually a nice size. larger than our current bedroom. i opened the blinds to see how much light would be let in since it faces north. loooots of light! omg the natural light is awesome.

master bath. the tub has a huge window.

dual sinks!! this will be a lifesaver!

the masterbathroom has a seperate toilet.

ashton's bathroom

ashton's bedroom. sooo much light in this room

this room has one window to the left. i plan on making this my project room.

my sweet valentine

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY

so i had something really special planned out for pictures with ashton on valentines day. however, thanks to the fact my diaper covers have YET to even arrive and ashton's umbilical cord is still attached (wth?!) i have decide to delay it. instead i give you this.

ashton has been doing really great lately. of course my mother is here and makes life 110% easier for me. ha. i have learned to nurse in bed lying down so i can sleep more. it's been easier but again my mom is here so i think that has a lot to do with it. we will see if things stay that way once she is gone (tomorrow. :o( ). my mother is so generous i have no idea how i will ever repay her. 

working on that tummy time!

we love our bugaboo stroller. ashton has finally learned to love it as much as we do.

2009 is a year filllllled with changes.

we just bought our first house! we had fallen in love with a huge beautiful new home but as soon as we were going to make an offer we were told that someone else's offer had already been accepted. so we decided to make an offer on our second choice home (which was/is a foreclosure). today we were told they accepted our offer! closing date will be march 20th (but we hope sooner). my mom is town visiting and we went to look at the house again (before we knew the house was ours!) we met our neighbors who are awesome! i can't wait to live there. here are some pictures from the MLS website.

entry way

living room. we are gutting the carpet (obviously) and installing wood floors before we move in.

kitchen

master bath

ashton's room!

ashton's bath.

we are so excited! march 20th can't come fast enough.

our little squirt[er]

i am going to start taking "outfit" pictures of ashton in all of his cute little outfits. i invested enough in them might as well do something so i can always remember how handsome he looked in all of his cute little clothes.

david got this onesie for him after realizing ashton loves to pee on him. he is our little squirt.

by the way, just for the record. ashton had a major growth spurt on friday and it was by far the hardest day of my life! saturday happened to be the easiest day with him. we actually went places from 2pm till 9pm and survived (and i breast fed in public!). sunday was a bit more neutral. with some bad moments and good moments. we went house hunting. david is determined to get out of this tiny apartment in the next few months. we found a house we love but i have a feeling it's too good to be true. i'm not holding my breath. david plans on making an offer in the next few days. prayers and good thoughts would be appreciated as we really want this house. :o) ashton also has baby acne all over his cute face :o(. he has had baby acne from birth but it was over his body and limbs. not face. i hope it goes away soon. 

when changing diapers at 4am ends up being exciting.

david installed a large mirror right next to ashton's changing area last night. i figured it would be a month or two before ashton would even notice it. imagine my shock at 4am this morning when he started laughing at himself in the mirror during a diaper change. he loves that mirror. i caught him this afternoon doing the same thing. happy one month birthday sweet ashton! i can't believe it's been a month!

he sure is a happy baby!

he smiles! 3 weeks 5 days old

since we don't have a camcorder, here is ashton smiling in pictures. this is also the first time ashton actually enjoyed his bouncer! (i hope that wasn't a fluke). the pictures are in order as it happened.. yes, mommy went overboard with the pictures.

not sure how he feels about the bouncer

looking interested in something

whatever it was must have been really funny to him (because it wasn't me)

not so funny now....

....or is it?

what a strange but oh so adorable boy! lol

more giggles.....

....before mommy got caught taking pictures

don't think he likes the camera just yet........

nope. he was so done being a happy little boy! hahaha. love him ♥