Holiday Season

    The blogs are starting to space out, but that's how busy holiday seasons are! So far we have had a great start to our holidays, minus the car trouble we have been experiencing. About two weeks ago my car battery died, that was an easy fix! Last Wednesday Josh's transmission went out in his truck, not so easy of a fix! Of course his truck had to die in the middle of the night, while it was cold, while it was raining, and in a location with no cell phone service! Thank goodness for family and a nice stranger to come to our rescue, it could have been an awful situation.
     Before the truck broke down, we took Ashlyn to visit her great-great Grandma Sawyer. Ashlyn liked visiting with her! Ashlyn's Great-Aunt Bernice made sugar cookies for Ashlyn and some of her distant cousins to decorate. Ashlyn had a great time, and it was nice spending time with family we never see.
   On Thanksgiving we started out by going to Josh's Dad's house for breakfast. Ashlyn was too excited to see Jenna to even eat her breakfast. Josh and I enjoyed our omlete's very much though! After breakfast Richard and Josh went and got Black Friday Ads for Jo Ann and I, while Jessica and I discussed what she wanted for Christmas. I love black friday shopping even if some consider it crazy! I love the adrenaline rush it brings when you grab the last item on the shelf! I know it's stupid, but so much fun!
    After looking through the ads we headed off to Randy and Sharla's for Thanksgiving. My Grandma was sick, so her and my Grandpa weren't able to attend. It wasn't the same without them. I made sure I made them plate, so that they could at least experience a little of Thanksgiving. Ashlyn enjoyed being the center of attention and playing with Ryan's old tractors. She knows exactly where to find them when she goes there. After spending time with my family, it was time to move to Josh's Grandma and Grandpa Miller's house.

    After eating two meals Josh, Ashlyn, and I weren't too hungry at Linda and Frank's house. We made sure to take home plenty of leftovers though. Ashlyn enjoyed playing with Hunter at Linda and Frank's house, we barely saw the two of them the whole time we were there. While I was there I was able to do some serious shopping planning. Now it was time to go home and prepare for the shopping experience.

    I was able to take about a 3 hour nap prior to shopping. My mom came and picked me up and we met my friends Alisha, Callita, and Gretchen at Toys R Us! Of course the line was backed way up and it was cold and raining! My mom refused to join the fun and stand in line, so she went to walmart and starting racking up on the deals! After standing in the rain for an hour we were able to enter Toys R Us. Luckily I was able to get everything on my list, I even got a free $40 pack of squinkies that the sales clerk forgot to ring up! Now I call that a bargain! Walmart was by far the most ridiculous location ever! There was even a fist fit over a pair of $4 Hannah Montana Pajamas. All in all that night I got some pretty good deals and I slept great that next day!
    It is finally time for Christmas! Ashlyn has already seen Santa 4 times. She is asking lots of questions this year! She has noticed that Santa looks different at different places. She also can't understand how Santa will get into our house without a chimney. I told her the fireplace would work.
     We even have a special guest in our house this year, Bob the elf on the shelf. Ashlyn and Daddy named him, how original right? Bob is a special elf that is very magical. All day Bob watches Ashlyn to see if she has been good and at night while she is sleeping he flies to the North Pole and reports back to Santa. When Ashlyn wakes up he is always in a new location. Bob is not allowed to touched or he will lose his magic. Bob's first location was under Ashlyn's Christmas tree in her room. Ashlyn kept touching all around Bob, and could barely stand not touching him .
    Bob has gotten smarter and always hides a little  higher now! Bob brought with him a book about himself and a friend that Ashlyn could touch, since she can't touch him! Ashlyn had lots of questions about Bob too, such as how come Bob doesn't blink if he is real? That child is smarter than she needs to be! We are on day 5 of Bob, hopefully he remembers to keep changing spots everyday!

    On Saturday while Ashlyn was with Mamaw Kris I was able to wrap Christmas Presents! Ashlyn already has 20 presents under the tree and she can hardly stand it! The presents had been under the tree for about 30 minutes when Ashlyn came to me and said Mommy one of my presents has a big hole in it, and I see Hannah Montana. She says it was an accident and her hand just went right through it. Ashlyn is no longer allowed near the presents!  We decided to do the 12 days of Christmas this year and let her open a present daily instead of all at once. Last year she got tired of opening presents, but I think she has more interest and stamina this year! I am going to the end the post with three more pics of the Justin Bieber concert I was able to get!

Justin Bieber Concert

     " Justin Bieber is so much cuter in person!" This is the quote Ashlyn gave me when I asked her about the Justin Bieber concert. Wednesday was quite an exciting day for her. She drove me crazy all day wanting to know when the concert was going to be. I decided to keep her home from school, that way she wouldn't be as tired at the concert. I am glad I did! Ashlyn didn't wake up until almost 10:30 on Wednesday, she must of been extremely tired. At 4:00, it was finally time to get ready for the concert. Ashlyn was eager to jump in the bath and get out in a hurry. She looked absolutely adorable!

      I dropped Ashlyn off with Kelsie at 4:30. Kelsie was nice enough to get Ashlyn something to eat prior to going to the concert.  I was a little nervous about letting Ashlyn go to the concert without mommy, but while dropping her off I discovered that Mamaw Linda and Papa Frank were a little nervous about it too. Before I left they had already called to make sure Kelsie was going to be extra careful with their baby.
    Kelsie, Tyler, and Ashlyn left for the concert around 5pm and didn't get into the building until almost 7:30.  How crazy is that? I couldn't even imagine being stuck in the car with an eager 4 year old for over an hour. When they arrived Kelsie said Ashlyn was so excited! Of course the happy meal didn't hold Ashlyn over and she had to spend almost $20 dollars at the concession stand.
     Kelsie said Ashlyn loved the concert. She said she stood on her chair and danced the whole concert.  I was nervous that Ashlyn wouldn't enjoy it, but obviously it was money well spent. Justin Bieber didn't come out on stage until 9:30, which is crazy in my opinion. She told me when she got home Justin Bieber is a real person, not just a picture. The concert lasted until 11pm, but Ashlyn didn't make it to the end. She feel asleep in the concert! I swear since that child was little she has always been able to fall asleep anywhere! I was glad I didn't send her to school, she might not even made it to see Justin Bieber!
    On Thursday, when Ashlyn woke up she was bawling her eyes out. When I asked her what was wrong she said she was sad she didn't get to the tell Justin bye and now she will never be able to see him again! I told her I am sure he will be back and I will make sure she gets to go again. Kelsie says she took lots of pictures, so as soon as I get them I will post them.
    I will end the post today with an extra picture I took of Ashlyn. Josh built Ashlyn a tent in our closet downstairs and Ashlyn will not let us take it down. It has been up for over a week! Normally this wouldn't bother me, except half of our cushions from our couch are being used to hold the tent up. I had to let her keep it up though, because several times this past week Ashlyn and Princess have both slept in the tent together all night. It is very cute, and hard to break her heart and take it down.

Halloween

     It has been over 2 weeks since I blogged last, what a slacker I have been. Halloween week was such a blur. I felt like I was extremely busy,  although I was off work from Tuesday until after Halloween. Ashlyn got to wear all of her Halloween shirts this week, which she loved. Some of them even glowed in the dark, which she thought was super cool. She kept making Josh and I go in the bathroom with her and shut the door, so we could see her shirts glow.
     Ashlyn has also recently became obsessed with hoodies. We bought her a couple of Gap hoodies for school clothes, but I am going to have to find her some more for Christmas. I have to admit she look way too grown up when she wears them. She tells me she looks just like a teenager. I can't believe she will be in kindergarten next year, before I know it she will be a teenager!

    We carved pumpkins a couple of weeks ago, and it definitely wasn't worth the time and work. Ashlyn complained because the only thing she could do was pull out the guts. Which she loved getting her hands dirty. All the other steps involved knives, which she isn't old enough to use yet. After about 2 hours our pumpkins were complete, and 2 days later they were rotted and molded. We had to throw our hard work in the woods behind our house.

       Ashlyn was so proud of this cat she made at school for Halloween. She was so excited that it matched her cat shirt. She named the cat "Princess" of course.

Last Wednesday I was taking Ashlyn's picture in her Halloween shirt, and she decided I needed to take pictures of her brushing her teeth and taking her vitamin as well. That child loves getting her picture taken. She also has her hair up "like a cheerleader"  as she calls it.

     Last Friday was a fun day for Ashlyn. She got to dress-up in her Halloween costume for school. She discovered finally that tinker bell doesn't wear her hair down, she wears it up in a bun.I have been trying to
tell her that, but of course hard head wouldn't listen to me. It took us forever to get her hair up how she liked it, but after 20 minutes we finally succeeded. We took pictures before school, Ashlyn wasn't fully cooperative. She kept wanting to take pictures to the side, she said her wings wouldn't show any other way. She wore her high heels to school, I tried to get her to wear a pair of flats but she wasn't having it.

    Ashlyn got some very exciting new last week. She gets to go to the Justin Bieber concert with Josh's cousin Kelsie and her best friend Tyler. Ashlyn is ecstatic, she can't hardly wait. I ordered her the cutest little shirt off the Internet to wear. I can't wait to let her go, but I am also a nervous mommy. I am afraid she will get stolen or lost, but I am sure she will be fine. The poor child has no idea what to expect! She keeps saying Mommy how come I can't get on stage with him. I think she has this belief that she is getting her own meet and greet with Justin Bieber.

    Saturday we went trick or treating on the square in Charlestown. It was absolutely chaotic! We had to wait in line for 30 minutes before we were even able to start trick or treating. Ashlyn was completely done before we even got any candy. She had thrown her wings off, gave up on her wand, and was refusing to walk. On Sunday when we asked her if she wanted to go trick or treating she said no she was too tired. She was over Halloween, and mommy sorta was as well.

     Wednesday was picture day at school. Wednesday morning definitely showed how bipolar Ashlyn can be sometimes. She hated her outfit and her shoes at first, then by the end of the morning she loved them.  I am going to say she really liked it since she wore it for 48 hours straight. Against her will, poor Princess got in the pictures as well.

   

     We got ready to leave the house and Ashlyn said wait mommy you didn't get my picture from every way! So her is a picture of her in every "Way". I do believe she might have been born to be a model .