Park Play

It was gorgeous outside today! I think it got up to 72. We actually have the A/C running right now because the kids said they were hot upstairs in their rooms at bedtime. I love Texas!

The boys and I took advantage of this beautiful day and met Conn at the park for lunch and to play.

Cash was in heaven! Daddy and playing outside are just about the 2 greatest things to him!

Rhett loved it, too! It was actually his first time to ever go to the park!

Cash took Rhett down the slide. I think it both freaked them out a little! Poor 4th baby! Ha!

First swing ride. He LOVED it!

Love my boys! All 3 of them!

Lots of Love

Hope you all had a happy heart's day!

Busy Day

Today, was the 100th Day of School. The Kindergarteners were to dress as if they were 100 years old. So, of course, Maggie was ALL about it!

They paraded around school with their classes. It was the cutest thing!

After the parade Conn headed with Cash to his school where Donuts with Dad was going on.

Rhett and I headed to his 4 month check-up. Yes, we are a month behind. Oops! He weighs a little over 17 lbs and is 26 in. long. He just finished his 4th antibiotic for ear infections, and his ears still aren't clear. Poor dude! We are headed to the ENT next week to discuss tubes. Praying we can get this taken care of and finally get him some relief and ALL of us some sleep! Other than his ears, he is absolutely perfect and progressing right on track! They said we could start solids, but I think we'll wait a couple more months. With the rapid rate that his weight is increasing, I'm pretty sure he is getting all he needs from his mama's milk. Ha!

This is what he does to his ears every time he eats and constantly throughout the day. It breaks my heart!

One last thing. Along with some of my friends, I started a Photo a Day challenge for the month of February.

Day 1...my view

Carline. Bleh! Need I say more?!

I'm Here

Hi. It's me, Ashley! I promise I'm still here! :)

I do think every night about posting on here, but there's this little thing called life that has me a tad tied up. Right now, it is full, crazy, fun, and chaotic. Add 4 kids and a husband to the mix, and that pretty much sums up the season I am in. I love every bit of it, but it's rocking my world! Not gonna lie. It's a good season...just a very hard, tiring season.

Okay. Moving on...

Some of my friends got together and hosted a Favorite Things party. It was SO much fun! Quite possibly, one of the funnest events I've ever attended!

So, in keeping with the theme, I am going to post some of my favorite things that I've come across recently.

My friend, Carly, introduced me to this group. Love everything about them. The music. The lyrics. The video. Everything!

(mute my sidebar music)



I have lost all of my baby weight...although still a little jiggly. Ha! Now, I'm just wanting to keep it off (and, hopefully start toning it all back up one of these days.) So, I came across this dandy little app called MyFitnessPal. You enter everything that you eat and it keeps track of all your calories for the day. It also searches pretty much any food, meal, restaurant, etc. that you can think of. Oh, and it's free! Score!

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/iphone

I am loving all of these articles! I'm sure you've seen some of them floating around facebook and/or twitter. If you get a chance, you should check them out, too.

http://momastery.com/blog/2012/01/04/2011-lesson-2-dont-carpe-diem/

http://blogs.lifeway.com/blog/girlsministry/2012/01/3_things_a_dad_needs_to_teach.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lifeway%2Fgirlsministry+%28Inside+Girls%27+Ministry%29

http://lysaterkeurst.com/2012/01/i-dont-want-to-raise-a-good-child/

So, back to the weight loss thing. These are some of my new favorite go-to snacks.

Weight Watchers Double Chocolate Muffins

Clif Bars

In LOVE with these...