Latest on Ashley

Well, we've had some good and bad experiences lately. About a week ago, we were visiting (Aunt) Kristyn again. We went to help her buy her very first brand new car. She had done a ton of researching, but wanted help with crunching numbers and interests rates so she wouldn't get hassled by the dealers. It was fun going with her, she was like a kid at Christmas--sooooo excited and nervous all at once. We also were looking around the area(s) as a possible place to move to at some point.

Anyway, while we were there we had a scary experience. Ashley was sleeping in the same room as us in her pack and play. Well, we were all sound asleep. Sometime after midnight she woke up hysterically crying. I know Ashley's different cries, and this was different from the typical ones--something was wrong. She sounded scared and was inconsolable. Nothing we said or did calmed her down. Finally I nursed her and she settled down and went back to sleep. She seemed perfectly fine the next day.

I spoke to the pediatrician and she said that she may have had a nightmare, and it could have been a result of traveling, being off her regular schedule and going to bed later than normal. So I figured that was the end of it. However, we had another one two nights ago. This time she was back in her own room and on her regular schedule. We tried talking to her, getting her to focus, singing to her, rocking/walking with her...nothing helped. Poor girl. It scary and upsetting seeing her so upset. I hope they don't become a reccuring thing. Apparently there's not much you can do to prevent them or to help them.

On a good note, Ashley got another tooth. I noticed it broke through today. Another bottom. If you were facing her, it's on the right side of two middles. (This could also play into the crying in middle of night, although she's been fine during the day). Can't believe my baby has 3 teeth now!

She also has her first cold, or again possibly more teething stuff--she had a low grade fever, runny nose and congested. It's cute how she has fun with the new discoveries of what her body does. She was even entertained by her runny nose, she kept trying to sniff in and out, and kept trying to lick her runny boogies. Lol.

She is just so fun. She has such joy and fun with life. She loves discovering new things. She loves to grab EVERYTHING, including my face and hair! She wants to put everything in her mouth.

She also is learning more about cause and effect--she can push things down, or push buttons to make things pop up. She gets what she's doing.

She is talking more...when babbling, she still says mama, baba, and I've heard dada a few times. The biggest thing is that she recognizes/knows who mommy and daddy are. I said where's daddy?, and she turned and looked at daddy. And another time when I was out, Matt said that Ashley's face lit up when he said it was mommy.

Will update more soon!