Ashlyn is 11 months old!

She is 11 months old today. It's hard to believe she'll be one next month! She doesn't sit still for two seconds, so it's getting harder to take pictures of her. Pretty soon I won't have any pictures to put on my blog because my kids won't cooperate! I tried to pose her in places where she might sit still for a few shots, but I didn't get many good ones!

Crawling Downstairs

Ashlyn has been trying to crawl down the stairs for the past few days. She gets down a couple and then crawls back up. So yesterday (on Thanksgiving) she wanted to go down, so I thought I'd take a few pictures. And she ended up going down the whole way all by herself! Then Matt said I should have videotaped it, so I got the video camera and she went down again all by herself! It's funny because she goes down two ways- one is on her tummy and the other is hard to explain, but she somehow uses her arm first. It looks like she's going to fall, but she has very good balance- and she's very flexible! Way to go, Ashlyn!

Ashlyn's First Thanksgiving

She spent it talking to all of her friends and family on the phone and pushing Rylee's scooter. She ate a lot at dinner- more than Rylee, that's for sure! Grandpa couldn't feed her fast enough! She's such a good little eater.

Turkey Time

Rylee decorated this turkey at my school last night. We had a Family night and my class just made these turkeys. Rylee was so excited to use glue! Hers looked better than some of the first graders! Ashlyn and Matt came too. Rylee wanted to come to school with me again this morning and my mom said she wanted to go all day. She loves school- that's my girl!

Playdoh

Rylee loves to play with playdoh- I guess all kids do. She gets so excited when she makes something with it. I actually had to help her make the stars. Each time I did, she gave me a high five. So fun!

Tupperware

Ashlyn tried for a while to get this on her head- she does this with hats, necklaces, and clothing (and garments)! She finally got it on her head and crawled around. It was hilarious. I was taking a video or Rylee showing off her playdoh creations and here comes Ashlyn in the background with this on her head crawling as fast as she could go!

Making Beautiful Music Together . . .

. . . in style!

Funny Girls

I don't have much to blog about, but it's been over a week so I better blog. Rylee has been singing her ABC's. It's been a while since we've practiced so I was surprised she remembered. I shouldn't be surprised though- she has the best memory. It snowed on Saturday and she said, "Santa's coming!" She is already so excited for Christmas- she wants a computer. She's told me that many times. She even used the pillow as her keyboard and typed on it! Where do they come up with this stuff?

Ashlyn still doesn't have any teeth. She's been fussy like she's teething for a few months now, but she's got nothing to show for it! She now plays the piano, blows up balloons, and talks on the phone. She's so funny. If she doesn't have a phone, she'll just put her hand to her ear and "talk."

Grandpa Blatter's 80th Birthday Party

We love you, Grandpa! Oma did a wonderful job of decorating for the luau. It was a lot of fun.

Halloween