Growing up soooooooooooo fast!!

My little girl is growing up so fast. Almost every day she does something that makes me think Wow is she really old enough to be doing that already?


She can pretty much dress herself and almost always puts her pants and underwear on the right way. She is pretty good with getting the shoes on but sometimes they land on the wrong feet. She is getting better though.


She will even go in the bathroom all by herself and put the potty insert on the big potty and do her business and then wipe and wash her hands without me even saying anything.


She has also started to help me set the table for supper which she loves to do. She gets the napkins out for us and if I forget to ask her she will go and do it by herself. She will even go in the fridge and get herself something to drink if she already has a glass in there.


It's just so hard to believe that a month ago she couldn't do some of these things and then all of a sudden she is acting so big.


She even talks older. Some of the things that come out of her mouth just shock me. She realizes now that if she gets hurt or does something that could hurt her that mommy will get sad if Asha gets hurt. She will tell me this when she thinks she's doing something that is dangerous. "If I fall and get hurt it will make mommy sad." She will then stop what she is doing and do something safer. She is just so amazing.


Here are some more pictures:

She just looks so grown up sometimes.

First time this spring blowing bubbles. We've finally had some nice days so we could get outside and do something like this.

Here she is playing in her sand table for the first time this spring as well. I miss having a fence around the yard because she spends more time running away than actually playing.

I've been a little depressed this weekend. I have the opportunity to go full time at work and I might actually have to do it. With all the gas I am spending taking Asha to her dad's and picking her up every other weekend I just can't afford to work part time. I love having the afternoons with Asha and being able to still have playdates with her friends but it looks like those are going to have to end. I really didn't want to work full time until she was in school but the gas is killing me and that's not going to get better any time soon.

I am really going to miss spending time with her and the 3 or so hours after work just isn't enough time with her. It hurts that I may have to go full time. I love to spend time with her and it's making me pretty sad that I even have to consider working full time.

Pictures Finally!!

I finally got some pictures taken of Asha which is suprising since she's been sick since Thursday. She's been in a pretty good mood even though she's sick. We did have some difficulty yesterday when trying to get her 3 year old pictures taken. In 45 minutes we only got 2 pictures. She got spooked when the lady raised the canvas behind her and it made a weird noise. After that she wouldn't sit on the table she kept jumping off right before the lady would snap the picture. We got one of Asha and then one of me and Asha and that was it in 45 minutes.

She is doing really well though with potty training. She wore underwear all day yesterday and even went potty at Walmart which she HATES to do because the toilets are so loud they spook her. She kept them dry all day until she was playing with her cousin and then didn't want to stop playing to go potty.

Asha is so funny!! She scolded me yesterday at Walmart. I had to do some grocery shopping after we "tried" to get her pictures taken and I was climbing up on a shelving unit trying to get a bottle of Diet Cherry 7Up down and she just kept repeating something over and over again so I climbed down and asked what she was saying and she says "Your going to smash your face!" So I ask her "I'm going to smash my face?" She says "YES if you fall you will smash your face and it will make me sad!!" My heart melted and at the same time I had to laugh because I was getting scolded by my 3 year old daughter. She was right though so I asked a man to grab it down for me. She's a smart one my girl!!

Well here's the pictures I've been promising!!

She figured this out all on her own. If she puts that step stool in front of the cabinet door it won't open all the way and she can stand on it and watch herself in the mirror. I was shocked when we were brushing our teeth together and she did this. She is waaaay too smart sometimes.
This is also another reason that I haven't posted many pictures. This is what she does now every time I bring the camera out. She closes her eyes and will even walk around like this so I can't take her picture. Also note the sticker she is wearing. She got that from my doctor's office and it says "I Pitchd A Fit" because she threw a huge one there.

This is how she landed after doing a forward roll on the ottoman. That is her new favorite thing to do at home now.

I just thought this was a pretty picture of her. The shirt she is wearing is from her Mamma D for her birthday. It's a Florida State University T-shirt. It look so good on her.

Hope everyone had a GREAT Mother's Day. Ours wasn't very interesting since Asha's been sick but it was nice just to stay home and cuddle.

Gymnastics Natural!!

I must brag about my girl!! She is a natural at gymnastics if I haven't said it before. She is in a new class with 4 and 5 year olds who have been doing this for a few years already and she is keeping up if not doing better than some of them. Monday at her class the coach kept coming off the floor to tell me how awesome she was doing and how impressed she was with Asha. Makes a mamma's heart proud.

Asha really is amazing out there. She just turned 3 which is when you can usually just start them out and she's only been doing it for 6 months and is just as good if not better than the older girls. She is awesome at the balance beam and not just when it's laying flat. The coach will make little obsticle courses with the balance beams placing one end on top of another so they are angled and Asha can do it and not fall off. The other girls fall off and mess around and Asha is serious and doing her best to not fall off. I am just so impressed by her.

On another note she is growing like a weed. The girl eats from sun up to sun down and I can't keep up with buying her pants that fit. My mother in law and I are going to a town wide rummage sale today so I can stock up on pants for her for the rest of spring and hopefully for next winter since she just doesn't seem to ever stop growing. My girl is all legs. She has these long beautiful legs and my mother in law wants me to get her in dance classes but she has so much fun in gymnastics and dance classes aren't in the budget right now but I bet she would be a beautiful dancer with her legs.

Well enough bragging I just had to put some good news out there. It's been a rough few weeks around here with her rages and tantrums so I just wanted to focus on how wonderful she is too.

Have a great weekend everyone and I promise pictures are coming. She's had a cold and not up to posing for me again. I'm working on it though.

Thank You!!

Thank you for the comments on my last post. It did get better after a 2 hour temper tantrum. They are actually more like rages and at one point I laid her on the ground and straddled her so she couldn't kick me anymore and just talked to her calmly asking what she wanted and letting her know that I love her but couldn't help her if she wouldn't stop crying. Of course she didn't stop and I ended up putting her to bed where she cried for another half hour 45 minutes and once I heard her quiet down I went in and sat on her rocking chair and asked if she wanted me to rock her. She didn't but she had stopped crying and wanted jello so I got her some. She was fine until I asked her if she wanted to go to the old house with me so I could get the rest of my clothes and then she lost it again. I called my mother in law to see if she could watch her so I could go alone. My mother in law said to bring her up and she would try to help me calm her down so maybe she could go with me. It worked and Asha was fine the rest of the night. I even got to go to my meeting and she was good through the whole thing.

We ended up having a really nice night. We went out to eat at a little restaurant in our old town and she ate really well and was her old silly happy self. I just wish she could be like that right away after I pick her up so we could go and do some fun stuff together instead of fighting for an hour to 2 hours every day. She did want to cuddle as soon as we got home and at the meeting she was on my lap the whole time but she was good and not screaming so it was fine. I love love love to cuddle with her but most of the time I can't even go to the bathroom without it causing a tantrum. It's just so hard and I'm on pins and needles with her for those few hours after we get home not wanting to do anything to upset her.

You are all wonderful for the support and I am going to check out that other blog Angel thank you for that.

Aves I will be contacting you once we are all settled in for a playdate. I would love to take Asha to that park over the river and I think Shell would like to go with us too.

Mindy you are so wonderful to pray for us and it is greatly appreciated. Days like today we really needed them.

Love you all and thanks for helping us out.

I Want To Cry!!

This has all been so hard on Asha. For the most part she is doing well but I think the move has done her in. She is still confused and when we leave our new place to go anywhere she asks if we are going home and I have to tell her that this is our home now. There are days she cries when we come here because she wants the other house. I was supposed to go back today and get some more stuff and do a little more cleaning but I'm scared of what it will do to her.

She has been crying now for an hour straight and it doesn't seem like she's going to stop. There has just been too much change her in life in such a short time and she's kind of snapped now. Since she came back from her dad's house on Sunday she's been so clingy and whiney and crying ALOT and I can't do anything because I have to hold her constantly or she just won't stop crying. She has been crying for about 45 minutes before school every morning and atleast an hour after I pick her up. She doesn't like to go to school and just wants me all the time and I just can't give her me all the time. She's in her room right now throwing a massive temper tantrum and nothing I say or do helps. I hate this that she is so miserable and there is nothing I can do.

I had to cancel my dr. appointment for this afternoon because she just won't stop crying and throwing these horrible tantrums. I can't even pick her up off the floor without getting kicked and pumeled by her. I have a meeting tonight that I have to miss for the second week in a row because she will just scream the whole time like she has the last few times I've gone.

I miss her so much when I'm at work but it's to the point I'm afraid to pick her up because I don't want to put up with this anymore. I want to be able to come home and take her on walks or go to the park and we can't do anything because she just screams, cries and throws tantrums for atleast an hour. It is so hard and I am so tired.

Sorry to dump but doesn't anyone have any suggestions. Time outs don't work anymore because she refuses to sit and if I try to hold her she just kicks me and I've tried to ignore her but then she grabs my clothes and pulls on me and kicks me. Where did my sweet girl go? Oh yeah she left when her daddy left.

That is the suckiest part is I still have to suffer the consequences of his actions and he doesn't have to deal with them at all.

We are Still Here!!

Moving is so tiring especially when you do the bulk of it on your own. I had a few guy friends who were able to help me out on Saturday morning and my wonderful father in law put my bed together while my mother in law distracted me for a while in her apartment. If I haven't told you before I am living in the same building as my in laws. I know people are probably cringing at that but they are wonderful and I think I am really going to like it. My mother in law just called me a little while ago to make sure Asha and I were home and safe. I had to pick Asha and her brother up from her dad's this afternoon so she just wanted to make sure we made it home safe and sound.

Anyway I got off topic there but my father in law came and put my bed together which is insanely heavy and rearranged my living room for me and carried in the last cabinet all by himself all in like half an hour. All those things would have taken me all day to do. It helped so much and I feel so blessed to have them in my life. I hope I never loose them which could happen with the divorce. They are the only family I have and I love them so much!!

I should be unpacking the office right now but instead I am updating all of you. We are loving the new place alot and Asha seems very comfortable here. I made sure to have her room all ready for her and the house is pretty much together. The office turned into the catch all room so that will take some time but other than that we are ready to start our new lives together. I love it when Asha says this is mommy and Asha's house. The other place there was too much of a connection with her dad but this place is just ours and it sounds good to hear that it is just our place.

I am having so much fun putting things where I want and not having to debate with someone about where things should go. I know I've said that before but it is just so freeing to be able to make decisions on your own and not have to worry about someone else's opinion.

I did get irritated on Friday because my soon to be ex husband tried to help by bringing a few things for me and I just didn't like that he put things where he "thought" they should go. I didn't want his opinion in anything having to do with my new place and even though he was trying to help I just wanted it to be all me and my decision. He also brought some things that I wasn't planning on keeping so it made a little more work for me because I had to take it back to the other house.

Well I have work tomorrow and I should get to bed. Hope everyone is doing well and enjoying wonderful weather. This weekend here was gorgeous and I can't wait for more days like today.

No Pics Again Sorry!!

I have been really bad lately about not posting pictures. We've just been so busy that I haven't found the time to even pick up the camera plus Asha has been sick and not much in the mood to pose for me.

I promise as soon as she is feeling better and our life slows down a little I will get back to taking pictures and posting them.

Our life should slow down after next week. I am loving my job and they love me and have chosen to give me the morning shift from 8 to 1. It will be so nice to have the afternoon with Asha and time to actually plan and cook a meal instead of the rush rush meals I've been doing these last few weeks. I think it will be a nicer slower pace for both of us to not have to break up our day with me going to work and then picking her up from day care and having to run to gymnastics and my Tuesday night meeting.

Moving is going well. I took another load over today and got almost every thing I had over there unpacked and started to assemble the desk I bought for my computer. I am taking another load over tomorrow after church and then will unpack that right away and work on the desk some more. My new hours will also give me lots of time in the afternoon to load up my van for the next day and give me time to unload and unpack. We will be all moved in by next Saturday. We are really liking it there and Asha didn't want to leave tonight. I wish I would have had my camera because her 2 cousins were over at my in laws house so the girls both came down and played with Asha while I unpacked. Asha had so much fun and it's really going to be nice that she gets to see her cousins more often.

Well I've got more packing to do or maybe I'll head to be. Hope everyone is having a great weekend!!

It's Amazing!!

I am actually having so much fun packing. I have always hated to move but this move isn't that bad. I am moving somewhere that Asha and I can make new memories for just us and I will be able to decorate any way I want. I can even pack how I want. I never realized how many things I wanted to do that I couldn't do when I was married.

There were so many things that I wanted to do but were made to feel were wrong or told that I was doing it wrong. Packing was always a nightmare because I guess I never did it right and would have to listen to that the whole time I was packing.

I was never allowed to put too many pictures on the walls or shelves because they would look cluttered but I love pictures and I love to see my girl all over and now I can. I was never allowed to have too many things on the counter in the kitchen because it would look cluttered and now I can have whatever I want on the counters. It will be my house and I can decorate however I want. I could make everything purple if I wanted to and there is no one to tell me I can't. It is an AMAZING feeling!!!

The apartment will be mine all mine and I can do what I want. I haven't had the feeling in almost 11 1/2 years. That feeling of being pushed down and held down is gone and I feel so light and free. I can be me again. I forgot who that was for soooo many years and I am finding me again and I actually like her. She has grown and matured and I really like her. I haven't liked her for close to 9 years now and it's nice to actually like myself. It's a new feeling one that I have NEVER had before in my whole life.

Life is good and I am enjoying it so much!! Thank you everyone for your support and wonderful comments!! Love ya!!

We're Moving!

Apparently I've used this title before but we are indeed moving again. I can't afford our house and since we are trying to sell it and no one has even looked at it yet I am going to move out and let my soon to be ex husband rent it until it sells. This way I will be able to save up some money and hopefully in 2 years move back to this wonderful little town and buy a nice little house for me and Asha.

For now I have to move us about 20 minutes away because the rent is cheaper and there are more places to choose from. The funny part is is that we are moving into J's (husband) apartment that he is moving out of. I thought this best because Asha has been there and she is familiar with it so it won't be such a big change for her. Plus my in laws live in the same building and Asha will love having her grandma and papa so close. They also watch their other grand daughter alot so the girls can play more than they get to now. They are less than a year apart in age so they have so much fun together.

It is a nice 3 bedroom apartment in a 4 plex. It has a garage, a patio, washer/dryer hookups, and a nice little side yard for Asha to play. Everything is included in the rent except electric and then of course cable and internet but it will really help me to save some money. My goal is to get us back to this town in time for Asha to start school. It is one of the best schools in the state and I really want her to go here.

I am excited but it is going to be a busy few weeks. We are moving in a week and a half but I am slowly taking boxes of stuff over since J isn't living there now. He will have all of his stuff out this coming weekend and I get to move in the next weekend. My biggest worry is where to fit everything. I am taking a house full of stuff and trying to fit it into an apartment. It should be cozy that's for sure. Thankfully it has a garage that I can store stuff in I just might have to park outside which isn't the end of the world.

Wish me luck ladies but it should be a great new start to my great new life. Asha's too because that girl is my life and everything I do is obviously for her.

First Time At Day Care

Well Asha is attending her very first day care and it is an amazing facility. It kills me to have to leave her but leaving her in such a wonderful place does make it alot easier.

Asha is attending day care because I got myself a part time job. I may also get another part time job if a friend of mine needs me to do the books for her business.

Asha is doing pretty well with the whole day care thing but has been more clingy and even had to sleep with me last night. She kept waking up crying for me and she was like that most of last night too. She couldn't bare to be away from me. I hope tonight is better.

She does get upset when I have to leave and they have to peel her off of me but by the time I pick her up she is having a great time and talks about day care all night. She does have alot of fun and it's more of a school situation than a day care. They have a curriculum and she gets report cards twice a year and they have parent teacher conferences. I am so impressed with this place that I tell everyone I can about it.

She only goes for 5 hours a day so it's not that bad and since she does have so much fun that makes it easier to leave her. If I picked her up and she had been crying or just couldn't wait to leave then I would be worried and it would be alot harder to leave her there.

So to wrap up we are doing well and keeping VERY busy. We have something going on almost every day after work and day care so I apologize if I don't blog much especially with summer coming. I will try but I can't gurantee much.

Asha's Second Year

I am really loving going through Asha's photo albums and picking out pictures to post. She was just so darn cute and I even watched one of her videos from when she as a baby today and she was hilarious. She has always had this infectious laugh that comes right from her belly. She just makes you smile and she is always such a happy little girl. I could not have asked for a better daughter.

Here is Asha in the spring a few months after her first birthday.

Here she is in the summer. She just changes and grows so fast and so much.

Here she is in the fall/winter. She just thinned out and grew so much. Her photo album is like a flip book you can just see her growing.

Just thought I would share these few photos. I still can't believe it's been 3 years already.

Asha's Birthday Party

We celebrated Asha's birthday tonight and she had a GREAT time. She loved her cake which I had done at the local grocery store. They did a really good job and it turned out really cute. She wanted her cake before presents so she was very excited about her birthday cake.


It was just a family party and that's the way Asha likes it. She loves her family and any time she gets to spend with us all together just makes her day.

Here are some pictures of her special day:

Here's her Barbie cake she picked out.

She was so proud of her cake!!

It looks like she's dreaming of being a ballerina. It's that or dreaming about how good that cake is going to taste!!LOL

This is the big present her dad and I pitched in to get her. It's called a rainy day combo from the One Step Ahead catalog and it's a combination trapeze bar and swing for inside. It hangs from the doorway.

Here's a picture of the big present. She absolutely loved it. She used the swing more than the trapeze bar but I'm sure the bar will get plenty of use as well.

She really did have a great birthday and didn't want it to end. She was up until almost 10 p.m. playing with all of her new toys and just loving it. It's a good thing it's the weekend because I think she'll want plenty of time to play with all of her new things.

Asha's First Year

I thought I would post some pictures of baby Asha. I didn't start this blog until she was already older so you never really got to see how cute she was and how small she was as a baby.
This is right after we got her from the hospital. We are in our hotel room just adoring her. The outfit she is wearing is a preemie and she was so tiny in it.

This picture is probably in June or July so only a few months after she was born and she really chunked out. She doubled her weight in 2 months instead of the normal 4 months. Those cheeks got kissed ALOT!!

Once she started to move around more on her own she started to thin out but she is just as cute as ever!! I loved her toothless smile.

I absolutely love this picture of her. I think it was probably taken in October or November. She just grew so fast.

I will also post her second year pictures some time this weekend. I just can't believe how fast the last 3 years has gone by. I can still remember holding this little itty bitty baby and now I can't get her to hold still long enough most days to hold her.

I love her so much and she has been such a blessing in my life!!!

Happy Birthday to Asha!!

Asha is 3 today. I can't believe that it's been 3 years already since we got the call that she was born. She was so tiny that her carseat looked like it swallowed her up. We had to buy preemie clothes for her and they were still too big. We called her our little Florida Peanut because she was just so small and would tuck her legs up which made her look even smaller.

We had a wonderful day. We went to visit this amazing day care center and she didn't even want to leave which is good since she may be going there starting Monday. Then we picked up her grandma and aunt so they could do lunch at McDonalds with us and then we got Asha her fish. She picked out the most expensive Betta fish there but it's really pretty. He is blue with beautiful fanned out tail/fins and she named him "Nemo". We saw some Nemo fish there that were REALLY expensive and she really wanted them so she named her fish Nemo instead of getting the actual thing.

She is sleeping now on the couch from her busy birthday day. We are going to have her favorite pizza for supper and then her birthday party is tomorrow so I will post pictures then. I got her the cutest birthday outfit.

The time just goes so darn fast.

Happy Easter

Hope everyone had a Happy Easter. I had kind of a mellow day. I went to church for 10:30 and it was a really nice service. Some of the members played a beautiful song on their violins. It was a little hard though because everyone asked where Asha and my husband were so I did end up telling more people about the divorce. Not alot of people in my town know yet. I was fine though. I didn't cry or even feel sad about it at all. I did miss Asha and wished she was there with me but a few hours later I got to do and pick her up.

Every place we wanted to eat was closed so we ended up finding an IHOP that was open. I met the girlfriend but we didn't talk much. Josh told me about Asha's weekend and I don't have any pictures of her dressed up because starting Saturday she ended up with the runs and ruined every outfit I had packed for her. It was either from the stress of being away from me (they said she asked for me all weekend) or from all the junk he fed her. I felt so bad that my girl was sick and I wasn't there to help her.

I did get a few pictures of her opening her Easter basket/carton here. I found these cute little cartons that I used instead of baskets because the kids really don't need all that candy.

Her favorite thing was the bunny stuffed animal I got her and a little wind up hopping bunny.

Here she is digging all the goodies out of her Easter carton. She was pretty excited by that.

Asha trying to eat a Sweet Tart bunny for the first time. I think she got a tart part. LOL

This one's just because I thought it was cute. I love those Minnie Mouse ears on her.

Well I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter. Ours wasn't anything spectacular but as long as I get to spend it with Asha I am happy.

Light, Happy and Free

Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Easter!!

Asha is with her dad this weekend but we are meeting up about an hour from my house to have Easter dinner together at a restaurant. I get to meet his girlfriend today. I'm not really nervous about it at all because I feel sorry for her. All I want is for her to be someone who is good enough to be around my daughter. I don't really have hard feelings about her even though she is part of the reason I am getting divorced. I am happy I'm getting divorced now. I have this wonderful feeling of happiness that I have never felt in my whole entire life. This is the place I have been trying to get to for probably 20 years. It is an amazing feeling and I wish that everyone could be this happy.

I will let you all know how Easter dinner went. I miss my girl terribly but I did get alot done around here yesterday which took my mind off of her. I will try to get some pictures of her all dressed up for Easter to post.

Also her birthday is on Thursday and I got her the cutest outfit. I will post birthday pictures next weekend. I have a couple of big days planned for her.

Happy Easter and I wish everyone the light and happy feeling I have!!

Tagged

I've been tagged by Kathy. Here it goes....

FOURS

4 jobs I've had

1. Cashier
2. Telemarketer
3. Administrative Assistant
4. Preschool Assistant

4 movies I can watch over and over

1. Steel Magnolias
2. The Lake House
3. Pretty Woman
4. Titanic

4 places I've lived

1. Amherst, WI
2. Stevens Point, WI
3. Arlington, TX
4. Wauwatosa, WI

4 tv shows I watch

1. Big Brother
2. Greys Anatomy
3. Survivor
4. Private Practice

4 people who e-mail me regularly

1. Julie
2. Amy
3. Pep
4. Deb

4 things I like to eat

1. Pasta
2. Chicken Fried Rice
3. Crab Rangoon
4. Bread/Rolls

4 places I have been

1. Alaska
2. Bahamas ( Nassau & Freeport)
3. Bermuda
4. Los Angles, CA

4 places I would rather live

1. Texas
2. Hawaii
3. Australia
4. Bahamas

4 things I look forward to this year

1. Getting my divorce over with
2. Long walks with Asha
3. Watching Asha grow and change
4. Getting settled in a new home

4 people to tag

1. Mindy
2. Angel
3. Michelle
4. Cindy

Those that I tagged can participate if you want.

Asha's Birthfamily

It was so amazing to be able to see Asha's birthfamily again. There was Mamma D, Asha's sister who just turned 6 and her brother who is 7 1/2. It was like they had never been apart. Asha's brother walked up to her and grabbed her little face and planted a kiss on her forehead. He saw her a few years ago when they came for a visit but her sister hadn't seen her since she was a baby. Asha's sister was very taken with her and followed her all over and we got some great pictures of the girls together.

By the time we got to the park it was already getting dark so I didn't get alot of pictures of Asha with Mamma D and the ones I did get are dark. Plus Asha was being a tease and would come like she was going to take a picture with Mamma D and then she would run away laughing.

It was so sweet when we got there Asha wanted to swing so Mamma D pushed her for probably 15 minutes on the swing and when Asha's sister wanted to push Mamma D told her that there were things adults had to do and she just had to keep pushing Asha. It was so great to see them together.

Asha would call her Mamma D and Mamma D would just beam. I don't think she stopped smiling the whole time we were there. There is this cute little song I made up when Asha was little Asha D baby D Asha D my baby girl well Asha sang it to them that way and then she sang it Mamma D baby D Mamma D my baby girl. It was so darn cute and we all cracked up laughing.

We only got to spend a few hours together but it was worth it.

Here are some pictures.

This was right when we got to the park. We met Asha's birthfamily there and the kids just kind of attacked her. It was so great to watch them. My friend took this one and when she sent it to me I almost melted. It is the sweetest picture ever.A family meal together. It was hard to get the kids to pose for pictures when there was pizza present so we just took every opportunity to get them together so ignore the pizza and look at the beautiful family.

Asha and her sister. My friend Deb couldn't believe how much Asha looked like her sister.

Asha's sister and Mamma D. It was much easier to get pictures of Mamma D and Asha's sister together because her brother was always off playing.

I do have more pictures but they are so dark. I need to work on making them lighter. I am just so happy that I got the ones that I got. I can't wait to print them and frame them in Asha's room.

We are so lucky that we got to spend time with them and that Asha got to see them again.

Florida Was GREAT!!

We had the best time in Florida. It was the best vacation I have ever taken and I've taken alot. It was so relaxing and it was so nice to be able to enjoy Asha having so much fun.

I was so worried that I would never be able to afford to take her someplace like Disney World so I owe ALOT to my wonderful friend Deb who took us with her. She was so amazing to ask us to go and then to make a special stop on the way home so Asha could see her birthfamily was above and beyond. I am so blessed to have such a wonderful friend.

Asha and Deb's son Caleb had such an amazing time together. I think my daughter is in love. She kept trying to hold his hand and giving him LOTS of hugs. He wasn't too pleased about that but it was so cute. The resort we stayed at had a gift shop and they had bride and groom Mickey ears and we thought about putting them on the kids and taking pictures but we never did. It would be a cute picture for their wedding invitations. LOL

Our resort was wonderful and had multiple pools, a kiddy pool and an area where the water would shoot up from the ground and the kids could run through it. Asha's not real big on water but she really had fun in the kiddy pool and in the water spouts.

Disney World was amazing and Asha had so much fun meeting all the characters. I was worried she wouldn't want to go by them but she sat and had her picture taken with everyone we met. I bought her an autograph book that has a space for the picture you take next to the autograph so I can't wait to get the pictures developed. She almost filled the whole book with autographs.

She went on alot of rides and did great on all of them and we just had an amazing vacation. She held up really well with all the driving we did and even with all the standing in line for rides and autographs. I am so happy we went and I will definately remember it forever. It truly was one of the BEST vacations I have ever taken. I've never been able to relax on vacation so it was such a nice thing to be able to do.

Ok here are the pictures I'm sure you are all waiting for.

This statue was at Downtown Disney in front of one of the gift stores. I figured if she wouldn't stand in front of the real Aurora then atleast I would have this picture.

This was also at Downtown Disney. They had a whole area where things were made out of legos and the kids could play with legos. If you look closely this whole family is made out of legos.Here is Asha and Jasmine. Asha was so shy but it was so cute to see her with Jasmine.It took us an hour and a half to see Minnie. It was the longest wait we had but atleast we got to go through Minnie's house on the way to see Minnie.Here is Asha standing in front of Minnie's fireplace. It was really neat and interactive in Minnie's house.A nice couple offered to take a picture of me and Asha while waiting for our friends to get off of a ride. Asha is eating popcorn. She ate a whole bucket of popcorn by herself. This is my absolute favorite picture of Asha. This was at the resort after we got done swimming and it just turned out so darn cute!!Asha absolutely loved these Minnie ears. Dakota gave me some money to buy something for Asha from him so I got her these ears from brother. She has not really taken them off since she got them.

This is Caleb and Asha. The pirate and the princess. He was trying to be mean looking like a pirate. They are just so darn cute together.

I am going to do a seperate post of our visit with Asha's birthfamily and those pictures. I really wish we could have spent more time with them but I am so greatful for the few hours we did have. It was so wonderful to see Asha with her birthfamily. It was like they have always been around eachother it was just so natural for all of them.

Asha Pictures

Here are a few pictures I've taken of Asha this week. I've been pretty busy with packing and organizing for the Florida trip so I haven't been taking too many. Trying to save memory and battery life for Florida. I will get LOTS of pictures there to share with all of you.

Ok blogger won't let me add pictures right now so I will do it later.

Someone on a previous post had commented about Asha's hair and who taught me. No one taught me I just joined some yahoo adoption groups of other people who had AA children and looked at their pictures and went from there. I also get ideas from tv and I just practice and practice on her little head until it looks like it should. There are also a few websites that show you how to do some stuff. I will post the websites on her at a later time.

I need to get going otherwise I would do it right now. When I post the pictures later I will post the websites.

I finally got blogger to work. This is Asha's latest hairstyle. I just love her with bangs but unfortunately her hair is getting too long to do it much longer. It doesn't seem to bother her much though.

She loves her sunglasses and usually wears them one of 3 ways. Either on her chin, on her forehead or upside down but very rarely the right way.

Hope everyone has a GREAT week and I will post Florida pictures when I get home!!