Ashley Marie

Our newest addition arrived on Thursday March 10, 2011, at 10:10 am.  She weighed in at 6 lbs 0.7 oz and was 18.75" long.  Her and I are both doing well and so far she has been a joy to have around.  Her demeanor is much different from that of Ben's and so far they seem like polar opposites.  We'll see once she grows a little more and her personality starts to show, but hopefully they will be good playmates for each other.  Ben could really use one!  And now for some pics...

Ashley Marie

Mom and Ashley

Dad and Ashley

Heading home from the hospital!!

Ben and Ashley

Ben and Dad admiring Ashley

Ashley

And it's been a while since I've posted so to get you up to speed Ben is talking much more.  He's finally started grouping two words together.  He's been great with Ashley and keeps calling her sissy and 'ashy'.  He can't seem to get the 'L' in her name but he understands there's a baby around now and is occupying more of daddy's time with his normal routine of going up and down stairs and shooting basketball which is his favorite hobby right now.  I think Brian was just getting him geared up for this weekend and tourney time.  The only things he will watch on TV is 'his show' (gabba) and 'shoot' (basketball).  I even found myself a couple weeks back turning on a rerun of a basketball game when Brian was gone just so he could watch 'shoot' since there weren't any games on at the time!

Helping Dad with his puzzle (with some pieces in his hair)

More pics and post to come soon - I promise.