Well the last couple of weeks have been absolutely insane, but good. We successfully moved up to Washington where we are living at Jared's parents' house. They live in Hawaii right now so we've got a big house to ourselves in a week. His sister, Renae, and her family are living here right now too and it's been so much fun. They have a little boy named Gunnar who is 3, and Paloma who is 7 months. Ashlyn and Gunnar fight like cats and dogs, but they love each other so much. Anytime Ashlyn is away from Gunnar, she always says, "Goiyner, Goiyner." It's so cute. Here are some pictures of us all, I know that I need to be better about taking pictures of Marley, poor girl, she's not going to have nearly as many as Ashlyn! I feel so bad!
Ashlyn and Gunnar playing at the park
Outside blowing bubbles
Kangaroo Petting Zoo
Ashlyn was really freaked out when we first got there and would not let me put her down, but she eventually warmed up to them and even fed some of them! This place is about 20 minutes from where we live, which is hilarious to me because this is like, Seattle, Washington. Who would of thought there would be a kangaroo petting zoo! Marley only stayed in the stroller for about 20 minutes before she insisted that I pick her up and carry her in the Ergo the rest of they way, in which she fell asleep within 10 minutes:) They had other animals there, including llama's, donkeys, turtles, chickens, ostrich's, wallaby's, and peacocks. P.S. Did you know that peacocks can fly?!?!?! I had NO idea! It was really crazy to see one fly up 20 feet to a tree branch. Kangaroo petting zoo=lots of fun!
Ashlyn, Gunnar, and Fallon (cousin, 2.5) playing at the park.
Renae and I took the kids to the Darrington Rodeo/Carnival. It was a lot of fun. Ashlyn and Gunnar both got their arms painted, Ashlyn got a fish and Gunnar got a gecko. They loved all the animals and people riding them. I wish that Jared would have been there though because I totally wanted her to do the sheep ride! She would have screamed the whole time but it would have been worth the video:) Instead, when Jared came later, we made her ride a huge slide, which she was excited about at the bottom, but by the time she got to the top was freaking out.
Gunnar, being a year older, has realized after about a week of being with Ashlyn that he can tease her and make her cry while it's still fun for him. Before, they would both be screaming and crying and screaming "MINE!" at each other, but he's got the system just about down. It's really kind of funny though because Ashlyn is SOOOOOOOO dramatic about the whole thing, even though Gunnar hasn't hardly done anything to her. She is mean to him though, don't worry about this girl. She can put out a punch pretty good. The other day, they were fighting so Ashlyn slapped Gunnar in the face. I went over to her and got down at face level with her while she was crying to tell her to not hit, and she slapped me in the face! It took all my energy to not spank her right there! She got a very long time-out for it though. It didn't hurt me, just startled me. I had to try hard to not laugh too!
Finally pics of the babe! Marley is now 3 months old! I can't believe it. She is getting so strong and sweet. She has started voicing her opinion about things too, by squawking and cooing really loud to get my attention. She is so adorable.
Sunday
Quick story about Sunday. Church is about 30 minutes away from where we live. We got all ready and got to church by 8:53 am. I took Ashlyn straight into the bathroom to wipe her runny nose, and she threw up all over herself, me, and the bathroom sink. So I go into the chapel, tell Jared, walk back out to car with Jared, Ashlyn, and Marley, and drive home (Jared stayed and caught a ride home with Renae and Chris). But what to my dismay, on the way home, yep, you guessed it, Ashlyn threw up again! All over the car seat, the floor, and herself. I pulled over to wipe her off a little but she was already striped down to her diaper so there wasn't much I could do. We got home, a painful 30 minutes later, and I threw her in the bath tub while I striped the car seat down. After that, I went to get a screaming Marley out of her car seat (I still have throw up all over me) and Marley has had a blow-out in her carseat! Like, REALLY?!?!? All before 9:30 in the morning. Haha, I couldn't stop laughing because it was really hilarious. After I bathed Marley and got both car seat covers in the wash, we sat down and watched "Finding Nemo" while I took a cat nap, I was tired! We're pretty sure she was just car sick though because she's been fine since. Moral of the story, if you live 30 minutes away from anything, take an extra change of clothes for every member of the family:)
