More Baby Pics and Friendly Visits

I've been asked to put up more pictures of Ashley. She is doing wonderful! She's a hungry little one, but I guess when you start out at 9 lbs, you can expect to have a good eating baby. Anyhow, here's some recent pictures of her, and what's been going on in the Crick household.

We actually got some pictures with her eyes open.

She found her thumb yesterday for the first time! I told you when she gets hungry she'll suck on anything. However, this was her first time ever sucking her thumb.

Our neighbors came over for dinner and brought some yummy ice cream cones for the kids!

This pic was taken in the hospital, don't know how I skipped over it . Thought it was pretty and wanted to share.

Ashley, sleeping. Isn't she cute?


Our dear friend Joseph came for a visit. He was a big hit with Abby, he played tea party with her. We really enjoyed his time with us.We have more visitors coming in the next few weeks, can't wait for them to see how Abby's grown up and to meet Ashley!

Our Easter Blessing!

Here she is! Ashley Noelle was born on Easter Sunday, March 23rd at 1:44 p.m. She weighed 9lbs and 1 oz. Yes, you read right, 9 lbs!!!! We did get to have a bit of an Easter morning with Abby before we took off for the hospital at 7:00 a.m, which is what we were hoping to be around for. The timing was perfect, God is so good!

Here's the proud big sister with her little sister. Every time she holds her we have to take a picture, but this was the very first one!

Mom and baby are doing great!
Proud daddy of 2 girls! Which by the way her hair may look dark, but her hair is a bit lighter and her eyes are getting blue! Another one that takes after her daddy.

She's ready to go home! Actually, we were all ready to get home! We're all doing great and adjusting to new routines again, but we're really loving every minute of it!

Counting down!!!

Well, went to the Dr. yesterday and I'm almost 3 centimeters dilated! Woohoo!!! I'll be induced next Thursday, if I don't go by then. I actually had the option to get induced this weekend, but it's Easter weekend and I really don't want to be in the hospital on Easter. Who knows, I really might not have much of a choice in the end. We'll see. These pics we took the other night. I did cut my hair, but there's a bit of a shadow around my head. Abby wanted a picture of her with mommy and baby sister. Can't believe we've been able to keep the name a surprise for this long. Everyone will find out soon enough.

Believe it or not Abby took this picture of Jeff and I. She does pretty good taking pictures. We'll have to get her her own kid friendly digital camera one day.

Well, we'll see if I get to put any Easter pics up before I have this little one. I'm just praying to make it through this weekend.

Diaper Shower!!!

Last Weekend Edith threw me a very pretty diaper shower. It was so much fun to see friends that I haven't seen in while. For those of you that did come, thank you so much. I am nicely stocked up on diapers of all sizes! What a blessing! Here's some pics from it and you can even see me with my big belly. Mind you I am due at the end of this month ( aside for the fact that I'm sitting here typing while snacking on a bag of chocolate turtle chex mix :-). Abby got in on the fun towards the end. Steve and Jeff did take the the kids out for a while, but came back for the goodies, plus it was very hot outside!

On the Ranch

Yesterday, we went to our friend Trent's birthday party. It was on a ranch not too far from our house. Abby actually got to ride on a pony! She did awesome!!! We couldn't believe that she actually got on it, and walked around on it.

My animal loving daughter even got to hold some baby bunnies and goats. She loved it. I know she needs a dog, but not until baby #2 is potty trained. Our neighbors have a sweet dog, she gets her dog fixes from them.

Going on a hay ride through the woods! Where's the hay ?

The Crick Family

Hi, everyone! I finally figured out how to do this blog thing. Hope I can keep up with it, but with the new baby coming along I figured it might be easier to keep up with us this way.

We're liking Palm City a lot! We live in a great neighborhood, filled with young kids! Our neighbors are all so great and helpful. We've really been blessed. We have finally found a church here to get connected with and we are looking forward to it. I joined the moms group there, and it's been a huge blessing. Abby really likes going to her little class, she gets a lollipop when it's time to leave. Jeff is looking forward to getting involved also.

As you can see here we are just before christmas out on a boat with our friends and their family. We weren't too sure about Abby liking it, but she loved it!

I'll be trying to keep up with this blog, and keep you informed on any fun happenings.