I have mixed emotions about this particular post. Yesterday, for the first time, Ashlyn laughed. She’s had a few noises in the past that sounded like a laugh, but yesterday she did it deliberately and repeatedly. Hearing your daughter laugh for the first time is a great thing, and I can’t deny my joy in witnessing it. It was the cause of the laughter that has me a little concerned. It wasn’t a goofy face. It wasn’t a song or dance. It wasn’t even a bright and shiny toy. The laughter came from Ashlyn kicking me in the face.
Hoping that it was a fluke, we tried it again today with the same result. Luckily, this time we were able to get it on camera as proof.
Ashlyn starts to laugh
Like I said, I have mixed emotions on this. I was kicked repeatedly in the face by a tiny human being wearing a one piece pajama outfit with little fuzzy ears on the feet.
Did it hurt? Yes (well, not really, but my incredible acting skills made it look like it, right?).
Did I have a headache afterwards from the whiplash? Yep.
Was it worth it? Without a doubt.
Friday, January 29, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
We move boxes, she moves forward in life...
We’re still busy packing away and getting things ready for the big move to the new house. It’s taking us longer than we expected, but everything is pointing to being able to move next weekend. I hope to be able to increase the frequency of the blog posts once we get moved in.
While we’ve been packing boxes full of stuff that we haven’t even looked at in years, which we’ll either leave in boxes or unpack to locations where it will get lost for several more years, Ashlyn has decided to work on a few new milestones.
She still has a ways to go before she’ll be able to sit up on her own, but she’s starting to a show an active interest in the idea. When we have her sitting on our legs, she tries to sit up straight. This typically ends with her falling forward on to her face, but you have to give her points for effort.
Just today, not hours prior to this post, Ashlyn rolled over on to her side for the first time after being on her back.
She’s learned a new trick from mommy. Heather would make Ashlyn smile by making that ptptptpt noise with her lips when blowing out air. Starting today, Ashlyn is starting to make the noise back. It’s cute to watch, she can’t get the lips moving that fast so she kind of spits to get the same effect. I didn’t have the camera with me this evening, but I’ll get it on camera soon and post it.
That’s all I have for tonight, adios!
While we’ve been packing boxes full of stuff that we haven’t even looked at in years, which we’ll either leave in boxes or unpack to locations where it will get lost for several more years, Ashlyn has decided to work on a few new milestones.
She still has a ways to go before she’ll be able to sit up on her own, but she’s starting to a show an active interest in the idea. When we have her sitting on our legs, she tries to sit up straight. This typically ends with her falling forward on to her face, but you have to give her points for effort.
Just today, not hours prior to this post, Ashlyn rolled over on to her side for the first time after being on her back.
She’s learned a new trick from mommy. Heather would make Ashlyn smile by making that ptptptpt noise with her lips when blowing out air. Starting today, Ashlyn is starting to make the noise back. It’s cute to watch, she can’t get the lips moving that fast so she kind of spits to get the same effect. I didn’t have the camera with me this evening, but I’ll get it on camera soon and post it.
That’s all I have for tonight, adios!
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Good morning!
(Note: We’re still in the process of packing, cleaning, fixing, and moving. Unfortunately, this means blog posts are going to remain a little sporadic while we work everything out. Still, I want to keep our friends and family up to date.)
Parents love milestones, seeing their children do something new for the first time is an exciting experience. Even if it’s a simple thing like staring at their hands, it’s still fun to watch. However, some milestones are shared by parents and baby, and we experienced one last night. We slept for seven hours. In a row, with no interruptions. People without kids may not think this is something to celebrate; after all it’s still only seven hours. Not us, we’re going to the store to buy streamers. The Aggies could have won the National Championship this year, and it would have paled in comparison to a seven hour sleep.
I think this is even more momentous because we spent a month with a baby crying non-stop until 4:00am. When the colic ended we were afraid Ashlyn would have a difficult time adjusting to sleeping at night, and we were nervous about Heather going back to work with neither of us getting sleep. Luckily, Ashlyn came through in fine style; she’s sleeping great and smiles all the time. Sure, she has her fussy periods, but these are not the norm. She’s playing more, making more noises, and doing all the things that babies are supposed to do.
All in all, life is good in the Flinn house. I’ll do my best to have more frequent posts over the next few weeks, but I can’t promise anything. For now, here’s a dumb little video I created. I’m helping some people create a 20 year anniversary video at work, and I was playing around with some video editing software. This is Ashlyn grinning at the thought of Mack Brown being upset when they were losing to Oklahoma State a few years back. Yes, it’s cheesy, but it’s still funny to me.
Ashlyn grins at an upset Mack Brown
Parents love milestones, seeing their children do something new for the first time is an exciting experience. Even if it’s a simple thing like staring at their hands, it’s still fun to watch. However, some milestones are shared by parents and baby, and we experienced one last night. We slept for seven hours. In a row, with no interruptions. People without kids may not think this is something to celebrate; after all it’s still only seven hours. Not us, we’re going to the store to buy streamers. The Aggies could have won the National Championship this year, and it would have paled in comparison to a seven hour sleep.
I think this is even more momentous because we spent a month with a baby crying non-stop until 4:00am. When the colic ended we were afraid Ashlyn would have a difficult time adjusting to sleeping at night, and we were nervous about Heather going back to work with neither of us getting sleep. Luckily, Ashlyn came through in fine style; she’s sleeping great and smiles all the time. Sure, she has her fussy periods, but these are not the norm. She’s playing more, making more noises, and doing all the things that babies are supposed to do.
All in all, life is good in the Flinn house. I’ll do my best to have more frequent posts over the next few weeks, but I can’t promise anything. For now, here’s a dumb little video I created. I’m helping some people create a 20 year anniversary video at work, and I was playing around with some video editing software. This is Ashlyn grinning at the thought of Mack Brown being upset when they were losing to Oklahoma State a few years back. Yes, it’s cheesy, but it’s still funny to me.
Ashlyn grins at an upset Mack Brown
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Happy New Year Year!
I guess since it's now 2010 it's time for a quick blog update.
I apologize for not getting the Christmas pictures out sooner, but we had a rather rough Christmas. Ashlyn spent about 4 hours on Christmas night in the hospital, with a fever and trouble breathing. She's all better now, but it was still a long day and it was hard to watch her go through that. We didn’t even open our presents for her until days later. Luckily, she’s only 3 months old and has no clue what she missed. It’s actually rather anti-climactic opening up baby gifts with a 3 month old. She just looked around and drooled on things as we excitedly opened up everything. When we were done, she just drooled some more. She was cute doing it though.
Luckily, we are now getting passed whatever had her sick. She’s feeling better, eating more, and sleeping more consistently. We think the colic is finally going away, which is great because Heather starts work next week. Also, with a new year comes a new baby development: she’s starting to play with things. She hasn’t quite figured out how to hold things and shake them, but check out the video below of her starting to play with a rattle. Well, not a rattle really. It’s a moose foot with a bell in it. This is hot off the presses, this was the first time she ever started doing it and we were fortunate to catch it on film.
Ashyln plays with a rattle
If the blog slows down a little over the next few weeks, it’s because we’ll be moving to a new house. Ashlyn may have spent her first few months of life in this house, but we’re excited that we found a house that she’ll call home as she grows up and starts building memories. A new year brings new starts, and we’re looking forward to watching Ashlyn grow in 2010.
I apologize for not getting the Christmas pictures out sooner, but we had a rather rough Christmas. Ashlyn spent about 4 hours on Christmas night in the hospital, with a fever and trouble breathing. She's all better now, but it was still a long day and it was hard to watch her go through that. We didn’t even open our presents for her until days later. Luckily, she’s only 3 months old and has no clue what she missed. It’s actually rather anti-climactic opening up baby gifts with a 3 month old. She just looked around and drooled on things as we excitedly opened up everything. When we were done, she just drooled some more. She was cute doing it though.
Luckily, we are now getting passed whatever had her sick. She’s feeling better, eating more, and sleeping more consistently. We think the colic is finally going away, which is great because Heather starts work next week. Also, with a new year comes a new baby development: she’s starting to play with things. She hasn’t quite figured out how to hold things and shake them, but check out the video below of her starting to play with a rattle. Well, not a rattle really. It’s a moose foot with a bell in it. This is hot off the presses, this was the first time she ever started doing it and we were fortunate to catch it on film.
Ashyln plays with a rattle
If the blog slows down a little over the next few weeks, it’s because we’ll be moving to a new house. Ashlyn may have spent her first few months of life in this house, but we’re excited that we found a house that she’ll call home as she grows up and starts building memories. A new year brings new starts, and we’re looking forward to watching Ashlyn grow in 2010.
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