Play Date!!

Ansley and I had a fun play date with our friends yesterday. She just loves being around other kids...
Asher and Riley are only a few weeks apart...it was so much fun to watch them interact with each other! I gave myself a nice ab work out from all of the laughing!!

I wish I knew what they were thinking!!

Ansley is only 5 months older than the other two but that makes such a big difference at this age. I can't wait for another few years to go by and watch the 3 of them run around together and play!!

Ansley's early 1st Birthday present!!

We decided to go in with my mom and Jim and buy Ansley a swing set for her first birthday. I know that it's not for another month but we didn't want to wait for half of the summer to go by before she got to use it! Troy helped a friend of his put one together for their son a year ago so I knew this was going to be a serious project that would take all day to complete. We sent Ansley to grandma and grandpa Reeves' house Friday and got to building. I knew when the instruction manual said 'please allow 6-12 hours for construction' we were in for a long day...
As you can see, absolutely no part of this swing set came already put together...even the slide had to be assembled.

Troy's face says it all in this one!

Rain and lack of daylight stopped us from being able to finish up Friday. Troy and his dad had to move the tower part to the yard before we assembled the swing section and added the slide. It would have been too heavy to move it all at one time!

And Ta-Da! We picked back up Saturday morning and Ansley was swinging away Saturday afternoon! Total assembly time...8 hours. AND we found out that Troy and I make a better team than we imagined!

Sampson has made himself a nice little home in the shaded part at the bottom of the tower. I believe he thinks that we did all of this for him.

Harley and Ansley's relationship, in a nutshell...

My sweet little girl just wants to be friends!

Ansley's first pool experience...

Unfortunately, this wasn't as big of a success as the bath...

Ansley's first 'big girl bath'

As you can see, it was a success. She LOVED it!!

Today is our 3 year anniversary!!

3 years ago today, Troy and I looked like this...
Now, we look like this... Who knew that a kiss from a bet 5 years ago would put us where we are today?! I can tell you that the last 3 years have not only been the best, but the easiest 3 years of my entire life! I can't imagine loving anyone the way I love you, Troy. Here's to another 3 years, and another 3, and another 3, and another 3, and another 3....

Oh yeah, and Happy Earth Day!!

She's making a break for it...

I went out to feed and water Sampson this morning and left the back sliding door open...when I was done filling up the water bowl I walked out the back door to find this!!

A side note...two nights ago Troy was grilling dinner and he tried to get her to crawl out onto the deck and she wan't having it! Curiosity is getting the best of her these days!