The evening with Paw Paw McKee.......

So my dad called and said the credit union was putting on their annual work event were they serve jambalaya and give out door prizes. He stated that just about everyone who attends goes home with something. Well the babies and I didn't have anything going on and Jared was at work so we decided to join my dad for the evening. Plus, my dad's been working so much that we hadn't seen him since Easter and I thought it would be good for the kids to see him. Well lets just say our little Ashlyn who never meets a stranger sure did enjoy herself and do her thing. My dad would shake the people's hand that he worked with and right there Ashlyn by his side thought she should do the same thing. So she would raise her hand to them to grab her and hand to shake it and once they did she would laugh. It was cute to watch. Well later as they were calling ticket numbers for the door prizes. Ashlyn decided she would take it easy on the floor and drink her juice. She actually looked pretty comfortable doing.

By the way, I won $75 in cash. As Jared says, I have the best of luck. He said he thought to his self before work this morning watch, Keri put her mind up to going and I bet she comes home with something because she always does.

Ashlyn is now 22 months and weighs 21 lbs.

Anderson was a trooper. He was a really good baby and sat in Paw Paw McKee lap. He really enjoyed the dinner. He ate the jambalaya, green beans and roll. You think with his stomach hanging over his pants he was full but as we sat there he kept trying to grab the food off the people's plate sitting on the side of us. Lets just say that he is a garbage disposal and Jared says he spends most of his time in the high chair feeding his face. This is true. But we love this little guy. Anderson is now 10 months and he weighs 17 lbs now.

Dying Easter Eggs

So earlier today we had a big Easter Egg Hunt with family and friends and the kids had a blast. Later that day once everyone left we got back together at my sister Sheri's house and let the kids dye eggs together. This was a big deal for Ashlyn this year because she really got into it. The only thing is that she got really mad and cried a few times as you will see in the pictures because she kept trying to drink the colored vinegar off the spoon. She was successful in doing this a few times when I caught her at the end of doing so. I was so worried she was going to end up with a stomach ache.

Brianna David (niece)

Madilyn David (niece)

Grace Jewel (Madilyn & Brianna's cousin)from their dad's side of the family.

Madilyn and Grace where getting into the dying of eggs.

They were all so excited to get all of their eggs colored.

MeMe trying to show Ashlyn how to dye the eggs.

Ashlyn really thought this was cool.

As you can see Ashlyn has a busted lip. She was left with my mom the night before and we came home to a wounded child.

Ashlyn was more interested in taking the eggs out of the cups.

This one above she just has took a sip of the vinegar. It didn't seem to faze her but I didn't make a big deal this time.



She really got the hang of taking them out herself.

This is after I got onto Ashlyn for trying to sip the vinegar again.

Ashlyn and mommy.

Melt down again. Just didn't understand why she couldn't drink it.

Madilyn showing off her egg.

Ashlyn getting ready to dunk another egg.

Madilyn has completed two of her eggs.

Mommy and Ashlyn working on our eggs.

Ashlyn checking out all the colored eggs.

Madilyn David and Grace & her dad Brad Jewel

Aunt Sheri and Anderson

Aunt Sheri, Anderson, Ashlyn and Me

Brianna David showing off her colored egg.

Ashlyn was ready for bed. As you can see the nuk, blankie and sippy which is what she has to have every night to go to bed.

Trip to Winnsboro to see Nona.....

We have been trying to get to Winnsboro since November to see Jared's Nona but things kept happening and then she fell and broke her ankle in December. So we decided to give her a call on Friday and see how she was doing and she stated she was moving around again. So we decided to load the babies up and head to Winnsboro. She has never seen Ashlyn or Anderson and she was so excited when we arrived. As always Ashlyn has never met a stranger and took right to Nona. Anderson enjoyed a nice 45 min nap in Nona arms as well. I know we enjoyed the visit and could see that Nona did too. It's amazing how strong she is for a 87 year old women and to know that she still works 2 days a week. She mentioned that she was going to try and go back to work this week since she hasn't been able to since the fall.

We are going to make a trip often and will have pictures next time.

Things Anderson is doing at 8 Months

He now sits up and plays with his toys. He also will rock on his knees and scoops backwards. He is just like Ashlyn was were she was lazy rolling from their back to the front but does fine rolling from their stomach to their back. Anderson plays really well with his toys and is always laughing at Ashlyn. She is a great big sister and I just love how they get along so well together.

I do have a lot of pictures of Anderson but can't get them off the camera at this time but they are to come soon.

Anderson smiles all the time and is a very happy baby.

Things Ashlyn is doing at 20 Months

Well for several weeks now Ashlyn follows me to the bathroom and always says Got to Potty? I always say yes mom has to potty. Well it has lead to her pulling toilet paper off and pretending to wipe herself and putting it in the toilet. Well the last 2 nights she has actually got on the big potty and actually went to the bathroom. She is so excited. I will be excited if I can get her potty trained before the new baby arrives in September.

The other new thing is she doesn't want to sleep in the baby bed anymore. Ashlyn has been pointing to the twin bed and wanting to lay in it. So for the last 2 nights she has been a big girl and sleeping in the twin bed at night by herself.

She loves playing dress up with hi heels. I did get pictures of this but can't get them off the camera. Pictures to come.

I haven't been able to put pictures up lately because my camera is on the fritz but hope that will change soon.

News from the Bonnette's

I'm sure you all have seen the baby count down has been added to the blog. Yes its official. We found out Bonnette Baby #3 will be here September 25th. Are we crazy? You could say that. I will have a 26 Month, 15 Month and a Newborn when this baby arrives. I feel very blessed to have the two we have after as long as it took to have children and feel it to be a much bigger blessing for #3.

Ashlyn & Cousins

I can't get over how big my little girl is getting.

Brianna David, Ashlyn Bonnette & Madilyn David