Goooooooooo Cougars...

This girl is crazy! But she loves wearing her "Daddy's Flag Shirt" and of course she must add her princess accessories to the mix! She insisted, yes she is already stubborn and opinionated, on the tutu, hat, and "princess snow boots".


And some pictures of the girls Christmas dresses. Caitlyn is dancing with Kermit and my necklace.

2 years, seriously? 3 months as well...

Where does the time go? I can't believe that it has been 2 years since our sweet little Caitlyn decided to make her grand entrance into the world. If you know Caitlyn it was definitely when she decided that it should happen and her life has pretty much reflected that. She is a crazy, happy, funny, stubborn, and independent girl to say the least. I love this girl so much and can't even remember what my life was like before she came! She has made our lives so much better and harder than I ever thought possible!! She is crazy and I love her for it. She is to smart for her own good, or for mine I should say. She is the sweetest little girl at times. Caitlyn has a smile that can brighten the worst day ever. The only thing that can top her smile is when she laughs. There is nothing better in the world than hearing her laugh. She is a mischievous little girl and already knows how to play people, especially her dad, to get what she wants! She amazes me every day at the things that she is learning and the sentences that she can put together. She loves to dance and sing songs with her dad. She loves Curious George, or George as she calls him, more than anything in the world. I think she would rather have him around than mom and dad most of the time! She loves her little sister and loves acting like a mommy. She loves her baby dolls and will change their diapers, feed them, sing them to sleep, rock them, and put them in their (Ashleigh's) bed. Not only is it Caitlyn's birthday, it is also Ashleigh's 3 month birthday. I can't believe how fast the last three months have gone by. Caitlyn's first three months of life were very long and very hard. I now know what normal tired is and having a normal fussy baby! Ashleigh is a Sweet girl and a very content little girl. She is just so happy and gives the biggest best smiles. She just seems to love life and is happy with everything, very much the opposite of Caitlyn at that age! Here are some fun pictures of my two favorite girls:

September 22, 2007

September 22, 2008

September 22, 2009

My two favorite girls in the world!

Sweet little Ashleigh

Caitlyn and her George!

Seven Weeks Lost

Wow, the last seven weeks have flown by. Our sweet little Ashleigh is almost 8 weeks old. Like her big sister, she loves to be held all day (and sometimes all night). She is a cute little girl and we feel so blessed to have our little family. Sorry for the lack of pictures and updates. One broken laptop + one broken camera lens = zero blog updates. I'll post pictures soon. Mike and I have also been busy watching our nightly dose of the Glenn Beck show. Our country is at a scary crossroads right now. Mike even started a blog about it: www.changeblindness.blogspot.com. We may seem crazy, but some of this stuff is scary. I would recommend that everyone should at least check up on the stuff that our government is doing. It never hurts to be informed.

Anyway, life is good and the girls are doing great. I'll get some pictures on here soon!

Ashleigh Jane Richards

I realized that I never officially told anyone our babies name. We had decided awhile ago but I hadn't figured out how I wanted to spell it until they made me fill out the birth certificate before I left the hospital. So we now have some more pictures of our little girl. Not as many as I would like because she spent two days in the hospital in her tanning bed trying to get rid of her jaundice. We think that it is all gone but we will know later today if she needs the lights at home or not, hopefully not. She has been home since yesturday afternoon and just hanging out and sleeping, well at least during the day. She decided that it was play time at 4 am last night and that wasn't so much fun for Mike who was kind enough to hang out with her downstairs. Caitlyn seems to be doing a little better with her sister and woke up from her nap asking where baby was. She does like giving baby her binki and bottle and I think it is the cutest thing ever. Here are some more pictures of our little girls.




The first time Mike held Ashleigh in front of Caitlyn, she had a little bit of a meltdown and threw herself on the ground and was not to happy.

By the time we took her homw she seemed to be a little more happy with the baby and kept smiling at her on the way home and trying to make her smile.

She even gave a little clap for her when we finally got home.

Baby Girl Richards #2

She is finally here!! I can't be more excited, and Mike also. We are still waiting on Caitlyn, she seems to be warming up to the idea but it has only been 24 hours so we will give her a little more time. She is just sad that Mommy and Daddy haven't been around. Our beautiful little girl arrived June 22nd at 5:09 PM. Now here comes the fun news, she came with a bang at 10 pounds, yep 10! that's a whole lot of baby and everything that comes with it (PAIN)!!! She is beautiful and wonderful and has the cry of her sister, so anyone living within a 5 mile radius beware if the two of them decide to let it all out in unison! So here are a few pictures of the new baby. I just realized there are that many good ones so I will take on the picture taking because I take about 100 at once to get the good ones. And A few of big sister just hanging out being her crazy self.




Nothing says summer like a slurpee and chilling in the car. I love this girl!!!

Happy Birthday Mike, a week or so ago..

So I am really bad at this posting thing!! Seriously it was Mikes' birthday last week and I was going to do a post for him but then I just kept putting it off. I feel that I don't have anything new to say since my life is pretty much the same everyday. I will say that Mike is the best husband in the whole world and I don't think that anyone could top him as a dad, just ask Caitlyn!! He is the best dad and she loves him more than anything! So life is the same and Caitlyn is still a little on the crazy side! So here are some fun pictures of her as she is slowly growing up and becoming more and more of a little girl each day. I don't like it very much but I guess that it will happen no matter how much I complain.


Caitlyn used to have the cutest picture smile, but now every time she sees the camera she turns into cheesy fake smile girl, at least it is cute still! My sister is here with her 3 month old baby so we pulled out the old baby toys and Caitlyn has really enjoyed them, a lot more than she did back in the day!

Caitlyn has now learned how to climb into the second shelf and just hang out! Her new thing lately has been to try and dress herself. so she puts on all these clothes over her other clothes and we have some interesting outfits that come out of the whole thing. Just check out the shorts and pant combo going on!! Plus the pants are from last year and are 9 month pants.

Caitlyn loves her stuffed animals and cuddling with as many as possible, she has four in this picture even though Mulan is getting the short end of the deal with her hair being pulled. Caitlyn's other new thing is to wedge herself into the couch cushions and just hang out there, she is crazy as I have mentioned before!

Sunday, wonderful Sunday

I love the weekends more than ever! Mainly because Mike is home and that makes Caitlyn and I very happy. Caitlyn's perfect world is her mom and dad right by her side at all times. My perfect world would be that Mike wouldn't ever have to work again and just hang out all the time with us and with Caitlyn so I could sleep!! As I mention often, Caitlyn is a crazy girl. First funny story is from church. We always sit on the very last row in the cultural hall so Caitlyn has plenty of room to roam in the back. She was walking around when she saw the bread come by and decided that she wanted some, so I gave her a piece. Well she decided that wasn't enough and proceeded to follow the poor little deacon around most of the way to the front to see if she could get some more bread. We do feed her and bring lots of food for her, but it never seems good enough for her. Then after church she started something that has continued all week. Mike was reading a book so she got all of her books from her basket and decided to read with him. She was very funny about it. She would get a book and open some pages and jabber away as if she was reading the book and then throw it to the side and pick up a different book. This went on for about an hour. She then wanted to share the pillow with dad while reading and then decided that her chair was the best place for reading and would read over there and than run across the room to get a new book. She is a funny girl and we love it. Mike has always said that he wants to teach his children to love reading and learning, so I think were off to a good start, if only we could insure it would last forever, yeah we'll see!!