Day 2 of 30 day challenge

Day 2:  The meaning behind your blog name

My blog name is Downs' Days.  The meaning behind the name is what goes on in our lives.  It leaves it open for me to blog about anything and its really the only one I liked :)

Hope your having a great FRIDAY!! Have a great weekend!

-Ashley

30 Day Blog Challenge!

I've decided to take the 30 Day Blog Challenge that I found on THIS blog.  SO FUN! So, everyday I will be posting about that days topic.  Here is the list...

Day 1: A picture of yourself and a description of your day.
Day 2: Meaning behind your blog name.
Day 3: 3 places you want to visit.
Day 4: A favourite picture of your best friend.
Day 5: A picture of yourself four years ago.
Day 6: Something you're afraid of.
Day 7: Your dream wedding.
Day 8: 3 Classic pieces you want for your closet.
Day 9: A picture of the item you last purchased.
Day 10: Something that stresses you out.
Day 11: What’s in your diaper bag.
Day 12: Worst job you've ever had.
Day 13: Your favorite musician and why?
Day 14: Favourite TV shows.
Day 15: Your celebrity crush.
Day 16: Something you don’t leave the house without.
Day 17: Something you're looking forward to.
Day 18: Bad habits.
Day 19: Your favourite stores to shop.
Day 20: Dream house.
Day 21: Dream car.
Day 22: A picture of something that makes you happy.
Day 23: A picture of something that means a lot to you.
Day 24: 15 Facts about you.
Day 25: What’s in your purse?
Day 26: Where have you been?
Day 27: A picture of you last year and now and how have you changed?
Day 28: Your favourite movie.
Day 29: Songs that remind you of people, places or events.
Day 30: A picture of yourself this day and 5 good things that happened since you started the challenge

Day 1:  A picture of yourself and a description of your day

That is me & My baby girl

A Description of my day:  Wow, this may bore you to sleep! :)   

9:00am - Woke Up 

9:30am- Woke up Little Bit

9:30am- 11:30am- Ate breakfast, cleaned, worked on hats 

11:30am - 1:30pm- Naptime & Shower time for me! 

1:30pm- Lunch..( i know its late) 

2:00pm - 4:00pm - Errands

4:00 - 5:40 - Naptime

and...now im sitting here!! whoo hoo EXCITING!  :) 

   

My hubby!

I love this sweet song! Everytime I hear it, I think about my hubby.  I love him so much for sooo many different reasons!!

Love you baby!! 

15 months

Baby girl you are 15 months.  I cannot believe it! 

You are wearing size 4 diaper now ( we just moved up from size 3) 

You are still wearing 12 month clothing

Your wearing size 3 shoes

You weigh 22 pounds

You started walking on July 9th

You finally crawled a couple days later

You talk all the time

Your favorite words are Daddy, MaMa, Baby, Ball, Bubble, Ava, Uh Oh, Thank you and many more

I never knew being a mommy would be this great.  You are an awesome little girl and I thank God for you every day.  You have changed our lives and we love it.  I love everything about you! We love your smile, your personality, your laugh, the ways you always make everyone happy and most of of all every part of YOU!! I know I tell you this a billion times a day, but I love you sweet baby girl!! 

Love, Mama

What a difference a year makes!

Ava 7/20/2010

7/20/11 

I love her so much!! 

-Ashley

Celebrating Sophia!!

We made a trip to Texas to celebrate Sophia's 1st year of life with her friends and family this past weekend.  The best thing about Texas is the Meisters! Second would be outlet shopping but if your talking to my hubby, it would be the new In & Out Restaurants! Anyways, we left Friday afternoon for our fun filled road trip...

Ava very excited about TX but staying true to her roots!! 

Sophia's party was on Saturday morning.  It was a Swim Party.  It was so much fun and was decorated so cute.  Jeremy and Nadege did such a great job on the Party...

The girls before the party!! They were very excited!!

Beautiful Sophia driving her *NEW* car to her party!! SO cute!! 

Jeremy reading the girls a story after the Party

My loves at In & Out for dinner!! 

We had so much fun with our friends.  We thank God for the Meisters.  We are blessed to have them as friends.  

Happy Birthday Sophia!! We love you!! 

-Ashley

Happy 4th of July!!

Happy 4th of July! We love this holiday! Fireworks, warm weather, swimming and lots of fun!! What a difference a year makes...

2010:

2011:

So thankful for the men & women who fought and continue to fight for our freedom! 

Love, Ashley

Firework!

For some reason, I LOVE this song and I Love it even more when I hear Boyce Avenue sing it.  I know we've all heard this song but have you really listened to the words?

Do you ever feel like a plastic bag,
drifting through the wind
wanting to start again?
Do you ever feel, feel so paper thin
like a house of cards,
one blow from caving in?

Do you ever feel already buried deep?
6 feet under screams but no one seems to hear a thing
Do you know that there's still a chance for you
'Cause there's a spark in you

You just gotta ignite, the light, and let it shine
Just own the night like the 4th of July

'Cause baby you're a firework
Come on, show 'em what you're worth
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh"
As you shoot across the sky-y-y

Baby, you're a firework
Come on, let your colors burst
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh"
You're gonna leave 'em all in awe, awe, awe

You don't have to feel like a waste of space
You're original, cannot be replaced
If you only knew what the future holds
After a hurricane comes a rainbow

Maybe your reason why all the doors are closed
So you could open one that leads you to the perfect road
Like a lightning bolt, your heart will glow
And when it's time, you'll know

You just gotta ignite, the light, and let it shine
Just own the night like the 4th of July

'Cause baby you're a firework
Come on, show 'em what you're worth
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh"
As you shoot across the sky-y-y

Baby, you're a firework
Come on, let your colors burst
Make 'em go "Oh, Oh, Oh"
You're gonna leave 'em all in awe, awe, awe

Boom, boom, boom
Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon
It's always been inside of you, you, you
And now it's time to let it through-ough-ough

'Cause baby you're a firework
Come on, show 'em what you're worth
Make 'em go "Oh, Oh, Oh"
As you shoot across the sky-y-y

Baby, you're a firework
Come on, let your colors burst
Make 'em go "Oh, Oh, Oh"
You're gonna leave 'em all in awe, awe, awe

Boom, boom, boom
Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon
Boom, boom, boom
Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon 

I know that their is SO much on the inside of all of us that wants to do more and be more. Baby, we're fireworks..we just have to ignite the spark to let our colors shine.  I pray everyday for God to take away fear so I can shine and be a light for others.  I know that I have a little Princess that I'm an example for and I want her to see a Strong, hard working, smart and life loving women so she wants to be like me.  :)  It's time to shine! :) 

Happy Birthday Diahanna!

Today is my sisters birthday! YAY! I love birthdays! They are so fun!!

Happy Birthday Diahanna!! I love you! 

*So much to catch up on*

We've been having so much fun since my last post about Ava's birthday.  Her party was very successful.  I've learned that I love throwing parties but I'm glad that I only do it a couple time a year now!

- Love, Ashley

"Blog Re-Grand Opening"

I haven't been the best "blogger" lately.  We've been busy and I just hadn't given it any thought until the other day.  So, I decided that I would re-vamp my blog..and that I would start blogging often because its important to me.  So, here it is! I have designed the header.  You should be proud because I am not computer design savvy at all.  :)  


Here's to blogging more often...I'm so excited!! 


-Ashley

1 year old!

Happy Birthday Ava!! 

Your amazing!! 

You weigh 20 lbs and your 28" long

You wear 12 month clothing and size 2 shoe

You wear size 3 diaper

You say MaMa, DaDa, PaPa, Up, Ba, Ball, Uh oh, and a few more

You are walking while holding onto something 

You are pulling yourself up

You love to laugh & smile

When we are at the grocery store, you always wave to everyone as we roll by them

You love riding in your bug car 

I love you so much baby doll! This has been one of the best years of my life!! You are so smart and fun! 

11 months!

11 months old! 

I cannot believe you are almost a year old.  

You are amazing! 

You are wearing 9 month clothing

You have two new teeth this month for a total of 8 teeth..

You say MaMa, DaDa, PaPa, Bye Bye, Hi, & we think you said Gi...(GiGi is hoping you were saying her name) 

You love to stand up and play on the ottomen, you love to laugh and smile, and love to swing at the park.  

You weigh 21 to 22lbs...according to our scale

We love you sooo much! You are such a good baby...and so much fun! 

Love, Mom

1st trip to Texas!

Ok, so I am really going to try to start blogging more.  Last week, Ava and I went to go see our friends in Texas.  We had SOOOO  much fun! We laughed, shopped, played and shopped some more while we were there! I love our friends in Texas.  Jeremy, Nadege and Sophia are some of the *BEST* people I know! I love them! Here are some pictures from our trip!

Ava & Sophia sharing toys on Friday morning

They love the container store!! 

Ava outside Ikea! 

Such big girls!! 

After 6 hours of outlet shopping, Ava was exhausted!

Such happy girls! 

Pretty girls with their mommys

My child is a ham! 

Ava looking sweet &innocent

Adorable Sophia!!

*Ashley*

10 months!!

I can't believe you are 10 months old!!

You are wearing a size 3 diaper

You weigh 21 lbs

Your not crawling but you love to stand up and hold on to everything

You have 6 teeth

You now say bye bye and hi

You love to smile and are very happy 

You love to play peek a boo and hide n seek

You love eating puffs & head banging to music

You are still sleeping 10 to 12 hours a night

We love you soooo much! Your our little princess and are so grateful that God blessed us with YOU! 

SNOW SNOW MELT AWAY!!

Whoo Hoo! The Past 11 days have been nothing but snow and cold air.  But, it looks like thats about to change.  The weather forecast is saying that we should be having 70's by this time next week.  Even though, we have been inside for basically the past two weeks, we have had FUN!

This was during the 1st snow storm! If you look closely, you can see Ava looking out at me from the window!

This was one of the snow drifts

Ava looking out the door at me

Getting Ready to make smores!! 

Fun with Daddy! 

Enjoying time with Daddy while he stays at home from work

Ava's 1st experience with Super Mario! She loved it! 

So cute! 

The fire was going the whole time! 

We are looking forward to warmer weather so we can do this!!....