Snow!!!

It has been snowing a lot since December 26th!!! Last year I think we may have had a dusting but this year lots of snow!!!! We probably had 6-8 inches total in the last 5 days!

Here are some pictures of iris' first time playing in the snow!! She is still unsure of it all! When I ask her about going outside to play she is all for it but sledding not so much! She loves throwing snowballs though haha

She can fit!!!

Iris can fit in her baby's pac'n play with her baby an basket of food haha

Play dough fun!!

She loves her new play dough! She had so much fun

Opening her kitchen and table

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48aeFqrk7kA

She loved her new kitchen with all the accessories from everyone!!!
~Ashlie
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Iris opening her bike

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEIdL_LjwEU

Iris was not quite awake yesterday so she wasn't feeling all the excitement opening presents but she had fun playing with everything!!!


~Ashlie
Enjoy the day!!!

Celebrating 6 wonderful years of bliss!!!

Sunday we celebrated 6 years of marriage!!! We both dressed up and Doug took me to Lindey's in German Villiage! It was so yummy!!! They tucked us away in a private table and we hand a little candlelit dinner!!!

Doug was a gentleman all night! He opened the car door for me! It was like our first date all over again minus the sweaty palms =)

The food was amazing!! We were given free dessert from lindey's for our anniversary!! Will definitely go back again!

Afterwards, we saw life of pi in 3-D at the Lennox!!!

Such a fun night and it was so nice to have some quality alone time together =)

Love ya Doug!! I am one lucky girl to be married to such a wonderful husband and my best friend!!!

Cookie baking fun!!

Today was our annual Barker Girls' baking day and it was so much fun like always!!! Iris had fun running around playing and momma had fun chatting and spending time with my wonderful mother-in-law, sister-in-laws, and GG!!!!

Sadly, we all left before snapping a group picture but maybe we can do a group shot at Christmas!!

Here are a few I took!

Pink tutu

Iris wanted to celebrate 12-12-12 in her pink tutu!!!! She saw it hanging in her closet and said "pink". I asked if she wanted it on and said "ok". And this is what we have =)

Hello? Talk!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4EOHM2AqMY

Such a cute video of Iris! She cracks me up!!

~Ashlie
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Iris' 1st trip to the dentist!

Yesterday, we took Iris to the dentist for her first check-up an she did great!! We had heard that Dr JoJo was amazing and she definitely held up to the title! She was so sweet! Everyone was friendly and welcoming!! The office was super cute and tailored to kids! Iris did cry during the exam but dr Jo Jo let me hold her and was very quick! No cleaning needed as she said Iris was doing a great job brushing!!! We are able to switch her to regular toothpaste! She picked out a new toothbrush, a little tooth mirror and a few little plastic toys for doing a great job!!!

Our little girl is growing up!!!

Putting up the tree !

On Sunday we put up our Christmas tree!! Iris was pretty excited and kinda wondered why a tree was in the house but she enjoyed decorating it anyways!!
And elf on the shelf made his appearance!!!

Thanksgiving with the Barker's

I realized I never posted about our thanksgiving on Saturday! Here are a few pictures from the day! It was a lot of fun! There is always yummy food and Iris had a blast playing with her cousins!!

Nana's visit and SANTA!!!

Nana came up to watch Iris while Doug and I went to the dentist so we talked her into spending the whole day and we had so much fun!!!

Iris dancing to Charlie Brown

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZzZNkpXOLA


Nana would be so proud!!!!

Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Ours was unconventional =). I had to work so our day started with Iris and Doug making French toast!  Then we had garlic pesto chicken (yum!!!  Recipe found here http://cdargis.tumblr.com/post/18818836004/garlic-pesto-chicken-with-tomato-cream-penne)

Then Doug and Iris came to visit me at work and we had dinner in the cafeteria!! 

They were serving thanksgiving food so it was perfect!!

I was sad to miss out on all the traditional events but thankful 

to spend most of the day with my loves!!!

We are having our thanksgiving feast with Doug's family tomorrow!!!

Gobble Gobble!

~Ashlie

Enjoy the day!!!