March Madness!!

This seems to be a reoccurring theme, starting off the blog with a quick apology for taking so long to update, but sorry non the less!!  Ashton has been busier than ever!!!  He is so active and incredibly talkative!!  He has gotten really good at putting two words together...for example; if he see's my water bottle he'll say "mama's water", if he see's any chap stick he says "dada's chap"...etc.  Here he is with some of dada's chap...looking pretty cool if I don't say so myself!!

He loves playing with other kids (or just watching other kids play lol).  He seems to be fascinated with them!!  He is still very sweet...loves to give kisses and hugs to everyone (once he is comfortable around them of course)!  Now, though he is very loving and wonderful, we did have our first public meltdown on Monday.  I was mortified!!  We had an ENT apt that morning, which he did pretty well at, as far as doctor apt's go with him...so I decided to take him to chick-fil-A for lunch and to play in their play area.  Well, when we got there he was so excited to get Nug's (chicken nuggets) but once we sat down to eat he would have no part in it!!  There were too many kids to capture his attention.  So, I decided to go ahead and let him play for a little bit and figured we would eat once he got it out of his system...ROOKIE MISTAKE!!  After about 20 minutes in the play area I asked him to come eat and told him when we were done we could come back and play...I was obviously reasoning with myself because as soon as I went to pick him up he went into full tantrum mode, complete with throwing himself on the floor and blood curdling screams!  So I had to attempt to carry my 30lb. screaming child (who is pushing and kicking trying to get down) with one hand, while I gathered all our food with the other while apologizing to all my onlookers!!  Once I got him in the car and we were headed home he kept asking for nugs...of course!!  Other than this very isolated incident, he is usually wonderful in public!  Brian was in Vegas over the weekend so Ashton and I went to Monkey Joe's for some fun and afterward we had a fancy dinner date...here we are after our meal

 Mimi and her friend Jim recently came over and watched Ashton to give Brian and I a much needed date night!  Of course they didn't come empty handed!!  They brought Ashton a new bike and a basketball hoop!! He loves his new toys, here he is after he just finished up shooting some hoops!!

Ashton recently had his first experience with the flu which wouldn't have been complete without a complementary ear infection!  He was miserable for about a week and it was about 2 weeks before he was himself again!  We are so glad that is over, but this is a pic from when he was sick watching a movie with dada...

As I mentioned earlier, Brian was in Vegas over the weekend for his cousin Jason's 4 day bachelor party.  They all had a great time...Ashton missed his daddy so much though and when Brian got home and went in his room to change his clothes Ashton demanded to take his shirt off too and just wanted to cuddle with his daddy...it was so cute I had to snap a quick shot.

That's about it...we are excited for the weather to get warm so we can get outside more!! He loves to take walks (as long as he is actually walking) and loves going to the park!  Should be a fun summer!!