Moving is for the Birds!!

Most of you already know, but for those of you who do not...we have recently relocated to St. Louis, MO.  We moved here because Brian had been traveling here (and to Chicago) for several months because business was better and we finally decided to move so he wouldn't have to be away from home so much.  So, that is the reason I haven't updated the blog since March!  We are finally all settled in and getting to know the area.  Ashton has been so great during all the craziness!!
I have to go back to Easter for a second before I go on.  Aunt Tammy had everyone over to hang out, enjoy some great food, and have our annual Egg War!  Ashton had a great time running around and playing with Gus (a friend of the families little boy).  I didn't get any pictures of him while we were there but I did take a picture of him on the way down there...(side note: he has come full circle with his feelings towards the car...some of you might remember the horror stories of our attempts at traveling with him when he was younger, he HATED the car!!)

Now as you can see, he is completely relaxed with his legs crossed and arms behind his head (which is one of his favorite ways to sit/lay...I have ultrasounds of him like this in my belly!! lol).  One of Ashton's Easter presents from Mimi was a personalized backpack.  Ashton loves it!  He likes to just put it on and walk around...here he is playing with the sliding glass door at the new house.

Ashton has been growing up so fast, every day he is doing something new and usually hilarious!  He still likes to go shopping with Mommy, however he no longer has the patience to sit in the designated spot for him so this is how we shop now...

He has been getting into hiding and having mommy try to find him.  I imagine as he gets a little older his hiding places will get a little more challenging but for now I have to do a little acting...haha...here is one of his favorite hiding spots right now

Ashton and I met Laura, Ava, and Ella at this place called Dream Play Recreation the other day and had a great time, here is Ashton making a little video message for daddy while we were there...

Ashton has been practicing his ABC's lately and it is the cutest thing ever!  He sings A B C D E X G and then just starts singing "ABC's" "ABC's" while fluctuating his tone...I love it!  He has also been practicing smiling WITH his teeth...

please ignore his hair...I know it looks crazy, it was one of those days that his hair won the battle!!  Two weeks ago the weather felt like we were in the dead of summer...it was so hot!  So we went and got a few things for summer and then a cool front came thru right after!  So here he is modeling one of his "summer" purchases but he is dressed for fall weather!!

That pretty much brings us up to date.  I will leave you with one more video I caught of him trying to be just like daddy (which is his favorite thing to pretend to be!!)  Enjoy!!  This won't let me upload this video for some reason but I will work on it and put it up as soon as I can figure it out!  Sorry!!!