Halloween 2011

Halloween is always a busy time of year for us. We have a huge costume contest at work (super competitive). Some of our best costumes:  Three Amigos, A League of Their Own, Deal or No Deal, and Life-sized Barbies. Also, it is always a BIG show over at Demmi's house. It will be so much fun to dress Ashley up and introduce her to everyone. We haven't been brave enough to take her out to restaurants or stores yet (she had her first visit to Wally World last weekend) so it will be an adventure taking her to work.

The Three Amigos-2010

Barbies- 2007

Deal or No Deal- 2008



League of Their Own- 2009



I don't think she likes her pumpkin costume!





Sleeping & Smiling

Ashley is smiling at us all the time now! It's so much fun! Also, she is sleeping almost through the night! :)  Not bad for 9 weeks!

Baby Bump

Before I forget, I thought it would be fun to save my baby bump pictures for Ashley to see someday!

We're Having a Baby! 6 Weeks Pregnant here!

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1 week post Ashley

She's Here!!!

Our little girl finally arrived on 8-18-2011 at 10:45 pm. I was admitted to the hospital on Wednesday night and we started the pitocin on Thursday morning around 6am. The morning was pretty uneventful, but the contractions started right away with very little pain. However, my doctor came in around 12:30pm and broke my water and that's when the PAIN started. Cheryl came to visit shortly after the painful contractions started, so she and Alex helped me breathe through them for a LONG hour and a half. Finally, the anesthesiologist came in to give me the epidural. :) I really wasn't prepared for that type of pain! I don't know how people go through labor without an epidural... The rest of the afternoon, we had family and friends visiting, which was fun! Finally, around 8:00pm Alex and I decided that we were going to spend some time alone together and rest-up for the arrival of our girl. Around 9:45pm, our nurse finally gave us the news that I was at 10cm! Finally!! Dr. Licker arrived around 10:00pm and we were ready to go.... except that my contractions slowed down to 6 minutes apart, so it took about an hour. I had so many feelings and emotions come over me when she finally arrived. When my Dr. put her on my chest, Alex took one look at her and said that she looked like an Ashley, so that's what we decided to name her... Ashley Carmen Laclette weighed 7 lbs 1 oz. (BTW- my dr. couldn't believe that I had a 7 lb baby!) and was 19.5 inches long. That's a pretty big baby for a small mamma! Our room was filled with family and friends soon after Ashley arrived. It was such a special night, that I will NEVER forget. 

Our precious baby girl is finally here!

My Dr.

Thanks Jocelyn & Chris for coming to the hospital to visit and take these GREAT pictures!

This is it!

Well, I guess this is a good time to create a blog for our soon-to-be new family! Today is (well, it's the middle of the night) the day that we check into the hospital to prepare for the birth of our first child (it's a girl!). I am feeling so many emotions... obviously that's why I'm awake at 3am.... I'm feeling excited, anxious, nervous, happy, scared, and so many other feelings all at the same time. I've been told that this is normal :) Anyways, We're really looking forward to meeting our daughter very soon!