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Adventures in the Phethean Household........

Ryan Christopher Ashby

Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Beth surprised us all and had her baby this morning. Ryan Christopher Ashby arrived shortly after midnight. Poor Troy was on buisness in Seattle (Beth wasn't due for another 3-4 weeks). Luckily her neighbor was able to drive her in from Corona and Bobby was able to stay with Lexi.
I am dying to go see him, but since Troy is flying in from Seattle some time today I decided to wait until tomorrow. Congratulations guys!!!

Ear Infections

Tuesday, April 15, 2008
The girls have been really cranky for weeks now. Monday morning Ava woke up around 4:30 a.m. and wouldn't go back to sleep. Around 5:30 I gave up on getting any more sleep so I got up and started fixing Ava breakfast (I thought maybe she was just really hungry). I had given her some milk and cheerios to munch on while I scrambled the eggs. A few moments later I turned around and noticed that Ava was just sitting there with her head cocked to the side holding her ear. I thought "Oh no, here we go again". I quickly gave her some Motrin and tucked her into bed (she was falling asleep in the highchair at this point).

Today I took the girls in to see the Dr. and it turns out the girls have ear infections in both ears.
Poor Ava's ears have been infected for over a month now. I am really hoping this will be the last ear infection in our house for awhile because 2 screamming toddlers = 1 tired and stressed out mommy!

Hello, Dolly! Bye Bye Birdie

Friday, April 11, 2008





Lauren was lucky enough to be able to perform in Golden Hill's production of Hello, Dolly! She had a lot of fun...............


Lauren on stage with her classmates

Lauren was cast as a parasol girl





Here is a flashback to last years production of Bye Bye Birdie.............

Here is Lauren last year on the day of dress rehearsal (you can see how much has grown)


My Sweet Apple Teen

And here are a few more that my Mom sent me.....


theese are from "Telephone Hour"


Tooth Tally

Saturday, April 5, 2008

The girls have been doing some serious teething for a few weeks now so I thought it was time to do a tooth tally. Tonight as I was brushing the girls teeth I decided to take a peek and count their teeth. Ava has six teeth on top; two front teeth, both of her one year molars and it looks like her incisors have just cut through. On the bottom she has four front teeth and signs of molars on their way.

Audrey has four teeth on top; two front teeth, both molars and one incisor on it's way (the left one). On the bottom she has 3 front teeth.

I will be soooo glad when the girls teeth have all come in, they have had such a bad case of the crankies lately!!!!!

Date Night

Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Rick and I had a "date night" on Sunday evening and we didn't even have to leave the house or hire a babysitter. We simply tucked all the kids in bed by 9:00 p.m. and sat down to watch Jane Austen's Sense & Sensibility on Masterpiece Theatre. We even enjoyed hot fudge sundaes (shhhh---- don't tell our kids).
If you know anything about me then you know that I am huge fan of PBS and an even bigger fan of Jane Austen. I am so excited that PBS has chosen to do the Complete Jane Austen this season
featuring all six of Jane Austen's novels.


Here is a schedule of upcoming classics on Mastepiece Theatre:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/schedule/index.html

I can't wait for this coming Sunday! What could be better than watching Jane Austin's novels come to life while snuggling on the couch with your sweetie!!!