Seriously - where does the time go?!?!?

I don't believe it has been a month since I posted-but it has!

My Briley is 6 months old, absolutely edible, sitting up, playing, reaching for toys, still happy "smiley briley", just started "eating" oatmeal cereal...she really gags, i cannot kiss her enough...my love her so much.

It's amazing how my love is equally unexplainable for my precious independent, spunky, silly, imaginative, little stinker Mabry. She totally keeps us on our toes, is teaching us the importance of discipline :-) , she loves to hide and pretend there are snakes everywhere, she is a little runner, and quite competitive already...yikes!

I always asked my mom how could she love all of us (Mitch, Taylor, Sarah and I) all the same. She told me you just do. Now I know that, I just love them both so much I seriously think I could burst at times.

Speaking of love - I love my husband! Andy is an incredible husband and dad! Watching him with our girls melts me! He works so hard so I can stay at home with the girls and then he comes home and doesn't miss a beat. Chasing Mabry from the minute he walks in the door, tickling and kissing miss briley, helping me put the house back together after a day of fun and chaos, totally understanding when it is "fend for yourself" dinner, cereal for dinner or eating out. Yeah - he rocks and I am so grateful for him!

God is good. He is blessing me so much as I am home this year. One of the biggest blessings is being able to attend a Bible Study Tuesday mornings and connecting with other moms as we grow closer to Him! I look forward to see what He is doing in our lives. This is a fun and busy "season" of life and I am afraid if I blink it will be gone!

5 months already?!?

As I just logged in my little precious 5 month old starts crying :-( She is supposed to be sleeping - she has stopped already - ok good. Quiet now with the exception of the FSU game, or is that the FL/LSU game in the background. A little switching back in forth, I'm not paying much attention. After working on a sewing project I decided I would stop and go to bed - since then I have chatted on facebook, uploaded some pictures, devoured 3 blonde brownies (thanks Jill), and now decided to update the blog...so much for going to bed :-) How does time go by so fast? I was thinking back to high school and thought a year was the LONGEST thing in the whole world - now a year truly goes by so fast I can hardly believe it! It is almost mid-October and my baby is 5 months old!!! My Briley Mitchell is such a sweet little girl, 100% rotten, but so precious. She loves to be held, she spends a lot of the day on my hip, Mabry likes to occupy the other hip at times too - love my girlies. Briley turned 5 months old on the 7th, I keep meaning to weigh her but keep forgetting. She is a chunker though, love those rolls! She loves getting her foot to her mouth and sucking on her toes, or her whole foot, she has rolled over but does not practice the skill often, and she sits up for a short time before toppling over. Big sister likes to sit on her like she is a horse, she rolls her over and is now trying to pick her up off the ground and hold her "all by myself mommy"! I LOVE watching them interact. It's late and I am going to ramble so I'll post a couple recent (within the month)pictures. Our camera enjoyed a night out on our playground, during a storm, so we are working on getting that taken care of. Here are a few when I had dads camera. Adios friends!

Crazy Computer

So our computer is still pretty wacked out :-( Doing what we can, when we can on it. I went ahead to CVS and put most most recent pictures on a cd - otherwise they may be on my camera forever! with that said I can do a picture post of our recent Auburn trip! Briley did not go with us, it was a date with Mabry, but we did bring her back a onesie! The "Go Gators" dress is the most recent thing added to my esty (lahanlon.etsy.com) If you get a chance check it out and pass it along. Let me know if you need a Halloween, Christmas, holiday outfit...

Caroline Ferguson Photography

Here are some pictures that my good friend Caroline took of my preggo self, Andy and my girlies. She is so talented and so much fun to work with. Check out her link to the left to look at her blog and get her info. Thanks Caroline!!!

hey!

so our computer - CRASHED! so until Andy gets home from work I have no access to e-mail, fb, etc. whats a girl to do? actually it is fine, if you know me, I really don't like to be on the computer. i have updated my etsy, but the pictures are blurry b/c i had to copy them from the blog. all our pictures may or may not be retrieved from the crashed computer :-( I am going to take some more pictures but I'm not sure how long it will take me to upload them. so check out my etsy tab to the left and let me know what you think. By their descriptions #1 you can tell that I am not in marketing and #2 you can tell that I am not in marketing :-)
So my girls are edible! We are having so much fun being at home together. Last week I started to go to a Bible study on Tuesday morning and a pilates/yoga class on Thursday mornings. Both being at my church so the girls play in the nursery with some of their church friends! I loved both, loved that I got some "me" time and that the girls had some time to play with friends. Mabry got sick Thursday night, but was better by last night...hopefully it was just a fluke thing. She was back to her busy sassy self today! We had a great LONG day...that's what happens when we are all up by 6am. I got to go to some garage/Estate sales this morning, one of my fun hobbies, then we all played outside and went on a walk. I have been wanting to go to 5 guys burgers and fries - so we headed there for a healthy :-) lunch and then came home and Mabry and I took a nap! (Briley doesn't really sleep much during the day). Is anyone still reading - I am rambling. Anyway, good rest of the day, looking forward to starting a Marriage Enrichment Sunday school class tomorrow morning at church, not sure what to expect, but I'm sure it will be great. I love our church so much. Our Pastor preaches The Word and the church provides so much opportunity for members to grow and be stretched in their faith. Off to take my pictures and then go to bed! I did start to read Redeeming Love again (by Francine Rivers) so I might have to read a couple chapters before shut eye. If you haven't read it, it is so good!
Goodnight!
:-) L.A.

New Items...not on etsy, nope not yet!

So, I have posted a couple of my bibs/burp cloths/changing pad items on etsy, but have not spent the time to upload the clothes that I have made. Check out the link to the left. My goal by the end of the week is to get it set up with most of my completed items. From the pictures you will see that I need to take some better pictures (actually going to recruit Caroline to do that), before I post them. Here are the "new items"

Ballerina Frog Pillowcase Dress (size 2T) $25
Brown Ruffle Pants (size 2T) $25
FSU Shorts (size 18mo) $15
Go Noles Shortall (size 3-6mo) $30







As you can tell - random stuff! My ultimate goal is to have you come to me with the fabric of your choice and tell me what you want made. Maybe something for the first day of school (oops, missed that opportunity), birthday outfit, halloween, Christmas, etc. I will probably put things on etsy here and there, but that is not truly what I want to do. I want to make what you want! I am working on a base price list that lists a price of items if you were to bring me the fabric. I put my stuff on etsy because I love to sew...I would rather sleep than sew! My girls only need so many clothes, and did I mention that Mabry would wear a t-shirt and grey athletic shorts everyday if she could! Sound like anybody you know...maybe her mommy?! Everything I do usually happens after 8pm, unless a rare day when both the girls are napping at the same time. Anyway, I like to try new patterns, I like to be challenged, I love pretty fabric, I went off on a tangent and not sure where I was going with that?!?!

I will finish with a couple picture of my little stinkers! We are having so much fun being home together! Oh, the picture of the pants on Mabry are her Christmas pants, Briley has a matching pair....these are not for sale. Well I guess as Mr. Evans told me once that anything is for sale for the right price :-) I think that is when I was trying to talk him into giving me his Escalade! I don't mind "hand me downs" :-)





please e-mail me if you have any questions or if you want to buy any of these items!

ok - good night!

:-) L.A.

Etsy Shop

Hello friends and family!

So last year I had an etsy (online) shop with some bibs, burpcloths and other "baby items." As the school year went on and little Briley was sucking all the energy out of me as she was growing, I stopped keeping up with my etsy. I think I am about to "re-open" it when I can find an afternoon to work on it. With all that to say, this will be my first outfit that I am selling. Of course, you can buy it by just e-mailing me (lauraashley@mail.com) just in case etsy does not happen as soon as I would like! The outfit is a 3T, the topper can be worn as a dress or as a top with the ruffled cropped pants. You don't have to buy them both, they will be listed as separate pieces. The top is $30 and the cropped ruffle pants are $25. Here are pictures...

Well we all know that I cannot do a link -so u will have to cut & paste this one :-)
(http://www.showusthecow.com/index.htm) If u get a chance to to the chick-fil-a site and vote for my girls! just browse photos, search (M) and click on Mabry!

gracias!

briley woke up so typing with one hand....

:-)

so the link didn't work...

yes - this is a snuggie! I own a snuggie. I love my snuggie!

Funny Face...Briley's at 2 months

too cute with the ponytail....what a noodle!

Briley's 1st boatride!

July 2 - Happy Birthday Aunt Tay Tay. We love you!

I need some assistance, until then there will be no link to pictures. Jill?!? Here are some July pics until I get the link to work. Or if you are on facebook, it is the same pictures from my July album!