Not just blue....

This the bedding we picked out for Carter....I just love saying his name :o)
I love it because it's not just blue/green or green/brown. It has lots of different colors. I LOVE the red/white striped rug on the floor in the picture. The rug is not for sale on the website but maybe I can find something similar.
I found it on www.rainbee.com. The price isn't bad either...it's $160 for quilt, bumper, skirt, and sheet. Plus FREE shipping!

Well it's....................

We went to the doctor yesterday for our early gender ultrasound. I begged the dr to let us come a few weeks early....I was 17 weeks yesterday. And it's a BOY!!! We are just thrilled. We both knew it was going to be a boy. Just about everyone thought the same thing. My mom and sister both thought I was having a girl.....I think they just really wanted a girl. But they are just excited about it being a boy.
I was amazed at how much he has grown since my last sonogram at 8 weeks! It's truly a miracle.
For names we were stuck between Mason Lee and Carter Jay. We decided last night his name will be Carter Jay :o)...that was my favorite! Jay is Ty's middle name and his grandpa's as well. We can't wait to meet our little angel!!

I go back in 3 weeks for my big 20 week ultra sound. That's when they'll check all the organs and make sure everything looks good. I'll have some good pics to post then. Stay tuned!!

Birthday and New Year's

Today is my sweet hubby's 29th birthday! I can't believe it..... he was 23 when we met. It has been the best 6 years together!

By the way, I made a red velvet cake with cream cheese icing(his fave) and put the number 29 using candles. I was going to post a pic but it is just AWFUL!!! It tastes good :0) but looks terrible. I just couldn't post it....especially since Michelle and Sara make such gorgeous cakes. ....just use your imagination.

Happy Birthday Ty!! Love you!


Happy New Year to all!!!

Before and After

This was the living room BEFORE we opened gifts....everything looks nice and pretty.

And this is AFTER.....What a mess!

This was our dining room table decorations. I used my green and red Fiesta. It's not a picture out of Southern Living but it worked. I thought it looked very festive.

Ashley and Chris

Christmas Fun...

This was our first Christmas as a married couple(although it was our 6th together!) and our first Christmas in our new house! My mom and I were busy bees cooking for her and my dad, an aunt and uncle, my sister and her fiance and me and Ty of course. It was so fun..... but lots of work. I cleaned for days before they came.


This is my mom, me, and my little sister.

Me and Ash in front of our tree. It was real......a huge mess but it smelled so good!
I hope you all had a blessed Christmas this year!!!

We're pregnant!!!

That's right......we are having a baby! We have known for a while and just about everyone knows- I'm just a little behind on my blogging.
I will be 13 weeks on Tuesday, the 16th. I am feeling great and the Dr. says everything looks great. We will find out the gender on January 13th....I'll be 17 weeks then. I pleaded with the Dr. to let us find out a little early.
Ty and I are super excited! Of course, he wants a boy....and I kind of do too. Boy or Girl....We can't wait to meet our little bundle of joy!

I know, I know...

It's been FOREVER since I posted. I figured since I had a little time to spare that I would just post as much as I could!! So here goes............


These are some pics from the honeymoon in Vegas...well these are actually in Arizona! Our day trip to the Grand Canyon....This is how it worked:
We got picked up near our hotel around 6:30 I think. It took us about 2 hours to get to the grand canyon from the strip! And the last 13 or so miles was on a dirt road!! In a bus!
Once we arrived we could do whatever. There were buses there that would take you to 3 different stops at the canyon. 1st stop: SKYWALK!! I don't have pics to post of this because no cameras were allowed. It was spectacular! And a little creepy. We had to put on special booties over our shoes before walking on the glass. Kind of like what a dr would wear during a surgery.
The 2nd stop was where these three pics all came from. They had food here...which was okay. We stayed here the longest. It was the best stop because there was so much to see.
Then we went to our last stop- the indian reservation. It was set up to look like the old days. With a little general store, jail, etc. It was our least favorite stop but still interesting...
See the bottom picture? We walked and walked around the canyon to get to that spot and that's where the picture in the middle was taken. Make sense? From that point the view was amazing! It was the tallest point we could get to.

It was really scary because there were NO barriers at all along the canyon. You could walk as close as you wanted....which wasn't too close for me!
The bad part was it was HOT!! Not humid- just a dry kind of hot. We drank LOTS of water.

And that's it!! We were EXHAUSTED by the time we got back to our hotel....it was around 6:30. A long trip but totally worth it :o) Thanks Lee and Sue! We loved it!!!!