My Week In Instagram!

Another week summed up in the instagram pics that capture my life!

 

This picture sums up my week best.  It feels like my whole week has been spent just trying my hardest to keep these kids from spiting their heads open. Running on the couch and taking occasional head dives to the hardwood floor and counting on me to catch them is a favorite.

This was my poor attempt at catching the solar eclipse.  Unfortunately, I did not have the forethought to make sure we have the proper viewing tools because this was the day of my best friend's baby shower.  All of the photos from the shower were taken with a real camera.

This was a really exciting part of our week for me.  Since learning that Makayla has ocular albinism, I now know so much more about the way she sees, and it's a lot more than, "her eyes shake."  Light plays such a significant role in her outdoor experiences.  For over a month now, I have been on the hunt for a the perfect pair of sunglasses, that she will keep on her head.  That's when I discovered BabyBanz.  Not only to they wrap around her head, but they provide 100% UV protection and are endorses by the National Organization of Albinism and Hypopigmentation (NOAH).  Thanks to a partner ship between BabyBanz and NOAH, I was sent a free pair for these wonderful sunglasses for Makayla!  These glasses are truly great!  I will be ordering a pair for Austin next!

We have been enjoying our backyard so much this summer.  I love that we can sit outside and the kids never seem to get bored.  They play with the dog, which makes his so happy.  We are outside, so they aren't breaking anything, which makes mommy SO happy!  This was a stick salad that Austin made Scout, and being the best big brother, he happily ate it while Austin watched and giggled.

Silly dog.  Nothing more to say really...

Last night was a rough night.  The kids had a terrible time going down, and by the end (or what I thought was the end) I was so stressed out that all I could think about was washing away all that stress with a pint of ice cream.  (Yes, I'm learning I am an emotional eater!) So, in keeping up with my Weight Watchers (By the way, I lost 6 pounds this week!) I steamed a pound of asparagus and proceeded to pig out!

Our week in Pixlr!

Time for another week summed up in photos taken from my phone!  Since I didn't get to post last week, I'm sharing a few pictures from last week as well.

Last week we spent a lot of time outside.  And I think the only thing our dog likes more than being in the house with us, is being outside with us.  Look at Scout's big smile!

I took Austin to get his second haircut (finally!) last week, and here Makayla is playing very nicely while she wait for brother to get all spiffy. 

Austin was a little more weirded out by the hair cut this time.  He was still very good, but had sound serious looks for the strange lady that kept spraying his head with a water bottle.

With all the product that the hair lady put in his hair, nap time really make him look whacky! I think I liked this look better than the the way it was styled at the kids salon!

Last weekend, a good friend and I took the kids for a short drive to the Asparagus Festival.  We  enjoyed deep fried asparagus, Asparitas (asparagus margaritas!) and asparagus ice cream!  It was a bit warm, to stay too long, but we really enjoyed the day!

We took the kids to a park/zoo for younger kids.  Here, Makayla is meeting Mini Horse.  I used to go to this place when I was little, so it was really fun to get to take them, even thought they will have a lot more fun there in the next year or two!

 Just a mom and her daughter. <3

We took the twerpies on their first carousel ride!  This literally moved me to tears.  Carousel rides bring back such emotional memories for me about my childhood, so although the kids were not that excited about it, it was a dream come true moment for me. 

Once we got moving , Makayla lost it.  I think all the movement was probably a bit much, visually, for her.

My goofy boy.  Always playing with things the "wrong" way.  I got these tubs to sort and put away the kids toys in, but Austin likes to dump them out and play inside the tubs.

Makayla is sick AGAIN, so we've been taking it easy at home.  Joey blew bubbles for the twerpies and although I've tried bubbles with them before, they were CRAZY about them this time!

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My Week In Pixler!

Here's our week in photos from my phone!  They are very Makyla-heavy since we spent three days alone with her traveling to Ohio!  Of course, there will be more (real) photos and info on Ohio coming, just as soon as we manage to catch our breath around here!

Story time with daddy, before bed. 

 Makeup-less, getting in some snuggles with my sick little guy, before leaving him for a few days. 

 Makayla is crazy about our pup.  She pets him and says, "good dog!"

 

My crazy little girl, climbed right into her tub of toys.  What better place is there to be?

At SFO, getting ready to board Makayla's first flight!  This was not easy travel, as we went from San Fransisco, to North Carolina, to Ohio, and then, Ohio, to Atlanta, to San Fransisco. She did really well, and made many friends on the planes!

On her very first flight, handling it like a pro and reading to her daddy!

 

Settling into our room at the Ronald McDonald House. 

Finally at Dr. Hertle's office!  It was a long stressful day, but we got so many answers, and a plan for treatment....but of course that deserves it's own post!

Tuckered out after three long days of traveling and tests, and very little sleep. 

In Akron's airport they have a play area for toddlers that they call a "playport" Genius!!!!  Every airport should have one of theses.

 

Austin playing with my hair.  This kid is so affectionate.  He just melts all my insides!

What's better than coming home to a clean house?  Coming home to these beautiful flowers!  My amazing sister-in-law, not only flew up from Southern California to take care of our monkey for us while we were in Ohio, she scrubbed the house down, went grocery shopping, and surprised us with these gorgeous tulips!

95 degrees today!  We spent the whole afternoon outside playing water games in their new water table!  I blew bubbles for them, and they splished and splashed and squealed!

My week by Pixlr!

The very popular Instagram application, for iPhone, was the inspiration for this weekly post.  However, since I have an Andriod phone, I haven't had Instagram available to me, until this past week, so I found Pixler-o-matic instead.  Pixlr doesn't have an online sharing forum, but it has similar photo editing options.

I have to say, now that I have instagram, I'm not all that impressed.  I can do way more with my pictures on Pixlr, and I'm not sure why I would need an online sharing forum, when all the people I already want to share my pictures with are on Facebook and Twitter anyway.

Soooo Ashleigh, get to the point!  My point is, even thought i have the world famous, billion dollar Instagram now, I'm going to keep sharing my week in pictures with Pixlr.  

Now, on with the week!  This is a short week, since we were all sick again...

I was snacking on the kids goldfish crackers, right out of the box, and Makayla thought that was just way too funny, so she came to help.  This tiny little girl just kept stuffing goldfish after goldfish into her cheeks.  She had to have about eight in her mouth right here.

Hoorayyyyyyy!  I got my hair done this week for the first time in over a year!  I think it might be too blonde and too short...or it's just been so long since I've had it done I'm not used to the change yet. 

The Twerpies took their first bath without any little seats or positioners.  They loved "swimming" around and thier new found freedom.  I however, nearly had a heart attack each time they wiggled.

Makayla and her books.  This girl just isn't happy unless she's reading to someone.  And we're loving it!

That's it for this week!  Next week will be our big trip to Ohio for Makayla, so I will be taking lots of pictures to share!