Perfectly Imperfect Mom

Lola over at Waiting for Baby gave me my first Blog Award. It is a fun one because it's a get to know you one. Here is how it works.
What to do:
1- Thank the person who awarded you.
2- List 7 things people may not know about you.
3- Pass it on to 15 other bloggers and don't forget to notify them.



1. My family owns a funeral home.
2. I met my husband through Myspace Classifieds when we were both looking for roommates. 
3. I used to be a vegetarian and consider going back to it a lot. 
4. I had never been to a small town till I visited my husbands and thought towns like that only existed in movies. 
5. I didn't think my son was cute when he was born lol. 
6. I am always wanting to change around rooms in our house, I did this a lot when I was little too. I am never happy with how the house looks and wish I was better at decorating. 
7. I would love to be a teacher but there are no jobs here :-(


I will add who I am going to give the award to later since I have to work in a bit. 
Ok I am ready to add blogs who I am giving the award to! 
Here we go...
Heather
Brittany
Erin 
Kelly
Jessica
Sarah
Miranda
Kristen
Mallory
Emily
Maria
Jessica C. 

2011 brought me the most amazing person into my life, my son. I feel like I am so incredibly blessed to have such a sweet, happy and most importantly healthy baby boy. He is such a joy and I can't express how much I love him. I can't believe in just over 6 months he will be one.
We went to my cousin's first birthday yesterday and the time really flew from when I went to visit them in the hospital. It was cute seeing the boys together. Colton kept getting upset if I picked Ace up so we finally went and played with them on the rug and if I sat him up he lightly pushed on him because he wanted him to lay down. It was pretty funny.
Last night I hung out with my little guy since Branden worked and he got home about 30 minutes before the ball dropped. We gave eachother a kiss and went into kiss Adonis for New Years. Now he is back at work so I am not sure what Adonis and I will do today.
I hope everyone has a great New Years!

It has been quite a busy month for us. I actually have had issues with my internet as well so I haven't been able to really update.

Ash, me and Branden in Magic Kingdom

We went to Orlando for Christmas and it was great. My cousin and her family came over from Dubai and it was so awesome seeing her. She has two beautiful boys and I do mean beautiful. These kids are insanely good looking. The 2 year old Max has these insane blue eyes and gorgeous tan skin. Both boys have long eye lashes and just sweet faces. I can't believe she is a Mom. She never wanted children but now she has two.

Ashley with all her niece and nephews

We went to Magic Kingdom on the 23rd and it was a lot of fun. Ace was such a good boy. I got so many compliments on what a great baby he is which made me very proud. My brother's family also met up with us and their baby Gavin who is about 2 months younger then Ace is almost the same size as him. He is such a peanut. Both the babies were great and all the kids had fun. That night we went to Celebration because it "snows" every hour at night and by snow they mean foam. It was really cute. We got out there with Ace and he kept looking around like what is this!? We got some cute pictures of that night.

Tree in Celebratio

The next day we went to Epcot and it was so hot. I couldn't believe it. We got through the park pretty fast because we got there when it opened and then left early. We later went to my Aunt and cousin's hotel pool and hung out with a lot of my other cousins from my Mom's side and Aunts and Uncles. Unfortunately my sweet angel baby turned into a pissed off little guy. He started really teething that night and he was miserable. He had a hard time going to sleep and kept screaming in pain. I felt so awful for him. We had to leave early but it was probably for the best. I wish we could have spent more time with my cousins but thats life. Then when we got to our hotel we had Ace open two presents, he got a silver FAO rattle from my parents which he LOVED! I really wanted it for him because babies just love those old fashion ones.

Christmas Eve 2011

ICE

"Snow" in Celebration

Christmas Eve

This was at a Christmas party the week before we left

5 months old!

Yesterday Ace turned 5 months old! He is such a big boy now. He is such a fun little guy too. He tries to "talk" to us and squeals, laughs, blows bubbles and gurgles. He is really into his hands still and has started bringing toys to his mouth. He loves his Sophie giraffe and round teethers and rings. He still has not rolled over but I am not concerned. I think he just doesn't care to try. When he is on his stomach he kicks his legs and pushes himself forward so I don't think he thinks of turning over and when he is on his back he does turn almost over but then rolls back flat. He will get there.
He also is an amazing sleeper! Last night was the first time he slept from 8:30 to 7:40 without getting up at all. He usually gets up around 5 or 6 and then will sleep till about 8:30 or 9 but I was surprised he went that long. He also can be put in his crib and will usually just fall asleep with little to no fussing. Just now I was holding him and he was getting sleepy so I just laid him in his crib with his blankie (I lay it underneath him) and he went right to sleep.
I feel incredibly blessed to have such a good baby. The first 8 weeks were rough. I never imagined he would be this easy going and happy. I just love him so much.