Well it finally happened!

Last night Ashlyn and I were laying in my bed watching some t.v and getting ready to go to bed. When out of nowhere Ashlyn starts throwing up all of the food she had eaten that night, which included the spaghetti I had made for dinner (I don't think I need to say anymore). Jarom and I just looked at each other as she continued to throw up all over our bed. I knew this day would come, but up until now she had never thrown up anything but milk. The smell was over powering, and since I have gotten pregnant I gag at the slightest smell. You can imagine the scene, I am trying to comfort our puking baby while gagging myself. Let's just say Jarom really stepped up to the plate. He hosed off our child, cleaned the chunks off of our bed, and then put all of our bedding in the washing machine while I stood a safe distance away. After Jarom was done cleaning Ashlyn up she was back to her usually self. I guess we will see what happens today!

Fall Fun

For Family Home Evening this week, we had a lot of fun decorating our pumpkins we had picked out at the pumpkin patch. Ashlyn was so excited to be able to finally decorate her pumpkin with her crayons and stickers that she picked out.

While Jarom was taking all the insides of his pumpkin out he tried to show Ashlyn what he was doing. She wanted nothing to do with it. Every time he tried to show her she kept saying "no no no" each time getting a little louder. If you look closely at the picture below you can see she is telling Jarom no.

This was the finished project. It was a lot of fun, and definitely the start of a family tradition.

Ashlyn & Daddy

This picture was so cute I couldn't resist posting it.

Ashlyn loves her daddy so much. When she wakes up in the morning Jarom is already at work, but every morning without fail the first thing she asks me is "Where's daddy" which is then repeated like a hundred times a day. It is so nice to see how much they love each other.

Pumpkin Patch

This weekend we took Ashlyn to the Pumpkin Patch. It is so much fun now that Ashlyn is a little bit older and could understand what we were doing.

She wasn't too sure about standing in the giant pumpkin. If you look closely you can she her head in the pumpkin's nose.

Ashlyn was amazed at the size of this pumpkin!

We finally found the perfect Ashlyn sized pumpkin.

We had such a fun day!

Los Angeles Zoo

This fall break we also took a trip with our friends Seth and Emily and their kids Nathan and Audrey to the Los Angeles Zoo. It was so much fun to see how excited Ashlyn got over every animal. Here are a few of Ashlyn's favorite animals of the day.

At the end of the day we asked Ashlyn which animal was her favorite, and her reply was "the animals". I guess she just couldn't pick.

Hawaii

One of the reasons that Jarom took a new job teaching math over at Apple Valley High School was fall break, and this fall break made the move over worth it. The three of us took a trip to Kaua'i, Hawaii with Jarom's parents, his sister Jessica and her husband Todd. It was so much fun! Here are a few snap shots from our trip.

There are waterfalls all over Kaua'i and these quickly became one of Ashlyn's favorite parts of her trip.

She learnt to say the word waterfall (or "Wat-er-fall" in Ashlyn language) and when ever she saw a waterfall she would get so excited.

One of the days we were in Hawaii we took a boat trip to Fern Grotto. This is Ashlyn waiting to catch the boat. Ashlyn loves to wear Jarom's hat so she gave Jarom her hat and took his!

Ashlyn was so excited about the boat ride she kept saying "boat boat" that was until the boat started moving then she was a little unsure about the boat ride, as you can tell by the look on her face.

Fern Grotto was fun. It is a cave where on the outside of the cave the ferns are growing downwards all over the cave.

While we were there Ashlyn found a "meow" and as those are one of her favorite animals she had to go say hi.

One of the coolest parts of being in Hawaii is you get to see the coolest things. For instance we took a trip to the beach, and just laying on the sand was a monk seal, and then a few minutes later a sea turtle came out of the water and laid on the beach. How cool!

On one of our day trips we drove up to Waimea Canyon which is also known as the Grand Canyon of Hawaii. As you can see it is a pretty impressive view, once you make it up to the top!

For dinner one night we ate at the Beach House. The restaurant is right on the beach. This is Jarom and Ashlyn during dinner as the sunsets behind them. Pretty cool!

We went to Po'ipu beach (the same beach where we saw the seal and turtle) the water was so clear you could see the fish swimming right by you. Ashlyn had so much fun she didn't want to get out of the water.

We also got to see the Spouting Horn.

Lastly I couldn't write about our trip to Hawaii without including the Roosters (or "roostiff" if you were talking to Ashlyn) The roosters are all over Kaua'i which at first is kinda fun seeing them all over the place that is until they are cock-a-doodle-doo-ing at 4am outside your door, but even with the interrupted sleep we had an awesome time. A big thank you to Jarom's parents for letting us all tag along with them we had a really great time.

Today we got to meet the newest addition to the Viehweg family.

He or She is due March 23rd 2009.