birthday recap

well guys... i'm officially 27. yes, i'm inching my way up to 30. and i don't even wanna talk about that... so, i'll talk about my fabulous birthday week! we started off my birthday with lunch with some of my friends...

amanda with bostyn, me with chandler, ashley with matix, and megan with kole

and just in case you were wondering, you don't have to have a kid to be my friend... although it looks like it here ha ha

then we spent the rest of the day running around... i got some amazing deals on some new work out clothes (score!) and a gold nixon watch. happy birthday to me! then we went to pf changs with my parents for dinner.

aaannnnddddd... have any of you ever tried the banana spring rolls??? bomb. get there and try them... so super good.

then we continued our weekend with a shopping trip to town square mall with courtney, eric and mia.

shopping friends stay friends.

my little fam :)

geisha house for dinner with austin's family. (and i'm terrible... i didn't even get a picture with everyone)

for dessert we tried sweet addiction... custom ice cream cookies... yum!

he loves me :)

my birthday week was a success! great friends, great family, great husband, great life :)

Little fishie

for my birthday weekend, austin, chandler and i took a little trip down to vegas. my birthday always falls on college spring break (which is perfect for austin... and me!) so we decided to take advantage of the nice weather down there for a few days. we had some friends come down with us (their baby girl is just a week and a half older then chandler) so we started our weekend off at a place called hot n juicy crawfish. austin had seen it on man vs food a while back and has been wanting to try it... oh man, courtney and i did not know what we were in for! i'll explain how it works... so first off, the tables are covered in plastic... and you get a plastic bib when you sit down (should've been our first clue). so you order your fish... i got shrimp, austin got clams, eric got crawfish, and courtney... well, courtney got the chicken nugget basket ha ha... but after you pick your fish, you pick your seasoning... then you can add on fries or corn or whatever you want... then... when your food is ready... they bring it to you in a bag! 

and can i just tell you, when i ordered the shrimp, i thought i was getting the normal little shrimp tails... oh no... you get the whole entire shrimp! picking apart the shrimp is not what i had in mind... i don't like to work for my food. but it was actually really good! and a really fun experience.

after that, we decided to go to the red rock hotel to hang out by the pool...

poor chandler... she's still struggling to fit into her clothes... and the bathing suit was the same ordeal... what a little string bean. she didn't like the water at first... but after she sat there for a few minutes, she kinda forgot that she was half way in the water and just looked around.

these two would not cooperate to take a picture together... but they were still so cute that it didn't even matter :)

the boys took a stroll in the pool... and snuck in a little nap too... lucky!

i'm so happy we got to take chandler to the pool... and that courtney, eric and mia got to come down to vegas with us for the weekend... more to come with our weekend birthday trip soon!

a baby blessing

miss chandler kate had her baby blessing in church on sunday, march 10, 2013.

the blessing was beautiful, chandler was beautiful, and there were a lot of family and friends that came to show their support. she's so blessed to have such amazing people around her.

my precious baby girl.

all the family.

proud parents.

 

my family.

 

austin's family.

my mom and i with chandler.

 

5 generations on austin's side. 

grandpa leany.

mikey. (chandler's "godfather" as he calls himself)

chandler and i, emily and her little girl, nixyn.

iphone love

just a few pictures of my little nugget. she is just so precious.

a few things about miss chandler:

- she's totally a morning person... she loves the morning time... she talks and laughs and is all smiles. night time? hah, that's a different story.

-she sleeps from 9pm-8am... and let me tell you... it's the best thing ever.

-she's still in her newborn clothes... at her 2 month check-up, she was a whopping 9 pounds and almost 24 inches long. my littlee string bean.

-she hates socks and shoes... every time i make her wear them, they end up getting kicked off, hiding in her blanket, or on the floor.
-she loves ceiling fans... she just sits and stares at them. and when we turn them on, she gets super excited about it.

for my pictures of my baby c, follow me on instagram @ashleyhunt5

20 minute heart attack

heart attacks are never fun, right? i've never had one (and hope i never do)... but losing your wedding ring isn't very fun either, right? yea, that's what i said. i get the wife of the year award for losing this gorgeous thing.

now on to the good part. how it happened. i guess i could start off by saying that my ring has never fit very tight... i didn't want it to. i mean, it wouldn't just slide right off... but i've never had it stuck on my finger either... so we are in the middle of moving right now... talk about a hassle with a 2 month old baby. so after moving all day, we took austin's friends who helped us move out to dinner at chili's. i had had my ring on all day and remember having it on while at chili's... but when we left, i put chandler in the car, got in the front seat and turned on my car... no ring. i immediatly got tears in my eyes. i frantically dumped out my purse on my seat hoping it was in there... i had my wallet, diapers, wipes, binky's, pens, hair ties, you name it, i had it... but no ring. so i ran back into chili's and started moving tables and chairs like a mad woman... no ring. i found my server and told her what was going on. i don't think she fully understood what kind of ring i was dealing with here cause she told me she would just call me if it turned up. uhh hello?!? i'm about to be divorced here as soon as austin finds out!! (he had already gone back to the house and had no clue what kind of mess i was in)

so my mom (who came up to help with chandler while we moved) runs into chili's and seriously tries to put the place on lockdown. she wasn't about to let anyone leave that place until we found that ring. so i'm rummaging through my purse (again) hoping i missed it the first time. no ring. at this point, i am BAWLING crying... i seiously can't believe this is happening right now. so i get in the back seat to get chandler out (who is crying by now cause she's in the car and we're not moving) and set her on the ground outside my car... i reach back in and check in her carseat base and BAM... my ring!!!!! ugh i could've died. first, cause i found my ring! and second, cause look at that crazy scene we made in chili's. so i run back in and let them know i found my ring (and that my mom could come out of the kitchen... she was searching through food... who's the crazy lady now??) just then, austin walked in, completely oblivious to what was going on thank goodness.

so... all in all, i still have my ring. and i'm still married. and i don't think i'll ever go back to chili's. how embarassing. and it's too bad... i like chili's :)