My Family

Nana Dee lifts Violet while she has those great baby stretches I love! That's one of my favorite memories of Ashton!

Nana Dee and Violet

Dad and the kids

Violet Smiles!

Who doesn't love first baby smiles?! Violet actually looks chunky! She might top the scales at almost 8 pounds now!

Ashton's new do

Finally got Ashton out for a haircut. The stylist put in a faux hawk. It was cute while it lasted.

Putting the bumbo seat to use

Ashton and Violet

Poor Violet doesn't quite look ready for the Bumbo seat yet

Ashton sure has made good use of the Bumbo seat. I think we might need to get him a big boy seat so that Violet can actually use it!

Watch Her Grow

Violet - newborn picture with Pooh

A day at the park

The rain is coming back to Fresno so we ventured out of the house to enjoy the 80 degree weather. I actually was able to brave the outside world with help from my Mom. She is here for the next 2 weeks and I hope to get a lot accomplished, including getting some good outside time for Ashton.

This has to be the cutest darn picture!

Violet was such a good baby and slept the whole time Ashton played!

More dancing with Nana Dee

Ashton gives kisses

It's so cute when Ashton gives Violet kisses. I was able to catch it on video. I wonder how long this will last?!

Lots of afternoon dancing

If you notice, there is a baby also dancing on the TV. He was break dancing so I think that was Ashton's inspiration to sideways dancing.

Ashton dancing

Ashton was so funny today. He just loved dancing around the living room. It is so hilarious!

Animal noises

Ashton can make animal noises and is putting phrases together now. His favorite is "Where did it go?" which of course I am still trying to catch on video.

The kids

Attempting to get a picture of Violet

Ashton shows us where his nose is

Ashton and Nana Dee

Ashton graduates to a forward facing carseat!

Photo Session

I only got a few shots off before Violet got hungry. Hopefully I can try again later. I also hope to take the Pooh Bear pictures soon!!

Ashton loves his sister!

Ashton surprised us by lovingly accepting his baby sister into our family. I was surprised to see him giving her kisses on her first day home!

Touching her hand!

Proud big brother!

I'm not sure if anything is more precious!

Poor Violet had Ashton snot all over her once he was done!

Ashton trying to hold baby Violet with Dad.

Do they look alike?

Baby Ashton

Baby Violet

I wonder what she will look like when she grows up!!

Violet Rose is born!

Baby Girl Besmer was born a little over 2 weeks early with a little drama. Matt went to Washington DC for work and thankfully my parents were here "just in case." Well, little did we know the just in case would end up being a thank goodness! I started having some contractions on Saturday but not regular. We were running around doing tons of last minute chores before the baby was born and around 7pm the regular contractions started. By Sunday ~4am, they were less than 10 minutes apart so my Mom and I headed to the hospital. We go to the hospital and I was already 5cm dilated with my water intact which was a savior! I say savior because had my water broken, I would have progressed through labor quickly and Matt would have missed the birth. Fortunately, the baby tolerated the labor well, I stayed at 8cm for 4 hours, and my water stayed intact until Matt arrived at noon. After a few pushes, baby girl Besmer arrived at 1:52pm.

He arrived with an hour to spare!!

My Mom was able to cut the umbilical cord!

6 pounds, 9 ounces and 18 1/2 inches

Dad meets his baby girl and thanks her for waiting for him to get here before making her entrance!

Chunky in comparison to when Ashton was born

Ashton meets his baby sister. He loves to say "baby" and point to her.

Proud parents!

The Besmer Family!

She was so alert for the first couple of hours! After a day of debate, she is finally named Violet Rose!

Family Photo Session

Dad and Ashton

Parker made it in with the family!

My favorite family pic!

Happy Easter!

We made a quick stop at Grandma Nina's house for Easter. Ashton scored his 1st Easter basket full of bubbles and bath toys! Ashton enjoyed bubbles with Nina and Jenn.

It's so funny how amazed Ashton gets with bubbles. It gets him every time!

Then it was off to Ma-mah and Papa Besmer's house! Ashton got his 2nd Easter basket and had his 1st Easter egg hunt. Good thing Ma-mah only hid 5 eggs. It was SO cold!

The plastic eggs were full of candy! Ashton quickly discovered the fun in shaking them up!

He was so proud when he found the eggs! It was so cute! Every time he found one, he would run and point out "ball." Too bad he couldn't figure out how to hold more than two eggs at a time!

Poor guy tried carrying 3 eggs at a time. Unfortunately he lost the candy is most of the eggs... he was still so full of candy he was running in circles by the end of the day even though he missed out on his afternoon nap!