Hey Ash,

  I must say I love your site and the pictures. They are just so cute!! Tell Zoey I can't wait to see her. LOVE YOU GUYS!

Hi Ashley,

Love the pictures. Need to add the ones at the top to the slide show.They are so cute. I think I missed Octobers. That's mom for you.

It gives me warm fuzzies to know that Brielle and Zoey will grow knowing each othere and  be BFF.

These are the most recent pictures! I'll keep adding more as I get them!

Hello,

 How are you doing?hope all is well with you and family,I am sorry I  didn't inform you about my traveling to England for a Seminar..

 I need a favor from you because I misplaced my wallet on my way to the  hotel where my money,and other valuable things were kept I will like  you to assist me with a soft loan urgently with the sum of $2,500 US  Dollars to sort-out my hotel bills and get myself back home.

 I will appreciate whatever you can afford and i'll pay you back as soon as I return,Kindly let me know if you can be of help? so that I can  send you the Details to use when sending the money through western  union.

 Thanks

So... fall is here and we're enjoying the cool weather. Marty is still battling unemployment like many others around here, we're faithful though that something will come soon enough. Marty has been doing a lot of painting jobs and he's getting really good at it, if all else fails he might be able to start his own business. Hopefully it won't come to that.

Zoey is soooo big. She is becoming a very independent little girl, who can't get enough of her daddy! I think Marty enjoys being the center of her world, maybe its a good thing he's home so much?!? 

We have had our big ultrasound and around Feb 12th we are expecting a baby boy! Marty and I are very excited! We never would have never guessed the decorating would be so much harder!

I have put some new pictures in the sept/oct album and have posted a new video...make sure and check them out!

~Love Ya~

  Ashley

I'm a little behind, and it's time for dinner so this wont be long! We've been so busy, and I've been exhausted! Zoey is now a year old and she is a very energetic little girl. She trying to talk, but nothing too much yet, she's still just babbling away. I'm sure it will come soon enough. Just in case anyone hasn't heard yet, Marty and I are expecting to add one more the family! February 12th is the day and we can't wait! We're both very excited, we know Zoey will be a great big sister. We'll try to keep you updated, but dinner is waiting so I'll post again later. ~Love ya~ Ashley

MAKE SURE TO CHECK OUT THE NEW PICS IN JULY/AUG

It's June now and finally hot outside! Lots of things have changed. Zoey is now walking. Check it out on our new movie page! Marty is doing lots of side jobs, and loving being able to stay home with Zoey. He's beginning to wonder how he will go back to work. He's convinced he will miss her like crazy. I guess it's needless to say that I think Zoey will miss him more, She's kind of a daddy's girl! We've been to the zoo millions of times, Zoey loves to look at all the animals! Today Zoey got to play in her new pool for the first time. We didn't think we were ever going to get her in the house. We're starting to plan Zoey's first birthday party, so exciting! I'll post a date as soon as we get it all figured out! Have a great summer and take care! ~Love Ya~ Ashley

P.S. Emily got me some babtism pics, so I've posted those in the May pics. Thanks Em

We had a lot going on this month but, my camera isn't always working, so I'll get more pics on soon! **Emily and Beppy I need pictures from Zoey's babtism, Please** Maybe next month I'll have more time for updates. ~Love ya~ Ashley

Lots of new things have come so far this spring. Zoey is now crawling like crazy, she pulls up, and is making all kinds of attempts to take a step. She has also started saying mama, it's so sweet. I think Zoey has fallen in love with the baby goats and just being outside enjoying the nice weather. She gets super excited anytime we take her outside and throws a fit everytime we have to go back in. Zoey also now has a tooth, and is working on the second one! It's amazing how much she has changed in just the last week. Marty and I definitely have our hands full. We hope everyone is enjoying the first of spring as much as we are. Love Ya ~Ashley~

It's been a crazy month! I'm working full-time and searching for a job as a CMA. I've decided I should probably be working in the career that I went to school for. I've had several interviews, and it really hasn't been long enough to say wether I have a job or not. I'm still waiting for a call! Marty is also still searching for a job, he's put out a ton of applications and hasn't gotten a call yet. Michael is now helping him out, he's written some recomendation letters through Bristol Meyers, so hopefully Marty will be hearing something soon.

Zoey is getting really big, she's 7 months old now, and up to 17 lbs. She hasn't started crawling, but she's really close. She's getting good at scooting around so I have a feeling that crawling will be put on hold for a while. No teeth yet, but they've got to be here soon, the last week has been awful. she's never been so fussy! Zoey is starting to notice things a lot more and you can now tell when she's having a good time. Her favorite things we've done this month would have to be her first trip to the zoo, and our night out with all of my old vet office friends. We've added lots of new pictures so be sure to check them out! ~Love ya~ Ashley

Well...We've had our first snow.Zoey loves it and so does Violet. Violet has had a ton of baths to defrost her.She doesn't mind though as soon as we open the doors shes right out in it again. Zoey had fun watching Violet run through the snow like a mad dog!

Zoey now has a cute little giggle she laughs at just about anything. Her favorite is watching the dog and the cat play. She laughs almost everytime. She's sitting up on her own and learning to drink from a sippy cup. Shes now on stage 2 foods and is loving all the mixes, she had chicken with squash and corn tonight, yumm. She's so much fun to feed! We're all learning so much together. Marty and I are loving the family life! Take care ~Love Ya~ Ashley

Well... I guess most of you have heard about Marty's job loss right after christmas. It's going to make things really tight around here for a while, but I'm back to work full time and Marty is enjoying the extra time with Zoey. He's on the search and things are looking pretty promising, he know's many people and they all want to help him find a good job. Our hopes are high and we're sure something better will come of this. The lay off didn't stop us from having a great time New Years Eve. We went to Bethany, Alan, and Brielle's house. The girls loved playing with all the noise makers and trying to eat the cardboard hats. We ate lots of good food, and Marty and Alan played old school sega NBA Jams for hours.

Zoey is changing so much. She can sit by herself now, and doesn't mind too much being on her belly. She is interested in everything. I think her favorite thing is petting Tank and Violet. They don't seem to mind it to much either. She's eating baby food now and is not afraid to let you know when she is hungry. We can't believe all the changes she has made already and are looking forward to the many more to come. ~Happy New Year~ Ashley

P.S. We have changed our site a little and the pictures are now on another page. You can get there by clicking in the pictures tab above.

Zoey had a great first Christmas even though she was sick the whole time. She loved all the lights and the ribbon and bows on the packages! She got lots and lots of toys and she loves to sit and watch mommy and daddy play with them. Zoey got her first cold during Christmas. She couldn't breathe through her nose so mommy had to sleep in her floor and be on "paci patrol". She's much better now.

Marty and I also had a very good christmas. We got a new samsung digital cam and have most of Zoeys first christmas on tape! I can't wait until she's older and watches the tape over and over. Marty also bought me a diamond heart necklace! It's so pretty, he's such a good daddy and husband! We've been really busy trying to get everything put back together and we're headed over to Bethany and Allans tonight to celebrate the New Year. I don't think the craziness will ever stop! Hope you had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! ~Love Ya~ Ashley

This weekend after doing all of our christmas shopping we had our first christmas gathering. Zoey got to meet lots of new family, and open her first christmas presents. She did really well getting passed around by everyone, I think she kinda enjoyed it. When she got her first present she was really excited and couldn't wait to get it to her mouth, her favorite part was the wrapping paper. yay! She's played with the toys though and she likes them too, hah. We had a long evening and woke up early Sunday for some baking. Zoey didn't want to have any part of that so mommy did most of the baking and daddy was on baby duty. He did a really good job! Merry Christmas! ~Love Ya~ Ashley

P.S. Mom, you can get those family pics off here just add them to your cart and have them shipped to you.

Well...Zoey has her ears pierced! Thursday I got brave and took her to wal-mart, no where else around here seems to pierce babies ears. She was such a big girl, only about 30 sec worth of crying. They look so good, and she looks like a little girl...yay! Thursday night she didn't sleep very well, so in one of my many pacifier runs she had rolled over in her crib! It wasnt a fluke either Saturday night Abbey caught her doing it again! She's getting so big, soon we'll be chasing her!  Friday night Zoey got to go to her first basketball game. She loved watching all the people run back and forth down the court chasing the ball, it kept her content most of the evening. We went to the game to see Abbey in homecoming court. She looked so pretty, you'll have to check out the pics! Saturday was a big day too because aunt Emily and aunt Abbey came over to spend the day while Marty and Michael went camping. Yes...they know they are crazy. Only half of their wood would burn and they got rained on at about 4:45 in the morning because they are to manly to use a tent. Sunday we had to take Abbey back home and we had a nice afternoon relaxing by the fire. We had had enough excitement for one weekend. Take care ~Love ya~

It's December...burrr... Zoey has seen her first snow, even though it was just flurries, the ground was almost white. She's had her first picture with santa, and been to her first Christmas in New Harmony. Bethany and Brielle went with us to Christmas in New Harmony. We had a good time getting the girls pictures with santa, watching the parade, and checking out the stores with Emily and Abbey. 

I think her favorite thing that has happened this month though is getting her highchair. She loves the highchair. The kitchen has always been her favorite place in the house, and now she actually has somewhere to sit to watch mommy and daddy cook! She loves it.

Zoey has also had one more first this month she stayed with cousin Brielle one evening so mommy and daddy could go to Michael and Ginas' Christmas party. It was quite a night, she was exhausted and slept from about 8pm to 730 am. Yay... Happy Holidays! ~Love ya~ Ashley

We've had a lot going on lately. Zoey had her four month checkup. She's growing like crazy, up to 14lbs 12oz and 23 3/4 in. long! thats the 75% percentile...whoa...She did really well with her shots this time, only one big cry and then immediately into a looong nap. I still felt so sorry for her though. We finally got all of our leaves picked up out of the yard and all of our Christmas up. Zoey loves the tree and our fiber optic snowman, we haven't decided which one she likes better yet. After that busy weekend it was Zoey's first Thanksgiving. We first went to My cousin Holly's to eat with my family and then home for a Gray family Thanksgiving. Most of the family at Holly's was meeting Zoey for the first time. She did so well...she was completely content the whole time she was meeting everyone and then took a nap so mommy and daddy could eat right along with everyone else. My family was so excited to finally meet her, I'm sure she loved it too! After our Thanksgiving at Holly's we went home to Marty's parents. There we had dinner with Jim, Lois, Mike, Gina, Gina's Parents, John and Patsy, and don't forget Vinny and Violet. The food was Delish! We had a really good time, Zoey hadn't seen grandma and grandpa for a long time so they had lots of catching up to do. After a long day it was home to a full nights sleep! (that doesn't happen very often) ~Love ya~ Ashley

P.S. Mom, you have to look in the Nov. album.

We don't really have very much going on now...I just wanted to share our newest pictures. Zoey is a huge Chicago Bears fan, and she couldn't wait to show off her Sunday outfit. Check out our new pics! ~Love ya~ Ashley

These past weeks have been really busy! The Evansville Fall Festival was last week and Marty works right in the middle of it. Zoey and I made several afternoons of visiting daddy. We had lots of really good food. We shared strombolis, philly cheese steaks, texas cheese fries, fried oreos, and fried green beans, yummm...good thing we don't eat like that all the time! Last weekend I decided to get my hair permed so that maybe, just maybe I'll actually have time to fix it in the morning! Check out the before and after pics under the October pics. We have also bought Zoey a bumbo seat. It's the coolest thing! Babies can actually sit up in it on their own! Her head is still a little to heavy for her though.I think it will only be a couple more weeks and the bumbo will be Zoey's best friend. Hope all is well~ Love ya~ Ashley

We're staying really busy these days. Family reunions, weddings, Bears football, and big Kunstfest weekends have about worn us out. I've gone back to Deaconess to work as supplemental help (about 2 days a week, more or less as needed), so Marty is getting his one on one daddy time. I'm sure he's enjoying it and there's always a good bath time or poop story when I come home. When Marty is not able to stay home with Zoey my mom is coming over to watch her. She loves it too, only her stories have involved spit up all over the place! All the joys a baby brings! I'm enjoying being back to work, it's nice to get out of the house and see my friends. Most of them had babies around the same time I did, so now we have lots to talk about! We went to the big NH this weekend for Kunstfest, the towns’ German festival. It was a really nice time. Marty and I got to see a lot of our old friends. They're all doing really well! We also got to see Lois' banners, I'm sure her face will never be forgotten! Check it out in the Sept. album. Violet and Vinny also got to go to Kunstfest, when Zoey got tired of the stroller they took advantage of it. They were a hit riding around together checking everything out! That's about all the excitement I have for the past couple weeks, I'm sure there's more to come. ~Love ya~ Ashley

We have been so busy with Zoey. She hardly moves yet but somehow we already can barely keep up. We're working on a schedule, but it's not going very well. Zoey likes to do things her way. Her way isn't too bad though, we still get some sleep. Zoey has started smiling now and she loves watching her daddy. You can already tell she's daddy's little girl! She's learning new things every day and growing like a weed! We'll keep you updated with any NEWS! Love Ya!