Zacky-Po-Packy

Zack sure is growing up fast. He smiles every time I talk to him. I wish all of my kids smiled when I said hello to them. I love how easy going he is, just like his dad. Every time I change his diaper he laughs. His sides are so ticklish. He is my most active baby. I know that he will be running around the house before I know it. My mom tells him that he looks more like Andrew then Andrew looks like Andrew. My little boy is such a joy. I am so thankful that he is in our family. We call him Po-pack. Emma started to call him Zacky-po-packy when he was first born, and the name has just stuck.

The summer has blown by, and I have so much I want to blog about. The sad part is... I no longer have the internet. I only get the chance when I make time to go to my moms. So here is a little update.

Krista--My little girl just turned two. My how the time flies. She is such a joy in my life. I find myself just sitting back and watching her all of the time. Her smile is contages. She has been keeping me very busy this summer. She loves to take all her clothes off and run around the house in the nude. I don't love this so much, but she seams to be winning the battle.


My Zacky-po-packy-- I sure do love this little boy. He is so much fun and such a good boy. He is really getting to be fun. He loves to play patty-cake and laughs at me all the time. I love to see him smile. He looks so much like his daddy did when he was a baby. My mom tells me he looks more like Andrew then Andrew looks like Andrew. I can't belive how fast he is growing up. I feer that before I know it, he will be off on his mission and trying to conquer the world.

Andrew and I took the kids to the Zoo for Kristas birthday. Krista was being a monkey while looking at the monkeys.

On the 14th of June Andrew blessed our little boy.

We had such a wounderful day. Ron and Becky (Andrew's parents) came down to be apart of Zacks day. My parents, the kids at home, Steve, and Deven and their families all came. We had good food and a wounderful blessing.

Andrew did such a great job blessing his little boy. It has been so much fun watching Andrew care for and play with Zack. He has always been good with his girls, but I can tell that Zack has a special place in his Dads heart.

Zack looked like such a big boy in his blessing suit. Grandma did such a good job on the vest and pants. She has always made each of our children their blessing day clothes. They are very lucky kids to have such a loving Grandma.

Baby boy blue!!

I love having Zack as part of our family. He is such a good little boy, he hardly makes a noise. Only little squeeks when he wants fed. I have really been blessed with baby #4. Enjoy a few pitures of our boy.

BLUE

Today as I was getting the girls dressed I noticed that I had put them all in blue. Then I started to dress Zack and of course I put him in blue. We then thought it would be a great day to go take family pictures. We did the best we could. Zack was great, he slept the whole time. Emma only pouted half the time. Jessica was the best, but wanted to pick all the flowers at the temple. Krista just wanted to run and jump. She would not sit for a picture. We had a great day and did end up getting a few good shots.

Zack is growing more and more every day, but boy is he cute. He sure looks good in dark blue. He is a great sleeper(for a new born) and loves his sisters. I never knew how much a little boy would fill a void in our home. He is a very special spirit.

Krista always makes me smile. She is so funny and energetic. She loves to jump ( and can really jump well for a 2 year old), she jumps all day long. She had so much fun playing in the gate at the temple. We couldn't pass up such a cute picture.
Jessica is a great helper. She loves to hold Zack. She gets me burp rags, diapers, wipes, and any thing else I ask for. She is always talking about when Zack grows up and becomes her big brother. I keep telling her that he will never be her big brother, but she just doesn't get it.

Emma loves to pose for pictures. She is also a very big help, but not the little momma that Jessica is. She is more help with Krista as I try to care for Zack. I am so grateful to have her as my first child. She always wants things just right. Having any thing out of place drives her crazy. It is very helpful to me. She keeps things picked up and in the right place.

First Born Son

Our son has finally arrived!!

Zackery Wade Ashby

Date: 7 May 2009

Time: 11:49am

Weight: 6 lbs 15.4 ozs

Length: 20"

Come what MAY!!!

On the first day of May I was so happy to know that the month I will have this baby has finally come. It had been a long few weeks, and I needed a break, one last adventure. Andrew and I thought it would be a fun (yet dumb) idea to take the kids to the zoo. I have wanted to go to the zoo for weeks, but being large with child the time had never seemed right. Even though it was a dumb idea we went for it. At 1:00 friday afternoon we loaded up the kids and hit the road.

Utah's Hogle Zoo

Emma wanted a picture with this big elephant the moment we walked into the zoo. The kids had so much fun listening to it play a little song and then shoot air out of its nose.

Emma, Jessica, Krista with the Aardema boys Benson, Porter, and Tanner

Emma & Benson

Future engagement picture?

Tanner & Krista

"Our Little Monkeys looking at the big monkey"

All in all it was a successful day, I would say that it measured up to the girls expectations. It was a joy to see the expressions on the girls faces as they explored each exhibit. It was a good day to be at the zoo, with the weather, not many people were there. We had free run of the place. One last grand adventure before our next challenge...the new bundle of joy.