Ashli Anne

Ashli is feeling a bit deprvied and says that Elli is the only one that I ever blog about. So, I am making the next two days for Ali & Ashli. We will start with Ashli.

From the day Ashli was born she was the sweetest baby. She was content simply being held and cuddled. She was just a very relaxed baby. She had the darkest hair and the most beautiful skin color. Her Great Grandma Swalley said she looked like a papoose.

Ashli had a few medical mishaps when she was born. She was born with a dislocated hip and had to have it put back in place. She also had some stomach problems which continue to this day. Then, when Ash was 3 years old she had to have eye surgery to correct a muscle problem in her eye. She got her first pair of glasses when she was three years old and as soon as she put them on and went outside it was like she was seeing the world for the very first time.

Ashli took her time doing everything. She was not in any hurry to walk or talk. As a matter of fact she did not start talking until she was almost 3 years old. After countless trips to the pediatrician to make sure nothing was wrong, we finally concluded that Ashli didn't need to talk. Her big sister talked enough for both of them. Plus she got whatever she wanted without having to ask for it.
Ashli went through a spell for the longest time when she was afraid of cameras. Really afraid...if you even got a camera out and tried to take her picture she would start screaming. So in a time span of about 3 years....we have ZERO pictures of Ashli. However during that time she also won a baby contest in our county fair. So lots of pictures were taken of her running from the camera. She was so cute...she was the only one wearing little overalls instead of the fancy little dresses that the other girls were wearing.

She was a very shy girl. Those that know her now might never believe that. She was so shy in fact that we could not sing Happy Birthday to her on her Birthdays. She wanted to blow out the candles, but she did not like being sung too. We often wonder if that was because she was shy or because we are terrible singers.

Now...fast forward several years and Ashli has developed into the young lady that she is today.

She loves getting her picture taken.

She makes everyone around her laugh.

She never stops talking.

She still loves to cuddle and is very loveable.

She still is very much a Mommy's girl.

She loves to hang out with her friends and her family.

Ashli is goofy in every sense of the word. Take a look over the years at just some of Ashli's goofiness.

But most of all... Ashli is loved!!