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it’s a long drive from minnesota
Ashley, Mike and Atti, Nov 9, 2009
Ashley and Mike were here this past weekend to visit us and Attison. They left Minnesota Friday afternoon and drove pretty much straight through, arriving at our house Saturday morning. They were in town for 3 nights, and spent Atti’s every waking moment and then some with us.
Ashley is about 22 weeks pregnant now. This one is a boy ~ he’s due March 1, 2010. Attison was 3 weeks early, so we’ll see how things go with this one. I think this pregnancy is pretty much the opposite of Attison’s. Atti carried very high under Ashley’s ribs ~ this one is so low that Ashley can place Attison on top of her “belly” and carry Atti around. This child is quite rambunctious and has given Ashley fits from the start ~ Atti was fairly mellow. The first pregnancy is always slower to show, but Ashley didn’t really need maternity clothes until about 7 months. She’s already wearing her maternity clothes at 5 1/2 months pregnant this time ~ she’s concerned they might be so small by the end of this pregnancy that she won’t be able to wear them! Of course I laughed at her on that one ~ if you’ve ever met Ashley in person, you’ll understand why I laughed. The girl is ssooooo tiny, and has such a tiny bone structure, that it’s next to impossible to imagine her too chunky to fit into her maternity clothes. She has gained a good amount of weight so far, but for her that’s an extremely GOOD thing. She was down around 85 pounds again when she got pregnant, and was way too thin. Her doctor has told her to eat every high calorie food she can get her hands on, and to keep eating them. (Must be nice!!) That’s not a piece of advice any doctor has ever given me! Ashley definitely got her metabolism from her father’s side…
Attison loved having Mike and Ashley here ~ she played, and played, and played some more with them. Their stay was short, but it was a good beginning. Atti and Ashley haven’t seen each other since the very beginning of July; it didn’t take very long for Attison to warm up to Ashley and Mike. Once they sat down in her room and played with her, trying on her plastic mixing bowl “hats” and bouncing the ball with her, she knew she had them wrapped around her little finger. It’s hard not to be wrapped around Atti’s little finger though ~ she’s a sweet little girl who’s very cute! (Spoken like a true grandparent, no?)
I’m not sure how soon Ashley and Mike will be able to come back down to Arkansas. We don’t have anything set as of yet. It’s a very long drive from Minnesota to Arkansas, even when you’re young and can take long hours of driving like that. There are several other factors that have to be considered as well, especially given that Ashley is pregnant and Mike needs his job to support his growing family.
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