Both girls at 1 year

Not a fair comparison... Ashlynn's photo is the only picture I have at work around her 1st birthday and Brianna's photo is a professional photo... none the less here they are:

Ashlynn at 1 year



Brianna at 1 year:



The girls together today:

Ashlynn's dance picture

Here it is.... actually I took a picture of a picture with my camera phone... so the quality is terrible. But she's still cute!

Ashlynn's 1st Dance Recital

Hi there! Ashlynn had her first dance recital on Sat. night. It was awesome. My normally shy little girl was dancing and doing her thing. For the finale all 100+ kids from the studio went on stage, she was standing in the front actually dancing.... well sort of. She just bounced a lot and waved her arms in the air, but she danced non the less! I am so proud of her! Here are some pictures from the rehearsal (Fri. night) and recital (Sat. night). There wasn't any good pictures of her in her costume. The dance studio took pictues a couple of weeks ago, so I will post a few of thier's when I get them.


Emily & Brianna at the rehearsal. The rehearsal took 4 1/2 hours. Emily and Cassie stayed with me the whole time! What a great friend!!! I sent David and Brianna home after hour 2!


Ashlynn after recital at 11:10 at night! Poor little girl was exhausted!



She wanted to wear her finale shirt as her PJ's. She looks like she's doing the 'sprinkler' move!

This is how every family should eat dinner....

In a Dora tent of course! Ashlynn's been asking to eat dinner in her Dora tent for a few days, and tonight we gave in.






It was a tight fit, but well worth the laughs we all had. The last picture is of Ashlynn, 'given' me the flex' as David asked her to do.

Weight Watchers - Weeks 3 & 4 and my baby's 1st birthday

Oh a lot to catch up on... I will start with weight watchers (today) and work backwards...
I didn't weight in last week, trust me, it would of been bad! Today I weighed in and I'm up 0.2 pounds. Not terrible, but definitely not great. I just wasted 2 weeks. Arg!
On a happier note: My baby turned 1 on May 9th. We had a birthday party for her on the 10th. It was more for the older kids, but Brianna still had a ball. It always warms my heart to see everyone that attends my daughters' birthday parties. I have several friends that had more than one party to attend that day and they still found time to fit us in. It just means the world to me, especially sense we all know that Brianna won't remember it at all.... To the friends that couldn't make I totally understand how busy our lives are and you can't be in 2 places at once.





This past Sat. was a busy one for the Hightower girls. We had Ashlynn's dance pictures in the morning, a gymnastics showcase at 12:30 and Emily's dance recital that night. Ashlynn had a ball watching all girls dance on stage! She would ask me at each dance if Emily was in it. My hope was that Ashlynn would see how the recital works so when she is faced with it for the first time (in 2 weeks) she won't freeze on stage. And, I think it just might work... keep your fingers crossed for me.

A couple pictures of Ashlynn at the Gymnastic Showcase

She isn't picking... I promise! She is showing me that she is #1!

Mother's Day
Mother's day was perfect. Got up went to church then met the families at Buco de Beppo (one of the many reason's I didn't' weigh in last week). Ashlynn made me this wonderful Mother's Day card at preschool. I thought I would share part of it with everyone.

What can I possible add... Ashlynn summed it up!

Weight Watcher - Week 2

Another week. I was down 4.2 pounds this week!!! I'm down a total of 10.6!!! I'm so freakn' excited!!! David was down 4.2 for a total of 11 pounds. We're on a roll to get rid of our rolls!!!!

1st Hightower Jeep Ride

We had an wonderful time at the cabin this past weekend. Not only did we have our 1st family jeep ride, but we also had our first picnic. It was just awesome. Ashlynn had a ball! She rode with Grandma on the quad for just a little bit. She loves going 4x4ing. It must of been pretty boring because Brianna slept for most of it. I love going to the cabin. I love having my family around. I love creating all these wonderful memories.
Weigh in is tomorrow... wish me luck.