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I just had Tony do it from his phone to verify it works, I think the issue most of you were having was you weren't doing the first step and instead trying to comment from the main page. Good luck, I know you guys can do it!!!

xoxo
Ashlea
 

Tony turns 28!!

 Tony had a birthday last week, he turned 28 :)

He is the hardest person to buy for, he doesn't want much and what he wants he just gets throughout the year so like our anniversary we typically do something rather than do gifts. When I asked him this year what he wanted, he knew exactly what he wanted to do - animal safari.

There is a great one here in Huntsville that me, Bean and the kids went to last summer when they came down to visit. Tony couldn't come because of work so he has wanted to go back ever since. Anyone who knows Tony knows his love for animals of all kinds.

So today we ventured out on our animal safari, we had perfect weather and a great time. Afterwards he got to choose lunch, he chose Chik-fil-a. Its the simple things in life :)

Welcomed by a peacock

Mini horse

Disgusting :)

A very friendly camel

Alpaca

Ram

A GIANT bison that Tony and I decided to drive on past 

Tony couldn't even get his hand out of the window to feed this zebra, he stuck his head right into the car and into the feed bucket

We loved the baby

Snake in the reptile house

Look at those chompers!

Long horn

One of the cool things about this place is that after you do the drive through part you can get out and walk around the reptile house and a mini zoo like place with monkeys and peacocks.

This guy sits with his mouth open with a fake pink "lure" attached to the inside of his mouth and when a curious fish comes buy to grab the lure - chomp the turtle has his lunch.

Beautiful white and blue peacock

Its a hard life.....

One of Tony and I's all time favorite animals, the ring tailed lemur!

This guy was either mating or being territorial because he had gotten on top of that little house and was hollering away

Here is to another year of awesomeness for Tony, Happy Birthday!!!!!!

xoxo
Ashlea

Daughter Poem

I have come across this poem a few times since I found out I am having a daughter. I love it. So I wanted to share it. Thank you Tina Fey for the true-ness and funniness of this poem.

First, Lord: No tattoos. May neither Chinese symbol for truth nor Winnie-the-Pooh holding the FSU logo stain her tender haunches.

May she be Beautiful but not Damaged, for it’s the Damage that draws the creepy soccer coach’s eye, not the the Beauty.

When the Crystal Meth is offered,

May she remember the parents who cut her grapes in half

And stick with Beer.

Guide her, protect her

When crossing the street, stepping onto boats, swimming in the ocean, swimming in pools, walking near pools, standing on the nearby subway platform, crossing 86th Street, stepping off of boats, using mall restrooms, getting on and off escalators, driving on country roads while arguing, leaning on large windows, walking in parking lots, riding Ferris wheels, roller-coasters, log flumes, or anything called “Hell Drop,” “Tower of Torture,” or “The Death Spiral Rock N’ Zero G Roll featuring Aerosmith,” and standing on any kind of balcony ever, anywhere, at any age.

Lead her away from Acting but not all the way to Finance.

Something where she can make her own hours but still feel intellectually fulfilled and get outside sometimes

And not have to wear high heels.

What would that be, Lord? Architecture? Midwifery? Golf course design? I’m asking You because if I knew, I’d be doing it, Youdammit.

May she play the Drums to the fiery rhythm of her Own Heart with the sinewy strength of her Own Arms, so she need Not Lie With Drummers.

Grant her a Rough Patch from twelve to seventeen.

Let her draw horses and be interested in Barbies for much too long,

For Childhood is short — a Tiger Flower blooming

Magenta for one day —

And Adulthood is long and Dry-Humping in Cars will wait.

O Lord, break the Internet forever,

That she may be spared the misspelled invective of her peers

And the online marketing campaign for Rape Hostel V: Girls Just Wanna Get Stabbed.

And when she one day turns on me and calls me a Bitch in front of Hollister,

Give me the strength, Lord, to yank her directly into a cab in front of her friends,

For I will not have that Shit. I will not have it.

And should she choose to be a Mother one day, be my eyes, Lord,

That I may see her, lying on a blanket on the floor at 4:50 a.m., all-at-once exhausted, bored, and in love with the little creature whose poop is leaking up its back.

“My mother did this for me once,” she will realize as she cleans feces off her baby’s neck.

“My mother did this for me.” And the delayed gratitude will wash over her as it does each generation and she will make a Mental note to call me. And she will forget.

But I’ll know, because I peeped it with Your God eyes.

Amen.

Tina Fey

xoxo

Ashlea 

DIY Chair Make Over

This past weekend I finally got around to redoing our office chair that we have upstairs at the computer desk. It was super easy and makes such a difference in the room! Here is a little tutorial on how I did it.

First you have to acquire a really ugly folding chair, like this one.....

 

 This beauty became ours after our super comfy, leather, highback back office chair got shredded to ribbons by a certain someone......

 

Back to the makeover, so once you have your ugly folding chair, flip it over and unscrew the screws holding the "cushion" to the frame. Next spray paint the whole thing, I did 2 coats giving about 2 hours to fully dry in between coats. I had already chosen my cushion fabric so I got a grey paint to match.

Almost done! Just lay out your fabric, cut to size with a couple inches of extra around the edges. Use a staple gun and staple the fabric to cushion, I folded it under just like I was wrapping a present.

And reassemble!

 

See? How easy is that! It looks like a brand new chair and cost a whole $2 for the spray paint and $2 for the fabric that I got out of the extras bin at Joanns.


Also the latest belly picture is in :)

We are off to baby shower #2 this weekend in DC with Tony's side of the family, we are so happy to be seeing everyone twice in one month! Its such a treat for us. Next week is my Spring Break so hopefully I will get some more projects done to share and a super clean house!

xoxo
Ashlea