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that is so sweet and cute about her sleeping in her room when her sister is here to share it. i love it. love the pic of her out between the two rooms. that cracks me up and also love the one of her sleeping like a frog, that’s the only way to describe it. precious. they are all great. good for her that she can just sleep anywhere. 
have a great day
Wow, those photos are absolutely adorable! I don’t think my 2.5 year old would ever stop long enough to fall asleep either- except in her crib (i’m not brave enough to give her a big girl bed yet) for naps and bedtime. She is too busy to be still!
I am the youngest in my family, too—the only girl with three older brothers. My brothers shared a bedroom and I was so jealous that they all got to be together and I had to sleep alone. In fact, for MANY years (till I was way too old to admit I was doing it), I would sneak into their room after everyone was asleep and sleep, just so I could be in the same room with them.
Love it…so much sleeping sweetness. Blessings!
I started smiling and then saying ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Is so cuteeeeee
Love her poses to sleep ha ha ha
Firecracker is so cute! I have two little boys and just found out that we’ll be adding another son. My heart longed for a daughter so bad, so the past few days have been difficult. Please don’t misunderstand, I love my boys so much and am so thankful to be having a healthy 3rd, but just had hopes in one day having a daughter. We do not plan on having any more, and I know God has a plan and believes that I am meant to raise 3 Godly men. Your blog inspires me to be a better Mom and hopes that maybe one day we could afford to adopt a sweet little girl who is longing for a family of her own. Thank you.
Love that. There is nothing sweeter than a sleeping child.
I love everything about this post. I’ve always wanted a child who will crash out in the middle of an activity just so I can snap a picture and laugh. So far, I’ve only snapped a few from a car seat. What great memories!
Don’t worry, I don’t get hashtags either I love all these pictures of her sleeping, so sweet. Love that you put fabric on the front of your moby. I have thought several times about gluing or sewing some amy butler on the front of mine…
And…how sweet…she will sleep in her room when she has a sister to share it with?! GOODNESS…so sweet!
That is so sweet. I love looking back at how quickly they go from baby to toddler. My youngest is 13 months now and her head is starting to pop off of her shoulders. The appearance of neck means the end of baby for me. =( And FireCracker reminds me of how my 4 year was/is. She’d nap in the hallway outside her room often. But she is still a ball of energy, right up to the moment she sleeps. It’s like watching a 24/7 spastic dance.
i call my daughter the “toddler tornado” because she is the same way!! so so cute. i love this post.
The photo of her on the blanket right outside the door is quite possibly the funniest thing I have ever seen. So cute. Our middle one is like this…he will be talking and talking and all of a sudden it’s quiet and you look and he’s fallen asleep.
Well, you have 4 so I’m sure you have experienced it all. My 2 1/2 yr old boy is a tornado too but has recently found it difficult to take a nap, no matter how tired he is. I’m a little jealous of your little ones ability to fall asleep anywhere (that one on the floor in b/w rooms is just precious). But, since you are the mom of 4, God only knows how much you really do need firecracker to have her naps. So what a blessing for you! Love these pictures.
I love that she likes to sleep in her brothers’ room. That’s so sweet. (I have 3 brothers too.)
That picture of her sleeping on the floor is fantastic! It looks like she walked through the doorway and dropped!
I would take a million pictures of that sleeping beauty too. Love how she can just sleep on the floor. Firecracker is such a perfect name for her – she burns bright and goes out quickly. Adorable.
Ashley – I started following you blog when firecracker was in the hospital. I couldn’t get over how cute she was, even amidst all the things happening to her. Your blog often brings me smiles, especially your photos of the kids. I have a special place in my heart for firecracker. It’s been a rough week in my life, and these photos made me smile today. They made me feel warm and fuzzy inside. Thank you, for sharing your beautiful family, and their wishes and dreams and your journey. With love, A.
I just love that you share your family with us! She reminds me of my little one everytime I read about her! She is just so cute! What a blessing!
Aww! I love sleeping pictures. My three kids all MUST sleep in their beds, in their rooms, with blackout shades and a sound machine. But at least they sleep right?
Maybe my next child will be able to sleep on the go?
As someone who is not yet a mother, but hopes to be someday, I find this post both hilarious and awesome! I love that she falls asleep anywhere, and that she likes to be near her brothers!
Firecracker looks so sweet sleeping. And it’s beautiful her connection with her sibblings.
May God keep blessing you and your family everyday!
I LOVE these sweet sleeping photos! There is such a sweetness and innocence to little ones when they sleep….I mean, they are sweet when they are awake too of course…but you know what I mean. Those are precious moments to capture.
Gosh she reminds me SO much of my Mercy. She too never stops. She too is a tornado. But i must say her purpose in our family is so evident. When we went through the hardest 2 years of our life we have had this crazy hilarious bundle of joy that makes us laugh all day long. With 7 kids (soon to be 
mine always fall asleep somewhere random. I do try to lay her down but somedays she wont stop until she is ready. Just like a tornado:)
Oh! I can just feel how warm & squishy she is, and hear her even breathing…. these pictures are the next best thing to holding a sleepy toddler body myself. ?
With my son, I sooooo wanted him to sleep in his bed. And now that is the ONLY place he will sleep. For real. While I’m grateful that he does sleep so well in his bed, I sometimes wish that he could sleep other places too. I guess with children you just pick your poison, eh? Love the pictures. She clearly just runs out of steam…
She is adorable. I feel like I have her personality twin as a daughter, and she is about to have a baby sister to share a room with!
The last statement completely melted my heart. ♥ I also have a little tornado that came sleep anywhere at anytime (except her beautifully constructed bedroom) What is it with little girls & not wanting to sleep in their gorgeous bedrooms? (probably the cutest rooms in the house!)
I take a lot of pictures of my son sleeping, too. It’s the best time to guarantee he won’t be a motion blur. I have a feeling his little brother will be more like firecracker – sleeping anytime, anywhere. I love sleeping baby pictures
So cute and I can totally relate. I have a tornado too…who doesn’t like to sleep in his bed. Hmm
She is so cute. She will be so excited when her sister arrives. The hashtags are a way of labeling your photos. Especially for the photo a day challenges.
Hilarious! Love how when she’s done,she’s done and just sleeps. It’s a brilliant ability to have, especially when you get older! Buckets of fun – all of your family, and wonderful she is wating for her sister… xxx
There’s nothing sweeter than a sleeping baby! Until she says she’s waiting use her room until her little sister arrives. What a sweet girl.
We call our lil’est girl a hurricane, she is almost 3 yrs old. I love that Firecracker sleeps w/ her big bro’s. My lil hurricane sleeps w/ her big bro, also. Firecracker will be such an amazing big sister. You and yours are in my thoughts and prayers.
She is adorable. And yes, a sleeping child is a beautiful child. ;D
So cute Love the history of sleeping pictures.
My fave is the doorway crash. That’s one tired girl to fall asleep on the floor in a doorway!
it is a good lesson for us all to rest when we are tired.
I love that she wants to share her room with her sister!
Oh my that is the sweetest thing to say (about waiting for her sister to share her room).
Also, I would feel I was missing out on the fun if I had three older brothers too!
Hands down one of my favorite posts
Oh my… she is too cute! Love that she’s waiting for her sister to sleep in her room with her – those two will be quite a pair
Oh how I love this! so precious!!
That was such a sweet post – I realized half way thru that I was trying to be quiet, so I didn’t wake her up! My 2 boys also love
sleeping in random places, it used to scare me at first to go in and check on one of them and they were not there! My oldest(6) would be under the bed, or on a chair, in some funny position. My youngest (3) just started sleeping on top of his pillow, inside the pillow case! Just last night I came to check on them and my oldest was sleeping in bed with his brother – such a lovely moment to see!
Wow these pictures are so great! I love how they really capture her personality; I can picture her running like crazy and then literally crashing in a heap on the floor asleep! How cute! What kind of baby carrier is that with the brown and flower print? I am currently preggo and have a toddler so I am in the market for a good carrier so I can be a bit more hands free!
sooo sweet. i loved the picture of her crashing on the floor between rooms. how funny.
and i literally LOLed when I read the part about how obsessed your sister is with donuts. everytime i see a donut shop or see a donut or hear the word donut, i think of Lesley.
Probably the reason you take so many photos of her sleeping is because it is the only time she is still enough…precious pictures
YOU ARE INCREDIBLE! this is such a fantastic idea and all your shots are breathtakingly sweet. you are so talented, such a great eye. this would be a great project to keep up and make into a blurb book!
thank you for another wonderful post
xo
Fabulous shots… and love her last comment! Guess it goes to prove that women are versatile creatures, we learn it very young.
I follow your Instagram and always see the lovely photos. The ones of your sleeping daughter always make me giggle a little, because my son is EXACTLY the same way. He go-go-goes all day and then crashes where ever, in whatever position. The kid never stops talking. Of course I always have to take a photo to share of his various spots. I think the most recent one was on his old toddler mattress that’s hanging around in the living room, with his little Ikea tent on top of it. He was all snuggled around his stuffed kitty. I will miss these days.
This post made me giggle. My oldest is Firecracker’s age and he gives me a run for my money just the same. I have similar pictures of him passed out on the floor after going full-speed all day. So sweet.
I just figured out the fun of hashtags. If you hashtag a keyword in within your caption, you can click on it and go see other pictures that have been tagged with the same word. For example, I tagged a picture of my dog as “my cute #minpin”. When I clicked on #minpin, I was led to a bunch of pictures of miniature pinschers. I find it really fun to see other people’s takes on the same subject I am taking pics of.
OH my heavens. Song is going to love her. I always wanted to big sister (i’m the oldest) and if I ever had to choose a big sister, I’d choose firecracker.
I love the pictures!!! I had to laugh because ‘evidently I love it when my son sleeps’ too! 
(whoops! meaning that I take tons of Instagram pictures of him sleeping too!)
She is just the cutest! Bless her xxx
I laughed and cried at the post. I laughed at the hilarious positions and cried at the fact that my daughter NEVER falls asleep anywhere without a fight to get her there. She really doesn’t like to sleep. She tries everything she can to NOT sleep.
And I don’t understand the hashtags either. Twitter is a total mystery to me.
Beautiful little girl! And I love her zigzag/chevron quilt. May I ask where that is from?
The one where she is asleep in the doorway made my day! Just beautiful, and a little bit funny too! xx
So, so cute!!! I want to just squeeze her.
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Total random post. Most of these are pics I found when I dowloaded photos from my phone. I need to get in the habit of transferring them more often. I wanted a picture of me and the kids….just a simple, everyone looking at the camera (without masks on) and smiling. That never happens. FireCracker was…
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wha? you and miss firecracker IN a magazine? wow! her face, LOL, how precious! i’ll have to read that in the grocery line today.
{i enjoy the random posts, by the way.}
happy day to you, ashley.
I have to go the store today. When I do, I may or may not pick up that magazine and tell everyone I see that this my friend Ashley. Okay, you know I will. And I KNOW that you’d be completely embarrassed by that. Good thing you won’t have to watch.
How cool that you’re in a magazine! I love it when my kids take pics with my phone and I find them later. They are always interesting!!
rockstar.
Oh the pig tails. I love my boys, but I do wish I could do some hair once in a while Congrats on the magazine!
Congrats mom of two girls!
What a precious gift to have those quilts too.
Wow, congrats on the article in LHJ! I was just in the doctor’s office the other day and was reading that issue about Debra Messing…I had no idea that one of my favorite bloggers was featured as well! I wish I had read your article instead…guess I’ll have to go to the bookstore.
Thats so cool that you and Firecracker are in Ladies Home Journal!! What an adorable picture of the two of you!
bhahaha! i think the term hot glue gun mom needs to be official.
like soccer mom or baseball dad.
cause i am SO a hot glue gun mom.
Praying for you and your family through this long wait! It’s these moments in-between that God seems to work so hard on our hearts and stretch us so we become closer to who He wants us to be. What a blessing these times of wait can be.
That’s funny! When I saw those pictures I assumed those blankets belonged to you!
Love that second picture with Firecracker’s face close up. And now you have convinced me to get Ann’s books. Thanks for the last bit of inspiration that I needed.
I like your random. Ohh I didn’t see that beauties packages.
Go girl! Had no idea you were in Ladies Home Journal! That’s really exciting. Hoping you guys get some good news very soon…
Woo hoo! Congrats on the article. Why haven’t I gotten your autograph yet? That’ll be Rigley’s college fund.
It was totally random, but full of everything I like about your posts! That is so funny that in the first picture they are sticking out their lips in different ways. I love that picture and your caption is perfect!
I loved every bit of this random post! Edible yummy moments, every one of them. Congrats on the article. I remember your pigtail post well (I’m still waiting for my 3yr old to let me put pigtails on her!).
There is a lot of happiness in this post!
Love this post! Sitting here at work, this post made me laugh out loud! Thanks for brightening my day!
I love your random posts. Congrats on the magazine article! I remember reading your pigtail post thinking – my girls won’t let me touch their hair 
They are getting better now, but they still won’t leave a clip/headband/bow/ponytail or anything else in the hair – drives me crazy! Have a great day!
I had the same Wonder Woman mask as a kid. I’ll never forget it~because I stuck my tongue out at my sister while wearing it & cut my tongue on the plastic.
Your posts inspire me & make me laugh.
Love the random posts…and now to get a copy of the Ladies Home Journal. Blessings!
LOVE this post!! I’m so going to buy Ladies Home Journal!!!
So sweet! Love the mask. We were submitted to embassy today so we are looking at 1-12 weeks. Nice time frame, huh? Hope your wait is over so soon. Praying for your girl now. And, thattaboy….made me laugh. Love it!
wow!! how totally cool!!
also, LOVE the picture of firecracker in that mask
I love random posts. It’s amazing how much info you actually end up sharing without having to think too hard about it.
love those blankets! and the sentimentality to boot!
can’t believe you’re in Ladies Home Journal.
day 68…the news will come soon friend. i know days, even weeks don’t seem soon but His timing is perfect. Patience of Hope!!
How exciting that you’re in the LHJ! I have 3 bosy and my husband didn’t want to try for “the girl” one more time. He said he was not going to walk down the graduation aisle with a walker. So now I live vicariously through friends who have girls. So lovely to see your family! Thanks for sharing.
You guys are in a magazine! Again! How awesome! And I love seeing your grandpa in overalls. My grandpa wears overalls often. I need to get a really good shot of him soon. Love your random post.
Oh I’m so excited about your article in ladiesnhome journal. I’m putting it on my shopping list. I love the picture of you and B. One of my fears now is doing girl hair! so very happy for you!
I totally recognized you in Ladies Home Journal but didn’t see any mention of your blog…such a cute picture and story! Also, I absolutely love her nickname
Oh Ashley! I am so happy for you!
Congrats on the magazine!! That is so fun! I just love you and your family!
I always love reading your new posts, but lately I’ve been finding myself a little disappointed when I come here and realize it’s not THE POST! The one where you’ll show us the face of your new little girl and tell us when you’ll be bringing her home! Please tell whoever it is that is making US wait so long needs to hurry it up!! Just so excited to see this chapter in your life begin..
Congrats on the magazine!!
I’m so happy for you!! That’s AMAZING! and what a WONDERFUL story!
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Sarah - hi Ashley. I have read your blog for years and I just love your photography and the way you obviously love and treasure your kids. I have a question for you–I love photography and I am in need of a new computer. I have heard Mac is the way to go, but I don’t have a ton of money to spend but want whatever is best for photography and a possible small biz. Do you use a mac? I know most people are diehards either way, just wanted to know your thoughts. I don’t need the latest and greatest, just something that works and works well. Thanks!
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