E

E is for Empire State Building.

Daniel's favorite NYC building is the Empire State Building (my fav. NYC building is a toss up between Grand Central Station & the Chrysler Building).


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Lego Empire State Building


Christmas Ornament Empire State Building


Rubber Stamp Empire State Building...



We even have one above our couch. It's next to some cool sepia photos I took while we were in NYC.

D

D is for Dr. Wily.







Because I love him. and it's okay that I have an entire flickr set devoted to him, with over 200 photos. He's my little buddy. :)

C

C is for cupcakes.

I love cupcakes. Not so much eating them, but looking at them. They are cute. Okay, maybe I love eating them too, but I can resist them. I can't resist taking photos of them, though.

See what I mean here:
























Recently I have been making (and selling) Cake Pops..but cupcakes are just so cute and the possibilities are endless. Cupcakes will always be a favorite for me. Whenever I see a cupcake shoppe, I always have to take a peek just to see what their cute cupcakes look like.

My favorite cupcake is chocolate with vanilla buttercream frosting. Pearl's in Richmond makes the best cupcakes, in my opinion, and they have a delicious "black and white" cupcake. It's the best and the cutest!

B

B is for Brown.



For the color brown (my favorite color). For my last name. For Charlie Brown.

I always thought I would keep my maiden name when I was younger. But, marrying someone with an easy last name like Brown, I thought it would be much easier to spell my name for people. People always had a hard time with the maiden name. My name is also now 1 syllable shorter than it used to be. So that's good too.

Names are funny things. if we ever have a dog, we'll name him Charlie..so he can have a cool last name to go with it.

A

A is for Ashley..of course.





A is for Alluring

S is for Sweet

H is for Happy

L is for Logical

E is for Earthy

Y is for Yummy

Name meaning: A place name and surname from the Old English words 'æsc' (ash) and 'leah' (wood). This name transferred from surname to male first name but in recent decades has become increasingly popular for girls.

Alphabet blogging..

I am going to do an alphabet challenge this month on my blog. Another blog I read did this last year and I thought it was cool..

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Tomorrow look for the letter A!

My first book..

The first book I ever read when I was in kindergarten was 'Here Comes Winter' by Craig & Karas. I remember this book and how detailed the descriptions were. I liked it because the main character's name was Billy and he was a rabbit. He had to make his coat for winter because it was getting really cold out..so in the book you read about how he makes the coat. He goes to all of the stores to gather all of the supplies he needs for it, and each store his friends tell him what to do for each part. It's very cute.


It took me a while to figure out the name of this book. It has been forever since I could remember the name. I always knew the story though and could remember the pictures, so it was pretty easy to find by using my google sleuthing skills. I found it on amazon.com and went ahead and ordered the book. I want my own kids to read this one day.



I went on a random ikea trip a few weeks back, and picked these adorable plush/soft toy fruit and veggies:



I had seen them in the catalog and at the store the last few times..so this time I just had to get them. Another purchase for the far future.


When I was at ikea, I also picked up a duvet cover..I really like it:






I am working on figuring out something for the headboard on the bed. The bed is from ikea from years ago, and they used to sell these cushion type things that velcroed to that part of the bed, but I didn't really care for them back then. Now I wish we had something there. There are also things I have seen where you get enough squares in the colors you want and build your own headboard and hang it on the wall..I may do something like that..we'd have to move the quilt someplace else.



We also acquired this Wurlitzer student butterfly baby-baby grand piano. It is adorable. We spotted it at Class & Trash a while back, and I decided to get it for Daniel as an early anniversary gift. The one we have definitely does not look this great, but I got it for a great price and we hope to get it looking good one day. Fayth & Tom are actually holding it in storage for us right now, and they are experts at refinishing/staining things, so hopefully one day (with their help & guidance of course) it will look beautiful like the one in the above photo.


How funny-3 of these things are for future kids. No more shopping for them any time soon.