danielle ashley photography » Ezra

Signs of Spring

danielleashley — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 11:29:51 +0000

Jason, Ezra, and I went for an early morning walk around Namsan yesterday. The area was nice and quiet, and the flowers are just beginning to bloom.

Ezra’s Walkabout

danielleashley — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 07:24:53 +0000

Ezra and I went outside yesterday afternoon for a little walk. I usually just put him in his stroller, but decided to bring his little walker out this time. Boy did he love it! He’ll only takes a few steps on his own before he goes back to crawling, but with the walker he was practically running around all over the place. It was fun, but also reminded me that I should enjoy the little bit of time I have left before he is completely mobile. :)

A Growing Boy

danielleashley — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:00:32 +0000

Ezra is coming up on 15 months and I must say, after taking and editing these photos, I see less “baby” and more “little boy”. He is so much fun, and is also such a stinker sometimes! I love it when he grins and shows the mouthful of teeth he’s got coming in, and what better way to capture that than with some photos? I may have tickled his side with my big toe in order to get him laughing for these shots…hey, you gotta do what you gotta do.

Ezra’s 1st Birthday

danielleashley — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:54:26 +0000

Kiddo had his first birthday……..two months ago. As you can see, I’m a little late in getting these photos up. However, I shall make up for my lateness by sharing lots of photos, and Ezra’s cuteness. Without further adieu, here is the birthday boy!

We decorated and prepared the food ourselves. I made that banner out of an old pair of Jason’s jeans and pinned paper letters onto it. My plan is to take the the letters off and hang the banner in Ezra’s room. I’ve yet to make it happen though.

Everybody squished together on the couch to watch Ezra open presents.

All the kiddos were excited to help Ezra open his presents. See that picture of Ezra on the TV? I put together a little slideshow of my favorite monthly photos of him during his first year. We had it running during the party.

The cakes! Jason slaved over the cakes pretty much all day Saturday, and I frosted them. We were happy with how they turned out, as this was our first layer cake experience.

Time for the cake smash! I was so excited to watch Ezra dig into his cake and take photos. Ezra was not sure what to think of the cake and very gingerly picked at a bit of frosting with his first finger and thumb.

He went in for second taste, then another, and then decided that he didn’t like this whole cake smash thing and was done.

This is all he managed to do to his cake. Don’t worry, we tried again later that day and I took more photos.

Here is the inside of the cake! It was yummy.

This is what I found the kids doing in Ezra’s room when I went to check on them.

We gave the cake smash another go after dinner that same day. Ezra was a bit more into it this time. We actually had to cut him off for fear that he wouldn’t be able to fall asleep after so much sugar.

Happy birthday Ezra bud!! We love you sooooo much and can’t believe you are already one. Now, the question is, when will you decide to start walking?

Flagstaff & Prescott

danielleashley — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 00:03:05 +0000

Here is the final roundup of photos from our trip to the States in October. After our time at Lake Powell, we drove to Flagstaff to spend a few days with Jason’s family. Ezra loved the swing in Gramma Debs’ and Papa Craig’s yard.He also loved being the center of attention as we all watched him swing.Gabby took the opportunity to relax and soak up some sun.The next day, Jason’s sister Elizabeth and her husband Anthony came by with their little guy, Noah. He is about one month younger than Ezra. We put the cousins together for some photos. It was a challenge to get them to stay put, and I don’t think I have a single shot of them both looking at the camera! Oh well, they are cute as can be, whether they are looking at the camera or not. Later that evening, Jason’s brother Tyler and Tyler’s fiance Antje arrived. I love the adorable outfit and cute hat they brought for Ezra.The next day, we drove just past the Peaks in Flagstaff to enjoy the fall colors and have a picnic. The weather was so nice and the trees were beautiful, as always.Tyler brought his GPS with him from Germany, so he showed us all how to geocache. It was a lot of fun to find the caches, and now Jason and I geocache often with our friends here in Korea.Here is Jason’s mom, Debi, right after finding a cache.And here is Tyler…being Tyler. Jason took this photo, so I don’t know what is going on here. We took some family photos the next morning before heading out to Prescott. Here is Ezra with Gramma Debs and Papa Craig.Here’s Jason, Ezra, and I with Jason’s parents. Tyler had us cracking up about something, though I don’t remember what.We drove down to Prescott for one more evening with my family before catching our flight in Pheonix the following morning. Here is Ezra with my brother’s son, London. Ezra is just two months older than London. You may remember the last photos we took of them together, when they were itty bitty ones. Click HERE to see those.We let London and Ezra crawl around together at the park for some photos. Just like with Noah and Ezra, it was hard to get photos of these two together. They just didn’t want to sit still, and I don’t blame them!Here’s my dad and mom with their grandsons. They are proud grandparents!And finally, here is a photo of my brother, Brandon, and I with our little ones. Getting together like this really makes me wish that we lived next to family. It is hard to be so far away!Want to see more photos from our trip? Click play on the slideshow below!

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Twelve Months

danielleashley — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 11:46:41 +0000

Happy first birthday to this adorable little guy! I can’t believe how fast the last year went! It’s been amazing to watch Ezra grow and change from an itty bitty newborn to the little personality he is now. He still is great in front of the camera and I am taking advantage of it. I know there will soon come a day when things will be just the opposite and it will be quite a challenge to snag a photo of his cute face.
He’s not walking yet, but will pull himself to standing at every opportunity. He also likes to push a dining room chair (very lightweight Ikea chairs) around the house as he walks behind it. He loves to eat, eat, eat! Bananas are still his favorite food, but he’ll try almost anything we give him. He’s started to wave and will often wave with both arms at once–it’s so cute!
We’re celebrating his birthday this coming Sunday with a little party at our place. It will be fun to watch him dig into some cake for the first time.
Happy birthday sweet boy! Mama and dada love you so much and we are looking forward to another fun year.

Happy Halloween!

danielleashley — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 09:35:07 +0000

Could he bee any cuter??

Eleven Months

danielleashley — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 04:20:57 +0000

Our little guy is growing up so quickly! He is very busy these days and he pulls up on everything around him. Standing is his favorite thing right now, and I’m guessing that he’ll be walking soon. He is working on his fourth bottom tooth. With the four already coming in on top, that’s a total of eight teeth! They make for some pretty adorable toothy grins, which reminds me…I need to get a good photo of him showing all those pearly whites.
I took these photos of him in Flagstaff, during our whirlwind trip to the States. I have many more photos to share from our trip so stay tuned!

Ten Months

danielleashley — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 13:24:04 +0000

Ten months…TEN MONTHS! I can’t even believe it. I feel like the last few months have gone by ridiculously fast. Once Ezra hit around five months, the following months starting running together–six, seven, eight, nine, and here we are. Anyways, I could go on and on about that.
Just yesterday I noticed a seventh tooth poking through. It’s on the bottom, to the left of the two already down there. Teething never seems to bother him very much, which isn’t too surprising as he’s a pretty chill little guy. He’s pulling up on everything these days. Whenever I am sitting on the couch he’ll pull up and start grabbing at any part of me he can reach. Right now, I’m sitting at the table typing this and he is playing with my feet.
I’ve been wanting to get some photos of him and his cute little baby bottom, so here they are. He does not like to stay in one spot for long these days, so I had to be quick. These are the photos he’ll cringe at when he is older, but how could I resist?

Nine Months

danielleashley — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 02:32:41 +0000

So, Ezra is technically 9 1/2 months now, but I promise I took these back in August when he was 9 months. The days just fly by (and years for that matter–I can’t believe the better part of 2011 is already behind us!) and Ezra has been growing and changing so much. Nothing new there! For his nine month photos I decided to take a lifestyle approach, sort of a “day in the life” of this little guy. He doesn’t get a bath every day, but bath photos are the cutest so I made sure to do this on a bath day.
I am excited to say that Ezra is FINALLY crawling! He still prefers to army crawl or slide while on his back, but will crawl occasionally. He has started using various objects to pull himself up to his knees and sometimes even his feet. I’m afraid he will slip and hit his head on our hard floors, so I have to keep a close eye on him. He now has six teeth total, two on the bottom and four up top. It’s so fun to see his toothy grin when he really starts laughing. He enjoys eating, but it takes him a little while to warm up to new foods. His favorites are sweet potatoes, carrots, peas, and bananas. He likes meeting new people and seeing those he already knows. He gets a lot of attention when we are out and about, and he loves it.
I can’t believe my baby is nearing one year. It is both slightly sad and very exciting to watch him grow and change. Before we know it, he will be walking all over the place!