Happy New Year

We are heading out of town this evening and will have very limited access to the internet so I wanted to wish everyone a Happy New Year before we leave.

1st Christmas Photos

I hope everyone enjoyed their Christmas. Ainsley was showered with gifts and attention and passed out at the end of the day. I've never seen her so tired. Here are a few pics of her first Christmas.

Merry Christmas!!!!

Merry Christmas!!! We hope that you are able to spend the holidays with family and friends and that you will take time to remember that Christmas is about Christ. May God bless each of you. Love, Melissa, Dustin & Ainsley

Doctor's visits

Ainsley had her first sick visit to the Dr. last week...twice. Tuesday we went and she just had a cold. By Friday she had developed a cough and just seemed more pathetic so we went again. By the second visit, she had developed not one, but two ear infections. So now she's on her first round of antibiotics. She doesn't seem to be a whole lot better just yet. Saturday was a good day, but yesterday and today have been a bit rough. Please say a little prayer for her that she feels better soon!

3 Months Old and Baptism

UPDATED: My mom sent me a disk with pics, so I've added them below. I will add her three month picture soon (I hope...).

Ainsley is three months old today! She is still small (we think approximately 11 pounds), but she is getting so strong. She was so determined to see the bright colors of the TV this morning and was so close to rolling over from her back to her tummy to do so. I think she will pull it off very soon! She also loves "talking" now. We have conversations with each other every day when I come home from work. She will babble on and on while giving me her biggest grin!

Ainsley was baptized this morning at St. Andrew United Methodist. It was such a special day. Nana and Papaw, Grammy and Grandpa, Granny Doe and Papa James, Aunt Jenny and Uncle Paul, cousins Alex, Luke, and Ellie and our friends Brian and Christi were all there to support her. Thank you so much to each of you for being there to share this special moment with us. She wore the same christening gown I wore and of course looked beautiful!

I left my camera in my mom's purse, so I will have to post pictures at a later date. I have another camera and will get some 3 month pictures of her today and post soon. She's barely slept today and I just finally got her down for a nap. We've got a work Christmas party to go to this evening and I'm praying she survives it!

Thanksgiving and more

As promised, now that I've returned to work, its harder to find time to update the blog.

We spent Thanksgiving in Little Rock at Michelle and Shawn's. Ainsley and I flew up there all by ourselves on Thursday morning. She was such a good girl on the plane! I was so nervous I'd be the annoying one with the crying baby on the plane! Ainsley got to meet her Aunt Ginger for the first time. Between Aunt Ginger, Michelle, Shawn and her Nana, someone had her in their arms at all times. She also got lots of kisses from her new friend Murphy, Michelle and Shawn's golden. I think Murphy is looking forward to a little one of his own to kiss! The Saturday after Thanksgiving, we drove down to the duck camp with my mom and met up with Dustin and my dad. No hunting for Ainsley yet, but she enjoyed being at the camp none the less. I decided to skip hunting this year to stay with her, but hopefully will be able to go next year. Dustin and my dad had very good hunts and had a good time. We hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving with their families and find themselves with as much to be thankful for as we have this year.

Two Months

Ainsley is two months old today. It's hard to believe it! She had her two month well visit this morning and weighed 10 lbs exactly and is 23 inches long now. She got 5 shots and needless to say was not a happy little girl. She's a little worn out now and has been sleeping most of the day. Hopefully she will wake up later so I can take her 2 month pictures and add them to today's posting. It's hard to believe its been two months already! Unfortunately I have to return to work Tuesday and I am very sad about leaving her!

So I finally got a few 2 month pictures. My favorite is this last one. She gave me the biggest grin when I put her to bed last night.

First Babysitter

Last Friday Ainsley's Uncle Patrick came and took care of her while I went to a luncheon! She was sound asleep on his shoulder when I came home.

Happy Halloween!

No Halloween costume this year, but she did have several cute Halloween outfits, so we thought we would share those!

New Shutterfly Link

I've been requested to continue to upload Ainsley's pics to Shutterfly on a regular basis. I will try to upload them once or twice a month. I've added a link on the right side of the blog that will take you to her collection of album's on Shutterfly. I've uploaded new pictures today.

Here is a picture of her I took since I uploaded the new pictures to Shutterfly. She got a good grip on the ring before falling asleep with it in her hand!

More Visitors

Ainsley had more visitors on Sunday. This time she met her Great Aunt Amber and her Great Grandmother! What a blessing to have great grandparents! She also met two of her dad's cousins, Brittany and Krista, who were very excited to meet her and hold her! We can't wait to see everyone again at the Caughron Christmas!

Cousins

Cousin Michelle and Shawn (aka Aunt Michelle and Uncle Shawn) came to meet Ainsley for the first time today! Unfortunately, Ainsley decided to nap through most of the visit. Of course she woke up soon after they left as you can see in the last two pics and has been awake most of the afternoon now. Ainsley can't wait for Aunt Michelle and Uncle Shawn to have a little one for her to play with!

First Night in the Crib

Ainsley has been waking up early with Dustin now that he has started his new job, so I decided it was time she move into her room and sleep in her crib. She had been sleeping in her pack and play in our bedroom and doing very well up until this week. I really hadn't planned on moving her out anytime soon, but Dustin is now getting up at 6:30am. She wakes up between 3 and 5 am to eat and was then waking up again with Dustin at 6:30am and refusing to go back to sleep. So, last night was her first night in her crib. She slept like a log until 5am and then went right back to sleep after eating around 6am. She didn't wake up again until 8:45am and this is how I found her! I felt soooo awful, but she didn't seem to care all that much. I'm not sure how long she was in this position. I'm working on solutions already. Bless her heart!

Got It

I got a decent picture of Ainsley working her smile this afternoon. Unfortunately we had to get out in the cold this afternoon to pick up some things and she was all smiles while I got her bundled up to keep warm!

Thanks to Nana for my new blanket she knitted me! It kept me warm while we were out!

6 weeks and counting

So I've decided to be cool and do the "in" thing and start a blog for Ainsley so that family and friends can keep up with what's happening not only with her, but with out family in general. I hope to update it at least once a week or every other week with a picture at the very least, but don't shoot me if its less than that once I return to work in three weeks.

Ainsley was 6 weeks yesterday and Dustin and I are amazed at how much she changes each day. She's started smiling for real this past week and is working hard on turning her smiles into grins. Unfortunately, we haven't really been able to capture it on camera just yet. Hopefully we will soon! So instead of sharing a smiling baby picture, I'll share a picture of a sleeping baby.






Here are some of our other favorite pictures of Ainsley thus far:

Just born!

Dad's 1st diaper...ever!

Nana & Papaw's 1st visit



















Grandma & Grandpa Caughron's 1st visit















All dressed up for the ride home



















The first and only time she's found her thumb




















Ainsley and the boys





















Who knew dad did nails?






















I love my boppy (most of the time)!


















Dressed for my first lunch out (slept straight through it)



































Look at me...I'm 1 Month!




































It was a rough day....LSU and A&M lost!

































My boppy and play mat make the perfect combo!



























Learning to love (ok, tolerate) bathtime!




































Hangin' with Nana and Papaw on the couch this past weekend