Favorite Things

These are a few of Ainsley's favorite things she got for Christmas (all taken with our new camera!):

Her new flash cards!













Her new chair!













Her new pillow!













She also got a new laptop that she loves, but most of her playing with it has been in the car and at 7 and a half months pregnant, I don't do backwards photography from the front seat!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas! I hope everyone had a wonderful day. Here are some pictures from our day.

Ainsley the Angel

This is Ainsley's Christmas card from daycare. It was too cute not to share.

Santa Take 2

Actually, its still Santa Take 1, with just a touch of Photoshop from my friend Maria. I like to think I've gotten good at Photoshop, but she will always be way better than I am. So here's the perfect picture of Ainsley with Santa thanks to Photoshop and Maria.

Santa

Santa came to my work party tonight! I'm fortunate enough to have Santa's wife working mornings for me at the Recreation Center. She also planned our party this year, so Santa didn't have much of a choice but to make an appearance. Since we decided not to torture Ainsley as a baby last year with a Santa visit, I was curious to see what her reaction would be this year. While the pictures aren't the best (she threw a fit when I tried to take her sippy away), she actually really liked him. He sat about 6 feet behind us during his visit and she kept walking back and forth between the two of us and would reach out to get up in his lap. I was shocked.























Side note...I've seen some scary and not so authentic looking Santas around lately...if you like this one...he works for Picture People at Stonebriar. He's a very sweet guy and great with the kids!

Tub Art

Yesterday was the Caughron family Christmas and I forgot to take my camera out! One of Ainsley's great aunt's gave her some new bath tub toys. Tonight we turned her bath water red (intentionally).















She colored all over the side of the tub.















She was very proud of her masterpiece.















When she was done coloring she made sure to put all her colors in her tug boat. She rarely puts things in the boat. May she wanted to keep them all together for her next bath.

















And it actually cleaned up quite easily. Ainsley came out clean too.

Big Girl Hair

This is how Ainsley's hair was fixed when I picked her up from daycare today. And it wanted to stay that way after taking the rubber bands out for bathtime. Who knew she had enough hair for pig tails? (You may have to click on the pictures to see them...they are small!)

Ainsley's New Purse

Dustin's parents bought this purse on their cruise and while I assume it was for me, Ainsley has claimed it as her own.

First Ornament

Ainsley had the honors of putting the first ornament on the tree, and she admired her work afterwards. Actually, she held onto the ornament, played with the tree limb, and then whined to get the ornament back after Dustin put it on the tree, but she still had fun.

Shreveport Boys

Ainsley and I have had fun in Shreveport while Dustin is in Texarkana hunting. She's run around Nana's house playing with Nana's toys, taken Christmas pictures, watched TV with Charlie, and been out socializing with boys. Tonight we went to dinner with my friends Catherine and Chris and we met their son Marshall for the first time. Marshall is about 4 months younger than Ainsley and pretty darn cute. Ainsley's not use to hanging out with boys. We definitely will be getting together again at Christmas so they can play together outside the confines of high chairs.

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving! We spent the day at Dustin's grandparent's house and ate too much at lunch. Ainsley explored the backyard and then sat on the porch swing with Dustin and Granny Doe. Then we hit the road for Texarkana and the duck camp. Here are a couple of pictures from the day. The second picture is of Ainsley on the drive to Texarkana. She only napped a whopping thirty minutes the entire day.

Bedtime

Bedtime is pretty easy around our house. It helps that Ainsley loves sleeping as much as I do. When I tell her it's bedtime, she will stop what she's doing, come to the kitchen, get her pacifier and head down the hall. Then when I put her in her crib, her knees buckle and she immediately goes into her sleeping position.

Favorite Spot

Ainsley's new favorite spot is on the fireplace. Our fireplace is only about two bricks high...so not horribly high. We tried to keep her off, but now we are just trying to make sure she sits when she's up there (which she doesn't always do just yet) and that she knows how to get down (which she learned tonight). She loves sitting on the edge with toys, books, stuffed animals or pots and spoons.

Who needs toys?

Bottoms Up

If you know me, you know I'm the last person who should get a laugh out of how someone else sleeps, but for that very reason I get a kick out of how Ainsley sleeps. I use to sleep with my legs in the air (Dustin says I sometimes still do) and Ainsley likes to sleep with her rear up in the air. The way she doesn't support herself with her arms and keeps them by her side makes it look painful, but she does it frequently so it must not hurt too much.