Gotcha by the tail!

Ainsley discovered Charlie's tail this weekend and took interest in it anytime he was near her. Charlie's a sweet dog and other than appearing a tad bit annoyed, he just dealt with it. I think Gabe might be happy for the first time in his life that he doesn't have a tail.

Nana and Papaw also came to visit this weekend!

Who loves feet?

Ainsley does! I cannot imagine she inherited this trait from me...okay, so maybe she did. At least she isn't sleeping with her legs behind her head...yet.

We've had a great weekend. Dustin turned the big 2-9 yesterday and Uncle Patrick stayed with Ainsley so Dustin and I could have our first date night since Ainsley was born. It was great to have a night out, but not surprisingly we found ourselves talking about her over dinner and checking the time on Dustin's watch throughout the movie.

She's turned into the quite the roller. I still haven't caught it on video yet, but I promise I will sometime this week and post it.

Happy V-Day!

Ainsley finally decided to give rolling over from tummy to back a try again this morning and figured it out. She then quickly realized that she could get from point A to point B this way and headed straight for the television. Unfortunately we had to get out the door for daycare and work, so she didn't have much time to play with her new skill. I'm sure this evening will be fun! At least now we won't have to run flip her over every time she gets tired of being on her tummy. I tried to get her on the video camera, but the battery died as soon as I tried!

Her weight check went great yesterday. She is now at 13 lbs 3.5 oz and back on track!

We hope you have a wonderful day!

5 Months!

Ainsley was 5 months old yesterday! It is so hard to believe every time another month has passed. She has been doing great since her surgery. Eating lots and slowly putting on some weight. We go to her pediatrician on Wednesday for a weight check and are hoping she is back on track. She rolls over all the time now, but has yet to figure out how to get back over to her back. Her personality comes out more and more each week. We are truly blessed to have her! Here are some pictures of her yesterday morning to mark 5 months!

Carrots...

My mom has convinced me to make Ainsley's baby food, and its actually very easy, not to mention cheaper and free of preservatives and other non essentials! We can also give her a wider variety of baby foods by making it ourselves instead of buying it. Today we made carrots and gave her her first taste of veggies. She likes them much better than her cereal, but she's still learning the whole process.

Old Friends

My mother, Ainsley and I had lunch with an old friend of mine yesterday. Maren and I are both guiltly of losing touch with one another, but we were once very close. We spent a large part of our middle school and high school years at one another's homes and I think each felt at home with each other's family. Despite the number of years its been, it is amazing how you can sit down with an old friend and talk for hours like it was just last week that you last spoke. I think that is a sign of someone who has been a true friend to you. I pray that Ainsley has many friends in her life like Maren, and I pray even more that she's better at keeping in touch with them than I have been. Since we hadn't spoken in several years, Maren and I had no clue that we were both pregnant at the same time. She has a precious little boy named Carson who is about 7 weeks younger than Ainsley. Now that we know just how short of a drive we have to make to see each other, I hope that we will get together more often.

Who knew Ainsley was into vintage?

Now that Ainsley is getting better at sitting up with a little support, she prefers to swing sitting up where she can see everyone. And her swing of choice is the older Graco swings. They still make them, but I just don't see them in stores very often. So we searched Craigslist and found one to buy from a family nearby whose little girl had outgrown it. She loves it and we've found the perfect spot for it where she can see us in the living room, see us in the kitchen and can't see the TV. You can see in the second picture that she likes to wedge her foot up in the tray while she swings. She also liked to wedge her foot in my ribs when I was pregnant with her...coincidence? Maybe. In the last picture it seems she got bored with her book and fell asleep (actually, she loves her book)!

First Surgery

Lots of firsts for Ainsley this week, not all good ones. Ainsley had a super short surgery this morning to have tubes put in her ears. We got there at 6am and were walking out the door by 7:30am. The surgery itself was barely 5 minutes. The ENT said that she had so much fluid in her ears that her ear drums were bulging. We can already tell that she is feeling better and hearing the world differently! We pray that she continues to get better and that this is an end to her ear infections for awhile. Almost two months of ear infections was enough. Now does this look like a little girl who had surgery this morning???

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She did it!!!

Ainsley has been so close to rolling from her back to her tummy for awhile, but tonight she finally did it! I had been on the floor with her trying to coax her the rest of the way over for about 10 minutes when I got up to get on the computer for a second. I hadn't been away from her for 30 seconds when I looked down and found her on her tummy. She's finding it fun now and done it several more times, including once for the camera....enjoy!

First Play Date!

Ainsley had her first play date this afternoon with Jaxson, the son of our friends Lenzie and Cory. Jaxson is 7 and a half months. We don't get to see Ainsley interact with her classmates at day care very much, so it was fun to see her interact with Jaxson. Jaxson is very sweet and wanted to hold Ainsley's hand. We had a good visit and cannot wait to see them again! By then, Ainsley will be sitting up and more mobile so she can keep up with Jaxson.