Bumpers

I decided to put Ainsley's bumpers in her crib earlier this week to see if she'd quit waking up in the middle of the night when she rolls over into the side of the crib. I'm not completely sold that its working, but they do make for some interesting poses in the morning. This is how I found Ainsley in her crib a few mornings ago...

Forward Motion

It isn't pretty, but I guess any forward motion is technically crawling. She isn't up for long distance track just yet, but she can get what she wants.

Morning Jabber

I cannot get Ainsley jabbering on video. Everytime I try, she gets quiet and just stares at the camera. So this morning I taped her monitor as she jabbered and blew raspberries in her crib this morning before I got her out. Its the next best thing.

Mommy Got a New Do

After not cutting my hair for a VERY long time, I decided I couldn't stand it anymore and it had to be cut. Then I realized if I could stand it a few more months, I could cut it and donate it. So I waited and today my friend Emily (also known as Stella's mommy) and I both cut 8 inches off and we are donating it to Beautiful Lengths. Its smilar to Locks of Love, but they need two less inches of hair and they make wigs for adults. Ainsley doesn't seem to notice a difference.

Upside Down

Ainsley's preferred method of playing with this toy is not the way its intended to be. She prefers to pull it over and turn it upside down. Whatever makes her happy makes me happy.

She Really Wants To...

Crawl and Pull Up. She's trying very hard, but hasn't quite figured either out just yet.





















On a side note...excuse my constant changes of the blog. I enjoy creating new stuff and changing it around. I hope it doesn't drive anyone nuts!

Fever, Fever and More Fever

It's been a LONG week. I picked Ainsley up Tuesday from my parents and she was beginnign to run a fever. She ran a fairly high fever Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and lucky me, it was accompanied by the inability to keep her food down. After a trip to the after hours clinic and our own pediatrician, she just had a nasty virus. She was unable to eat and I was lucky to get pedialyte and tylenol or motrin down her every now and then. Friday the fever was gone and she was eating again, but she screamed in pain for almost an hour every time she ate. Saturday morning, she was very suddenly completely back to normal. It's weird how they can suddenly be just fine, like nothing ever happened. And its even weirder how she can manage to be sooo sick, but the second daddy comes home and mommy isn't alone anymore she can be just fine.

Dustin was suppose to be home Friday evening around 8pm, but his flight was delayed and didn't depart the gate in Chicago until 8:30pm and then didn't take off for another hour! He landed at DFW at 12:45am Saturday morning, but we didn't make it home until 2am. Needless to say we were exhausted yesterday. A huge thank you to Christi for being a wonderful friend and sitting at our house in the middle of the night so I didn't have to take a sick Ainsley to the airport with me.

With all the craziness, I haven't taken any pictures this week worth posting. So instead here is another picture my mom took while Ainsley was in Shreveport. That's Tucker she's hugging, perhaps the best hunting dog ever (at least in my family's opinion) who also thinks he is a lap dog.

This Little Piggy Went to Shreveport...

Ainsley is in Shreveport with Nana and Papaw. This is the first time we've been away from her. I think we are more distraught than she is. We've called her several times; she hasn't called us a single time! Looks like she's having fun! She even met a new friend, Lyla.

And These Little Piggies went to Chicago

Dustin and I are in Chicago. I leave on Monday and he will be here through Friday on business. So far we've been to Navy Pier where we got up close and personal with a goose, Shedd Aquarium where we met some dolphins, the Magnificent Mile which wasn't so impressive and we've walked A LOT. On the menu tomorrow is a Cubs game and deep dish pizza.

Bluebonnets

Every baby in Texas has to have their pictures taken with the bluebonnets right? Unfortunately they really haven't bloomed that well in our area this year, but there is a nice patch not too far from our house. We packed Ainsley up this afternoon and drove over there. We got her situated and took a few shots and the battery went dead...go figure. So here are two of the four pictures I did get. If the bluebonnets last long enough, we will try to go back in two weeks (we will be out of town next weekend) to take some more. Next time hopefully I can have enough battery life to check the lighting. Sonia...the pouty pic is just for you.
















This last picture is to commemorate Ainsley's first 2+ hour nap. She's an excellent sleeper, but horrible napper. She typically takes about 3 1 hours naps throughout the day plus a few cat naps here and there in the car. She fought the cat naps today and finally took a 2 and a half hour nap this afternoon!