Drinking and Driving

Louisiana can bring out bad habits I guess! Ainsley was drinking water while driving her Disney Princess mobile at Nana and Papaw's last weekend. Ainsley also participated in her first Komen Race (via stroller and while napping) to celebrate Nana's 7 years! We love you Nana! We had a great weekend in Shreveport, but as always, it was too short!

1...2...3...

That's how many steps Ainsley took last night! And she added a few more this evening for the camera before falling down!



She had her 12 month well visit this morning. We were crossing our fingers she had made it to 20 pounds...with a belly full of cereal and formula...she weighed 19 lbs 15.5 oz. Go figure! We will order her new carseat next week and by the time we get it, I feel fairly certain we will have officially made it past the 20 pound mark.

Happy Birthday Ainsley

1 Year Old! It really is hard to believe. She was not in the picture taking mood, but as usual perked up after her bedtime bottle and we got a few good ones in. She changes every day. She's beginning to say some words that are at least familiar to us if not anyone else including ball, duck, and uh oh (does that count as a word?). She also is beginning to share...I think. She picked up all the mail tonight and handed it piece by piece to Dustin and she also tried to put her pacifier in my mouth tonight. She is close to walking. I think right now its just a matter of her deciding she wants to. We are so blessed to have Ainsley!

1st Birthday Party

Today was Ainsley's first birthday party! She had lots of friends and family to play with and got lots of goodies. She was slow getting into the cake and never showed much emotion, but she definitely got messy by the end of it. Thank you to everyone who came to celebrate with us! I'm exhausted and short on words tonight, so instead I'll share lots of pictures. Also, make sure you check out the post following this one for a surprise.

We've been keeping a secret...

Ainsley got a special birthday present today that we were excited to share with our friends and family. (Click the picture if you can't read the writing on the shirt)















I don't know how we kept the secret as long as we have, but I am 17 weeks already and am due on Valentine's Day! We've been planning for a long time to tell everyone at the party. Thank you to the few who knew and kept our secret for us!

Take a Good Look

Take a good look, because you probably won't see Ainsley wearing any A&M stuff for awhile. It's too embarassing after yesterday. In the meantime, I guess we need to find some LSU stuff for her on our trip to Shreveport in a few weeks.

Baby Paparazzi

No pictures please...

Mommy and Daddy's Bed

Ainsley use to get in bed with us on the weekends when we weren't ready to get out of bed yet. That was a long time ago (now she loves to sleep as late as we do, if not later). God bless her. So it's been awhile since she's been in the big bed and she was thrilled about it this weekend. Excuse the overload on stripes please. The bed spread and her dress look much better when not combined.
























On a side note, tooth #8 has finally made an appearace! She's been lopsided with just three teeth on the bottom for months now. I was getting worried she was never going to get a matching tooth down there. Finally she's balanced out!

Bath Time Can't Get Here Quick Enough

I use to be able to start the bath water and then go undress Ainsley for her bath, but now she screams bloody murder if I start the bath water and then leave the bathroom. So tonight I undressed her first and then took her in the bathroom with me to get the water ready. She stood at the side of the tub holding onto her duh (aka duck) that goes ku-wha (aka quack) waiting for her water to be ready. Bath time can't get here quick enough for Ainsley!

Fox in Socks

Grammy and Granpa came to visit today and brought Ainsley a Fox in the Sox stuffed animal. She likes to grab him by the neck and hug him and thinks its funny when his ears tickle her face.