Pumpkin Patch Take 2 Part A

We made our second walk over to the pumpkin patch to take pictures of Ainsley in her Halloween costume. We are saving those pictures for Halloween (look for Pumpkin Patch Take 2 Part B around October 31). We might have to take a second shoot of those next weekend, especially if the weather cools off as forecasted. She wasn't too into it with the warmer weather this afternoon. We did however pick out the perfect pumpkin for carving (and roasting the seeds) which we hope to do next weekend. I'm fairly certain the pumpkin weighs more than Ainsley and she was quite happy to share her wagon with the pumpkin.

On The Go

Ainsley is walking all over the place now. Nana and Papaw won't get to see Ainsley for over a month and have requested some video of her walking. She's been camera shy with her new skills, but I finally got some last night. So this is for you Nana and Papaw!

Pumpkin Patch Take 1

We took our first walk to the pumpkin patch near our house today. Next week we will make the short trek over there again to take pictures of Ainsley in her Halloween costume. We went last year and took pictures, but Ainsley fell over, bumped her head and quickly ended the photo session. It didn't last much longer this year. This year I think the hay is to blame, or maybe it was because we waited to go until the Cowboys game was over which was right at dinner time. Here are a couple of the better pictures we did get. You can tell in the last one she was over it.

Ainsley's New Mountain...

Quilted Northern!

Afternoon Walk

We took a walk this afternoon with Ainsley's wagon. She said hello to some dogs along the way and greeted a shrub with some apprehension. She wasn't so sure about the funny looking green stuff, but after being brave and touching it once and quickly withdrawing, she touched it again and started tearing it off. I sense another walk coming tomorrow. The weather has been gorgeous!

Climbing (Updated with video)

That's Ainsley's new bad habit. She likes to stand up on her ride on toys and in chairs. She looks right at me when she does it waiting my for quick "No!" and then slowing sits down only to do it again almost immediately. When I picked her up from daycare yesterday she was screaming...evidently she wasn't happy that they were also telling her "No!" when she stood up on their ride on toys.






















Andrea...I know your address and where to send the medical bills!

Ainsley Goes to the Texas State Fair

Ainsley was a trooper at the fair today! We managed to stay for 5 hours with only 30 minutes of napping and one minor meltdown. Of course Ainsley's favorite thing was the Children's Barnyard, but she seemed to enjoy looking around the midway as well. We also went to the Museum of Nature and Science, but I think Dustin was more amused there than Ainsley! Here are few pictures from our day.

Goats!





















Going in...she would have if we let her!





















Tiny baby goat just Ainsley's size!





















Baby zebra





















Large something...some kind of African cattle





















Conked out for a whopping 30 minutes





















Pointing at a stuffed polar bear...MUCH larger than her!

The boys...

Charlie





















Gabe





















Will remain the boys at our house...It's a GIRL! Don't ask us what her name will be...we don't know!

I am planning on changing the blog address in a week or two. I'll give you another notice before I do. Right now www.thecaughrons.blogspot.com is available, so I'm planning on changing to that. I'll email you as well, but in case I don't have your email...make a note of it!

Budding Artist

Ainsley found my note pad and a pen on the end table this evening. I quickly replaced the pen with a pencil and let her scribble away. It's fun to watch her and see how she is learning what to do with different objects. She puts phones to her ear and was trying to comb her own hair tonight (hard to do when you have so little hair). So smart...should we contact Harvard now about financing?

Facing Forward

Ainsley moved up in the carseat world and is officially forward facing and quite happy about it. Nana knitted Ainsley a little bunny and she loves taking her bunny on car rides and to bed!