Ainsley...Meet Baseboard...

...Baseboard meet Ainsley. Evidently Ainsley got up close and personal with the pretty purple baseboards at daycare today. She's got a pretty purple bruise to prove it. Gabe kissed her and made it better and then she chilled out in her chair and took it easy (for about two seconds and then she was off and running as usual).

No Baby

No baby yet if you are checking in for an update, but as always we have pictures of our other baby for you. Saturday she was looking pretty. Sunday morning she read the paper, then did a little coloring in her diaper before going to lunch with Grammy and Grandpa. Tonight she tried prolonging a diaper change by playing in her big girl bed. She's a busy body!

Going Shopping

I guess that's what Ainsley thought she was doing when she grabbed three shopping bags, her sippy and her fridge farm and marched through the house. Then she got bored and just played with the bag.

Boo!

That's what Ainsley says when she pops up from behind things!

Mommy's Little Helper

Ainsley came down with an obsession today...wiping things. Where this suddenly came from, I have no clue. It began this morning when some milk dripped out of her sippy on to the rug. She jumped up, grabbed my sweatshirt out of a chair, drug it across the room and wiped the milk up with it. Later I dripped some sauce on the kitchen floor. She pulled a kitchen towel off the hook and proceeded to wipe it up. She's even been grabbing wipes and trying to wipe herself during diaper changes. All day she's been asking for wipes and wiping down furniture, the floor and even trying to clean her own nose. I hope these good habits keep up.

Ice Day

Ainsley had her first ice day home from school today. Freezing rain combined with temps in the 20s in Texas will do that. I stayed home with Ainsley this morning and Dustin came home after lunch and stayed home the second half of the day. There wasn't much worth playing in outside, so we stayed indoors and played.

Welcome!

Ainsley would like to welcome you to her big girl room!!













It's almost done and she's officially moved in despite a few hiccups along the way (backordered bedding that eventually got cancelled and an old antique bed that didn't quite work out). There's still some decorating to be done, a new bed frame and curtains to be bought, but she doesn't seem to mind. Ainsley took her first nap in her room yesterday and spent her first night in there last night (she's got a new crib in addition to her new bed). She cried for an hour during the nap and half an hour at bedtime. Tonight she cut it back to just a few minutes. I think she'll be adjusted in no time at all!

Ride the Horsey

Nana's here for a visit and one of Ainsley's favorite things to do with Nana is ride the horsey. Nana says Ainsley's getting too big for the horsey, but I think Ainsley disagrees.

Camera Shy?

Not this kid! I think we are nearing that stage people keep telling me about where she will suddenly start picking up words left and right. Tonight it was the word "cheese" accompanied by a fake cheesy smile especially for the camera.

**Warning...enlarging pictures may result in seeing half chewed green beans.

Tiny Dancer

Ainsley has been learning to march and turn in circles at daycare and she loves to show her moves off at home.