Baby, Baby

What one baby does, the other baby does. Ainsley put her baby in the pack and play with Amelia for a nap. Amelia was a little surprised by her new bedmate and Ainsley was mad she couldn't reach her baby to get her out.

#1 Fan

Ainsley got down during American Idol tonight. I cut off the video when she got dizzy and a little too close to Amelia, but I did get it back on in time for her standing ovation for Danny Gokey.

Amelia vs. Bottle

Amelia doesn't think much of the bottle. We've started a week of tough love by forcing her to take a bottle every day in hopes she'll warm up to it a little before she starts daycare. She took several bottles no problem about a month ago, but wants nothing to do with them now. Her eating habits are quite the opposite of Ainsley's.

Mommy See Mommy Do

The past couple of weeks Ainsley has been taking more and more interest in her baby doll and I absolutely love to watch her mimic what I do with Amelia. It melts my heart a little. She hugs her doll, kisses her, checks her diaper, strolls her, brushes her teeth, undresses her (then makes daddy redress her), puts her in the swing, and now she even burps her. It may appear she's beating her, but I promise she's just burping her. I have to remind her to be gentle because sometimes she likes to help me burp Amelia and Amelia isn't as big of a fan of Ainsley's burping techniques as the baby doll is.

Another Playmate

Ainsley also joined Amelia on her playmat this evening! She played a bit, acted like a baby a bit (playing with her feet), and then kissed on her sissy a lot! Too sweet! Then she tried rolling over on her a lot. Not so sweet, but she doesn't know any better. She will learn!

Canine Companion

Look who I found hanging out with Amelia!

Good or Bad Dental Habits?

I'm not sure if we have good or bad dental habits. We brush Ainsley's teeth every night before bed. Usually she sits in my lap and I brush them. Then she brushes them on her own while we say, "brushy, brushy" together. But some nights she wants to sit elsewhere while she brushes. Tonight after she finished brushing while sitting on her xylophone, she brushed her baby's teeth and Dora's teeth all the while chanting, "brushy, brushy."

Notice she's got yet another bruise on her forehead. Evidently she thrashed about during her nap at daycare and hit the baseboard. Not quite sure how that all worked.















I wish I had focused on the baby doll in this pic, but it focused on the back of her head. I'm learning. You can really can see her curls though. She really does have some hair...it's just all curled up so it looks short!

2 Months!

Amelia is two months old today! Since we had to do our 2 month checkup a little early, I weighed her at home today. She is 11 pounds and 13 ounces! Ainsley weighed exactly 10 pounds at 2 months and weighed 11 pounds and 14.5 ounces at 4 months! Amelia is certainly growing faster than Ainsley did and it's making me sad! I don't think I really realized how big she has gotten until I visited Chase last week and saw how small she was just weeks ago.

Baby Collagen...

Baby Collagen...also known as a very swollen upper lip. I've said it before, but she's just as coordinated as I am.

Happy Easter

Happy Easter! We started our day out by waking up a very tired little girl earlier than normal! She wasn't quite sure what was going on at first, but she eventually snapped out of it and enjoyed exploring the contents of her Easter basket. After a quick breakfast, we headed to early church and then over to Grammy and Grandpa's house for lunch. We hope everyone enjoyed their day and took time to remember the meaning of Easter!