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Amelia has never been into the pacifier. I didn't allow her to have one early on and once I did allow it, she didn't care for it. It's kind of nice not having to get up and replace it in the middle of the night. And while she would suck on her hand when hungry, until recently she did not do it just to pacify herself. This past week we've found her sucking her fist a lot. And quite frankly, this evening I was a little worried she just might swallow it.

Goof

Ainsley is suddenly very into the infant swing that she wasn't very into at Amelia's age. I checked the weight limit...25 lbs...Ainsley's still just under 24 lbs at her last weight check so hopefully she doesn't do too much damage.















And here's Ainsley checking on Amelia.

3 Months

Amelia is already 3 months old today. She is smiling more and more, but is still a bit camera shy. She's been doing well at daycare and has overcome her negative feelings towards the bottle. She's also working on her rollover skills, although she's not quite there just yet.

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to my mother, Dustin's mom, and all our friends and family who are mothers!

I am so thankful for my two beautiful daughters. When I found out I was pregnant with Amelia, I went through a lot of emotions from excitement to guilt. I was afraid I was gipping Ainsley out of her only-child time with us earlier than we had planned. Even up until the time Amelia was born, I was worried about how Ainsley would handle it. After all, she wasn't exactly old enough to know what was about to happen in her life.

Ainsley has completely surprised me the last three months. While she has her moments and rightfully so, she doesn't seem jealous of Amelia and has embraced her new role as a big sister. She tries to take care of her sissy by covering her with blankets and helping burp her and she has to give Amelia a hug every night before going to bed. In watching me with Amelia, Ainsley has really taken to mothering her baby doll, even more so than when I last wrote about it. I love watching her. Tonight she loved on her baby for about a hour and probably would have continued to until she crashed if I hadn't made her go to bed. But there was no seperating her from her baby. Baby went to bed with Ainsley.

Happy Mother's Day to our little mama!

Bath Towels and PJs

Amelia was too cute after bath time not to take a picture! And those PJs she's wearing are 9 month PJs that Ainsley was still wearing at a year old and they aren't too big for Amelia!

Zoo-riffic!

We chanced the the forecast and headed to the Fort Worth Zoo this morning for what (minus the humidity) turned out to be the perfect day for it. The weather was in the 70s and I think the forecast of scattered thunderstorms (that never happened) in the afternoon kept just enough people away that it wasn't overly crowded. It was Ainsley's first trip to the zoo and Grammy and Grandpa (now also known as something that sounds like PawPaw or PopPop) met us there. Ainsley seemed to soak it all in and really enjoy it while Amelia slept through most of it. Ainsley was exhausted by the end and passed out in the car before we got out of the zoo. Here are some of our favorite pictures from the day including the lions who were quite playful and loud!





















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Name That Card!

Ainsley still loves her flash cards and knows most of them now! You may not recognize all the words, but we do!



And a little Amelia for your viewing pleasure! The little stinker has the biggest grins, but she turns them off as soon as she sees the camera. I think it's the little light before the flash.

I Love You, You Love Me...

I've always hated that purple dinosaur and swore I'd never let my children watch him. Ha! Ainsley met Barney via a stuffed animal at daycare and that was all it took for her to fall in love. She gets overly excited now when she sees him on TV. I caught her on camera so excited that she got dizzy and fell over. She also likes to give him kisses.

Rain, Rain, Go Away...

It may look like night time outside, but it was actually about 2:30pm. What good is a new toy in the backyard when it rains the entire first week after you get it?!

Sickie Poo

Here's the reason I'm way behind. Ainsley has been sick all week. Today she seems to be finally returning to normal...I hope! This is definitely the puniest she's ever been.



***No, she does not have swine flu, but she had just about every symptom of it.