Splash Day

Ainsley's first splash day at school was today! She wasn't really excited to be in her bathing suit this morning, but I'm told she enjoyed herself. Her swim lessons this summer start on Monday.

Fists or Feet?

Amelia found her feet, but I don't think she's quite ready to give up her fist just yet.

4 Months!

Miss Amelia May is already 4 months! Her personality is really coming out. She loves to smile, loves to talk, and loves to watch her sister. I know the months to come will be awesome as they begin to interact even more. She is the sweetest surprise I've ever had and I am so blessed to be her mommy.

Summer Fun!

After much consideration, we settled on a backyard pool for Ainsley. Inflatable or hard plastic? Slide or no slide? Spray feature or no spray feature? Ultimately we decided to go old school and get her one of the old hard plastic pools with a built in slide. Much to my surprise, she actually used the slide a few times and hopefully will use it again the more she uses the pool. We also bought something to hook up to the hose that sprays water, but it managed to not make it in any pictures. Hopefully Ainsley will have lots of fun this summer!

First Trip to the Aquarium

Today was the first time to the Dallas World Aquarium not only for Ainsley and Amelia, but for Dustin and I as well. Unlike a friend of ours, we made it out in our own clothing. Ainsley loved looking at all the animals just like she did at the zoo. We went with Nana and PaPaw, Aunt Jenny and Uncle Paul, and Alex, Luke and Ellie too!

Weekend Snapshots

Stormy Night

As we picked up our free sandwiches for dinner at Arby's, the warning sirens starting going off. We hurried home and by the time we arrived they were silent again. As Ainsley was finishing up her dinner, the sirens sounded again and the weather man reported rotaton just a block southwest of us, so we headed to the bathroom. What an exciting and cozy place to spend 20 minutes with two under two and two dogs to top it off!

Twinkies

I figured since I dressed them the same for the first time, I should finally trust Ainsley to sit in a chair with Amelia long enough to take some pictures. To my surprise, it worked out. No pushing, hitting or crying ensued. As a matter of fact, once we picked Amelia up Ainsley kept patting the spot next to her and wanted us to put Amelia back down. I don't think we will leave the two alone in a room just yet, but maybe we are getting there!

Morning Looks

Amelia is such a laid back baby. Can you tell?

And she's off!

After a lot of hard work the last few days and a few sneaky roll overs during the night and naptime, Amelia is off and rolling. I pulled out the video camera after she rolled from back to front a few times tonight and the first time I got her rolling over she surprised me and kept going. I thought it was a fluke, but she kept doing it all night. I think Ainsley has been confused by Amelia's struggle to roll over as she has been "helping" Amelia roll from her side back to her back when she was trying to roll over to her stomach. It was kind of cute. I think Ainsley has now realized Amelia is mobile and I'm not quite sure what she thinks about that. Amelia rolled to Ainsley's side while she was playing with daddy tonight.