Party Girls!

We had both the Caughron Christmas party and my department Christmas party this weekend. We are partied out! At least until next week when we celebrate Presley's 2nd birthday.

Saturday we drove to Cranfills Gap for the Caughron Christmas. Ainsley was pretty sure the game she got was a drum and her lollipops were her mallets. We had a good time and were exhausted when we made it home. A big thanks goes out to Barney for entertaining Ainsley in the car.















Sunday we went to my department Christmas party but I never got my camera out of my purse! Oops! After the party we went by Firestation #1 to watch The Colony Christmas Spectacular light show. Ainsley sat in my lap in the car and bopped her head with the music. Both girls were quiet on the ride home but perked up for dinner time photos.

Pinkie Problems

Amelia tried following a teacher into another room at daycare this morning shortly after I dropped her off. It wasn't a good idea. She ended up with a smashed pinkie finger. Long story short, the nail popped out of its bed and in order to insure her nail would grow back they had to reattach the nail in the bed so it would stay open for a new nail to grow in. That required not only her being sedated in the hospital, it also required a hard cast all the way up her arm to insure the new nail comes in without her messing it up.

We were at the hospital all day and by the time we got home she was ready for food and freedom to roam the floor. She's slowly figuring out how to crawl with the cast. I was certain the weight of the cast would cause her problems standing up on her own since she's just learned, but surprisingly she did it almost immediately. She fell a few times in the direction of the extra weight, but seems like she will catch on quickly.

Watch out Ainsley...Amelia's got a weapon of mass destruction for the next three weeks.

Vertical

Amelia is standing on her own two feet all by her self! She's also getting into more and more of Ainsley's toys...literally.



















It looks like she's holding on, but she's not!



















She has amazing control when walking behind toys. I feel certain her first steps are coming soon.

Amelias First Snow'

It snowed in early December in Texas! Crazy! Ainsley's response was "I'm cold, I'm wet." Looks like Miss Priss isn't a fan of snow. Maybe Amelia will love it as much as I do!

Duck Pond

After spending Thanksgiving in Arkansas, all the girls headed to Shreveport. We took the girls to the Duck Pond, a must do for any kid in Shreveport. Ainsley seemed to enjoy feeding the ducks, but she also enjoyed feeding the crackers to herself and of course the slides.

Morning Coffee

Ainsley has started ordering her Daddy to "sit" and have his coffee with her in the mornings.

Good Mommy

Ainsley continues to be a good little mommy to her baby dolls. Amelia has been sick and on breathing treatments for almost 6 weeks now and Ainsley tried to give her doll a breathing treatment too.

Most of our 9 month photos look something like this:



















But I did get a few decent ones, just none where she's showing her sign. Oh well! She was having a rough day with her top two teeth coming in. She now has a total of four teeth. Amelia is getting around really well. She cruises furniture and bends over to pick up things from the ground likes its no big deal. She lets go of furniture every now and then and quickly sits down once she realizes what she has done. A few more weeks and I think she will be standing on her own. Her personality is coming out more and more each day. She loves to laugh at Ainsley and has learned to clap and wave. She is the wiggliest baby I've ever seen. Dustin and I frequently have to double up on her just to change a diaper...she screams, but we win in the end! Ainsley continues to call Amelia sissy, but has started using her name here and there, so it looks like she won't be sissy forever.

Green Beans!

We've been introducing Amelia to more and more finger foods recently and she loves green beans.













One plus of Amelia starting finger foods is that Ainsley gets jealous and wants them too. I haven't been able to get her to eat green beans in months and she use to love them.

So there is an upside of the occassional jealous big sister.

Get Away Minus Mommy

I had to work all weekend at our annual Veteran's Day celebration on Saturday so Dustin headed to east Texas to spend the weekend with his parents at a resort where they were spending a long weekend. The girls had a blast and Ainsley tried out fishing for the first time. Dustin said she was more interested in her fishing rod than actually fishing. They finished off the weekend at the Caldwell Zoo in Tyler. Looks like they had fun! I wish I could have joined them!