11 Months!

Amelia is 11 months old today. She took her first steps a few days after turning 10 months old and was off and walking everywhere the day after Christmas. This presents new challenges and frustrations for her sister, but Ainsley is adjusting and slowly learning to play well. Amelia continues to be a daredevil climbing on anything and everything possible and giving us heart attacks. Her cast came off just after New Year's and she found her balance again immediately. It is hard to believe she will already be a year old next month.

Diaper Check

What a big help Ainsley is!

Look Who's Walking!

Amelia has been taking a few steps at a time for a couple of weeks now, but the day after Christmas she decided to up the steps to about twelve and as of today she has decided she prefers to walk over crawling. Here are a couple of videos from last night.





She's even better on her feet tonight than she was last night.

New Styles

Ainsley's been mixing up her style since Christmas and continues to insist on seeing herself in the mirror.

Dreaming of a White Christmas

Christmas morning the snow still covered the ground and Ainsley, Amelia and I experienced our first white Christmas at home together. Ainsley had fun with her Santa gifts and opening gifts as well. Dustin's family came over once the roads cleared some and we had lunch and opened more presents. Amelia enjoyed playing with boxes and packaging. Ainsley loved the camera Santa brought her, but I think the two things she loved the most were the mittens and chapstick she found in her stocking. She's added her mittens to her dress up collection and has worn them every night since Christmas.

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve we stayed busy around the house preparing for Christmas Day and waiting for Nana and Papaw to arrive. The snow started falling around noon and began sticking a few hours later. Ainsley pulled her chair to the back window and watched it fall, but she still refuses to go outside and enjoy it.

We headed to church around 4 and were crazy enough to still head out to dinner at the Gaylord after church. The snow did not let up all afternoon and was coming down heavier after church. By the time we arrived at the Gaylord we were all second guessing our decision. Dinner was nice and Ainsley enjoyed the decorations at the Gaylord, especially the trains. We drove very slowly on the way home and came home to three inches of snow. Quite a lot for us, especially for Christmas!

Fancy Nancy

Ainsely's turned into a little Fancy Nancy. She can frequently be found wearing a hat Nana knit her, her purple beads, orange sunglasses and a keyring with Santa on it around her finger. She insists on looking in the mirror. The other night she insisted on sitting on the kitchen counter and insisted Daddy sit with her.

Visit with Santa

We went to Bass Pro today so we could take pictures with Santa. I wasn't 100% sure how Ainsley would do, but she surprised me. She spotted him while we were waiting in line and got very excited. She was smiling and pointing at him. Then when we were next in line, Santa stood up to let the people he was visiting with sit in his chair. I think his size scared Ainsley becase she very quickly quit smiling and backed up about 5 feet away from him. When it was our turn, she sat in his lap without hesitation, but she certainly was not smiling anymore. Amelia of course didn't care a bit. I think had Santa not stood up, Ainsley would have been smiling big in her pictures.

Snow Day!

No, not really, but we did go to Presley's 2nd Birthday Party which had a fun snow theme. Ainsley and Amelia both had a blast!

10 Months!

Amelia is 10 Months old today! She is not letting her cast slow her down one bit. She's standing for longer and longer periods of time on her own even with the extra weight. She's tried taking a few steps and will be off in a week or two.