Paci, No Paci?

Amelia has been sick and waking up at night hungry a lot. Out of desperation we tried giving her a pacifier to see if that would keep her asleep a little longer. She's never taken to a pacifier before and after having a cast for a few weeks she quit sucking on her fingers. Instead of sucking on the pacifier, she popped it in her mouth backwards and had no interest in turning it around. She occasionally swipes Ainsley's from her bed and does the same thing.

"Wap"

Ainsley constantly wants to sit in mommy's "wap" or daddy's "wap" now. And now she wants Amelia to sit in her wap (sometimes while she's sitting in mommy's wap). We are working very hard on turning wap into lap.

Running in Heels

I bought Ainsley a pair of dress up shoes with heels and a new little purse (she finally loved the old one to death). She must have had practice in heels at school, because she found them after bath time last night, put them on and immediately was up running around the house; no problem! She was so excited about her new shoes and purse I had to chase her down to brush her hair.

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.