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.

Sweet Thing!

Amelia likes to keep her rolling private. She still has yet to roll over for us, but she woke up on her stomach this morning and she woke up from a nap on her stomach. Sweet Amelia must not like rolling around in public.

Learning to Roll With It

Learning to roll over is hard work! Amelia wore herself out tonight trying to roll over and took a nap right where she left off.

Kissy Sissy

We Did It!

She did it! Ainsley peed in the potty! And even better, she asked to sit on the potty and almost immediately went. I think she was a bit scared at how excited I got, then she got excited too. By the time we got the camera out she was over it, although she did try to point it out for the camera! Now we need to teach her not to stick her hand in the potty!

Memorial Day Fun

Today we slept in (8:40!), went shopping, played inside, played outside and then played inside some more. Ainsley was playing with a piece of ribbon I saved for crafts and I tied it on her head. She grabbed another piece and told me, "Sissy." So I obliged and tied a bow around Amelia's head too. If you know me, you know I hate big bows on babies (they can wear big bows when they have the hair to support them), so I found it amusing and took a picture of the girls together which of course didn't come out because I had messed with the settings on my camera. Luckily the picture of just Amelia did. Bet you never thought you'd see a baby girl of mine as a bow head huh?

Day Before Memorial Day Fun

Today we went to Derek and Andrea's house to cook out. Our little group's numbers have grown to include 9 children with the addition of 4 babies in the last year (3 in just the last 4 months), so needless to say, it was a little more chaotic than normal, but the older kids had a blast. Ainsley took a few minutes to come out of her shell and then joined in the chaos. She wasn't so sure about playing in the pool with the big girls jumping in around her and she wanted nothing to do with the bounce house until it was almost time to go, then she suddenly loved it! She also took time to try to put Presley and Anna to sleep since we left her baby dolls at home. Now we are all exhausted and getting ready to go to bed early!