Happy 1st Birthday Amelia!

Our 1 year pictures didn't turn out so well. Amelia was teething and constantly drooling as a result. Unfortunately these are the best we got and you can't really see her sign in either. It's hard to believe she is already a year. It's gone by way too fast.

Happy Birthday Amelia!

We celebrated Amelia's birthday the day before the actual big day. Thank you to everyone who helped us celebrate! The snow cleared and it turned into a beautiful (although a little soggy) day for Amelia's party.

Catching up

Sorry we've been MIA lately. Amelia and I have had a rough month including a nights stay in the hospital for her and an ER visit and surgery for me. We are recovering and I'm going to try to play catch up today and tomorrow!

Got Snow?

We do! It snowed and snowed and snowed in the DFW area resulting in a record snowfall of 12.5 inches in 24 hours. I've never seen anything like it here before. I'm sorry to admit that we didn't get out and play in it despite the girls school being closed Friday, however, Ainsley probably would have had none of it anyways. I'm still hoping Amelia will love the snow as much as I do and with as many snows as she's already had in her first winter, she should. Here are some pictures from around our home.

I think I've taken a picture of our bird bath after every snow we've had since moving into our home. Sadly after the snow melted the bird bath fell into pieces. I don't know if the weight or the temps killed it, but its gone.























We were very worried about our trees. Look at the top of the tree to the right...it shouldn't be that empty up top. Several neighbors lost trees, but we were fortunate.













This tree in the front yard usually hangs no more than 10-12 feet above the ground.

Ainsley's Latest Discovery...

Pockets!

Poor Charlie

Poor Charlie may be one of the most tolerant dogs I've ever known.

All Better!

After LOTS of pedialyte Amelia graduated to exciting solids like crackers and more crackers and was feeling better soon enough!

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.