Morning

What morning at our house is like...

Crazy Cowgirl- you gotta love the red cowboy hat, someone in Hawaii loves me shirt, fake pearls, and no pants. Now that is an outfit!

Exersaucer time while Mommy makes sister's Mickey pancakes (there is also a possibility that she is laughing at the cowgirl)

Little Worker

Putting her to work at the shop... sitting on mom's desk helping her start the taxes!

Sass

No pics today, just a conversation with Ainsley.

A: I am not ready for bed.
Me: You can watch this Thomas and then you are going to bed.
A: I want to sleep with you.
Me: Nope, you can watch this Thomas and then you are going to bed.
A: I don't like that option, can you give me another one?

Seriously.

It is so hard to discipline her b/c you are too busy laughing at the things that come out of her mouth. Her reasoning skills amaze me.

3 going on 13 I tell you.

Psssttt... SANTA!

we're ready for you!

Fancy

Tummy Time

Tummy time is usually filled with tears and screaming, but today was a different story!

Here she was talkiing to the bird on her blanket from Grandma. They had quite a conversation. :)

Exersaucer

One of Ainsley's favorite activities when she was little was her exersaucer. We decided to give Allie a try in it tonight and she liked it too! It took a few blankets to hold her in place and you will see from the second picture that her feet cannot touch the bottom, but the smile is worth a thousand words!

Preschool Christmas Party

Ainsley had her preschool Christmas Party this week. Poodle got to come and be there with her, so A was especially excited. The kids got to come in their pj's for the day and decorate cookies at the party. Word is that one kid licked the sprinkle shaker- thanks Poodle for keeping that away from Ainsley!

Ainsley and Miss CeCe

A special thanks to Poodle who watched the girls all week. They sure had a blast!

Christmas at Grandma's

We had Christmas at Grandma's last weekend, and boy were we spoiled! I am furious at myself for not gettng a picture oif the girls with Grandma!

The girls with Aunt Kristin

Ainsley LOVES candy canes

Dance Recital

Ainsley had her first dance recital! She did so well. Mom was scared that she would be nervous with all the people and under all the lights, but she was fine! She had her beautiful holiday dress and put her hair up in spoge curlers for curls! She looked beautiful and made us proud.

Flash photography was not allowed, so the pics are not as great as usual, but you can see her!

It's exhausting

to be this cute...

Christmas Countdown Chain

Ainsley is big into craft projects these days so when we saw the countdown chain on Rubie's blog, I knew we had to make one. Thanks to Aunt Kelly for the saying that goes on the star!

Here is Ainsley making the loops- she did awesome lining up the two sides to make the loop and alternating the colors.

and taking off the first link...

Candy Land

Ainsley LOVES playing Candy Land. Daddy has played many, many, many games with her since she got it for her birthday. She never, ever cheats either...well maybe sometimes, but don't you worry, she will make sure to remind you not to cheat. :)

An Allie Gator Smile

How cute is she? We got a laugh from her this weekend too!

Fairy Princess

As I have mentioned many times, Ainsley has quite the imagination. For the last two days she has decided that she is a fairy princess. She prances around with her fairy wings and wand and grants wishes.

Here she is last night trying to fly...

and this morning showing off her wings...

Thanksgiving 2008

We hosted Thanksgiving at our house this year and it was a great day. Yes, it took us 3 turkeys to have the meal (long, ridiculous story), but it was TASTY! We were blessed to have my parents, Kelly, Cameron, Miley & Irelyn, and Nancy over for the day.

Unfortunately, in all the preparation, I only took one picture, and it was long after everyone was gone. Ainsley was one tired girl from going on adventures in the backyard with Grandpa. She sure loves her Grandpa- he is so good at helping her with her imagination! :)

Yummy

Baking brownies with Daddy is so much fun!

The sickies

Poor Ainsley has some sort of throat infection. She's battling a nasty fever and sore throat. :(

Our little turkey

Yesterday Ainsley's class had their Thanksgiving party. They wore turkey hats and sang a turkey song for all the parents. It was adorable!

Each kid was asked what they were most thankful for and their answer was written on a turkey feather for a bulletin board. Awww...

And then they chowed down!

I was so glad to be off work still to be able to be there for the party. Hearing her shout "That's my Mommy!" when you walk into the room just melts your heart.

Let's compare, shall we?

Ainsley

Allie

Add some more hair to Allie and you have a match!

Big Sister

Ainsley has been amazing with Allie since she was born. Having been the center of attention for so long, I was a bit worried about how she was going to react to Allie taking some of that from her. Well, she has done so well! She loves to help with her and her favorite thing is hugs and kisses. I hear over and over all day "can I hug her?" It is very sweet. Don't get me wrong, she does get jealous every now and again, and will sometimes follow you around when you are carrying Allie, but she does not complain.

We have tried to make "special Mommy or Daddy time" for her where she is just with one of us and no sister. Every three weeks or so, we go and get a pedicure together, on Fridays she rides home in Daddy's car with just him, today Mommy gets to come to her class Thanksgiving party and Allie will stay with Daddy... all of these things really seem to help her feel like number one to us.

Here you can see her watching over her little sister. :)

Babywearing

I get a lot of comments about wearing Allie (and Ainsley when she was small enough). Some people think it is cute and others wonder why I don't just use a stroller. First off, I like wearing my baby. Yes, I know using the term wearing sounds odd, but that is just what it is. I enjoy knowing they are safe and close to me. It keeps busy body strangers at bay, and then I do not have to be the mean one asking them to keep their hands (and germs) to themselves! They are able to snuggle in and hear my heartbeat just like when they were in the womb, and you can almost always feel them relax once them are inside. Plus, having 2 hands free is quite helpful! I can make dinner, grocery shop, clean up, carry stuff around. It works out well for both little one and me!

6 weeks old!

Allie is 6 weeks old already! Boy does the time fly. When we went to the doctor for Ainsley's flu shot this week, we asked them to weigh Allie. I nearly fell over when the scale said 10 lbs. 7 oz. That is a gain of 2 lbs. 6 oz. in just 5 weeks! Here are a few pics of the fatty. :)