My Nana crocheted this cape for me. My daddy says I look so beautiful in lilac!
My Papa got caught holding me. He is a silly Papa!
Mommy and Daddy enjoy making treats. This is what they made with Brian and Shannon for Valentine's weekend. They said it was so yummy...all I got was milk! :(

Wow! The world looks even bigger from up here!!!!

I'm just learning to play with toys. They fall out of my hands a lot but they are still fun. :)

Me and Daddy like to hang out together. This was just before bedtime.
Look, Mommy even attached some rattles to my ankles so I make sounds when I kick. I like that part!!!

Shake, RATTLE & Roll

My "Grandma Laura" (from Daddy's work) gave me this silver rattle. It makes fun noises and I like to play with it.

My Papa said he would like to eat chocolate covered bugs someday. Well Papa shouldn't speak without thinking cuz Mommy and Daddy bought him some! :) It was so funny to watch him eat bugs ON PURPOSE! My cousin Jacob would never eat a bug! But Noah would! I don't know about Malachi...he's pretty quiet. I've never seen him eat a bug. My Papa is silly!

This is my new jumparoo. It is supposed to make noises but Mommy hasn't put any batteries in it yet. I'm really still too short but sometimes I like to play in it anyway. :D



This is my friend Pooh Bear. I like to wear him on my shirt. Isn't he cute? My whole room is deocrated with him.

Lots has been going on!

Me and my Nana at Daddy's big fundraiser for Big Brothers Big Sisters. Nana took me around to see all the auction items.

Me and my daddy! I love my daddy very much!

"No no, not the tickle bugs!!!"

I love to get squirted with my bath toys!

I'm supposed to be napping but I'll just lie here quietly instead! See how I put my hands behind my head??? Just like Daddy when he's on the couch.

Just hangin' out!

Which is which?

Which one of these is Ainsley and which is Emma?

Grampa's House Is Fun!

This weekend Ainsley took Mommy and Daddy to visit Grampa. She did some very silly things. She went to church and talked during service, wore tights on her head so she'd look like a puppy, and learned to make a fish face. She likes Grampa's house!

She also hung out with Skye who sat on her belly. Ainsley thinks Skye looks like Bailee but that's just because she doesn't know her colors yet.

Last night we all went to see David Meece. It was fun.

Ainsley wants to know if Emma can make fish face too...

2 Month Check Up

Ainsley went to see Dr. Jeff on Friday and had some of her immunizations. She did not appreciate being stabbed at all!!!!!! She now weighs 9 lbs 9.1 oz and is 22 1/4 inches long. She was doing very well and Dr. Jeff thinks she'll be sleeping through the the night regularly very soon. Yay! Then she can start sleeping in her own room that Tim and I worked so hard to prepare for her prior to her arrival. Today she is visiting her Grampa while her Maui is in Arizona seeing her siblings. She is going to her first concert tonight...David Meece. He's a Christian singer that was popular when I was in jr. high. David is playing at a "coffeehouse" in Owosso near Grampa's house. Today she's also been on a nap strike of sorts. She normally will sleep several hours in a row two or three times a day...So far today her longest nap has lasted only 45 min! I sure hope she tuckers herself out enough to sleep tonight!

I wish I may, I wish I might...

Since the advent of babies parents everywhere have been wishing for more sleep! Believe it or not, Ainsley gave Tim and I our wish last night when she slept a full 9 1/2 hours!!! She went to bed at 9:30 and didn't wake again until 7:00 AM!!!! Her Daddy gave her a "talking to" in the evening and it must have worked... :) Or maybe it was the early bath... Or maybe it was just a fluke... Whatever the reason, Tim got to go to work today fully rested and feeling great! We've never before been able to actually go to bed at 10 before while she's been here! Yippee! Of course, it remains to be seen if she will give a repeat performance tonight...

When we woke up and saw the time I immediately asked Tim to go check on her to be sure she was alive but just as he was rolling over in bed...she pooped loudly signaling that all was well! I don't think I've ever been so relieved to hear someone else poop before! :) So here's to another night of sleep sleep sleep! And Toni...don't worry, your turn for sleep will come again too...just tell Emma's daddy to give her a "talking to!"

More Dedication Day Pics

Dedication Day

On January 7th we had Ainsley dedicated at Clarkston Free Methodist Church in Clarkston, MI. Tim grew up at CFMC and we have such good friends there. They've prayed for Ainsley for a very long time so it was special to share her dedication with them. Tim says that dedication day is even harder emotionally than our wedding day. He did a good job though! He wrote her a lovely letter that Pastor Dave read to the congregation during the ceremony because Tim was to broken up to do it himself. We have prayed for and longed for a baby for so many years...what a blessing to finally have her here in our arms! The dress she is wearing is from my own dedication 28 years ago. My sister Toni also wore it when she was dedicated 26 years ago. Perhaps one day Ainsley's baby girl will also get to wear it.

Too tired

"Uncle" Brian was too tired to play with Ainsley...poor little girl...

It was such a big day that she just couldn't stay awake anymore! Thankfully Daddy was there to be her pillow!

Visiting Brian & Shannon

Ainsley went on a trip to visit her "Uncle" Brian and "Aunt" Shannon this weekend...here's some of her fun pictures. In the first two, she's just chillin' in the sink. In the others she was just so darn cute that I had to take pictures! :)

Licking my lips!

The Rose Bowl

This week was a fun one at our house because The University of Michigan was playing in The Rose Bowl. Tim made Jell-O Jigglers in the shape of 3-D football helmets...in team colors of course! We all donned our Michigan garb and posed for this photo against one of our living room walls. Unfortunately, our team did not prevail. :( So, rather than celebrate with our Jell-O, we drowned our sorrows in it... :) What a tasty way to mourn.
Tim wanted to start Ainsley out as a loyal Michigan fan early so here she is in her first U of M paraphernalia. Unfortunately, she spit up on it just before kick off because she ate too much.
Ainsley has been learning about her eyebrows and making tons of funny facial expressions...here's a few of the newest ones. Those big baby blues are a gift her daddy gave her!

The bubbles are new too...she blows them from time to time and they are usually quite big!Publish