Learning a ton

Look at me! I am learning to hold myself up so I can see my toys while on my belly. I still really dislike playing on my belly though. Maybe soon I can figure out how to roll over so mommy and daddy can't leave me like this to play.
I love my mommy. We snuggle together every day! You should try to snuggle your mommy whenever you can! Trust me, as Martha would say, it's a good thing!

Rudolf the Red Nosed Ainsley...Had a very shiney nose...mommy and daddy think its funny to play silly games...In this one they put a present bow on my nose. Grampa and Maui gave me this cool new bathtub toy. If you pull the string in the back it zooms through the water! Also good for tasting.
Every night I take a bath. It's important to be squeaky clean...especially when you spit up as much as me! :D

This is my valentine from Mommy and Daddy. I enjoy holding it and chewing on it.

Maui's special hat

This is my new Valentine's Day dress. My cousin Emma's Grandma Ann gave it to me. Isn't it a beautiful dress??? :) I love it because it is so soft to wear!
Friends like Piglet make great chew toys! I'm just learning to explore using my mouth.

My Maui made this hat for me on the airplane on her way home from Emma's house.

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.