Overwhelming Cuteness!

Ainslee loves her bath & apparently New York as well!

Waking up happy from nap time

Look at those little teeth!

She is on the move in her Aggie shoes

Playing with her very first doll from Grammy

One more trip!

Last weekend we made another trip (we are squeezing in as much as we can before football season starts). This time we went to Dallas to visit Allison & Brian. We were a little worried about how Ainslee would handle the 5 hour car trip, since she usually doesn't do well being over 2 hours in the car. I had heard from several friends that traveling after bedtime worked well, since the baby would normally be asleep during that time anyway. Well, Jason & I are both HORRIBLE night time drivers, and by night, I mean anything after about 9 pm. So, we decided to pack up and leave around 4 am, since Ainslee normally sleeps until 8 am we thought she would go back to sleep and sleep almost the whole trip. Well, it worked! We had zero traffic and sleeping baby, a wonderful combination. We got to Dallas completely exhausted ourselves, but rested until Allison & Brian got home from work. We went for a swim in their pool and then went to a wonderful Italian restaurant near their house for dinner. Saturday we went to downtown Plano and antique shopped. Allison and I continued a favorite summer tradition of snow cones and more swimming. That night we grilled with a few friends and Ainslee got to play with another little baby a couple of months older than her. She had a blast trying to keep up with him. Sunday morning we awoke to a fussy baby and realized she had gotten one of her top teeth. We went to lunch at a cute little bakery and then headed to Austin to visit Lauren & Trevor. We spent the night with them and hung out at their apartment the next day. It was a whirlwind trip, but we had a great time seeing great friends.

Enjoying the pool with Aunt Allison!

The girls

She loves her Auntie Lo (that's what the bib says)

Being silly w/ Uncle Trevor, he's wearing her bow

Road Trip Part 2: Aggieland

Wednesday night we headed for College Station to visit Katy B. This was Ainslee's first trip to Aggieland, and we couldn't wait to get her on campus! We had to wait until Thursday evening though, because it was way to hot to be out during the afternoon. Ainslee had a great time and told us that she can't wait to be an Aggie one day! (Her initials aren't AGG by coincidence) :)

The cutest future member of the class of 2030


Dipping her toes in Rudder Fountain


Sul Ross & the Academic Building


With Katy at the 12th Man statue


Can't wait 'til football!


The century tree!

Road Trip Part 1: 2W Ranch

On Tuesday afternoon we headed to Hempstead, TX to meet Lauren and Trevor at the Prewett family ranch. We had a great time relaxing, swimming, riding 4 wheelers, and playing!

Ainslee LOVES to swing & there was a swing just her size at the ranch!

Then it poured, but we got to see 2 beautiful rainbows!

Jason & Trevor on the 4-wheelers

Ainslee's first time in a big pool, she loved kicking!

And splashing with Mommy!

"Ahhh, this is the life"

Fishing with Daddy

Uncle Trevor blowing lots and lots of bubbles

A great time with family!

Kerrville House: Before & After

The remodel is complete...for this summer. There are still plenty of things we would like to do before we move in, but it is in amazing shape for renters (who are moving in tomorrow!). It took many, many hours of scraping, painting, fixing, wiring, buffing, peeling, cleaning, etc... We certainly could not have done it without the WONDERFUL help of our parents.

Before pics on the top/After on the bottom

Living/Dining Room

2nd Living Room

Master Bedroom

Master Bath

Don't have the before, but here is the freshly painted after of the hall bath

And the garage entry

The amazing 1 acre backyard!

Tadaaaa!

We finished the house on the 10th, our 4 year anniversary!

Grammy helped Ainslee make us a card while we went on our first date in 7 months!

4th of July

We had a great 4th of July spent with friends in San Antonio. Lots of food, lots of babies, and lots of fun! We were in a burn ban, so no fireworks this year for Miss Ainslee.

The Fam


Daddy duty...


Katie (& Cameron), Cara, Danielle & Joshua, Lisa, & Kara


Elizabel telling Ainslee goodnight

7 Months Old

Ainslee is seven months old today! We have been so busy this month, that the time has just flown by. This has been a month of exciting new milestones in Ainslee's life. She had her first plane ride, first vacation, first time out of state, and first visit to the Doctor for something other than a "well-baby" all during the first week of June on our trip to North Carolina :) While we were in Kerrville for 2 weeks, Ainslee had her first real taste of baby food. After a few tries, she began to love it...she has tried squash, carrots, peas, green beans, sweet potatoes, and bananas. So far, squash is her favorite. She also learned how to spend a long time away from Mommy, while I was working on the house. She loved spending time w/ Grammy during the day, but Mommy really missed her! Also while we were in Kerrville, Ainslee cut a tooth! And the next day she cut another one! The bottom, middle two teeth are about half way out already. Thus began the next milestone....she is now completely bottle fed :) In just the past couple of days, she has started to pull up on things. She still needs a little bit of help, but is already crawling and diving all over our laps. The wonderful Bumbo no longer contains her, but she still loves her walker. When she is on her play mat she will try to crawl to get a toy, but so far she can only go in circles or backwards. This frustrates her to no end, but I think she will get the forward motion pretty soon. She is pretty strong willed and determined, hmmm....I wonder who she gets that from :) She is just as smiley as ever and loves to be out and about. She is quite a people watcher and loves to give big grins when someone looks her way. We have loved seeing her personality come out even more this month and are looking forward to seeing what's next for Ainslee.

Grammy decided pouring worked better than the spoon :)

Skinny Dipping in the front yard

Grammy time