It was a Merry Christmas!

I have been such a blogging slacker! There have been many things to post about, but I just haven't found the time to sit down and write. So bare with me, it's going to be a long one :)

The Well Baby Visit

Ainslee went for her one year "well baby" visit two weeks after she turned one. Daddy wanted to go to the doctor with (we had a lot of questions about Ainslee's eating) and that was the soonest he would be able to go. The stats:

Weight- 18lbs 12 oz

Height- 29.5"

Needless to say, she won't be a "forward facer" (in her carseat) for a few more months :( She doesn't know what she's missing, but Mommy thinks it will be a lot more fun! The doctor said she is on the small side, but is still growing nicely. She assured us that she is probably eating all she needs to, but we will encourage her to try new things ALL the time. She is still refusing the sippy cup when it's time for milk (will ONLY drink it out of a bottle), but will take it just fine in between meals with just water in it. It makes no since, but the child seriously has a mind of her OWN.

Santa

Jason and I took Ainslee to visit Santa at Bass Pro Shop one night after he got off of work. Ainslee seemed interested, but looking back I think it was because of all the other little kids running around. Jason was holding her and as he approached Santa, she began to get a death grip on the back of his arm, tightening as he got closer and closer. She sat in his lap and didn't cry, but has a look of absolute fear in her eyes in the picture we got. If I can figure out our scanner, I will post it.

Christmas in Austin

Auntie Lo and Uncle Trevor spent Christmas in Houston this year, so we decided to do Christmas with them the weekend before. We met Grammy and Pop at their apartment and Lauren made a wonderful chili dinner for all of us. We exchanged presents and had a great time watching Ainslee discover the joys of unwrapping gifts. She really started to get the hang of it. I think her birthday was good practice. We spent the night with them, which probably ruined Ainslee's chance of having a cousin in the near future. She had an "episode." She has done this once before and we can't figure out what it is all about. She went to bed just fine, but woke up SCREAMING an hour later. She seemed like she was still asleep but would shriek every few minutes...this lasted until 1 am. Luckily her aunt and uncle really love her, so I think she is forgiven :)

Opening a present from her aunt & uncle

Pop & Grammy love her

She loves Baaab, the auodad

After a rough night, she woke up with serious bed head

Christmas in Kerrville

Christmas Eve we packed everything and the kitchen sink and headed to Kerrville to spend the week with Jason's family. His grandmother, brother, aunt, uncle, and cousins all came into town as well. We had a great, relaxing time hanging out together and visiting. Ainslee had a blast with her Grandma and Grandpa. They took her outside to feed the chickens and pet the horses a million times. She LOVES the chickens! She also loved showing off all her tricks and having them chase her around the house. Ainslee must have been a good girl this year because Santa came and left some fun presents under the tree for her! I think her favorite thing this Christmas was pulling everything out of her new stocking Grandma made her. She pulled each thing out one at a time :)

Checking out what Santa left

I think she likes it!

Bottle break with GG

Opening a present with Grandma

Checking out the goods in her stocking

This was her serious stocking digging face :)

Grandpa made sure to keep her warm before heading outside to see horses!


We made a couple of visits to Grammy and Pop's house also, and got to see both sets of Ainslee's Great Grandparent's (on Mommy's side) and her Great Aunt Cathy and Uncle Rob.

She loves her new tea set from Grammy & Pop