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

NC Vacation

We had a fabulous trip to North Carolina & loved getting to see Josh & Laura and meet little Addison for the first time! We were so worried about how Ainslee would do on the plane, but she surpassed all expectations! Apparently the really loud "white noise" of the plane just put her right to sleep. She slept all the way to Dallas, through our layover (only 30 min.), and just about all the way to Charlotte, NC. We did have to all squeeze into the airplane bathroom at 30,000 feet when she decided to potty, let me tell you they don't make those changing tables very accommodating to actually being able to reach/change the baby. Our first day there we were able to make it out of the house around 3:30 pm for a trip to Target. The next day our first outing was to the pediatrician. Ainslee woke up from her morning nap completely covered in a little red dotted rash. It continued to get worse as the day went on, so we took her to visit Addison's doctor. The doc said it was just the end of a virus she had had prior, that we never knew she had, something called Viral Exanthem...sounds bad, but isn't, but lasted about 4 days. It also wasn't contagious, thank goodness, so then we went to get ice cream :) Each day we got progressively better at timing the babies feedings/naps and were able to leave the house earlier and for longer periods at a time. We had a blast touring downtown Hendersonville, Asheville, the Grove Park Inn, the Biltmore area, hiking around Sliding Rock & Looking Glass Falls, and just hanging out at the house. Ainslee loved to watch Addison and try to grab her, sure signs that they will be best friends :) We really wish they still lived in Texas, but are looking forward to many future vacations together!

Are we there yet?


Matching outfits :)


The RASH (it was all over her tummy, bottom, face, & head)


The Grove Park Inn




Look who we ran into!!!


Jason going down Sliding Rock


Looking Glass Falls


LOVE it!


American Gothic pose


Biltmore area & sleeping babies


See you at Thanksgiving!!!