Quote of the Week

Me: "Ainslee, why don't you practice counting on your abacus?"

Ainslee's obscure response: "I cain't, me's elbow hurts!" (said with much emphasis on the word "cain't")

The Country Life

Ainslee and I headed to Kerrville on Tuesday morning to spend the day at G-Ma and Grandpa's house. GG was in town for a few days so we wanted to get to spend some quality time with her since we don't get to very often! As always, we had a great time playing outside and exploring the garden.
We hung out on the front porch for a long time

Then Grandpa let Ainslee go into the garden to pick carrots. The carrot that is sticking out of the ground was replanted by Ainslee :)


She loved finding them! She also loved eating them. Grandpa asked if she wanted to go feed them to the horses and she replied, "No, I eat these carrots!" And she did, about 4 or 5 of them!

Of course, the shoes had to come off...


The blackberry vines are just beginning to ripen so we found a few that were ready


She saved them to show GG how many she found


The lavender is also in bloom and Ainslee quickly discovered it smelled wonderful! She kept waving her hands all through the plant.


We tried taking a few portraits, but someone was in a silly mood...


Thought this was cute though

After all that running around she took a GREAT nap and then played with her new sticker book from GG.

Thanks for all the fun G-Ma, Grandpa, and GG!

Ainslee's Opinion

This morning Ainslee was watching me intently while I was getting dressed. She pointed to my increasingly large belly and said, "Baby!" I said, "Yes, baby sister is in Mommy's tummy." She looked at me for a second and said, "No, it a baby ball!" I would have to agree, it does look like there is a ball in my tummy, not so much the shape of a baby :)

Time to Upgrade

The good ole Camry just wasn't going to work out much longer. It is still a wonderful car with no mechanical issues (in case you know someone who might be interested), but was lacking a lot of features we want with two kiddos. Lots of little things like tinted windows, rear air conditiong (a necessity for our little August baby and hot natured 2 year old), room for hauling others, and keyless entry. In other words, it was time for the SUV/Mommy mobile. I told Jason I couldn't bring myself to drive a mini-van before I turned 30.

After test driving just about every full size SUV on the market over the span of multiple weekends, we decided on the Honda Pilot (thank you Katy Bonds for the insight), which of course was the last vehicle we looked at. We looked at so many cars that Ainslee started recognizing car dealerships when we drove by them...she even saw a commercial for one and said, "I need to go there!" Jason researched, negotiated, and called every Honda dealership in Texas (only a slight exaggeration, but I did seriously have to rule out California and Wisconsin) and found an incredible deal right here in San Antonio on a brand new 2011 with lots of "bells and whistles". So, last night we spent 4 LONG hours with our lovely toddler at the dealership and drove home with this beauty:




The first thing Ainslee said when we drove off the lot was, "Baby sister like this car?" Yes Ainslee, I hope she will! :)

Big Girl Bed - Take 2

I didn't want to write this post any sooner for fear that I may jinx it, but Ainslee has been sleeping in her big girl bed for a week now! (Remember this post about 8 months ago?) We have not had any problems getting her to stay in her bed at night, and only a few little instances in the beginning at nap time, but she been doing great. The first night I went to pick her up off of Jason's lap after he finished reading her bedtime stories, and she said forcefully, "No, I do this!" And she put herself to bed. :) Unfortunately she has not been sleeping as late or taking quite as long naps, but hopefully that will improve with time.

There is no turning back now, because her crib has been disassembled and parts have been sent back to the manufacturer. I decided to check the model number after we took it apart and discovered her crib had been recalled! We are now awaiting a voucher for Babies 'R Us to buy a new crib for our little bundle on the way, perfect timing! I don't have any pictures, but will post some when we redo her room (which will happen whenever we get a nursery put together).

Mother's Day Bash

Uncle Rob hosted the annual Mother's Day Bash on Canyon Lake this year. Continuing with tradition, we celebrated near water and with lots of yummy food! The weather was pretty uncertain, but we had wonderful pavilion all to ourselves to keep us dry. Unfortunately, it was too cool to swim, but Grandpa and G-Ma (Grandma's new name, since grandma was apparently way too confusing and difficult to say) brought their boat for everyone to enjoy. I think I can speak for all the moms there and say that we had a wonderful day!

The Mom and her child/children pics:

I guess this counts :)

Ruby loves her Grammie too

Cousin cuddles

Jason decided to get comfy too, they both were out for a long time!

Ainslee thought she could take pictures with the tripod

AGG returns to AGGIELAND

Jason competed in a Crossfit competition this past weekend in College Station. It was a wonderful excuse to see "Aunt" Katy and take Ainslee on another whirlwind tour of Aggieland. She had been eagerly awaiting this trip all week, constantly telling me she was, "Ready to go College Station." She even told us to turn off the DVD player when we finally pulled into town because she wanted to see College Station. We had a hard time explaining to her that College Station was really JUST a town. I think she was convinced it was some kind of magical place, which I guess is somewhat true. :)

Katy had her niece, who is one month older than Ainslee, in town for the weekend. Ainslee and Avery had a great time playing together and keeping us busy. I was a horrible Mommy blogger and forgot my camera just about everywhere we went! We took the girls to watch Jason's competition on Saturday morning, went to lunch, and took naps (where Ainslee decided to climb out of the pack-n-play for the first time and silently take apart Katy's roommate's room...). Saturday night we all went out to Katy's dad's house in the country for hamburgers and outdoor country fun.

Sunday, we played at the park and splashpad and had to say bye bye to Avery whose dad came to pick her up. Ainslee kept asking, "Where little girl go?" For some reason she refused to call Avery by her name and just referred to her as "the little girl" all weekend. We had a yummy treat at Spoons (a yogurt shop) and then toured campus all evening. We had a fabulous weekend!

Fun at the park with Avery

Splash Pad - we didn't last long since someone was afraid of the water and her swimsuit



Yummy! She pretty much ate the entire bowl by herself.

The 3rd annual Aggie ring picture, but she wouldn't get in it this time

Climbing the Century Tree with Daddy's help

Just a pretty girl in a tree

We even ran into Reveille!

This was a little something Mommy and Daddy did back in their college days. Banister sliding in Rudder...the tradition continues with the next generation Aggie :)

Had to document Baby Girl #2's first visit to Aggieland :)

We threw $ into the fountain before we left