Birthday/Ballerina/Halloween Fun

We had a super fun Halloween weekend!  Saturday morning we headed to SA to celebrate Cameron's 2nd birthday- can't believe that sweet baby girl is already 2 (except for the fact that she talks like she's 5!)  Ainslee had fun seeing all her friends and playing the cute carnival games that Katie had set up.  Of course we stuck around a little after the party to get in as much Kilpatrick family time as we could.  We miss our random week night excuses to eat out or at each other's house! 

Hattie got some lovin' from Mama Wanda

The VIP table :)

Say "babies"

After a much needed run to Costco and the kids resale store (for more hair accessories), we made it back to Kerrville for Grammie's school carnival in Hunt.  Ainslee was a bit overwhelmed by all the noise and people, but quickly discovered the fun games and the even more fun prizes!  She and Jason even used their tickets to watch a dog show.  I'm not sure what the dog show entailed, but she's still talking about it and now thinks that dog shows are just a normal part of Halloween. :)

Ainslee's favorite game

Prairie Grammie and Ballerina Hattie

 Huge smiles!

 On Sunday we went to church and then came home to rest before another eventful afternoon.  We headed to the First Baptist Church festival and loaded up on cotton candy, snow cones, and candy galore!  We came home just in time to pass out candy to trick-or-treaters and do a little trick-or-treating ourselves.  Ainslee loved giving out candy and was quite good at it.  At one point she saw a group of people walking down the street and yelled out, "Hey everybody!  Come to our house!"  They heard her and thought it was pretty funny.

Yummy!

3 Months Old

Our sweet little Hattie Cakes is 3 months old today!  She is just as sweet, content, and cuddly as ever.  I never thought it would be possible to love another little girl as much as I do Ainslee, but Hattie proved me wrong!  It's amazing how your heart can love them both, the same, and so intensely.

Hattie has started smiling at everyone and everything (fans, air vents, rock work...), but I would have to say she seems to be quite the mama's girl.  Her smile is very contagious, especially when she squeals with excitement.  I love when she smiles at Ainslee.  It is so fun to watch the sister bonds beginning to form. 

 Hattie Bear has been sleeping longer stretches at night and will go 9 hours on a good night.  Last night she went from 10:30-7:30!  She is still a spit up machine, but I think it's getting a little better, maybe???  She has decided that she completely despises tummy time.  In fact, I can't think of anything that gets her madder!  She LOVES her swing and bouncy seat.  The swing is a life saver in the evenings when nothing else seems to help calm her.  She is obsessed with the blue elephant that velcros to the bouncy seat.  She has even been successful in pulling it off.  Of course, this is done with her left hand.  I know it is WAY to early to establish handedness, but I will not be surprised if she is a lefty like her Daddy and big sister.

For some reason she is rarely just called Hattie.  Poor kid is going to have a nickname forever attached to her.  Hattie Cakes, Hattie Bear, Hattie Boo Battie (Ainslee's favorite), Rudy Tudy, and Walter (this is Pop's crazy name for her) are some of the nicknames she goes by! :)  Enjoy the pics!  Unfortunately Hattie was not in a smiley mood, but I had to get pics as soon as possible- you never know how long two little girls will keep their white shirts clean!

3 Month Chair Pic

Don't you just want to eat those cheeks up?!

Matchy Matchy

Kisses from Big Sister

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Hoodie Sisters

The chilly hill country mornings have given me the opportunity to bust out some winter attire for the girls (of course it is shed by lunch time...).  Hattie has been able to use a lot of Ainslee's hand-me-downs that I thought she wouldn't get to wear.  Poor planning on having girls born in December and July, but what can you do? :) 

This was my favorite outfit of Ainslee's!  Hattie appears to be less than thrilled about wearing it :)

 When did she get so big?!

 Love these little girls more than I could ever imagine!

 And Hattie is DONE!

Playtime w/ G-Ma and Grandpa

We have been finding every excuse we can to get out and enjoy this beautiful fall weather!  Last week we had a picnic lunch at the park with G-Ma and Grandpa.  Ainslee had a blast showing off her swinging and climbing skills!

 G-Ma helped her with the maze.  She was fascinated by this and called it a map!

 I finally got her to look at the camera and smile!

 G-Ma was a little nervous going down the slide

 But Grandpa loved it, even if his legs were a little too long!

 Plenty of supervision

 Hattie enjoyed sitting in the shade and practiced holding her head up with Grandpa

 Just waving to the camera

 Silly girls

 One last slide

The Storyteller

Once upon a time there was a little girl named, Mommy!  The monsters, dogs, and ghosts chased her!  The End.

As told by Ainslee Grace

2 Months Old!

Hattie Lane is 2 months old today!  She is such a sweet and, for the most part, laid back little girl.  She is smiling, cooing a bit, and holding her head up like a champ!  She started at around 7 weeks sleeping anywhere from 6 to 8 hour stretches at night then going right back to sleep after eating.  It is quite nice on days when Ainslee decides to sleep past 7:30!  Naps still take place any and everywhere.  I'm really hoping she stays small enough to sleep in the bassinet forever.
Big sister is still very much in love with her and I can see that the feelings are mutual.  Hattie is perfectly content as long as she can watch Ainslee.  We can't wait to watch them actually play together!
Hattie's doctors visit is tomorrow so I will update with the stats when I get them. Despite the massive amounts of spitting up, I think she's grown a ton!  She is wearing the same outfit Ainslee wore in her 2 month chair picture. 

Recent Ainslee-isms

Jason took Ainslee to a jr. high football game the other night.  The mighty Spikes won 28-0.  On the way home Jason asked Ainslee who won.  Her response:  "The blue team won and the white team....well, they did their best."

As I was putting her shoes on her the other day:  "I'm proud of you Mommy." 
Why are you proud of me Ainslee?
 "For all that you do to me."

Several times this week she also declared, "You're a good friend, Mommy!"

I had been trying, unsuccessfully, to air up an exercise ball (we discovered it's the secret to calming Hattie's upset tummy).  When Jason got home from work Ainslee pointed to it and told Jason he needed to "Suck it up!"  We finally figured out that she meant he needed to pump it up.

She has also recently been complimenting my (and Grammie's) clothes.  She will tell us she likes our shirt and then ask where we got it from.

"Zip. No talkin'!" (insert hand gestures of zipping your lips and a finger over your mouth) When asked where she learned that phrase she said, "School."  That would be the 1 day a MONTH class she is in while I attend MOPS.