Ainsley LOVES the Kittens!

Not only is one of Ainsley's favorite activities chasing Lucy (our cat) around the house and grabbing her tail, Ainsley was also fascinated by the kittens on the farm at Grandma and Grandpa Proud's house. She was SO excited when we brought her outside and she saw 4 little kittens playing. It was as if she could sense that they were babies too because she was very careful when we let her touch them and didn't try to attack them like she sometimes does with Lucy!

We're Not Homeless Anymore!

After months of planning and decision making, we moved in to our new house on Labor Day weekend! While there are a several projects left yet to do such as painting an accent color on the garage doors, staining our front door (once it gets replaced), and nursing our sod back to health (it already looks better than this picture!) and little things like window treatments and decorating we are getting settled in and loving our new home. We feel very blessed. Here is a picture and I will post more as projects get done around here. Of course the curb appeal just isn't as charming now that the HUGE dumpster is out of the driveway :)

9 Months Old!

Ainsley just turned 9 months old on the 4th. She is growing up so fast. She is a proficient crawler now and is starting to get more and more curious about "no no" objects around the house! Last week Ainsley also survived getting 4 new teeth at once, a popped right ear drum with ear infection and head cold. The poor thing had a rough couple of days, but she is getting back to normal again! She loves making an "O" shape with her mouth and say "oooooohhh" and thinks this is fun to do to get our attention. She does that too when she gets excited to see one of us or Lucy, our cat. She also now is saying momma repeatedly although I still don't think she knows what it means. Still cute though!

The house construction is almost complete as well---about three more weeks and I think we will be moving in. I put a few of the most recent pics here as well and will post a few more once I get up there with the camera this weekend. It is exciting, but we'll be glad when it is all completed!!

Playing on the floor in the morning before I leave for work.

Bed head after her nap!

Saying "Oooooohhhhh" at Grandma Lilli's and Grandpa Don's

Trying to eat the camera......

This was last week when she was just miserable getting new teeth on top of an ear infection and a cold. All she wanted to do was cuddle with her teddy bear on Daddy's chest. She was such a pathetic sight, but very cute.

Cashed out in the jogging stroller at the end of an early Saturday morning run.

Ainsley decided it was fun one day to try to spit and make noise with her lips. She did that all the time for about 2-3 days and then stopped when she discovered how to say "ooohhh!" at various pitches.

House Piccs: The tiger wood floors in the new house. This diamond pattern is right in the entry way and turned out really cool.

Hard wood floors in the dining room

Stay tuned for a few more updated house pictures.....