And She's Off!!!

She will crawl across the room to get that bear. She is not very speedy yet, but it is still very cute.

She's Crawling!

It has been a little while since I updated the blog! The Proud family has been quite in the last few weeks! Ainsley has been keeping us quite busy of course in addition to the house construction and work. She is growing up so fast! As you can tell by the title of the post, she's on the move! For the last week she has been trying really hard to crawl and finally Friday she did it! Nick was the first one to see it--I was in Chicago on a girls' trip, but no worries, she has been practicing since the minute she figured it out! It was impressive to see how over the last 1-2 weeks she has gone from just getting up on her hands and knees to rocking back and forth to sort of scooting to finally crawling. Ainsley is also very vocal these days and babbling all the time. She will now say ahhh when eating probably because when she first started solids and wouldn't open her mouth I would say Ahhhhh and open mine really big. Now if she sees me eating something she will open her mouth and say ahhh.
She is trying some new foods like Yo Baby yogurt, bits of cheese, tiny pieces of chicken, noodles, crackers, Cheerios, of course she still LOVES the Gerber Puffs :) Tofu and avacado are next on the list, but want to give her a chance to like the yogurt! She's not so sure.......
The last week has been rough on her---she has a double ear infection on top of a cold and her top front teeth are also coming in---all at once! The poor thing. She hasn't been the most fun at times but who can blame her with all that going on! When she is in a good mood she's as fun as ever though. In addition to crawling she has also found a new toy---paint swatches!! She is entertained for quite some time playing in my pile of colors. I was about ready to just choose the color she chewed on the most :)
Progress is coming along on the house---all of the interior is painted now. Phew! We worked hard to get it done before any flooring or trim went in so it went pretty quickly. I will credit Nick with most of the work but we also had help from friends and family too. There is something to be said for putting a little sweat into your house! I have included some pictures, but haven't taken pics of all the painted rooms since all the painting was finished. We are anxious to get the stone work done on the front of the house!

Here are several pics from the last few weeks. Enjoy!

Ainsley loves this teddy bear and was having a great time playing with it and looked cute in her fres so I decided it was a good time to take pictures!

Here she is again playing with the bear......

Playing in her jumper while we cook dinner.

Playing on the floor with Daddy. Awwwwww.

Showing off those teeth!

Nick put this "crown" on her when they were playing one morning.

Ainsley's other favorite thing to do is clapping her hands and she mimicks this if we clap our hands for her when she does something good. She's playing in the paint swatches. For some reason she thinks they are great!

I got a bedding set shipped to me that came in a huge box full of packing peanuts so I thought I should take a picture of my peanut in the peanuts!! She didn't know WHAT to do when she was sitting in all of them. She thought about eating one as you can see above, but didn't put it in her mouth (surprisingly since she puts everything in her mouth) and then decided she didn't like them so started to fuss! I managed to get a couple of pics before the fuss face! Then you'll see she's in the peanuts again after I got her dressed for the day. She didn't really like them much better the second time. I think she didn't like the feeling of sinking in to them. She wasn't sure what to think about that! She just raised her arms up for me to pick her up!

All smiles!

This is just proof on film that Ainsley was not feeling well last week with the ear infection and then teething. There were times that all she wanted to do was cuddle with mom. She was pretty miserable for a couple of days. It's hard being little.

This was taken standing in our dining room. I spent some quality time painting it "La Fonda Olive" in the evening after I spent the day at home with a sick baby :( It looks darker in this picture than it is, but the color turned out exactly how I wanted it!

Main hall looking in to dining room.

Looking in to family room from the kitchen

Looking in to kitchen from family room......slowly but surely it's taking shape. We should have flooring soon!

The Proud family has been busy these days! Ainsley gets more fun each day and she is such a sweethear. She is starting to eat more "real" food now like the Baby Mum Mum rice wafers, Gerber Puffs, crackers, etc. At first she wasn't too thrilled with texture but now she will open her mouth up wide for a Puff when I get them out :) As you'll see below, we have also started with the sippy cup. Too bad she knows where to put it, but thinks the spout is to chew on! Ainsley is also close to crawling--she is rocking back and forth on her hands and knees and one of these days she's just going to take off! She is transitioning from the infant 1 room to the infant 2 room at school (along with her friend Peyton) so she will be around a few babies who already "cruise" so I'm sure she'll learn fast.
Ainsley also had a great time a couple of weeks ago when our friends Travis and Nicole (miss you guys!) and their little girl Olivia came out for a visit. Her and Olivia had lots of fun playing together and we got to catch up a little. The girls are only 5 days apart. Lastly, Ainsley has been "helping" us pack because we sold our house and will be moving this weekend! Our new home is not going to be done until August but it turns out our friend took a job in Dallas so we are going to rent his place until our home is done. The house is coming along nicely although there are a lot of decisions to make. I am thinking of just putting some countertop samples in front of Ainsley and going with whatever one she tries to put in her mouth first!

Ainsley's first experience with non-baby food----the Baby Mum Mum. She didn't know what to do with it at first!

Chewing on her sippy cup in spite of my nice demonstration of how to drink from one. One day she'll figure out what it is really for.

Ainsley eating a Puff. Most of the time she prefers me to feed them to her, but this time she managed to get one in her mouth!

Bath time! Ainsley is getting her "hair did." She loves splashing around and attempting to eat the washcloth if I set it down.

Ainsley and Olivia battling over the rings. I think Olivia ended up winning!

Here is some of the progress on our house. Since I took this picture, they have sided the rest of the house and have also built the pillars for the arched entry way and the support for the porch. It is fun to watch the progress and all the stages it goes through. We feel very blessed to have sold our current home and to have a nice home that we can grow in to as a family.