The Ainsworth's

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Good stuff...

Taylor is at such a fun age right now. It's so amazing just watching her learn and take everything in. She's growing up SO fast! She is sitting up on her own now. Still a little wobbly and falls over frequently but she's getting closer. She loves to sit on the floor and play with her toys. She's such a happy baby. She loves to blow bubbles and giggle and play peek-a-boo. She's reaching for EVERYTHING...including glasses (she got her own sippy cup this week), remote controls, cell phones and everything else that she shouldn't touch and drool all over. :) She loves her puppies and likes to pet Sadie and tug on her ears.

I definitely think she is going to be an early walker and maybe even walk before she crawls. She will walk across the room if you hold her hands and will stand up on her own if she can hold onto something.

Last week she had her first taste of solid food (if you can call rice cereal solid food). At first she didn't know what to think or really what to do but she got the hang of it quick and now we can't give her enough of the stuff. She loves it!

Such a big girl sitting up all by herself...

Hey homies!

Taylor with her cousins Chase and Riley in her new Johnny Jump-Up!

Saturday, February 7, 2009

Growing Up SO Fast!

Cheeser!

New Buddies!!

Lunch with Mimi at Gunther Toody's

Helping mom do laundry

Out for a walk

Friday, January 9, 2009

Playdate!

We had a playdate at my friend Toni's house yesterday! How cute are these kiddos?

Kieran (sp?), Mimi, Tristan, Taylor, Gavin & Xander

Our friends Mackenzie & Mimi

4 Months!!

Taylor is 4 Months Old!!!! We had our pediatrician appointment on Tuesday and we have a healthy growing baby! She had to get her 4 month shots but did amazing! She cried for a couple of seconds but that was it. I had a second nurse come in to hold her so I didn't have to see the needles (a little phobia of mine!) so I did good too. No passing out!
Taylor is now 11 pounds (skinny little baby). She's only in the 10th percentile for weight but there's no concerns. Just her body type. She's in the 50th percentile for height at 24-1/4 inches. She's going to be a tall, skinny girl! She's such a sweetheart. She loves to smile, laugh, cuddle, jump, play on the floor, sit in her exersaucer, etc. I don't know how we got so lucky!

Some other fun pictures...

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Christmas In South Dakota

Hope you all had a great Christmas and that the New Year has started out with a bang! We enjoyed our Christmas with our new little family. We did lots of traveling to see family and friends in South Dakota but Taylor was a little trooper so it made life much easier. We started out with a 9 hour road trip to my grandparents house in Chamberlain. Taylor only got fussy a couple of times but never cried. We stopped twice to feed her and then continued on our way. We couldn't have asked for a better trip (unless we could change the scenery...Nebraska ain't very purty!) We spent a couple of days with my grandparents and family then continued on our way to Pierre to see John's family. We had a great time with everyone there. Lots of eating, playing games, golfing, 4-wheeling adventures (poor Toddy Vik!), etc. Good Times! After a couple of days there we finished our trip at my parents house in Spearfish. We were hoping for a couple of relaxing days while we were there but we thought wrong. It felt like we were running constantly to go see friends and family and we still didn't get to see everyone. Taylor got to meet John's grandparents and lots of new friends while we were there. By the end we were all exhausted. The little bug was a trooper through it all. We had a great time seeing everyone but we were very happy to be home and back on a semi-schedule. :)
I wasn't very good at taking pictures on this trip but here's a few....

Sadie & Sara under the Christmas Tree