Aynslee's one year pictures

Completely forgot to post her one year pictures on the blog....crazy me.

I wanna eat those chunky monkey legs!!!!

13 months and so silly!

Aynslee is so silly these days. She is walking everywhere...and has been for a month now. She bends her head down and looks through her legs....see

Her speech is developing at such a rapid rate. I LOVE it! She says about 8-10 real words. Her favorite still is "dada", but "ball" is a close second. Everything we see in the grocery store is a "ball"...watermelons, oranges, apples....basically anything that is round...she will point and say "uh ball". She says "ti-o" for chico...whom is her little buddy. She loves to poke your eye out (literally) and say "eye"...she knows mouth, ears, and belly too...and we are working on saying those, but she's not quite there yet! :) She is obsessed over telling you body parts.

She was weaned this week, so sad for her (and mommy). But she was a little trooper. It only took 2 days! Now, she is becoming attached to her little monkey and a cup. My friends mom is making her a monkey out of Ava's Matilda Jane dress. I can't wait to see it!!! I'll post pics as soon as I get it back.

"I prayed for this child, and the LORD has granted me what I asked of him. 28 So now I give him to the LORD. For his whole life he will be given over to the LORD.” And he worshiped the LORD there." 1 Samuel 1:27-28

Today we dedicated our precious Aynslee. It is such a special time for us; having one child in Heaven and one on this earth. We wrote a letter to Aynslee to be opened the day she is baptized. In a nut shell, it tells her that from this day forward we all "dedicated" ourselves to raising her in a Christian home (Eph 6:4), and that we will teach her the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ (1 Cor 15: 2-4). We pray that she shall learn His gospel (Gal 3:26) needed for her salvation and eternal life. We want all us to be a COMPLETE family one day in God's great heavenly kingdom. Here is the letter we wrote for her.

Here are a few pictures from the event. :)

I can just imagine little Ava hugging us tight in this picture. 

I love how they have the same "look" here. 

She didn't like her "fluffy" dress. We ended the dedicated "nakie". LOL

And our covenant from both Ava's dedication (4-20-2008) and Aynslee's (5-15-2011) was from Deuteronomy 6:5-7
" 5 You must love the Lord your God with your whole mind, your whole being, and all your strength. 6 These words I am commanding you today must be kept in mind, 7 and you must teach them to your children and speak of them as you sit in your house, as you walk along the road, as you lie down, and as you get up". 

And here is precious Ava (4-20-2008)...YES, April 20th is Aynslee birthday. :)