more iphone updates...

Well, yet again, I am behind in blogging...haha...what's new? Anyways, I'll catch myself up again by using my only "camera" that is in my back pocket ALL OF THE TIME. My iphone!

So I have been "nesting" here lately....I have cleaned out Ava's {oh so very hard} closet and moved Aynslee's stuff into Ava's room. I have been preparing for miss H's arrival by cleaning out Aynslee's room and putting newborn stuff in there. We are not changing the nursery...we plan on moving in the near future (I actually think we found some land tonight), so I thought it would be a complete waste of money to do another girl "nursery". I might even leave Aynslee's name on the wall...I don't know yet. I do know that with my grief, my toddler, my pregnancy, full time work, and planning Ava's run & splashpad this is ONE.TIRED.MOMMY!

 And this child is an absolute NUT! She climbs on everything...and loves to climb on in her baby doll crib and turn her light on and off. In this picture, I said, "Ayns Elyse" and she said "OHHHH mommy, Ayns Elyse". She proceeded to watch her tv show. :)

 Daddy and Aynslee have picked up a new hobby....ROCKBAND>. Aynslee loves it. She loves to play the drums and she is actually good at it. She uses her foot and everything....

And now, she has RSV and a double ear infection...bless her heart. She was terrified on the "kitty" breathing treatments at first, but now she loves them and realizes they are a part of her feeling "better" and not sick anymore!

It has been absolutely BEAUTIFUL the past few days...I mean, 65+ degrees in the winter? Seriously, I mean, where did winter and all the snow go?

 These are unpopable bubbles....she LOVES them, and we think they are pretty neat as well.
She also LOVES to slide....NOT SWING, as you can tell from the other picture where she is yelling "out, out mama, out". Heights don't scare her, but a swing does?

iphone...lately

Well, I got this idea from another blogger...iphone pics. Yep, we ALL have our iphones with us 24/7 and I take pictures of the most random things....so here are a few pics of what's been happening lately at our house.

I know...familiar picture huh? Same laundry basket...same place....Ava and Ayns are 2 peas in a pod for sure!

This was our first "snow day" of the year. Not really much snow, but hey, we will take it!! Aynslee matched ALL of the numbers. These are stickers, and she just had to match the number sticker. She did great for a 21 month old!! She's learning some numbers, some letters, and lots and lots of vocabulary words. We still have a hard time understanding her, but hey...she'll get it. If not, she has a mom that just happens to be a speech therapist. I can fix it! :)

And this is Aynslee's "pouty face"

So super excited about her new "lello boots". :)

We went over to Danna and Tyler's house to let the girls play some. They had a blast and we stayed entirely to long, but it was fun for ALL of us. My favortie quote of the night....Aynslee: "nuk, nuk mama"...me: "what's stuck honey?". Aynslee: "ayns elyse, ayns elyse". 

Another quote from the night..."no baby (Blake), my mama armpete". LOL. How am I going to break her from that one?

I was so nervous that the crayons and easel were so very very close to the wall. Ayns made it through the night with no mishaps on the wall....but she did manage to color on Paislee's vanity and table. *sigh*

Catching up....

Ok, seriously....I have been SUCH.A.BLOG.SLACKER!!!!!! Horrible, I know. My new years resolution is to do better....much better with this. Getting pregnant in July and going through a hard first trimester full of puke and nastiness set me somewhat behind...BUT, that's no excuse. For the next few weeks, I am going to try and catch up on my blog posts, continue my pregnancy work our regimen, and continue to document Aynslee's little life as she grows, sweet, beloved memories of my darling Ava, and then new memories of little miss bb#3. Here are a few pics to catch things up to speed....like I said, I promise I will continue to catch things up. I promise myself. :)

Did I tell you Aynslee started dance class? Yep...around October she started her fundamentals tot class at Rockstar Academy of Dance. She loves it, but is a crazy, little monkey!!!!! Ava listened much better than little Aynslee. LOL

Here is the day we found out baby bright #3 was a precious, healthy girl. :) 18 weeks today.  She was 8 oz. and growing good. Measured only a day ahead of due date (4/25/2012).

A few pictures from Thanksgiving...granddaddy and Aynslee.

 And playing with her cousins in the floor at Meme's house.

Well, I was 24 weeks pregnant in this picture. This baby is FOR SURE living in a mansion. I told Jim that I wanted a "belly picture" of me...so while he was taking a picture of me.....

 This is what our child was doing....LOL

Christmas 2011

Well, this post will be full of pictures, mainly because I am trying to catch up on everything. :) We had a great Christmas (considering everything in our life is so bittersweet without our sweet Ava). We miss Ava, and especially during the holiday's. I wonder what she would be like at 4. Christmas with a 4 year old is so magical I am sure. All we can do is soak it all in with Aynslee and try our best to hide the pain and tears for her....and give her the most magical Christmas a one year old can have. Enjoy the pictures!!!

It was the perfect day for the MJ Christmas parade. Aynslee enjoyed watching all the floats and it was actually in the lower 60's so the weather was GREAT!!! Maybe we will try a float next year!

Notice the Ava bow and ribbon on the back of Glen Hamblen's beloved "baby". :)

 Jim's parent's wanted to advertise for the run in March.

Aynslee just chillin' at Houston's birthday party.

21 weeks and getting bigger. :)

 These pictures were taken at Nana's and Pa's house. Aynslee had so much fun with her cousins. I can see so much of little Ava in these pictures. I think it was the way I fixed her hair?? Maybe? I don't know. But I love this smile, and those sweet cheeks.

Aynslee really, really, got into delivering presents.
 She didn't care what was inside, she just wanted to pass them out. 

She insisted that these chairs were "mine"....even though neither of them actually were "hers". LOL

And here are some pictures of Christmas Eve night...Terry and his family, and The Stemmer family all came over...and guess what? Santa even made a surprise visit on his busiest night of the year!

Santa brought Aynslee a "gucker" and she was so happy. :) 

 If you ask Aynslee what "hoho" brought her, she will say, " A gucker". Not toys, but a sucker. Hey, she is actually right, huh?

Here are some pictures of the kids decorating cookies for Santa and eating cupcakes for Jesus' birthday. We started the tradition of having a birthday party for Jesus the night before His birthday, in hopes that we can teach our young children what Christmas is all about.

And here are some pictures of Christmas morning and Christmas day. Aynslee got so much stuff, she had no idea what to do. :)

All of Aynslee's toys from Santa...spoiled YES! Wouldn't do it ANY.OTHER.WAY!

Our sweet family...we NEVER leave Ava out of anything...I mean
should we? Really? NO! 

LOVED her "real" grocery cart. 

She was actually scared...yes scared, of her choo choo train. 

Really starting to get into this opening presents thing. :)

She loves to draw! Maybe a picasso on our hands? 

Again, this is NOT hers...it's Addison's. We had a battle over this
...she lost. :)