We cannot believe that we have reached the month of July. In less than a month Ainsley will be turning one year old. We look back to last year at this time and what changes...It has been an amazing, wonderful, and truly life changing journey. Since we posted last there have been a lot happening in Ainsley's life, hence the delay in posting! So here are some highlights!
At Ainsley's nine month well baby check up she was just over 20 lbs. This is only a pound more than the last weight check at seven months but she made up for it in height.
In the middle of May Brent made his first wedding cake. It was three days of hard work and lots of icing. Although he enjoys making and decorating cakes, he thinks wedding cakes might just be too much cake for him.
At the end of May Ainsley went with Brent and his family to Huber's Family Farm to pick strawberries. She had a wonderful time! She completed a thorough examination of several strawberries: smashing, squishing, and of course the all important taste test. When she was in the shopping cart at the market she even turned around and sneaked one out of the basket! Needless to say she was one sticky mess who had a great time.
Through out May Ainsley had been getting around more and more with scoot, pivot, reach, and some one arm pulls. But after visiting with her friend Catherine Stuart, Ainsley learned some new techniques that she was proud to show off. The very next day Ainsley pulls herself up on her knees and crawls! For the next week or so she would switch back and forth between army crawl and up on her knees. Over the past few weeks she has been pulling herself up onto her knees in her crib but just this week she has begun to pull herself all the way up to standing! Brent said that yesterday she was trying to pull up on everything that would stand still including herself!
The first week of June we took our first offical family vacation! We traveled to Savannah, Georgia and Tybee Island. On the first leg of our journey we stayed one night with Molly's Uncle Bill in Macon, GA. Ainsley had a great time showing off for a whole new audience. In her efforts to move around she got herself into the legs of their bar stools. She had great fun although she could not quite get herself free. In Savannah we visited the Juliet Low House, took a Paula Dean Tour, ate at Paula's resturant The Lady and Sons, and walked around the beautiful city. We then spent two days out at the coast on Tybee Island. Ainsley was not to sure what to think of the ocean and beach the first day. However on the second day she had a blast! And of course everything went straight into her mouth. Brent and Ainsley had a lot of fun splashing with the waves. Several times the wave would be bigger than we thought and she would get a face full of splash but she would just laugh and squeal. Molly and Ainsely spent some time playing in the sand bar splashing the water and eating sand. (Ainsley would try to eat the sand not Molly.) The last leg of vacation took us through Gatlinburg for an overnight. Brent had a good time remembering past vacations and we even took some pictures near the stream that Brent had his picture taken in as a small child. Since we have been home Brent has been enjoying his summer vacation and having lots of Ainsley and Daddy Time!
I think that brings things up-to-date and pictures will be posted soon.
