Spain!

My sister Christine and niece Hadley went on a trip to Spain this summer and brought the kids back a few souvenir's!

Avalyn LOVES her "flamingo dress"

Cambria and Ainsley enjoying the maracas!

Just because

she looked so pretty in her Sunday dress!

Ainsley Brooke is 1!

Happy 1st Birthday!

One year ago, on August 14, little Ainsley Brooke completed our family! It has been quite a wonderful year. Ainsley was a bit of a screamer for a good 5 months, but once all the screaming was out of her system she became a very sweet little girl (not that she wasn't sweet to begin with;). She is very eager, independent, bright and absolutely adorable! She has reached all her milestones early or on time and continues to progress so quickly (I do tell her to slow down just a bit- she is my last). She took her first steps at 9 months and was walking everywhere by 10 and a half months, says Momma and Dadda, she drinks out of a cup/straw/sippy cup, she loves table food and feeding herself. She likes mechanical stuff, cords, computers, cell phones and of course the mouse. Ainsley is quite the little dancer, whenever she hears music she has to stop and squat and bounce up and down while twisting. She is probably one of the most social babies, she LOVES people, ALL people (no stranger anxiety here). Ainsley has been the perfect addition to this family and we LOVE her so much!

Opening her present!

The Party!

Maybe brother's cake taste better- or not.

Not really into the cake, how about some ice cream!

Gavin sharing his ice cream!

Ainsley taking over the bowl of ice cream, trying it with a spoon and then just digging in!

Nothing like a little Birthday bath!

The ZOO!

We finally made it to the zoo this year! My foot is feeling much better and just as summer is ending we have been able to to a few things we haven't done in a while, like the zoo!

Watching the carousel.

Ainsley wanted to go on the carousel- she was a little confused.

Avalyn had been asking to go on the carousel at the zoo all summer, she finally got to!

Pictures in the flowers!

Just one day before Ainsley's 1st Birthday!

Out of the stroller and ready to explore.

Found some water!

Thinking about what she can throw in the water- don't worry the ducky will not leave her hand!

How about leaves!

So much fun! Cambria could spend hours throwing things in water!

Ready to see some fish- Mommy trying not to think of all the germs on the window.


Cambria likes the zoo, because she likes being out, she doesn't mind the stroller, but she doesn't look at the animals, except...the fish!

My little monkeys- actually my big monkeys!

Just right before we left, I wanted a picture of all 4- lesson learned, next time I will try at the beginning.