Swim Lessons

Ainsley loves the water, so I decided to put her in swim lessons near the end of July.  I was able to take her down to Hettick for them, and it turned out to be great.  Kathy and her two granddaughters did a wonderful job with Ainsley and I know Ainsley had lots of fun.

The first day Ainsley was jumping in and going under water without water wings or anything on.  They told me she was also swimming by herself with no water wings.  I couldn't believe it.  We've been too scared to let Ainsley go without some sort of floatation aid, so I didn't know what she could do.  They said she would jump in, go under, and then was able to make it back to the side of the pool all by herself.  Let's just say I was one proud Mommy!

Ainsley enjoyed going every morning, but was happy to see me when I went back to pick her up.  Kathy had snacks for them every day.  That made for a happy girl!

Yummy ice cream!

The one thing Ainsley was really good at was spitting after getting back out of the pool.  She would get a mouthful to spit out when they lifted her out.  She's such a stinker!

I'll definitely be putting her back in swim lessons again next year, and hopefully Lily will be a little fish like her sister!

Ainsley, Gavin, and Kayne after swim lessons

Visit to Jackson

Wow!  We've had an absolutely crazy last month or so.  I have lots to catch up on.  Late July, we packed up the car for the weekend and headed to Thomas and Jamie's. 

Ainsley couldn't wait to go to "Baby Huckson's" house.  She would jump up and down when I told her we were getting ready to go.  She was one happy girl! 

We got there Friday evening and I think everyone was ready to get out of the car.  A four hour trip with an infant and toddler wasn't exactly what I call an exciting Friday night.  I know Ainsley was ready to get out and get her wet clothes off.  (Oops...mother of the year, I know...Ainsley had peed through her diaper at some point on the ride down and had been sitting in a wet car seat.)


It was nice not having any plans and just hanging out.  Joel and Thomas took off Saturday morning to find a fuse for my car.  Of course, half way down there a fuse blew in my car, which meant no "Mickey" for Ainsley to watch.  Lucky us!  While they were gone, I watched the three kids while Jamie took a shower.  Ainsley loved having two babies to love on!

Tummy time with Hudson and Aunt Trista....Hudson kept face planting it into the carpet off the boppy pillow!

Lily liked Hudson's toys!

Hudson's ready for the day in his Grandpa tube socks!!! 

I somehow managed to get all three kids asleep at the same time.  Talk about peace and quiet!

We did end up getting out of the house Saturday afternoon and heading to Lambert's for lunch/supper.  I think we would have ate and enjoyed it more if we didn't have two babies and Ainsley with us, but it was still pretty good!

Ainsley's ready for our adventure!

Lily was pretty good in her carseat while we ate

Mama's boy with that dang blanket!

We waited awhile after getting back from Lambert's before heading out to get frozen yogurt.  We went to a little place in Cape, and it was really good!  Ainsley loved being about to pick out all of her toppings for her "ice cream". 

It was getting close to Hudson's bed time!

Lily was already quite a bit bigger than Hudson, but I'm sure as the years go by, Hudson will slowing start to creep up on her. 

Aren't these two of the cutest babies you've ever seen?!

cousins

I'm thinking another trip down to Jackson in the near future sounds like a good idea.  It's not every day I get breakfast cooked for me, and I know Ainsley would love to take another bath in Uncle Thom's big bathtub!

Yep, that would be Thomas making us breakfast.  He's such a good brother!

Ainsley had to help Uncle Thom.

Sweet Summertime

Summer is always busy and these last few weeks have been no exception.

Joel and I were able to have a date night a few weekends ago.  He got free tickets to the Joe Nichols concert at the fair, so I dropped the girls off at Mom's for the night and we headed to the fair.  Free admission, food, and alcohol?  Sounds like a good night to me! 

Joe Nichols at the County Fair

We got to the VIP section of the concert and were surprised to see a few people we knew.  I even saw Gracia Harrison from last season's "The Voice".  Joel was embarrassed when I went up and asked her for a picture with me, but he got over it.

Gracia Harrison

Me and Kaila

Ainsley asked me to paint her fingernails one morning, and I just shrugged her off because she's never let me before.  That evening, I asked her if she wanted me to paint them and she said yes.  She actually sat still on the kitchen island and let me paint them.  She was so excited afterwards and kept looking down at them and had to run downstairs to show Joel.  I caught her looking at them throughout the night and the next day.  I've already re-painted them once since then.

Time flies when you're having fun, right?  This summer must be flying by for Ainsley because it seems like we do something every day.  We've played at the park...

Love these blue boards....I'll be going back to take more pictures of her on them!

Taken my car through the car wash, which she thought was pretty fun...

The faces of Ainsley in the car wash

And, visited Daddy at work one day after getting ice cream at Placke's...


Ainsley was excited about going to Mimi's house.  She calls Minnie Mouse "Mimi" and didn't quite understand...

Jim and Joel have been busy moving dirt around in preparation for a new shed.  It's starting to look different.  Ainsley enjoyed running around with Daddy for a few minutes.

Ainsley thinks my phone belongs to her, and has even figured out how to take pictures.  She loves to take "selfies" and we took a few one day.  She's also managed to post a status on Facebook, "like" pictures on both Facebook and Instagram, send friend requests to a few people, and who knows what else! 

Lily's over the "selfies"!

 I caught Ainsley rubbing one of her baby's heads.  I guess she was looking for some hair!

I love turning the corner and seeing my girl looking at books in our bed.

We can't forget about Lily.  She's been busy sitting in her bumbo seat and talking with Daddy.

If you have a spare 10 minutes sometime and want to hear a good story about how I almost got arrested a few weekends ago, get in touch with me.  For now, I'll just let you know that you can be arrested for keeping three softballs, valued at $8 each that land in your yard for "intentially taking someone else's property".