Mama's Baby Girl

An all-new favorite picture of Aislyn. In her sweater that Grama made her ("labor of love") and a dress & tights. She is so much mama's little girl.

Christmas Day

We went over to Ron's house for Christmas Eve, stayed half an hour, Aislyn starting screaming (she was so tired) and I took her back home and put her to bed. They stayed until late, opening presents and whatnot. There sure was a lot of loot they brought back with them! This morning Trudy came over and we had our Christmas!

And it was snowing big fat snowflakes and 32 degrees!


In some places, the snow was deeper than my knees. I sank and sank and sank!

Aislyn wore her Christmas outfit from Nana.

Papa and his clone tried out the new Smart Cycle. Zane loves it.

The background of this picture is embarrassing. But Zane is posing next to his biggest present. It is important that every year there is one BIG present for each kid. Aislyn missed out this year, but she didn't mind. Next year, she will have to have a BIG present too.

I took this right before going to Ron's last night. Aislyn was all dressed up and ready. Zane was in his pajamas. But that's what you get when you're the boy. Zane looks like such the big brother here.

Tiling

The fruits of our labor! Shane & I grouted the floors last night. It was really really hard! But it looks awesome!

Kiddos

In case you haven't noticed, Shane & I grow kids with some amazing eyes.

The other thing is, the eyebrows. Papa has some strong eyebrow genes.

Papa took these pictures, and I wonder how he got this smile.

This reaction, on the other hand, makes sense.

We were supposed to go swimming today (now postponed until tomorrow), so I decided to try Aislyn's bathing suit on her beforehand. It is a size 9 months so I didn't think there would be an issue. Boy was it an issue. I can BARELY squeeze it over her, and I have to force her arms into some very un-armlike positions. Poor girl. She has some size.

I love this boy. He is a pain sometimes. A lot of the time. But he is so cute. His attachment to his mama is admirable. This morning he crawled into bed with Aislyn while I was fumbling around for my glasses, and he wrapped his arms around her and told me, "Aislyn only loves me. No one else. Just me." Well, then. Sometimes you might think this is true, if you watch her gaze follow him around the room no matter what else is going on. She grabs for him. She smiles at him. She thinks her brother is something else.

The bottom line is: I have two am-nazing kids.

Then & Now

May '06:

Dec '09:

Polka Dots & Blue Eyes

I went shopping today for Christmas, and bought Aislyn some clothes. She has moved up into a 9 months, and they fit her pretty good. Yikes!

Just wait until you see the bathing suit I bought her so we can go swimming next week. Oh my. I love having a little girl. So, so so much.

Snow!

I ran out to the trailer to grab Zane's baby book so I could compare it to Aislyn, and on my way out to the trailer, my boots crunching in the frozen snow down to the ankle and more, I thought how pretty it kind of was. So after I retrieved the baby book, I ran back in and grabbed my camera. I was only wearing a sweatshirt (a swampie hoodie of all things), but I started snapping photos of Tucker frolicking in the snow. Then I headed down to the horses and snapped some photos of the farm. Then I hurried back inside to put away the camera and grab some apples. They deserved them, those woolly mammoths. Their winter coats have gotten so thick (with reason! Thirty below zero wind chill last night!) that their halters were too tight. I was struggling to unbuckle Whisper's halter which was frozen, and she started to pull away just as my left index finger was in the buckle and it smashed my finger. Ouch! I had to look to make sure it didn't actually take the finger off or the nail or something. My fingers were numb after all. But I got the halters off. After coming inside and plopping my butt on the bench and scanning through the baby book (Aww! More on that later), I pushed my memory card into the computer and was surprised to see almost 100 photos. I have no doubt that Miss Aislyn will wake up before I have time to go through them, but I'm hoping to get a start anyway. Offhand, I would say I have some cute ones of Tucker.

When Aisie does wake up, I have a lot to do. I am going to try to go through all the crap in the bedroom and get bags ready for Goodwill. I will probably have to save my baby clothes since both my sisters-in-law are now expecting and one or the other may be having a girl!

We have been laying tile at night and it's a lot of work. Last night was a complete disaster of uneven lines and trouble trouble trouble. But progress is being made, and progress is definitely needed.


Always on the lookout for food.

Tucker thought this was a pretty fun game. He'd get way ahead of me, realize I wasn't coming, and come running back at full tilt. Then do it again.

"I'm not going that far, Tuck!"

"Let's play!"

"Come on!"

"Come on!"

This foxy photo is dedicated to my sister Lisa who loves foxes.

And, as always, a ton more on Flickr.