Little things..

I still can't believe how quickly the time is passing. We had a nice Thanksgiving weekend, though it was also a little stressful. We did manage to get into the Holiday spirit and decorated the house, inside and out. Addy had a lot of fun helping. It sure is nice to see her enjoying these things. She is at a fun age, but the good times are surely balanced with the bad. It's also a very difficult age-- with her.

Addy started pre-school. She has a love-hate relationship with it. We will see how things go after a week or two. As for now, she really enjoys recess..

Ainsley has mastered some new milestones. Her hands are quite fascinating and her feet pay her surprise visits occasionally, making for some pretty convenient entertainment. She has also taken a liking to some of her toys. Big sister Addy always makes sure she has plenty of things handy. She has good control of her hands and takes everything right to her mouth. She rolls over..occasionally. Tummy time is becoming much more exciting, now that it's not quite as much work to hold up her big brain. ;) She absolutely loves watching her sister run around and smiles every time she sees her.

We are looking forward to many holiday events/traditions and I can't wait to include little Ainsley in them. I just love this time of year..

Sweet Ainsley Laughing

Just a little video of our sweet Ainsley laughing. Mommy is trying to eat her hand..

Do you know?

Want to kill a few minutes and take a fun little quiz?

Addy & Ainsley might just look more alike than you think! See if you know who is who! :)

Guess Who

Halloween & Things

Our Halloween activities were a lot of fun. We attended a Halloween party with our usual play group friends. It was a lot of fun. Addy helped me bake some sweet treats for the party..unfortunately I dropped all 2 dozen iced and decorated cookies on the floor prior to the event. Good thing we made cupcakes also..




Thanks for the cute pic, Katherine! :)






On Halloween Ainsley joined me in the Autism Walk and following that we all went to Desert Ridge Marketplace for some daytime trick or treating fun. Addy really enjoyed that. I think she was pretty surprised at the endless offering of candy! That evening we finished up by trick-or-treating down one street in our neighborhood and handing out candy from the drive way, enjoying the nice fairly cool air outside.

Addy was quite pleased with the sack of treats she accumulated and took complete inventory once we got inside.





Sweet, smiling Ainsley..



Sisterly love..

Life in the Fast Lane!

As I come to realize how busy life is with two little ones and how infrequently we are able to see our family and friends these days.. I decided I should try this blogging thing again. I'm truly horrible at it..however I think it will be a good way to keep everyone informed between visits and maybe even help me keep track of things a little better..since it's all such a blur as time races by!

I could probably write a 10 page entry on recent activity, but I'll spare everyone and focus on things from this point forward! :)

Ainsley is getting so big, so fast. She is such a pleasure to be around. She is still super calm and is full of smiles! (Which I need to capture on camera more often!) Sugar represents my sweet baby Ainsley.

Spice, on the other hand, would refer to our little Addy.

Addy is a little spitfire. She keeps us on our toes for sure. Although, when she is sweet..she is extraordinarily sweet. She definitely knows how to flip the switch and how to take advantage of a situation, to the fullest. Two has proven to be tough and from what I know, three is likely going to be twice as difficult. Which brings me to say- I can NOT believe my baby is going to be THREE soon! On another note.. She has taken quite nicely to the big sister role. She loves Baby Ainsley and always looks out for her. All babies in broad form and baby dolls are now referred to as Baby Ainsley.

We visited the fair this last weekend and had a lot of fun. Addy enjoyed a chocolate covered banana and we all tried deep-fried oreos. Yum!! Addy and I rode the big Ferris wheel together and a very cool para-sailing type of ride. She enjoyed it so much that she followed it up with an Addy-tude meltdown. She wanted to stay on it forever. To be fair..I didn't want to get off either. ;) We are definitely looking forward to our upcoming Disneyland vacation, in the spring! Since it was dark out, our pictures did not turn out well, so I wont bother sharing, sorry!

We are looking forward to Halloween festivities this week and will post pictures of the little monsters in their costumes. We would like to visit a pumpkin patch also, but may not be able to. So much to do, so little time!

I'll do my best to keep the blog posts coming this time! :) Check back soon!