little friends

ains and this little girl are hanging out a lot these days. it's fun to watch them and their "parallel play" that they have 'together'. they check each other out here and there, but mostly just chew on toys and then switch. thus...they also share colds! but what's a little cold among friends. we are so excited the weather is getting nice enough to get out- and we're lovin deanna rose!

fun at the easter party.....

such a cutie!

look what i'm eating!

i'm snacking on a lot these days......and usually enjoying my mom's food selections for me- though i could do without all veggies. someone let her know, ok? and by the way momma- covering veggies with fruit does not fool me and i still will spit them back out at you. so now on to my pics........

here i am with what they call a biter biscuit. i LOVE them.

and this is me in the big tubby with noah enjoying the letter 'i'. also a delicious option perfect for enjoying in the tub.

and with the popular cheerio. picking up these little guys is challenging with the chubby fingers i have, but i make it work if i concentrate really hard.
and this is me after some ritz crackers. yummy. however, my favorite so far is in the pic below.

the peep. that's right, someone was kind enough to give me a peep around easter time and it was the best thing ever!!!

lovin some peeps.....

daddy would totally be ok with this, don't you think?

easter catch up....and one heck of a hair-do!

here is easter morning at our house, in some random order- but blogger irritates me when it comes to re-arranging pics so i'm leaving them as is. and i'm lazy. it's true. and let's face it- you all already know it :) anyway....back to the reason for this post. we had a great easter morning at home with just the fam. this was the first "easter egg hunt" that noah actually participated in- and he had zero competition since his sister is at present time a little slower than him. however, let it be known that she made some solid attempts to get on the move to get those eggs! the best part of the morning other than the pure joy and excitement in his eyes when he came downstairs....was that crazy hair of his. serious horn on the front of his head. it took a lot of water and combing to get that calmed down for church that morning. anyway, it was great and we really look forward to teaching him and seeing both of them truly understand the real reason for the easter season. somehow in the business of the day i failed miserably to get a picture of them in their easter outfits. i was upset....but i have made peace now and maybe next year i'll get it!

grabbing the goods

filling the pail
enjoying the goods
the best 'together' pic i could get

slim here got lots of food in her basket....the bunny must not have known of her disgust with finger foods. let's just say that the chewy blocks that were in her basket have been a bigger hit than the food. however, we did find a few new mixes that she loves.... finally!

all done- and feeling great!

well, i had a rough start this morning, but now i am all better. i was not a fan of waiting to eat. mommy woke me up at 11:50 last night to nurse me at the last possible moment before i wasn't going to be aloud to eat- and i think she thought that would trick me. but it didn't. i woke up promptly at 5:00 this morning wanting my snack, and i was not happy when i didn't get it. here i am all ready to go....and still hungry

how i feel about 'npo after midnight'

my pretty outfit for the surgery. i look pretty good don't i?

me and daddy

me and mommy. in this picture i am still mad at her for not feeding me.

snuggles with daddy before the nurse took me out

all done! it was so fast and i woke up really well from the gas. the nurse said i laid on my back in a ball and they really had to wrestle my tootsies out of my mouth so they could put the mask on my face. even when i was asleep i was still curled up in a ball. they were all giggling about it when they took me out to see mommy and daddy. i got to eat right away and then we headed home.

this is how mommy and i spent the morning. daddy played the wii while we slept. what else to do when you have the morning off??

and this is how i feel now..... so much happier and all smiles! thanks everyone for saying prayers for me- i'm sending you lots of slobbery kisses and hugs! love, ainsley

sayin' some prayers

.....for this sweet girl who gets her tubes put in tomorrow morning. i know, and have been told, that this isn't a big thing and that she'll be back in my arms before i know it- however- she's still my baby and it's my job to worry. plus i think the nurse/mom combo always makes it worse. so, if you could, give an extra shout to the big man upstairs for this little girl we would be so thankful. we'll let you know how it went once we get back home.

photo from allyson of course!

the day half our tree fell down

because i just happen to love this weather {or NOT} i thought i'd share it with you. this is what we woke up to a few weeks ago.....lots of ice and then some extra snow on top. perfect. so, the boys bundled up and headed out. and in the morning....the branch with the swing on it, and another one from the side were laying on the ground. being typical of our weather here, aaron was outside that afternoon bundling all that up. i'm sure he thoroughly enjoyed that part, too.

not quite sure about all this.....

not sure who had more fun- daddy or noah?

they built this lovely "snow-woman"- how appropriate aaron. at least the front of her faced our house and she melted quickly. impressive little lady.

this little snuggler and i stayed warm inside taking pics
and what does one do after all that snow and ice? get a sitter for the kiddos, have some good food and a few good games of bowling with some great friends!

and pretend we're 12 again!

ready, set, jump

more to share from our trip to grandma and grandpa's.... sidenote: i want one of these in my back yard. he had so, so much fun!

i think the hair really helped get some air time here

a perfect landing

almost
and then we headed home.

random snapshots....{and an excessive amount of quotations for fun}

so, apparently i took a lot of pictures when we visited grandma and grandpa that i had already forgot about. so, when i was uploading the pics to shutterfly....imagine my excitement. and a friendly reminder of what nice weather looks like. and i think i'll take it back anytime now. any other takers? we've got a lot of deanna rosin' to do this spring- so i need the sun and warm temps back......stat!!

train track is optional when sissy is around

my baby stealin' sister.....just wait auntie eish- my snuggle stealin time will be here someday :)

2 lucky little girls (well, one of us is still little)
cause you know much i love to take pictures of her hands and feet
a little lovin from auntie eish (ironically, noah has come a long way in the past few weeks saying 'lisa', but she now prefers to be called 'eish') very "teacherly" right?

just plain love her

what would a family pic be without thomas- who is affectionately known at our house simply as "train"- won't even attempt to say the name thomas. um......ok?

playtime