THE JONESES

Sunday, May 12, 2013

10 is the Magic Number.

When a baby has Colic, most people will say that by 4 months, it will be gone. Well in our house, 10 is the magic number. Every single month I thought to myself "Maybe this is the month.....please let this be the month" and every month I was disappointed. By the time our ten months rolled around, I feel like I had given up on Ainslee ever being a content baby. I have loved this past month with her and it was definitely a good break for me!

At 10 months, Ainslee:

-Loves climbing stairs. I can barely keep her off of them. And she has fallen down them once. OOPS!
-Loves pulling the utensils out of the dishwasher. She cries when I close it.
-Loves playing in the fridge. Also cries when I close the door.
-Sleeps all night until about 5 or 6 am. Then she nurses and sleeps until about 7:15 am.
-Only nurses once in the early morning. The other times, she drinks pumped milk from a bottle.
-Eats whatever we eat.
-Loves playing with her crib toy and will stand and push buttons for a good 30 minutes in the morning while she waits for someone to get her up.
-Will take a binky, but doesn't love it.
-Plays Peek-a-Boo.
-Claps
-Has blonde hair
-Has ice blue eyes like Avery
-Most people say she looks like Avery
-Weighs 19 pounds (57%) and is short (7%)

Loves playing with Easton

Thinks she is a such a big girl

Blueberries

Oh Child!

Playing on the deck

Watching a movie with the other kids

Love this tiny just drinking her bottle

What??? He is 3 already!

I can't believe our Little Buddy is 3 years old!! He was so excited for his birthday this year and his excitement rubbed off on the rest of us!

Easton woke up to the Happy Birthday song and PANCAKES. He insisted on putting candles in his pancakes so who am I to tell him 'no' on his birthday? He chose four candles instead of three. He got to open a few presents from the girls before they went to school and one with new clothes in it (I thought it would be short weather by his birthday....but I was wrong. He wore them anyway.)

At lunchtime, we went to Mcdonald's with Dad. I can't wait until my children quit choosing that darn restaurant for Birthdays. He got the coveted kids meal with a toy of course. Then we came home to have a birthday nap :)

When the girls got home from school and Dad home from work, we all went to Incredible Pizza Company (similar to Chuck-E-Cheese but less dirty and ghetto). We ate from the buffet and then played some fun games to win tickets. Easton loved it and all the kids had lots of fun!

After we got home, he opened the rest of his presents, which included 3 Cars toys and a new bike with a helmet. He loved it all! Then he blew out candles on his Baseball Cake. He rode his new bike around the house for a while after the rest of the kids went to bed and then we dragged him up to bed. What a fun day. We love our 3 year old Easton!!

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

9 months and mom is going crazy!

Wow! I can't believe Ainslee and I BOTH made it to her 9 month milestone! Each month of Ainslee's life, I have said: "Maybe next month she will magically turn into a content baby"......each month my dreams are crushed. This girl is as high maintenance as they come.

She wants to be held always, but hates being held......what the heck??!!
She hates getting her diaper changed and getting dressed
She whines and cries the second we walk away from her
We pretty much walk on egg shells around her so she doesn't cry.

WHATEVER AINSLEE WANTS, AINSLEE GETS. That is has been our motto for several months now.

She's not all frustrating though. She has a tiny sweet side that shows its face once in a while.

She sleeps pretty well, going to bed around 6:30 pm and waking once in the early morning to eat. She does wake up at 7:00 which is too early for me, but I manage.
She is cruising around furniture and is always pulling herself up to stand.
She loves feeding herself and we really don't do much pureed food these days. She loves carbs just like her mom!
She has started climbing up the stairs.....and falling down the stairs :O
She gets so excited when we walk into her room after bedtime or naptime. She crawls back and forth in her crib like a crazy girl.
She doesn't have a bald spot anymore.
She wears size 3 diapers and size 9 months and 12 month clothes (as well as a few 6 month stragglers).
People say she looks like Avery

Baptism

Quinnlyn was baptized on March 9th, 2013 here in Iowa. She was lucky enough to have her Grandma and Grandpa Jones, Uncle Colin, and The Joneses from Iowa City make the trip to come a support her. She also had lots of friends from our ward come. We are so proud of her choice to get baptized!

Monday, March 25, 2013

Take me back!!!

Brett and I have been married for 10 Years!!!! Certainly calls for a celebration, and celebrate we did! On March 16, 2013 we hopped on the Carnival Fascination Cruise Ship for a 5 day cruise to the Bahamas. It was fun, relaxing, and just plain GREAT!

We ported at Key West where we did some shopping, rented bikes to ride around town, rode to the southern most point in the Continental U.S, and rode to a beach.

We also ported in Nassau, Bahamas where we did more shopping (had to bring something home to the kids) and walked to another beach AND I got a snow cone (they don't sell them here in Iowa so I miss them during the summer).

During our 'Fun Days at Sea', we spent the day EATING, napping (definitely my kind of vacation), laying out on the ship decks, watching shows and such, and just hanging out.

It was so disappointing to come home to cold weather and snow.

Enjoy lots of 'self portraits':