Ainsley - 4 months

 

4 months old! Time slow down please J.  Ainsley has learned lots of new skills over the last month.  She loves to kick and grab at toys now and is really wiggly.  She’s rolled over a few times but isn’t doing it consistently.  Now when she is doing tummy time she really scotches her bottom into the air and moves her legs almost like she’s trying to crawl and she loves pushing off with her feet and rolling to her side now which makes diaper changes a little harder. 

She smiles and talks all the time and loves getting attention from people.  She’s a great eater and still sleeps pretty well at night as long she’s not having issues with gas.  She loves looking at herself in the mirror.  She gets so excited and waves her arms, kicks her legs and smiles it is so cute.   She also loves watching her brothers and will smile and look anytime she hears them talk and they have been very good about being patient around her, giving her gentle hugs and pats and being quiet while she is sleeping. 

She is growing like a weed.  She’s wearing size 2 diapers right now but about to move into size 3 and most of her clothes now are 6 months.  We had her check up on Wednesday and she did amazing.  Her last check-up was a little rough because she was super fussy all day after getting her shots but she was mostly just sleepy this time around.  She was 14 lbs 10 ozs (74%) and 25.5 inches long (91%). 

 

She just has the sweetest little personality and we look forward to all the fun changes that will come over the next month. 

Howell's Pumpkin patch

We went to Howell’s pumpkin patch on Sunday and the boys had so much fun.  They got to feed the goats, ride pony’s, go down slides, play in the corn pit, ride wiggle cars, climb hay bales and pick out pumpkins.   We didn’t have a ton of time since we had to get back in time for naps and an afternoon of soccer and football so we didn’t end up riding out to the field this year to pick out a pumpkin.  Instead we just found the perfect ones from the bins which the boys were fine with.  The weather was amazing and Ainsley did a great job riding along in the stroller and slept through half of it.  The only downfalls my butt got completely soaked and covered in mud when i took Lincoln down the cow slide.  Pretty sure i cleaned it out for everyone lol and the big boys got a special treat of popcorn and root beer which they loved but the bees also really loved it so it was a little hard to find a spot to eat our snack away from the little critters. 

 

When we got home we discovered that our butterfly had hatched!  Ryan’s mom gave us the caterpillar once it had built its chrysalis and I was a little skeptical that it would work.  Wyatt discovered that the butterfly had hatched and it was so cool to watch it test its wings and then we took it outside and opened the lid and it stretched its legs and flapped its wings a couple of times and then just flew off.  A very cool experience and so crazy how the whole thing works.

Lego Creativity Tour

Ryan's parents took the older two boys to the big Lego Creativity Tour downtown on Saturday morning.  They had so much fun and were in heaven!!

While the big boys were away we used the morning to clean out and organize the garage.  It looks so much better and isn't a huge cluttered mess now.  We had two of the sweetest little helpers and it was fun to get to spend some one on one time with Lincoln.