Happy Halloween!!

Family pumpkin carving, roasted pumpkin seeds and chicken spaghetti ... good times!!

  

I'm proud of my daddy's Razorback ... 

Daycare outfit ...  

Costume change and Trick or Treating on the Fayetteville Square with friends!!

Refusing to smile for mommy cause she said I cant eat the candy yet ... 

 Our little buddy Braxton .. Argh!!

Trick or Treating in the neighborhood with friends via stroller chauffeur ... 

Ansley at FOUR months

STATS:  25th% weight, 75th% height, 10th% head circumference; 13 pounds, 25 inches

Sweet girl, you are growing up and becoming a big girl so fast.  You are so much fun as your sweet and sassy little personality is starting to flourish.  Early morning is your prime time!! You wake up happy and ready to play with big smiles and giggles early every morning.  You laugh and smile at happy faces.  You love to play with your feet and eat your hands and anything else you can manage to get to your mouth.  You are starting to attempt reaching and grabbing, although its more of an accident than anything when you do end up with a handful.  You eat 4-5 ounces every 3 hours, and you absolutely do not tolerate being a minute late.  You sleep 3-4 hours during the night and nothing we have tried has increased that sleep time ... you just don't tolerate missing out on your milk!! You and your daddy have a date every morning when you call him from your bed around 5:00am and he snuggles you in the bed with him until your morning bottle.  We love your sweet cuddles!! 

You graduated to your "big girl" pacifier. Hooray!! You wear 3-6 month footed sleepers because of your length, and you are just now fitting into your 0-3 clothes.  You graduated up to size 2 diapers and you moved from the co-sleeper at my bedside to the pack and play at my bedside.  You were getting too long for the co-sleeper and you have a bit more room to wiggle around in the pack and play.  Mommy has finally graduated to being able to sleep beside you without the lamp light on.  Hooray for progress! You are still an arms reach away and I don't know that you will ever be able to move into your own room ... that may require mommy to take medication. Ha!

Calling the Hogs with daddy and my buddy Braxton ...

Afternoon date at the park in mid October ... 

 first frost of the season ... all bundled up for my appearance at the Buddy Walk

 Watching Nick's football game ... go War Eagles!! 

First time to try the Bumbo. You lasted a few seconds before you were totally over it! 

First time in the exersaucer! You liked it way better than the Bumbo and you play in it everyday. 

Mrs. Catherine made you a cute little turkey above your hook at daycare.  We love our Mrs. Catherine!! 

 You are our precious little angel and we love love love your sweetness and your smiles!! 

Ansley at THREE months

Baby girl .. I am making up this post much past due and honestly your 3 month milestones are a blur.  I started back to work after being at home with you for 12 weeks and it has been fast paced and crazy ever since.  This past month has been all about Razorback football.  This season goes down in the record books as one to remember, not for their successes, but for their heart breaking let downs.  None the less, we dressed up and called those Hogs with daddy every Saturday!!

  You like watching the game with daddy on the couch ... 

Your very first tailgate ... 

 You are such a sweet and happy girl!! 

Ava Kate's FIRST Birthday Party!! 

Mommy's first day back to work ... 

   You stayed home with daddy and sent me updates and pictures of all your fun playtime. You said "I'm working on my tummy time with daddy. Love you Mommy!"

 Your first day at daycare ...  You did really good and mommy only cried a tiny bit.

You stay two days a week at home with daddy and three days a week at Mrs. Catherine's house.  You play with Mrs. Catherine, Ms. Melinda and your favorite 3 year old girls; Lillianna, Brylee and Josie.  They love to play with you and help take of you .. they are very in charge of the location and use of your paci and taggy.  They play tea party and dress up and dolls with you and I love all the pictures I get throughout the day.  

You are wearing 0-3 sleepers because of your length, but all your other 0-3 clothes are still too big.  You wear size one diapers and your still refuse to use your "big girl" pacifier.  You still use the small one from the hospital and gag on the others.  You are doing great with Dr. Brown's bottles and handling your tummy much better!! You take bottles all throughout the day and nurse in the middle of the night only.  You usually sleep 3-4 hour stretches during the night and occasionally you have a 5 hour stretch.   You are becoming so much more vocal and fun.  You watch mommy and daddy walk through the room and smile and coo and make all kinds of noises.  We are loving every minute of getting to know your sassy life self!! Love you baby girl!!