Half a year has passed already!!

Miss Ainsley is 6 months old already. Seems like time has gone by way too quick!! She is so full of personality and so much happier, for that I'm glad that those 1st 6 months are over. But then its sad to realize that from here she just gets more mobile, more independent...she's my baby and I want to keep her that way ;-)

A little run down of the highlights for the month:
- 15lbs 7 ozs, she is in the 39%! This little peanut is definitely helping me out by staying baby size. She is pounds smaller than both her sisters at 6 months, she hasn't even doubled her birth weight yet. But she still has some cute little rolls =)
- Wearing size 6 month clothes still with room to grow!
- Finally FINALLY FINALLY sleeping at night!! We got 8 hours 4 nights in a row =) This momma could get used to this kind of thing.
- Got her 1st tooth on the bottom
- Loves to grab your face and give slobbery kisses all over!
- Rolls from her tummy to back regularly. Only occasionally kicks all the way over from back to tummy.
- Tummy troubles seem to be behind us thanks to mommy staying dairy free and 1/2 tsp of miralax in pear juice a day with probiotic.
- Loves to have lots and lots attention. She will play on the floor or in her jumper or exersaucer for about 30 minutes max while I'm tending to something else. But after that, she starts squawking for attention. It sounds like a motor that won't start...very cute and stops as soon as someone comes to talk to her!

We just love you to pieces Ainsley Rae!!

Pumpkin fun

This October has been filled with many trips to the pumpkin patch. We started the month with Ella's birthday at The Pumpkin Patch then went to Plumper pumpkin patch 3 more times (friend trip, girl scouts and school)!!

Unedited blue-eyed beauty!

Mom wanted a cute picture in the hay but its prickly!!!

Our best attempt at a family picture at the pumpkin patch.

Micah, Grant, Aubrey, Ethan and Ella

Sweet sisters

Ella proudly sporting her new daisy vest! In case anyone is wondering, she will be selling cookies come January ;-)

Ella found a nice little pumpkin

Troop# 45671

Troop #45671 with leaders Megan and Travis-- Do we have something on our heads?

Ella's 6th birthday party

This year we did Ella's birthday party at....wait for it....A PUMPKIN PATCH! Surprising I know, since we've done the last 5 there ;-) She actually wanted to have it there this year and we happily agreed since its a fun, low cost way to celebrate her special day.

Ella hanging out in the tree waiting for her friends to arrive.

Such a beautiful day at the pumpkin patch!! We were able to shed the coats by 10AM and enjoy the sunshine and pumpkins.

Kaitlyn, Ella, Isabella, Aubrey, Brynn and Jesimae on the top of the hay pyramid.

Happy birthday Ella!

Cake time!

She felt like a very loved girl =)

Waiting for our turn on the hay ride!

 

Ella's party took up the entire trailer on the hay ride.

After the party, Ella's classmate and neighbor Natalie invited Ella and Aubrey to join her on the cow train.

Thanks to everyone to who helped make Ella feel loved and special on her special day.

Back in the saddle

Where to start? What have I said or just thought about saying? Time is just flying by. We have been busy busy enjoying life and the poor ol' blog has been left in the dust. I still have every intention to blog about our visit with Uncle Jason and Auntie Sarah in July, our camping trip in August and our October happenings. But somehow it is November and my list of blogs to write just keeps getting longer!! AAhhh....

Ainsley has finally started sleeping at night and momma feels like a new person! With all this energy I plan to tackle as many of these blogs as I can, so bear with me as you get overwhelmed with Kerner family updates and SUPER CUTE girlies =)

Here are a few random pictures that don't fit into a specific category....

Aubrey and mini-Aubrey!! I'm so shocked to see how much Ainsley resembles Aubrey these days.

I have a tongue!! Its amazing and I love to show it to EVERYONE.

Ainsley wasn't as excited to take a picture with mommy as Aubrey was ;-)

I'm gonna eat you!!

A quick preview

The Webster dictionary has decided to replace its current definition of "personality" with the following image....

Aubrey Aubrey Aubrey... that girl has personality dripping from her! This is a peek at the faces we can remember forever from our family photos this year! I'm sure that the photo in the middle will be reappearing a number of times in her years to come =)

The big 6 years old

Miss Ella Marie is 6 years old! Wow. Time flies and the personality abounds.
Reading machine. Math fanatic. Princess to the core (if you couldn't guess by the crown she wore all day on her birthday!). Best biggest sister. Budding artist. Social butterfly. Independent and so self-sufficient. Our sweet sweet girl that we love more than words can say!

So fun to look back and see the person you are growing into...

5 months

Yes, Ainsley turned 5 months on October 2nd, but my new normal seems to be posting/writing at least 2 weeks late! Ah well, embrace the norm and move on ;-)

Part of the reason for the delay is that Ainsley and her tummy troubles seem to be a never-ending saga. Just when we've had about a week of starting to get better, things go south a bit once again. We got the results of the blood work she had done, no extra food allergies (yay for Mommy!) but then the doc was left scratching his head a bit too. Then, to make life interesting, she went a whole week without going poo =( Xrays were done, no answers were found there. So our next step was miralax. My goodness, after just 1 day of that we had a new baby! She was happy, not spitting up and even sleeping better!! She is still staying our little peanut, weighing in at a tiny 15lbs at 5 months. Ella and Aubrey were both in the 16lb+ range at 4 months! But I'm not complaining that I get a little extra time to snuggle my tiny little girl...plus she still has some kissable chunk!

Love that smile!!

Another blue-eyed beauty for our family

 

 

Look at my new trick! I can blow spit bubbles and I'm so proud =)