Mele Kalikimaka is the thing to say...

Paisley found her hands a few weeks ago, and
now she always has them together and in her
mouth. This may seem like a small feat, but to
her proud parents, it seems like the most amazing
thing she could ever do.

More pictures from Christmas

Aunt MaryAnne & Paisley. I think this is the
time that I forced the baby on her lap, could be
the reason why she doesn't look pleased.

Uncle Aaron and Bev.

No-neck Paisley (that's her hobo name) with
Janice, a friend from high school.

Asleep in her car seat. Her head is so small that
most hats slip down and cover her eyes. We were
driving somewhere the other day and couldn't figure
out why she was upset, until we took her out
of the car and realized this hat was completely
covering her eyes.

Paisley and her cousins got
pictures taken to give to
Papa for his Christmas present.
We couldn't get Paisley to
smile, but they still turned out
pretty cute.

Baby's 1st Christmas

Charles, Paisley and I started our Christmas
early since we were spending a few days in KC
at Papa's house. Paisley is enjoying her new
Pooh toy.




Her Christmas outfit. I bought this last summer
specifically for her to wear Christmas day.
It's still a little big, but so cute!


Oh, the hair.

Copying daddy's hair style.


An aspiring cheerleader.

Playing with Uncle Alex.

Cuddling with dad. Paisley had a hard first couple
of days away from home. She was a little out
of sorts and grumpy, but eventually settled
down and showed off her cuteness to everyone.
She had a great 1st Christmas, met her Aunts
and Uncles that she hadn't had a chance to meet,
and received lots of presents!

Cousins

Paisley and Emmett playing. Emmett is 4 months
older than Paisley, and it's interesting to see
how much more he can do. We're excited for
her to be able to do more things, but we also love
her at this stage. Emmett liked to poke at Paisley,
and was holding her hand at one point. Next
Christmas will be fun watching the two of them
play together.

Eli

You will be missed.

Snow Day

It snowed for about 24 hours, starting Saturday morning, and finally letting up this morning. That meant no going to town for dinner and a movie like Charles and I had planned, to celebrate another semester done. Instead we were stuck inside with a rented movie that had a bad skip in it.

Conversation last night around 10 pm:

Ash: You know, all we've done today is sleep, eat and watch tv. We're still in our pj's.

Charles: I know. Isn't it great?


The backyard. It's actually kind of pretty...





So I was a little bored. And NO, these are not my feet.

Isn't she just the cutest thing ever?

Cross eyed

It's fun to play dress up

Chubsy

Maggie's Christmas Present

It started out innocently enough.

Loving it...awww.

The trail of destruction.

She did it. She got the squeaker out and tore out
the eyes. I had no idea that dogs were so
methodical in their destruction of toys. Maggie
is only my red-headed step-dog, so I'm not familiar
with the process. Now she carries around the
squeaker with great pride (the plastic thing in the
bag).

Wow, look at all that hair!

From the moment that Paisley's head popped out, people have been commenting on her copious amounts of hair. Our doctor was actually playing with her hair as we were waiting for the next contraction, allowing me to push her out. Ever since then, the thing we always get when people see her is "wow, look at all that hair." That phrase, verbatim. Never, "wow, look at what a (insert adjective here such as pretty, cute, beautiful, etc) baby she is," or "she looks like a really intelligient child." Nope, just "wow, look at all that hair." Because she does have so much hair, I've been trying to play with it since we brought her home. She's got ribbons (but Charles made fun of those so I don't do them often-besides the fact that I feel wierd about putting KY on my daughter's head), barrettes, headbands, rubber bands, gel (which made her look like she had jerry curls), etc, but nothing tends to stay put because her hair is still baby fine. Until today. I LOVE her ponytail (although Charles argued that it's not a pony tail because it's not on the back of her head, therefore it is her unicorn tail).

The Unicorn Tail

Threesome

So it's a little big for her... 

Maggie did get an early Christmas present. 

Caesar is pissed that there aren't any presents for him under the tree. 

Going to Kansas City...

Paisley and I went to Kansas City over the weekend to spend some time with my dad, and also to give Charles some time to himself to study for finals. I wish there were sound effects for this picture, since both of them were snoring loudly.

She's always happy in the morning

I'm not the only one that misses Daddy when he's gone all day. 

Barfy McPuke

Caesar likes to sit on my lap and help while I'm
at the computer. Generally he bangs on the
keyboard while I'm typing.

What the hell is wrong with Kansas?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051206/ap_on_re_us/creationism_class

Trump or Monkey?

Petunia & Paisley = BFF

*Disclaimer*

Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck just had a baby girl whom they named Violet. For the record, Violet was one of our name choices, and if we have another girl some day, that will probably be her name. So in case that happens, I am stating now that we are not naming our child after Bennifer 2's child.

Cats

Caesar has enjoyed climbing in the
Christmas tree ever since he was a kitten.

And we wonder how the couch gets so hairy...

Curls!!!

Cuddling with Maddox

Nuditity!!

2 month birthday

We went to the doctor today for Paisley's 2 month checkup. She weighs in at 11 pounds, 13 ounces, which is the 75th percentile. She's 23 3/4 inches, which is still the 90th percentile. The doc says she's doing well, and remarked on how well she's holding her head up. Here she is in her darling holiday outfit from Aunt Bev, happy and unsuspecting of what lays ahead for her.

Getting bundled up, cuz baby it's cold outside. Sorry, cheesy.

Getting her shots, which had to be the saddest thing I've ever seen. I've never heard her scream like that, and Charles and I were both blinking back tears. I think the nurse thought we were a little loony, but it's heartbreaking to see your child in pain.

3 bandaids. She should have gotten 4 shots, but they were out of 1 so I have to take her back next week. I'm not looking forward to that.

After screaming, she immediately passed out, and slept through grocery shopping, the 25 minute drive home, and stayed asleep in her carrier at home, which she's only done one other time. I woke her up to eat, but she passed out again in her cradle. She then passed out again on our bed, in this picture, and is now sleeping on mama. She screams if I put her down. Poor baby, I feel so awful for her.

Charles says that this pose is similar to the ones his classmates make.