Charles is missing out on all the fun

Dress

We received this gorgeous dress in the mail yesterday from Julianne and David, Charles' bro and wife. Julianne made it for Paisley-how cool is that? It's beautiful, and it will be perfect for her to get her pictures taken in. Thank you! We'll make Paisley sit down and write a thank you card soon.

Thank you Aunt Cake

Paisley's Grandma Karen, to whom she bears
a striking resemblance.


I said that she had Bartholomew lips from before
she was born (or rather Lee lips?). I also see
where she got all the hair.


It's strange that she takes after Charles so much,
since the Walker genes seem to be very
prevalent. My niece and nephew look just like
their father, my brother, and not much like their
mother at all. I don't mind that Paisley looks
like daddy, after all, I think he's pretty cute.

Caesar and the Birds

Sharing

This little girl is a hoot. Charles always finds her at family functions and teases the crap our of her. They sat at Thanksgiving dinner and yelled things like "you smell like stinky cheese" at each other from across the room. While she was holding Paisley, she asked me, "what happens if you shake a baby really hard?"  

Miss Paisley had a great first Thanksgiving. We spent two days in KC, and she didn't seem to have any problems sleeping in a new place. She also got to meet most of her extended family for the first time, so Charles and I didn't see her for most of the afternoon. We decided that if we started collecting a penny from everyone that says "look at all that hair," we'll easily have enough to send her to college. This picture is Paisley with some of her second cousins. It's really interesting to watch our family grow, and that we all still get together for holidays.  

This one will be going on our Christmas card. Merry Christmas! 

Mama, why do you do this to me? 

Her hair looks especially nice today. 

In her holiday outfit from Grandma. The basket did not make her happy. 

Bath Time

If you're happy and you know it

Paisley and I spent yesterday in town with a friend of mine and her two boys. We were there for 7 hours doing girly things, and this little girl was PERFECT. We went to lunch, to the mall, to Target and to see Chicken Little. Paisley thought Chicken Little was really cute, as she's a big Zach Braff fan. In other news, she's starting to outgrow some of her 0-3 month clothing (she's 7 weeks!). I think she's nearing 11 pounds, if she's not there already. She's also excited for Thanksgiving, which she gets to spend with Papa Ron in KC. She also gets to meet her extended family, most of whom she hasn't met yet.

These are for you, Grandma B

Mugshot

Zonked 

First snow

More snow

Petunia has been extremely clingy lately, and has to be in our laps, even if the baby is there as well. It was cute until I watched her try to climb on top of the baby while Paisley was in her bouncer.  

Expressions

Her legs are getting so chubby!

Dear Grandma and Grandpa Bartholomew

Papa Ron came to visit Paisley last night. He babysat while Charles and I went to dinner and a movie-I must say it was really nice to get out. Paisley had a really good time; she got to sleep on Papa, and I doubt he put her down for the entire 6 hours that we were gone. She just loves her papa, because she gets to see him all the time. By the way, she said her first word, it's "Papa." That's right. I doubt she'll ever learn how to say "grandma" or "grandpa," since she never sees you and won't remember who you are. By the time you see her again, she'll be at the age where she's too cool to want to be around her family. Too bad. She's such a sweet cuddly little thing, it's just too bad you can't see her...

Love, Charles and Ashley

Hair Do

I found these clips at Target today. So far they're the only ones I've found that stay in her hair. Although it's thick, it's still really fine and doesn't hold clips very well.