Friday, January 30, 2009

I'm 8 months now!

Wow Ansley turned 8 months yesterday and she is just changing everyday. She loves to feed herself and she drinks well from a sippy cup. She loves to play peek-a-boo and she crawls like a wind-up toy. She is so fast. I try to take pictures of her and all I can ever get is her side cause she's off moving again. She doesn't like to be in a carrier anymore cause she would rather be crawling around. She pulls herself up on furniture and can balance while sitting on her knees. She can climb the stairs (scary one) and can throw a ball (except not beanbag squishy balls). She is a petite little thing. She weighs 16 lbs and is 26 in long. She is just above the 10% percentile in both height and weight. She growls and lately has been making wookie noises where she gargles. She fake coughs and fake sneezes and just tests out different sounds. We are still working on waving and clapping. She doesn't quite get those yet. And she laughs better too! She is such a delightful child. We love her to pieces!


She was throwing so well the other night trying to knock over her "bowling" pins


Don't try to change the ball on her and don't make her catch it....we could not control the laughing. I know I made sounds like that when I was a teenager trying to catch a ball. Maybe we can train her while she's young.



Only recently have I really been able to make her laugh.


She loves the pillow game and playing it with my mom!



She crawls so fast..I turn around and she's into something else!

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Ansley meets Yoda

My mom is a huge Star Wars fan and she has this fortune telling yoda doll. You ask him a question and squeeze his hand and he responds with a yes or no answer. Well we thought it would be fun for Ansley to meet yoda. Well this is actually her second meeting but these pictures came out better than the first time. She's ok with him as long as someone is holding her and as long as he don't move toward her too fast. She likes his ears...she any resemblance?









Sunday, January 18, 2009

Baby Shoes


So my favorite new craft is making baby shoes. It is pretty easy and the outcome is out of this world cute! Well it all started cause I wanted to get some shoes for her feet cause her socks always come off. I was at Target and saw some Bobux shoes and then remembered Austin wearing some similar ones and thinking hey I want those but my wise husband pointed out that 13.00 dollars for a pair of baby shoes was out of our price range (mind you we are super cheap...we went to goodwill yesterday and asked if they had a $1 rack...the lady just kinda looked at me and said no mam we don't have a sale rack here.) Anyway then it dawned on me that we might be able to make some so I hopped online and found this pattern for cloth baby shoes. BABY SHOES Anyway, so they are way cheap to make cause it takes very little fabric to make them. We just went to the remants section and found some really cheap stuff. Levin and I made 2 of them out of corduroy and 1 from an old wool sweater. If you search leather soled baby shoes there are tons of cute ideas out there for embellishments. We also made two other pairs for my cousin's baby (1 month old ~9lbs). The pattern on the website fits Ansley's foot (7.5 months ~15.5 lbs) to a tee so we had to make the pattern bigger so she can wear them longer. Happy crafting!

Monday, January 12, 2009

My two front teeth


Ansley has her bottom two front teeth now. I've been trying to get a photo of it and today I finally did. She is getting to be a fast crawler and crawled up three stairs today. I'm constantly amazed by her. I know every mom probably says that but I really am.

Friday, January 9, 2009

7 Months Old

Girl with a million faces...yep that's Ansley...she's cute and gremlin like all at the same time ;)









Ansley just turned 7 months on Dec 29. She is about 15.4 lbs and like 27 inches long. She has grown so much in the little time we have been here. She has her two bottom front teeth which she was cutting during Christmas...what a joy. She is eating a whole lot of food these days, including lots of fruits and veggies. The only things she doesn't like are turkey and rice dinner, and bananas and she really doesn't like rice cereal mixed with bananas. She eats everything else really well. She is getting really good balance. She crawls faster everyday and pulls herself up onto things. She will see me across the room, crawl to me and then crawl up my pant leg begging me to pick her up. She loves mommy right now. She says, mama and dada and baba all the time. She slept the night through 12 hours for the first time yesterday! Victory! We have really been trying to be diligent with getting her into a routine and I think last night I got a good ten hours of sleep ( haven't had that much sleep in it seems like forever, actually almost a year of rough sleep.) Anyway, all the wakeful nights are so worth it and I'm not sure how long this sleeping all night thing will last. I hope at least a few nights :) She laughs and loves to play peek-a-boo. She is getting so smart and loves to feed herself and combs the carpet for little things she can pick up and stick in her mouth. Joy! She just had her first haircut after Christmas. I cut off the long pieces that used to hang over her ears. She looks not as rag-a-muffin-ish. I love this little girl. We are getting used to living in a big house. I'm constantly sweeping and vacuuming it feels like. We are grateful to have a place to stay as Levin job hunts.

Thursday, January 8, 2009

ABC's of Ansley 3-6 months

Here is the next ABC montage of the baby girl. It spans from 3-6 months. Hope you enjoy it!
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Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas everyone. We had a pretty sweet Christmas. We were still trying to recover from the move and from the wedding and all that that we didn't have much time to get into the Christmas spirit but we still had a great time. This was Ansley's first Christmas and she was so fun. We found a santa outfit in Phoenix at Savers and decided we needed to get it. It barely fit her because it was a size 0-3 months but she was small enough then to wear it. We had Christmas morning in Charleston and then we drove to Greenville later that day for Christmas dinner and after Christmas shopping. Then we drove back on Saturday, got caught in bowl traffic but then had a wonderful time with the extended Adams Family. It was good to see and meet more cousins! Ansley didn't get any major stuff well because she's only 7 months old. Well she did get a new crib and a high chair and lots of other fun little stuff. We were very blessed this Christmas to get to spend so much time with our families. Thanks for all the Christmas cards we got. Maybe I'll get mine out by Valentines Day ;)
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The Wedding

Brittani (my cousin) Ryann (Brittani's daughter), Ansley and Andrea (my cousin)
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph PeeplesWagners and Peeples
Jeanine, Sam, Karen and Ansley
Ansley and Auntie Karen
Joseph, Ellen, Amanda, Ansley and Levin
4 generations Roy Wagner (great-grandpa), Tom Wagner (grandpa), Linda Wagner (grandma), Mignon Wagner (great-grandma), Amanda (mommy), Ansley (daughter)
Gunters in L.A.
Girls with Joseph
Guys with Joseph
Levin and Ansley
Newlyweds

Well Ellen tied the knot and everything was beautiful. We had quite an eventful trip in the car to L.A. My cousin ended up driving us and man she was such a trooper and we are grateful she put up with all our stuff. Ansley and Levin got to meet all sorts of members from my dad's family who live in California. It was great to see everyone. Here's a few shots from this joyous occasion!

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

I will catch up!

OH my goodness I need to catch up! Moving, holidays, sister's wedding.... it has been a really busy December. Here are so events you missed!

Monday, January 5, 2009

Thanksgiving

Travis, Michael and Keri
Ansley's First Thanksgiving!
Gunter Kids in Hawaii
Levin (mustache for comedic effect), Leckie, Lewis
Ansley chewing a box

We had a very nice thanksgiving. The ward prepared a meal on Wednesday and then Levin and I cooked all day Thursday and welcomed his sister Keri and brother Lewis in for a visit. The ward dinners are always so funny because they have to serve rice so that everyone will come. It cracks me up! So all the Gunter kids except Cameron who is on a mission were in Hawaii and we had blast. We also had Vicki Leckie (she's somehow related to Levin) and Travis also join us for Thanksgiving Dinner. Ansley had this really cute turkey outfit but by golly it was too hot for her to wear in Hawaii so by the time we ate dinner I had striped her down and so I didn't get a single picture of her wearing it. She had sweet potato and squash for thanksgiving.

Keri and I played a lot while she was here. Levin and I even surprised her with a trip to the Big Island for her and I as a birthday gift. which was on the 7th of December. As you recall December 7th is Pearl Harbor Day well the girl had never been to the Arizona Memorial so that was one of our stops also. We also went 4-wheeling out to Ka'ena Point. We ate all kinds of good food besides the traditional Thanksgiving food like Ted's Chocolate Haupia Pie and Malasadas and Kahuku Shrimp and Mango Sticky Rice and Shave Ice with ice cream and beans.

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Birthday Celebration Keri, Michael and LeckieAnsley Baby girlLooking down West Coast of OahuEast side of Kaena PointAmanda, Ansley and KeriSweet Wave Shot
Unreal Sunset!Amanda, Levin and Ansley