Ayla Gets Sick

Well as luck would have it - my sweet baby girl gets sick for the first time during my first week back to school.  She started to get a little bit stuffy this past weekend, but it only got worse.  She is now coughing, has a stuffy and runny nose, and is pretty irritable.  My poor baby.  I hate that we've got to send her to daycare for her whole first week and she's not feeling well, but everyone says that this won't be the last time, and in fact it will probably happen a lot more before it gets better.  Miss Melissa and Miss Cheyenne are both really nice though and they've been taking pictures of her all day for me.  When I picked her up today she was in good spirits, so let's hope that this whole burden is almost behind us!

I know they are all of her sleeping, but this makes me really happy because we've been working on her napping in her crib at daycare!

Hopewell Corn Festival

We went to the Hopewell Corn Festival for dinner with Fancy and Grand Dude tonight.  It was all you can eat corn along with ham sandwiches, green beans, baked beans, and dessert.  Yum!  Grand Dude and Blair both had 3 ears of corn.  It was delicious.  On the way out we stopped to take a couple pictures!  Then we decided to run by and say hi to Grandpa Bob and Grandma Jody.  Ayla got to be a Nako Baby over there while listening to Grandpa Bob whistle.  Great memories!

She's getting the hang of this walking thing!

Our 5 Year Anniversary

This past weekend we went to French Lick for our 5 year wedding anniversary.  Ayla got to stay the night with her Nini and Pappaw.  She had so much fun hanging out with her Aunt Lesley and Cousin KK too!  We went to the French Lick Winery and did some wine tasting.  I bought 2 bottles of their wine which is always so good.  I love their Merlot.  And this time I decided to try a brandy infused wine that's a dessert liquor for after dinner.  I think we'll try it after Blair's birthday dinner at home this week.  After the winery, we checked into our hotel.  They upgraded us to a suite and it was so beautiful!  There was a chilled bottle of chardonnay waiting in our room along with a cheese, fruit, and cracker tray for us to share. We had some and then went down to the hot tub to have a drink and relax.   Then we went back to our room to get ready for dinner. We had 7:30 reservations at Sinclair's.  I got a seafood soup and Blair got their prime rib.  We had planned on going  out to the French Lick Casio afterward, but when we got back up to our room to change, we decided that nothing sounded better than to go to sleep early!  We got a solid 10 hours of sleep and it felt great.  I guess we're getting old too quickly!  :-)  We went to breakfast in the morning before heading back to see our baby girl.  It was so good as well!  Blair had his usual scrambled eggs and bacon, and I had an egg white omlet with everything in it!  Their fresh fruit was delicious and so was their coffee. 
We couldn't wait to get home to see Miss Ayla.  We found out that she slept all through the night for Nini and Pappaw and she was a happy girl!  On Sunday we went swimming at Aunt Mary Beth's house for a little while.  We celebrated Blair's 33rd birthday that night with homemade pizzas.  Yum!  We always say Teri should open up her own pizza restaurant.  We just can't decide the name - Mamma Teri's or Nini's Pizza.  :-)

Nini, Aunt Lesley, & Cousin KK teaching Ayla how to potty like a big girl.

Ahhhh - Relaxation in the room before going down to the hot tub!

Swimming at Aunt Mary Beth's house

Ayla is a surfer girl!

Daddy's 33rd Birthday

Happy Birthday Blair!  He took the day off work and relaxed at home with Ayla and me.  It was fun spending time together.  That evening I made dinner for Blair, my mom, dad, and Tyler.  One of Blair's favorites - Cheesecake Factory Louisiana Chicken Pasta.  So good!  After dinner we ate chocolate brownies and drank some Crema Dolce (the brandy wine we bought at French Lick).  Blair got to open some presents and then do a little work!  The present that Tyler, Chad, Angie, and I got him was all the stones needed to make our outdoor fire pit.  It's looking pretty good so far, but we're not done yet!

Who has been teaching her this gesture??  I seem to remember a similar picture of my little cousin Kenny at my own birthday party!

A little drool action there for ya on your birthday Dad.

And why in the world is he not pulling his face away quicker I want to know!