The Stokes Family: May 2010

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

just the girls!

Freddy has been out of town on business since Sunday morning, so it has been just Ansley and I. Let me tell you I am pooped! It has been the Ansley show all day, everyday with no break for a few hours when Daddy gets home. You know the saying, "absence makes the heart grow fonder", well that is absolutely true. I miss my husband bad! I completely admire and respect single parents even more than I did before. I don't know how my mom did it...especially when she was working two jobs. Speaking of my mom, she hurt her knee pretty bad, so Ansley and I are taking her to the doc tomorrow in Atlanta. I am so excited to see her and to have some human interaction with someone who has a larger vocabulary than: ga ga, baba, mama, yaya and so on. I can't wait for Freddy to be home, I miss him so badly, and I know that Ansley can't wait to see her Daddy. Sorry for no pictures, the hubs took the camera to Vegas. They are out in the middle of the desert creating chemical spills and then cleaning them up and he wanted to capture those glorious moments. Oh the excitement of being a chemical engineer!

Friday, May 14, 2010

9 months old and quite the character!

Ansley is now 9 months old, and frankly I don't know where those 9 months went!! She is no longer my little baby, she is my big baby(with quite the personality)! We went to the doctor yesterday for her wellness visit and he said that she is growing and developing perfectly. Praise the Lord! She weighed in at 20 lbs (50-75%) and 27 inches long (50-75%) and head circumference was 17 inches (50-75%).
So here is what she has been up to the past few months:

She is now an expert crawler! She can scoot her little booty very quickly across the house.
She has discovered that she can actually chase after the cat(whom she loves and who is much faster).
She giggles like crazy when you chase her around the house, tickle her, throw her in the air, or spin her around.
She is a great sleeper! She still gets 10-12 hours at night, and takes 2-3 naps a day.
She has a hearty appetite and her favorites are sweet potatoes and apples.
She is now using a sippy cup. I think she gnaws more than she drinks.
She has lots to say, including baba, dada, mama or any other sound that will come out. The dada and mama are not directed towards us however.
She has 5 teeth. 2 on the bottom and 3 coming in on top.
She is in a size 4 diaper and 12 month clothing.
She is going through extreme separation anxiety and will follow me around the house crying unless I pick her up. (the dr. told me not to give in)
She pulls up and moves across the room from furniture piece to furniture piece.
She is testing her limits with the word "no".
She grabs everything!! The good grabbing though, is that she can grasp her food such as Cheerios
She is so happy and she lights up when her Daddy comes home!
She brings such joy to this household and to our family!!!

Getting into trouble. She loved pulling the tp, but hated the "no"!

Stealing a bite(or gnaw) of my apple.

Passed out and lookin' cute!

Yummy Cheerios.

One billion dollars!!! (Our favorite picture) :)

mother's day

For Mother's Day weekend my lovely mother came down from Atlanta. She came on a Friday and Freddy had to work late so we had a good girl's night complete with pizza and a movie(Up in the Air is fantastic by the way). On Saturday we rented a U-haul and pulled it behind the 4Runner all the way up to my Nana and Papa's outside of Helen. We went because they gave us my great grandfather's work table(he made it himself) and an old church pew that came out of a church in Covington, GA. It was one of the first churches that African American's had as freed slaves and they built these pews by hand.

It was so special to me that they were willing to give it to me, because it has so much meaning to our family. I have many memories around that table! Sunday, Mother's Day, we all went to church and miss Ansley was dedicated to the Lord. I don't have any pictures because we were up there and my mom didn't have hers. I have to say she was the most stylin' baby there! Her Gigi, who recently got back from a Mediterranian cruise, bought her a Burberry dress. That's right a Burberry dress!! I don't even have anything designer, yet my little one does. If that doesn't show you how much more she loves her granddaughter I don't know what does! Ha! Although, she did bring me some nice loot too! :) The service was absolutely beautiful, but it was really hard for everyone, especially my mom. I can't even imagine losing a child. I'll tell you though I am so proud to be her daughter, she is one tough yet loving woman. That evening my Dad came up to celebrate my first Mother's Day and took us out to eat to where else....Mexican! Yummy!