A year??..Better late than never..Right??

Wow. I've neglected this page for over a year. It surely doesn't seem like a year has flown by. So much has happened over the past year. I'm working towards backtracking and updating the blog with mini posts from the year. PROMISE!

For now..

This is the difference of a year. We have a SIX year-old first grader! :)

Look for the year in review coming soon!

DANCING QUEEN

Really Random Ramblings

Okay, so I realize it has been way too long since I've blogged. I thought I would post a few random pictures that are my favorites here lately. I still have a lot to go back and blog about! But for now, here's what I've got!

Makenna is one now and a chunk! But a beautiful, walking, babbling little girl.
I really wish we lived closer to her & could spend more time with her. She's such a sweetheart!

Natalie & Mommy
this little girl makes my heart smile


Mommy & Daddy
went ice skating in baton rouge
& managed to stay up on our skates!


Family memories: the best kind of memories.


-brittany

WILD CHILD TUTUS*

CHECK OUT THIS SITE FOR CUTE TUTUS!!

WILD CHILD TUTUS

*Brittany*

Halloween in Baton Rouge 2009

pretty little barbie ballerina

our little princess with disney princesses
[lsu athletes]

natalie & mike the tiger
[she wasn't scared this year]

lucky ducks game

natalie with miss baton rouge
[the crown completed her outfit]

natalie with a few lsu cheerleaders

natalie & lsu tiger girls

barbie ballerina knows she looks good!

& i agree with her!

Our Halloween [oct. 27th] in Baton Rouge was spent at LSU's Boozar, a program put on by LSU athletics. Natalie enjoyed it very much, as you can tell!
We spent the real Halloween in Vidalia at Trunk R Treat but I forgot my camera! I'm sure Mimi will have pictures of that up soon!

Finally Friday

Our Beautiful Girl!

& our beautiful new puppy, PIXIE!

Finally a blog update!

New Addition

This is our new addition to the family. A birthday present for Natalie from one of our friends. The turtle's first name was Penny but was quickly changed to Cinderella. She often names things after favorite movie characters & in case you did not know...Cinderella is her absolute favorite Disney Princess.

I guess we shall see how long with will last, either she will lose interest or we will not have time to clean his tank & be sickened by the smell..I will keep you posted.

But for now, this is our new pet, Cinderella the Turtle!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PRINCESS NATALIE :]

Our Beautiful Ballerina

[Natalie Allyse=Beautiful Ballerina]

Nat experienced her first ballet camp these past two weeks & loved every minute of it.
She stayed in Vidalia for those two weeks--hard time for mommy & daddy :(
But today made it worth while, we experienced Natalie's very first "in-studio showcase"
& we enjoyed every minute of it.

Although we were not too thrilled about Nat being gone for two weeks, we knew this was something she longed to do, something she loved & something that would make her happy.

And as parents, it made us happy to see our little girl experience another first in her life.

Better Late than Never: ONE YEAR WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

[one year later & happy as can be]

This past year flew by & what a year it was! A year full of many first and lasts.
We were back in Vidalia for our anniversary so we did not do anything really special.
We did eat our cake topper & I must say it was still delicious.
& Jami made us a cheesecake, delicious also.
I guess you could say we loaded up on all the sweet things we DON'T need!

*UPDATE COMING SOON*

Friday Flashback: BIG MOMMA & LITTLE CHEESER!

Me at about 8 months pregnant..if not further along. This was taken at one of Cameron's tournaments in Denham Springs. It was extremely hot and I was being a good girlfriend by wobbling around to support him! :] I'm pretty sure this was at the ball park where the restrooms were at the entrance and the field Cameron was playing on was at the very back...yep, I was definitely being a good sport.

As you already know, Natalie is such a cheeser. This is proof that she has been cheesing for quite some time now. However, in all her cheesiness, she is still too cute!
This photo was taken in Hot Springs, Arkansas in 2006. The Gin Show was there that year and we were lucky enough to join! My family use to go to Hot Springs every summer back when I was younger so it was nice to go back. We went to the springs to capture Natalie's one-year-portrait. Such a fun trip & this little CHEESER enjoyed it very much!

-Natalie's Mommy

favorite time of the year :]

summer time is just beginning
& we couldn't be happier.
time to start planning a party for a soon to be
4 year old.

FINALLY FRIDAY!

After a long, rough school year,

it's officially over.

I have completed my first year of college!

& oh how wonderful it feels.

I can't even explain the amount of relief-

My gpa won't be a 3.0 like last semester but it's pretty close.

I guess everyone has their bad semesters

& I hope this was my one and only.

But considering my situation,

I'm happy with the outcome of this semester.

I will do better next semester though!

Anyway..I'm just glad to have a year over with

& to be able to say that I did it! :)

The downside of today:

Now I will go pack & clean

since I didn't get anything else accomplished this week

except for studying.

Going to see my love bug tomorrow.

CAN'T WAIT!!

WACKY WEDNESDAY

I decided to do something new & creative for wednesdays.

I will post pictures that I have edited, but not the normal editing.

I love to edit my photos on http://www.picnik.com

You should try it out!

A lot of people have told me that Natlalie looks like Michelle off of Full House. So, Cameron taught her to say what Michelle always said, "you got it dude!"

This is Natalie's version!

[I will add more later today]

MISSING MY LOVEBUG!

We are counting down the days..

i love you so much.

I have never been away from Natalie for over a week. This semester Cameron and I decided to send Natalie back to Vidalia/Frogmore to stay with our parents. The week before finals and the week of finals...because we really felt that we needed to focus on finals.

This is the first day of week two and its getting unbearable. I know that finals are very important but gosh I miss that beautiful little girl and her sweet smile.

[beautiful little lady]

I can't wait for this week to be over & I'm hoping that it will fly by. I'm looking forward to seeing her face light up as she runs into my arms. A summer full of family time and fun.

[silly goose]

I'm trying to keep myself together but it's hard with out my girl here. I know that in the end it will all be worth it but it does not seem that way now. One final down and three more to go, hurry up weekend so I can see my girl!

We love & miss you love bug.
I hope you understand that this is what we have to do at this time.
Can't wait to see you!


Brittany

Wordy Wednesday

yes another wordy wednesday

today natalie went to the dentist for the FIRST time :]
she did very well but was rather impatient.
but the good news is:
NO CAVITIES

& she must start flossing now

bad news: i pulled out my camera to document this special time
DEAD BATTERY :[
but i did take a few on my phone...
so now i need to find blackberry software for the computer
then i will upload pictures..even if the quality wont be great.

thats all for now!

ainsworths*

WORDY WEDNESDAY

Natalie trying ever so hard to blow the dandelion away before school one morning.
[one of my favorite images from this past week]

[♥]

I know, I know. It has been too long & I'm sorry.
I definitely have a load of back tracking/catching up to do..& I promise to do that soon.

For some reason I am struggling way more than last semester with the management of college, work, household upkeep & an extremely active toddler...I mean little lady. I am pretty much overwhelmed completely.

At the moment I do not have the time to go into detail about life lately but I will edit this post after this week is over or hopefully sooner. I will be better at this. Promise.


-Brittany Ainsworth-

Makenna Rayne Guillot

Introducing the newest addition to the family:
Natalie's new cousin. Cameron and I are officially aunt and uncle now. I guess it was our time since we made Eric (my brother) an uncle first! But isn't she just beautiful. I will elaborate more when we get back home to Baton Rouge and I have time.

*The Ainsworth Family*

Merry Christmas*

Christmas Time

This weekend Mimi and Poppa came to Baton Rouge to shop and see Natalie. Friday we went to the Santastic at the Mall of Louisiana. Natalie was very excited...until we got in line and she claimed that she was "just a little scared", but she did fine when she got in Santa's lap and told him everything she wants for Christmas.

She looked adorable in her Christmas tutu! Between Jami and I, someone should have pictures up soon.

Natalie's Christmas List:

• Dora Bike
• Little Einstein Ballerina (June)
• A Baby that does not cry

I found it hilarious that she wanted a baby doll that DOES NOT CRY! When Cari had her baby for school Natalie would say that she did not want to hear it cry so I guess she wanted to make sure she did not receive a baby like that! Cute huh!

We also went to Build-A-Bear and Natalie created a Panda Bear. She fell in love with her bear before it even 'came to life' or 'got stuffed'. She is so loving and nurturing to her baby dolls/stuffed animals. And it is the cutest thing ever.

Overall we had a great weekend and we are looking forward to our "First Christmas as a Family"..you know what we mean! We will have our Christmas very early, on Monday--the 22nd. Since Natalie came along, we have always had Christmas with Cameron's family the 23rd, his extended family the 24th, and Christmas with my family the 25th, then to my extended family sometime after.

I promise to post pictures of our little bitty Christmas tree :]

Merry Christmas!

The Ainsworths*