Conversations with baby dolls

Ainsley has had many conversations with her babies, putting them in time-out, feeding them, taking them in the car. I have to share a funny conversation she had the other day, it went something like this, "Oh, baby you have a tummy ache, so sorry." Then she bounced her up and down, patted her on the back and said, "Good baby, you farted, you feel better now." Too funny! You'd never know we have had a few gas issues in our house and a mild stomach bug. Sometimes I feel like I'm talking to a wall, especially with Reggie. I like to think he is really focused, rather than just ignoring me over and over. I guess when you hear them talk to each other and their toys, you get a better idea of how much they really hear. Kinda scary actually. Today we were listening to our Christian radio station and as the song was playing, Reggie said, "that guy is not singing very nice things." The song was saying, "Give me your eyes to see," and he thought he was literally asking for someone's eyes, when he was really talking about seeing others through Jesus' eyes. We had a nice conversation about Jesus and people, but it was a good reminder that they hear so much more than we think they do.

Last weekend, we decided to check out the Livermore Christmas parade. We went there a few hours before it started because they brought in some snow for the kids to play in. We ran into a couple of Reggie's school friends and they had a great time playing in the "snow". Ainsley had no interest, but they had dancers from local schools performing and she watched them for about 45 minutes. We decided to go to teriyaki for dinner, which I normally wouldn't mention, but no one knows what teriyaki is here. There are only 2 teriyaki places in all of Livermore and we had already tried one, so Ryan wanted to go to the other one. It was absolutely terrible and I guess that is why no one knows what it is. Can't wait to eat at Nasai when we go home :o). After our horrible meal, we went to the parade. Lots of people lined the streets and it was pretty chilly. We had our big jackets on and huddled together under blankets (are we wimpy or what!). I was so excited when I found hand warmers in my pocket....probably a safe bet that we were the only ones who had those. The parade was lots of fun, very small town. Lot's of motorcycles, cars, firetrucks, high school bands, christmas floats, etc.

Fun with our new camera-we love it!: