9 months!

Our little miss is 9 months old today! We can't believe it--it seems like just yesterday we were just putting her crib together and getting everything ready for her arrival. She is at such a fun age! We are simply in love with her and are having so much fun getting to know her personality which is developing everyday!

We took Ainsley to Lucky Duck swim today! Our local swimming pool has open swim for kids on Saturday mornings only $1 per child--so our whole family went swimming for a dollar! Ainsley had the BEST time--she loved the water!

This picture uploaded with the rest of the swimming photos--this is a class of 2015 Herkey! Both Ryan and I have been busy at work and it hit us recently that the students return in almost 5 weeks--so much to do before mid-August!

Back to swimming photos!

Before photo--Ainsley got her 1st hair cut today! Her hair was starting to come out of the sides of her helmet so we knew it was time for a trim!

After--this my sweet stylist Dominque. She did a fantastic job giving Ainsley her first hair cut and A did great! She sat SO still and had fun watching everyone in the salon! She even sat with me while I got my eye brows done!

After Ainsley's hair cut we went to the mall--I found some great deals, $7 t-shirts at Ann Taylor Loft and a $5 candle at Yankee Candle. Ainsley loved to people watch at the food court--I think she is going to be a great shopping buddy in the years to come!

Our friend Ben stopped by this afternoon. We worked with Ben at WIU and at UI and he is now an east coaster...but he was born in Iowa! So, Ainsley had to put on her little Miss Iowa shirt and get her picture taken with a fellow Iowan! Is was great to catch up with Ben--he is so kind and genuine--we were glad he stopped by!

Tonight we had dinner with our neighbors--one of the local pizza places was having $5 pizzas--we ate so much! Hope everyone is having a great weekend!