St Patty's Day!

We love St Patty's Day in our family. #1 reason: it was grandpa budde's birthday. He would have been 89 this year. I miss him all the time. But i especially miss him when I see GG love on Ainsley and know how much Papal would have loved her too. Soon enough baby girl you will meet him in heaven. and he will scratch you with his beard and you will giggle and giggle:) 
But to honor and celebrate him, we always have a girls lunch on his birthday! we used to go to Red Lobster because that was his favorite, but due to my hate for seafood GG let's us go other places.  This year, we went to a new restaurant in Lexington called Wild Eggs. Rachel had a snow day and got to go with us! It was soo yummy. Ainsley ate almost as much as I did (which is the norm for our piggy piggy these days) 

Earlier that morning Ainsley had her friend Tate over while his mom Erin had some errands to do. They had such a good time. Well, except when he got in her cozy coupe and wouldn't get out. It was hilarious/sad how angry she got. screaming and pulling on her door, I mean seriously. 

 

 

this. face. bahahaha!!! 

That night, I made our traditional corned beef hash! 

Philip went out to get the corned beed and took Ainsley with him. when he came back she was sporting her green ;) 

"Dad, these braids are NOT my style" 

Philip also brought home green food coloring and made us green beer to go with dinner. The picture I took somehow got deleted :( 
So we had a great first day to Philip's week off of work (minus one day of teaching). 
Here is the blog from St Patricks Day last year. look how tiny she was! And true to tradition she signed whitney's birthday card and sent it to her too this year. HAPPY BIRTHDAY WHITLEY! 
Our little leprechaun is into EVERYTHING. she is so busy and nonstop that sometimes we just look at each other like 'how can she still be going?'. Today while I was in the shower she got into my drawer, and pulled out over 100 Q-tips and scattered them around bathroom. :) 

crawling in the ONE bathroom cabinet we don't have locked (because it's empty) 

sitting down. for a few minutes anyway :)

She is really starting to communicate and although she still only says 'DaDa' 'Jackson' and 'ooh' she follows most commands we ask her to do. touch mommy's nose. go get your book. go get your ball, give it to Jackson. go get your shoes. take this to Daddy. Go find Pop. Bite Nana's nose. Bite Aunt Ellen's nose. 
Hope you all had had a fun day celebrating The Irish holiday. which i just found out isn't really even an Irish holiday. and that green isn't St Patricks color, it's blue. oh well-- we will continue to celebrate!