Seaside...

We had a wonderful time in Seaside, Florida! So many firsts for our little girls. Ainsley had a great time with the boys (that is what she calls Hunter and Adam) and Dagny loved the warm balmy weather (definitely her mommys girl :-)...

Firsts for the girls -

*First time in the Gulf of Mexico for both Dagny and Ainsley.
*First time in Florida for both Dagny and Ainsley.
*First time playing in the sand for Ainsley.
*First time on a plane for Dagny.
*First time swimming in a pool for Dagny.

Enjoy the pictures...

Karl, Dagny, Ainsley and Melissa in Seaside.



Stacey, Chris, Adam and Hunter in Seaside.



Stacey holds Dagny.



Chris and Ainsley walkin' around.



Daddy and his girls chillin' at the beach :-)



Mommy takes Dagny swimmin' for the first time.



Popeye and Hunter at the beach.



Chiqui, Hunter and Adam.



Dagny is all smiles :-)



Ainsley gets excited seeing the water for the first time.



Ainsley tries chips and salsa.



Dagny relaxin' at the beach.



The plane ride :-)... daddy has it easy!

JC Penny Pics, Part 2...

As with Ainsley, Dagny took her semi-professional pics at JC Penny. She held up pretty well and no poopy diaper like her sister :-)!

Enjoy the pics...

A weekend of fun...

Ainsley all gussied up for the River School picnic. River School is one of the schools she will be attending next year.



From left to right: Dagny, Ainsley and Hobart (the family dog)




Dagny all tuckered out!




Eskimos kisses and ...

Dagny is one month!

I can't believe it has been 1 month! Here are some pictures of her over the last month.

Ainsley turns 2!

On Memorial Day weekend we celebrated Ainsley turning 2! Here are some pictures from her birthday. We will have more updates when we go to her 2 year appointment in July.

Ainsley caught on camera!

Ainsley is a little camera shy but we were able to get video of her one of her first sentences and counting 1 - 5.

Happy Mothers Day!

We want to wish a Happy Mothers Day to all the wonderful moms we know... Our mothers day was slightly chaotic with Karl's graduation, a toddler and an infant thrown into the mix, but we did have a great time and Chiqui prepared a great lunch for us all!

Enjoy the pics, some from Mommy's day, some others...

Chiqui, mommy and the two girls. Ainsley checks out her sister...




Daddy and Popeye play with Ainsley and bubbles, which she loves.




Dagny all cuddled up.






Mommy and Ainsley.




Karl working hard on Mothers Day!

CONGRATS DADDY!!!

Karl finished his course work in December, but officially walked across the stage on Mothers Day.


On the bleachers trying to find Karl.




Daddy showing off his hood holding Ainsley who was a real trouper through the whole event.




All 4 of us...



***The day was so crazy these are pretty much the only pics we were able to get. Grandma Nancy did get some pictures of the ceremony and Kurt was able to get some video when not occupying the toddler.

Ainsley Approaches 2!

As Ainsley approaches 2, she is becoming quite the little girl! Here are some updates on what our first little one is up to...

*She now has too many words to count and too many signs to count. We are working on 2 and 3 word sentences in both ASL and spoken English.

*She still LOVES her signing time and has a favorite one - Leah's Farm - which she requests on a regular basis.

*She runs, jumps and is on her way to becoming a star soccer player.

*Ainlsey's favorite color and word is Purple.

*She is definitely a daddy's girl!

*Now that the weather is getting warmer she loves going on walks in the evening to the swing or the market area where she can run around, kick the ball and have ice cream... mmmmm...

*Ainsley loves doing summersaults, jumping and playing on the bed and at gym class.

*She is slightly daunted by the new addition but loves to help change Dagny's diaper and give her kisses.

Enjoy the videos...

Ainsley got a new stroller to walk her baby around just like mom.




Ainsley practices her jumping... mom gets a little excited encouraging her daughter :-).

Welcome Dagny!

A little later then predicted with more drama then her sister, Dagny Lynn Schnitger was born on May 5, 2008 at 9:50 PM weighing 8lbs, 8 ozs and 20 inches in length.

Enjoy the pictures...

All squished up.




Daddy and Dagny.




Mommy and baby.




Ainsley checks out her little sister.




Chiqui and Dagny.




Grandma Nancy even came all the way from Colorado to visit!




Friend Brian stopped by to offer his congrats. Dagny has warmed up to him more so then Ainsley (Ains is a little shy).

THANK YOU BJPCS!

Thank you to my lovely friends at BJPCS, especially Mrs. Williams, Ms. Mabry, Dr. Tobelmann and Ms. Smith for my wonderful baby basket (I know the formality of the aforementioned names will appear to seem quite odd for those not in the school system, it took me quite a while too, but now it is my "norm"). It was filled with wonderful items such as clothes, wipes and NB diapers!!! Some of it pictured below...



My maternity leave has started and even with much coaxing, baby Schnit still refuses to enter the world. Wish us luck over the next couple of days :-)...

Baby Shower for baby Schnit!

Some wonderful friends took me out to a great dinner filled with good food and even better conversation... all to celebrate baby Schnit, hopefully to arrive in the two weeks or less.

Below are pics of us at dinner and some of the terrific gifts!

...and even better news, all of our little ones will be attending The River School next year!!!

Happy Easter 2008!

A New Meck Down-Under.
Congratulations go out to Steve, Joanna and Samantha Meck on the arrival of their new addition Elsa Mary.

Ainsley had a fun filled Easter holiday, egg hunt and basket included of course...


Ainsley and mommy...




Ainsley loves the bunny that the Easter Bunny brought her... its green :-)!




Ainsley gets very excited hunting for eggs.




Popeye and Ainsley read a book before heading to Easter Brunch.




Ainsley and Chique enjoy Easter Brunch.

Butterfly Museum

The Smithsonian Natural History Museum has added a butterfly exhibit and Ainsley loved it...

Ainsley stares at a butterfly that landed on Chique's hair.



Ainsley gets excited seeing the butterflys fly around.

Big Girl Bed!!!

We moved Ainsley to a big girl bed earlier this month. She loves her new routine and crawls into bed every night... how long she stays there varries from night to night :-)!

Here are pics from her new room...

Extra pics...

Here are some pics from our trip to CA that we didn't post last time.

Enjoy...

Ainsley really warmed up to cousin Lizzie... you can tell by her smile :-).



Jennifer, Cristina, Melissa, and Ainsely outside of Disneyland.




Grandma Norma and Ainsley at Knotts Berry Farm.

Video Update...

We had wonderful weather the first part of the week... beautiful enough to take Ainsley to the swing. However, she obviously feels deprived of her swing time because every time we asked her if she was ready to get down, this was her answer...




Ainsley loves it when her daddy sings to her. She even has her jazz hands!!




Ainsely also has to have her shoes right after her bath! She goes to sleep in them :-)...