More Ainsley Lovin'

Don't be fooled, the actual reason I came to Texas was for Ainsley's birth, Hayden just demands a little more attention these days! Here are some pics of sweet Ainsley Kate from this past weekend!

Look at those teeny little legs!!

Sweet angelic little face

Ainsley and her LaLa

Just Keep Swimming

Finding Nemo is one of my favorite movies ever, I just love Dori!! But now my favorite little fish is Haydenbear! This girl loves to swim!! She also happens to love Nemo and we got to watch it together early Saturday morning while the rest of the house was still sleeping! This weekend my parents stayed at a brand new hotel they just opened in Town and Country Village in Houston so we took Hayden swimming. I forget the name of the hotel, so I am not a very good reference for them, but it was really cool!! I don't think their clientele is geared towards kids at the pool, as you can probably tell by the swanky cabanas in the pics below, but Hayden had a fabulous time!

Is there anything more precious than this girls smiles and laughter!?!

Hayden is so fearless, she LOVES jumping into the pool...although she is not so much a fan of her face going under water!

Testing out my new camera's underwater abilities for the first time!! Pretty cool!

Again, is there anything sweeter!?!

Hayden's fishy face

Little Miss Sassy

This is the hotel pool...not so much kid oriented, but pretty nice!

L.O.V.E.D. this mirror in the hotel

AND this chandelier is fabulous!!

Roadtrip a la Tejas!

Sunday I had to leave Houston to drive back to Dallas to work during the week. I made some pretty lofty plans for my little road trip. Sunday I was in Houston, San Antonio, Austin and Dallas...all in one day!! I woke up Sunday morning after spending the night with Cargill and Ruffino and drove up to the hospital to see Lindsay and Ainsely one more time then got on the road about 10:30. I drove to San Antonio to visit Christina and meet baby Davis!! I am so happy that I got to see Tina and meet Davis while he is still a precious newborn!! He is only 3 weeks old and his mama looks great! It was so nice to catch up for a bit, although I was sad it had to be so short, but I had a lot of driving left to do!

Me, Davis and Tina!

I stopped off in Austin on the way to visit my aunt and uncle and was surprised by getting to see my two cousins as well! My Aunt KK had shoulder surgery last week so I wanted to stop by and see how she was doing and get a chance to catch up with every one while I was in the states! After I left Austin I was in a mad dash to make it to Dallas for the Blue October concert at the House of Blues! I made it with about 10 minutes to spare, safe and sound and no speeding tickets! It was a long day, but I was so glad to see my family and friends and I had plenty of time to enjoy a Butterfinger Blizzard and a Coke Slurpee along the way!!

****I just posted a ton of blog entries so scroll down to see what I have been up to since I got back to Texas last week!

Swim Diapers Do NOT Work Outside the Pool!

Everyone was spending all of their time up at the hospital over the weekend with Lindsay and Ainsley and hospitals are not all that entertaining for 2 year olds, especially two year olds who are not all that interested in their new baby sister! (Hayden was very cute with Miss Ainsley, but she just couldn't hold her attention very long!) So on Saturday I took Hayden to go swim at the Houstonian. They have a fantastic pool that is great for kids, we spent several hours swimming and eating out by the pool. It was such a fun day and I absolutely LOVED getting to spend some time with just me and Hayden! I think she liked it too :)

Me and Hayden all dressed and ready to go down to the pool...this is after about 15 minutes of chasing her naked booty around the hotel room trying to put her swim diaper on...she thought it was hilarious to run away from me...truth be told it was pretty funny!

The awesome pool at the Houstonian, this pic doesnt do it justice, they have two kiddy pools, a waterslide, a waterfall, a hot tub...they have it all!

Hayden loved playing in the water fountains!

Hayden and LaLa in the big pool!

This girl is truely hysterical! This is how she "swam" in the kiddie pool, she crab walked around the pool like this the entire time, it was so funny!

Hayden by the waterfall, she was scared to death of this thing at first. It was really loud and was coming down really fast, but she warmed up to it after a little bit, she really loved when I took her behind it!

Eating lunch by the pool...this is when I found out that swim diapers only work when IN the pool...she peed all over the Houstonians nice lounge chairs...oops!

Her kids meal came with a free ice cream...she picked out the biggest popsicle of course. The girl ate the entire thing and loved every second of it!!

Layin' Over in Chi-town

Thursday was a LONG day of traveling for me. I was awake for practically 26 hours, yikes! It all started off very frantic as I had overslept Thursday morning and woke up to the cab driver calling saying he was outside my flat at 5:30 am. I still needed to shower, so I asked him to wait 15 minutes and I am astonished to say that I actually showered, dried my hair and flat ironed it in 20 minutes! I had to lay over in Chicago since I was flying directly to Houston so I decided to make the most of it and opted for the 9 hour layover rather than the 2 hour so I could hang out with my friend Emily who lives in Chicago. I love the story of how Emily and I met. Two years ago I had to go to Chicago for three weeks for work and I didn't know anyone there so it was going to be a long three weeks. My friend Cole said he had met a co-workers sister who lived in Chicago and I should call her...at the time I wasn't as shameless as I am now and I was not up for calling a stranger but low and behold, about 5 minutes later my phone rang and it was Emily! We hung out the whole time I was in Chicago and I have since made several trips to hang out with her and Big Gay Buck (her chocolate lab)! It is so funny because she and I have never lived in the same city and have really only hung out a handful of times, but she is a great friend of mine now, thanks Cole!
So back to this trip.... I landed in Chicago about 10:30 am and Emily came to pick me up then we headed into the city for some day drinking, luckily there was traffic so we didn't sit down for our first beer until just after noon so we didn't have to feel too bad about it! She put me on the El back to the airport around 5pm only for my flight to be delayed about an hour. I was supposed to get into Houston at 10 pm that night, but didnt land until after 11 and they took forEVER to get the luggage out so I didn't get to the hotel with my parents until 1 am...that is 7 am London time...a full 26 hours with only a couple of short naps on my flights. Oh and I left all of my liquid makeup at security at the Chicago airport, UGH!!!

My new parking lot...I wish!

Me and Emily at Beer Bistro

Ainsley Kate Wagner

She's here!! Sorry for the delay in post, things have been absolutely crazy busy since I have got back to Texas on Thursday, but more about all that later! She was delivered Friday morning at 9:31 am. She was only 6 lbs compared to Hayden's 9 lbs. so she is so teeny!! Lindsay's c-section went much better this time around and she is healing much faster than she did with Hayden which I am sure she is very glad about. They all went home from the hospital yesterday and I am so excited to get back to Houston this weekend to spend some more time with them both! I don't have many great pics of her yet, I'll have to steal my dad and sisters pics later, but here are a couple from the day she was born! Here is the precious girl!

Yeah I Like Texas, Man There Ain't No Doubt

As you all know I like to steal lines from songs for my blog titles! I have been preparing myself for my trip home by listening to lots of Pat Green, the man loves to sing about Texas! I can't wait, I leave tomorrow morning! I have a layover in Chi-town to hang out with Wiggles and then I am Houston bound to meet my new neice Ainsley Kate when she forever graces us with her presence on Friday morning! I'll be in Dallas on the weekdays and Houston on the weekends for the next two weeks so everyone get ready for some Texas fun!

P.S. Here is my 2 cents on the National Healthcare System which I got to test out yesterday...gross, inefficient and unhelpful!