11 Months Old!

Well, I am late wishing my sweet baby a Happy 11 Month Old Birthday, but better late than never!

Still curious who is behind you...

- You are into everything now! Up the stairs, in the fireplace, opening drawers, snatching the remote... you are a mess!! Your latest adventure is crawling through things, under things and over things!

- You are starting to stand up on your own for a few seconds at a time.

- You love to crawl up to us and pull up on our leg so that we will pick you up.

- You love to imitate others... clicking your tongue, blowing bubbles, laughing, dancing - you are so much fun!

- You really, and I mean, REALLY hate putting on your clothes. You are either yelling in protest, or you are twisting and squirming around to make it impossible!!

- You have 7 teeth now, and there is another one about to break through!

- You are waving bye-bye all the time now, and you are starting to point!

- You can sign for "more" and "all done".

- You have lots of funny faces:

- And plenty of sweet ones too!

- And the best part?? You are still a mama's girl. :)

The End.

Turkey Day!

This Thanksgiving my heart felt very full, and I found myself feeling especially thankful... thankful that our family is blessed enough to have a place where we can always gather and thankful that my mom continues to live on through so much of my family. I am so thankful that I have a husband who loves me and loves our girls unconditionally... and also for our Aggies! :)

Shortly after arriving, Avery inherited some pink sparkly shoes from her cousin, Kate. She was super excited, and naturally they were the shoe of choice all weekend long. Her cousin, Ava had her eye on those shoes from the minute that they were on Avery's foot, and the second that Avery took them off, Ava would move in for the kill...

Getting ready to cheer on the Ags!


Avery & Kate (Avery was very upset that she had no Aggie DRESS this year. Bad, bad mommy.):


Anna trying hard to get in on some big kid action:

Avery & her buddy, Josh:


Most of Thanksgiving Day was rainy and very cold, so the kids had to play inside. Here they are writing their letters to Santa:

And the rest of us were watching the Aggies!


Luckily the rain was gone by Friday (and it "warmed off" according to Avery), so the kids were either outside or in the bunkhouse (or the "bumphouse" if you ask Avery) ALL day long:

Warming up (or off) with some hot chocolate:

Back outside for some more fun!!

A few of the cousins (hard to believe this is less than half of the little group!):

Avery & Kate again:


Kate, Sydney, Maclane ("A-pwayne"), and Avery still in her sparkly shoes:

Hope everyone enjoyed their families and ate as much as we did... Happy Thanksgiving!

Three and a HALF!

So, I could pretty much sum up this in one word... "WHY?" You ask us that question a LOT. :)

- To say that you are a girlie girl is quite the understatement! You love anything princess, and you love to play with your dollies (Barbies or little dolls). You rarely will let me put your hair in a pony tail - I hear "Mommy, I wanna have long hair" a lot. You love nail polish (thanks to Yaya!), you will only wear dresses or skirts and you are my little shoe queen.

- You looooove music. Topping the charts for requests from you are:

1. "George - The Fireman Song"

2. "Move it, Move it"

3. "Lady Gaga - Just Dance"

You love to watch Glee too, and recently fell in love with "Hello" by The Doors. You know almost every word!

- You love watching movies... Dora, Diego, Tap & Jerry (Tom & Jerry), all of the princess movies... You get to watch one show before bedtime and a few more on the weekend.

- Your favorite colors are purple and blue.

- My favorite mispronunciations:

1. Ing-uings (Earrings) Let's talk about how long it took me to figure that one out!!

2. Wap (Lap)

3. Fursday (Thursday)

4. The Pooter (Computer)

- You are a good eater. Our rule is that you have to try at least one bite of everything on your plate, and most of the time you comply. :) You could survive on grapes, tomatoes, tortillas and chips & guacamole. You actually just ate your first grilled cheese sandwich last week - up until now, you were not a fan. You are also not a fan of mac & cheese or peanut butter & jelly (actually it's just the jelly that you don't like).

- You take pre-ballet on Saturday mornings, and you also take dance at school. You love dance, but tumble team is your favorite! You also enjoy yoga and sports fun. You are getting much better at kicking the ball!

- You always want to sleep with at least one book, usually your Bible.

- You can spell your name and write it pretty well. The first time you wrote your name was on my birthday card!

- You can spell most of your colors (with the help of some songs!).

- You know your colors in Spanish and can count to ten in Spanish too.

- You have been learning about the seasons at school, and you are always talking about fall. You usually ask me why the leaves are still on the trees, and you are obsessed with acorns. You come home from school everyday with several, and you managed to get one stuck in your nose at school! You gave your teacher quite a scare...

- You do puzzles really well. 24 piece puzzles are a breeze, and you have a couple of 60 piece puzzles that you can put together in no time!

- You love to read books. Lately you have been all about your Bible stories. You like to read "The Snake" (Adam & Eve), and "The Boat" (Noah's Ark).

- Just like your daddy, you love gadgets. You can work my iphone and your daddy's phone better than me!

- You are sweet with your baby sister! If she's not around, you want to know where she is!

We love you Avie Bug! Slow down, sista. I'm not ready for FOUR!