Wednesday, January 22, 2014

January--Part One!

Somebody turned nine months old this month! She is really into waving and saying several sounds: da da da da (dada), ma ma ma ma (mama), na na na na (no idea), "puh" (puppy), "aaaah" (avaree), buh buh buh (baby for her little dolly). 




We traded off with Mrs. Holly for date evening the other day, and we went to eat and to Hobby Lobby! :)
I finally found something that will buy me 15 minutes. I was paying bills at the desk, and look who was all about "Baby Faith!" :) Don't tell Daddy she was touching the tv! ;)

I finally got a grown up table (with more than 2 chairs, and my babies are safer)!!! I LOVE it!!!!
I finally picked up Avaree's school pictures. Oh my. Melt my heart. She looks so old here!
….and do you see anything wrong with this picture? haha

I also got to have coffee with these sweet girls to celebrate Tara's 30th a couple of weeks ago!!!! It was so so wonderful. :) Also, my sweet friend, Jamie, is having a baby GIRL in May! I can't wait!

In other news, Felicity is standing up in her crib ALL THE TIME. This makes falling asleep on her own a little more complicated. Hopefully the novelty of it will wear off soon! ;)

…and here is our big girl! :)
She still loves people food, except for oatmeal and mum mums. :)
Meet Buzz Lightyear, the life-size balloon. He was the culprit of many late night screams from Mommy. He moved around at night, and he always scared me half to death! After four days and nights with us, he found his way to the garage, and then he eventually went to balloon heaven. ;) Avaree sure did love him though! She carried him around everywhere, and she wanted him to sleep by her bed!!
We had a couple of really cold days, so we had to pull out some old toys. They actually played for at least an hour with the legos, and there was no whining or fighting!! YAY!!!
…and of course the little house is always a hit!
Happy face! And, yes, I did take my Christmas tree down. I just had to wait for a Christmas tree bag to come in, since B threw my box away!
Kendall came over one COLD morning, and she and Avaree read Frozen over and over again! :)


…and I found THIS on my phone! ;) 
Avaree has LOVED playing school lately! I will say that she isn't the nicest teacher I have ever had, and she loves that pointer! ;)
Daddy says that he will not be her student again! hahaha
We had lunch with these cuties one Sunday after church!!! We loved visiting with them!!!

…and one more of our sissy on her nine-month birthday!! :)

I'll do a whole other post on this later, but this is Maximus. Avaree and Daddy took a little road trip to go pick him up in Oklahoma a couple of weeks ago. 


Much more to come! January has been busy, full of fun, crazy, and full of sickness! :) Sounds about like our usual, eh? :) Thankful for my family!

Christmas in B/CS with Gigi and G-Pops!

We spent the night at Gigi and G-Pops' house the night before we went to the beach (and then came back for our official Christmas time with them), so we got a chance to see more family! This is Aunt TaTa and Cade with Felicity! 
…and Brandon and Lindsey enjoyed the Wings! :) Greyson is the cutest!!!!
…and the queen enjoyed resting on Gigi's pillow in her bed!
Felicity was enamored with Gigi's snow village!!! 
…don't worry, she put it back! :)
…and then someone else was too! :)
Avaree got the very important job of passing out the presents! That didn't last too long though! :)
Sissy was busy pulling up on things! :)
…and looking for paper to eat!

Avaree got to choose who opened their present first! She chose Uncle D (notice his excitement), but then she quickly figured out that meant that she couldn't open hers first. 
…so he gave her his turn! :) (Thanks, Uncle D!)
Sister. 
Gigi and Ave with Gigi's portrait of them with the girls!
Ave loved her new duck book!
This was precious! Aunt Jamie made Avaree a "sisters" puzzle out of pictures of the girls! It is precious!!! Avaree loves the puzzle, and I hung up the example page in her room with a sparkly pink frame! 
…and then it was time for her big present from Gigi and G-Pops! She couldn't believe it!
…a few instructions!
Happy faces!
….and then she was off!
We can't wait for Blair to be with us!!!!!! Isn't Aunt Jamie adorable???
Everyone wanted Gigi at once!

Aunt J all dressed up for her sister's rehearsal dinner!
Fun with G-Pops!
B and I put Felicity down for the night, and then we went on a date in CS! Of course, on our way out the door we saw this! :) hahaha!
The girls with the grandparents!!!

Uncle D, Aunt J and Baby Blair

…and Sully Bear

Gigi and the girls! :)

Somehow, I never get a picture of game night, but we always play fun games at Gigi and Pops' house after the girls go to bed. This time we played a card game called Sequence, and it was so fun! :)

We had a great time with Gigi, G-Pops, Darrin, Jamie, Blair, and all the animals! :) 

It was definitely a Merry Christmas, and we are so very blessed.