The Rest of January!

We had lots of Kinder basketball!

Every Saturday morning (usually at 8 AM) our big sister and our Daddy are on the court (and to be real, Mommy is working hard to keep Brandt and Felicity off of the court!)! We LOVED the Saturday morning of Brandt's birthday party because we had all three sets of grandparents AND Uncle D and Aunt J at the gym with us! (And the game was at 10--YAY!)

Go Jaguars!

Avaree noticed her cheering section, and she spent a lot of time looking at us, rather than paying attention to the game! ha! :)

One part of her section!

We were SO excited to see Uncle Scott, too!!!!

Uncle D and G-Pops holding the floor area! They were cracking up at the game! :)

They also participated in the half time entertainment and game!

Way to run, G-Pops and Uncle D!

Hi, Ave! :)

Arms up! Defense!

Hi, Papa!!!

Little sis!

Little Sis, Blair, and Brandt (trying to get more snacks out of Mommy's bag)! 

The following Monday night, Daddy was gone to staff retreat, and Mom Mom and Pop Pop stayed with us for a couple of days, so I got to take Avaree to the Mayor's Read-a-Thon kick off at school! She was beyond excited!

She wanted me to take her picture with all of her friends!

There were several friends and several poses! Look at that happy face!

Our social bug loves people!

It's hard to tell, but this is Mayor William's reading a book and lots of Kindergarteners around him! At one point, Avaree read a line of the book! 

Meanwhile, back at home the next morning, Brandt was enjoying some Christmas presents that Mom Mom and Pop Pop brought back with them.

…and cuddling with his mama!

He and Felicity have the longest eyelashes! I love it!

Felicity randomly wanted me to take a picture of her pony!

Brandt took his favorite book to Pop Pop!

Sister and I worked on her activity book! 

Goofy!

It's still hard to believe that this big girl was our NICU baby. I'm still so thankful for her life.

We had some absolutely beautiful January days, and the kids and I really enjoyed our backyard! 

Avaree and Felicity love to swing together on the alligator swing!

Brandt thought he wanted to join in on the fun, but he was a little nervous once he got on!

Big sister is so great with him!

Sunshine!!!

…and blue skies!!! The weather has seriously been just so perfect lately!

All three of our babies swinging together!

Finally, on the Friday after Brandt's birthday, we got his new car seat! Thanks to grandparents, aunts and uncles, we were able to get him a big boy seat that he LOVES! We also were able to get it for 50% off thanks to Aunt Jamie and a kind lady at Babies R Us that let us use a 30% off and a 20% off coupon! YAY!!!!!!

Brandt can be comfy facing backwards up to 40 lbs! 

…and that wraps up January! :)