We finally found the secret to cutting our grocery budget! We have to shop at Aldi for the bulk of our groceries! :) Bonus: We love their carts! Aren't my girls just beautiful? :) We had Daddy with us too, so that made grocery shopping EVEN better!
Daddy and Avaree discovered some kind of crazy game that they can play together on the xbox! They look like silly monkeys jumping around, and Felicity thought she was playing too! It was excellent entertainment for Mama! :)
Avaree went to her friend Eden's birthday party, and Felicity got to tag along and play with Eden's little sister, Zoe! :) They were so cute trying to figure out the water balloons!
You can tell that this was at least a month ago by Brandon's face! He's lost much weight since being sick (and from Plexus), but it was a still an amazing moment! Ave changed her first poopy diaper from start to finish! Wiggle worm Felicity was even still for her! :)
Sometimes (especially in the mornings it seems) my girls play together so sweetly I just have to cry! This was one of those moments! :)
Avaree and I baked a few batches of GF/DF cookies for several parties that we were attending! :)
Aunt J made her this apron a few years ago, and we use it ALL the time!
Later that week, Lindsey and Greyson came to visit us! We had the best time!!! F and G are only about a month apart, so they were on the same schedule, and he and Lindsey just fit right into our little lives! :) We had several adventures (including one where Daddy had to come rescue us, haha) but we had a great visit!
The kids got a long SO well! Greyson IS laughing in this picture! :)
Felicity was obsessed with feeding Greyson the whole time he was here. She fed him his food, her food, and any other food that she could find! And he gladly accepted! :)
Linds and I also braved Target with these three, and they had a blast in the big buggy! :)
We played outside!!!
That Friday (when Daddy was off) we went to the Fort Worth Zoo! It was SO much fun! The weather was perfect, and Felicity and Greyson LOVED the animals! F has been to the zoo twice before, but this time she REALLY noticed all the animals, and it was so fun to watch. Avaree kept asking when we were having lunch, so I guess she's over it, but I had a blast! :)
This was right when Felicity saw the tigers!!! Look at those faces!
…and this is how we got there! We put three car seats in the back seat, and B was in the way back with the wagon and stroller! Lindsey was the navigator, and I drove us! :) Talk about an adventure!
The babies loved the animals!!!
Can you see Avaree's face? :)
We had a few snack breaks too!
That evening, we made dinner and Scott, La-shea and the kids came over to eat and play! This is the only picture that I got, but Brandon has Karrington's foot, and Ave is on his back! It was SO much fun!
…and THIS is how everyone should eat spaghetti! I just love this little guy to pieces!!
This is what happens when you send a tired little girl to wait for you in your bed while you put her sister to sleep! haha :)
That Saturday, Avaree got to attend the princess birthday party of a sweet friend from dance class! :)
Felicity thought it was the best thing ever! haha
Avaree worked the runway! :)
That night sweet Hope watched our babies, and we got to go on a double date with our friends Shane and Sally! :) We went to Joe T. Garcia's and then had dessert at Sweet Sammy's in Fort Worth! It was a pregnant lady's dream date! hahaha :)
We came home to a restless little one, and I still love to take pictures of them when they are sleeping!
A few days later, my sweet friend Kelli and her two girls, Kelsi and Maddie, came to visit! We also had the best time! Of course, Avaree ended up running a fever, and our plans changed a little, but it was so good to visit with them! I love this picture! :)
Felicity is usually the earliest riser in our home, but one morning, Avaree woke up at 4:30 AM (wide awake), so we went in her room and played dress up together so we wouldn't wake Daddy and sister! I think she enjoyed our one on one time together. Maybe next time it can be later in the day! ha :)
That day ended up being a jammie day, and Mommy had several loads of laundry to get through, so I popped some popcorn, and we put on Mary Poppins so I could sort and fold! They were perfect until the popcorn ran out! haha! :)
That Thursday the girls and I drove up to Children's Camp just out side of Glen Rose to see Daddy and experience camp for the day! Do you think they were excited?? :) We had the best day. We had lunch with Daddy and all the campers. Avaree got to sit by Pastor Eric, so she was happy! :) Felicity took a nap in Daddy and Mr. AJ's room, and then we went to the lake with a lot of the campers! Both girls swam with Daddy for a little bit, but then Avaree surprised all of us by going down the four-story slide FOUR TIMES BY HERSELF! Daddy went with her once, and a sweet camp sponsor named Chris carried her up a couple of times, but the other times, she wanted to go by herself! We were FLOORED! :)
Later that weekend, Mom Mom came to town!!! The girls were so happy!
Felicity turned sixteen months old!!!! She has expended her vocabulary with Beh-boo (for all cats), bye bye, sister, Elsa (ha! Do you think we read about Elsa and Anna a lot?), and she can now get on and off the couch by herself (safely). :) Look how big she looks!
That night Daddy and I got to go on a date to the Spaghetti Warehouse. They have a new gluten free menu, and it was SO good (and cheap too)! We then perused Babies R Us (and bought nothing--can you believe that?) just looking for a certain narrow car seat that we can use in our car to get three car seats to fit! We found the one we want, we are just waiting for a good sale! :) Then we met some sweet friends for a movie! We were home by 10:30, and we went straight to bed. Daddy was really tired. (If I had only known what was happening!!!)
48 hours later, I was in the ER with him at 2:30 in the morning. He had been running 103-104 temperature for several hours, and I could not get it down (even with medication around the clock!). I gave him sponge baths, he was having labored breathing and a bit disoriented, etc. It was really, really scary. I was so thankful that my Mom was still there, so I didn't have to wake up the girls. Mom left the next morning, and I had no idea what the next two weeks would have in store for our family!
The next day, I continued to monitor Daddy, and I brought him meds and fluids all day, but he was just not getting any better. :( I tried to occupy the girls quietly in any way that I could! Including (but not limited to) dressing up, dancing, tv, magic carpet surfing on the toilet paper package! haha!
The next evening, Felicity started running a fever, and that led to the worst case of hand-foot-mouth that I have ever seen! It's like if you look on google images for pictures of hand-foot-mouth, and you have to cover your eyes because you can't look at that, that is what she looked like--especially her diaper area. Needless to say, we stayed inside for 8 more days, and I finally found a combo of oils that seemed to help her, but she was miserable.
Gigi and G-Pops met me in Ennis that Friday afternoon, and they took Ave for the weekend, so that I could at least get her out of the germs and let her have fun! And I am so grateful that they met me in Ennis, so that I didn't have to leave B for too long! It was a crazy, sick house for awhile. Miraculously, God protected Avaree and me! We also had about ten people from our Sunday school class come over and pray over the outside of our home and the girls and me. They even anointed me with oil and prayed for B since we are one. It was so moving and kind. Then, a few of the men came over the next day and raked and mowed our yard. It's just incredible to be a part of the body of Christ. I'm so thankful for our families, our church, and for our sunday school class!
The day after Avaree got back, Felicity was starting to feel better, and they had a dance party (though still not touching)! :)
We taught Felicity how to do the chicken dance, and she did it over and over again! It was SO funny!!!
Later that night after everyone was asleep, I packed our snack bags for our upcoming trip!! They are labeled and divided by day, so that all I have to do is pick up the correct day and put it in my backpack! :) I've done a TON of research, and talked to many friends that go frequently, and I feel like we have a really good plan for our time in the parks! I cannot WAIT! I also can't wait to tell Avaree! :) We'll take a video of it when we do tell her, but we aren't telling her until next week! She's got to go to her first day of school first! :)
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