Thursday, June 11, 2015

Hello, June!

Little buddy has started to scoot around in his bed. I found him sideways the other "morning"! :)
Big sis got to have a date with Daddy last Wednesday. I dropped her off at church, and she helped Daddy cook and then had lunch with him and some of the other staff. She was thrilled. :)
Little sis still had a yucky cough from her bout with croup and stayed home to swing! 
Little buddy was styling in his new blue seat! He loves to sit in the middle of the dining room table and watch everyone. 
One of my summer goals is to get us out of the house more! We've been walking every day (we've missed one day in the last 9 days)! Avaree rides her bike, and I push the littles in the double stroller!
Don't they look thrilled? hahah! I promise they were happier than they look! They were just hot!
Mommy and her girls!
Love them.
These two!
They adore each other. :)
This little guy puts E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G in his mouth! (So unlike Avaree and exactly little Felicity, ha!) He loves to play on his mat and gnaw on all his toys!
We even got Daddy in our our walking a couple of nights! YAY!
He was so pleased to be out walking in the heat! ;)
That night, Daddy was working on Avaree's loose tooth, and Felicity walked over and held her hand!
It was the sweetest thing! Of course, it didn't come out that night. Stay tuned for more on that. 
The next morning, we went to visit Grandmother and Pop! Brandt and Pop are big buddies! Pop has the best seat in the house to stare at the fan! ;)
Grandmother and Brandt had some visiting time!
He just sits in her lap and listens to her, and stares at the fan! :)
When we got home, Felicity needed to feed her baby!
All of my roses are blooming right now. They are so beautiful. Having these roses planted for me while I was in Hemphill after my Grandaddy's funeral, was one of the top five sweetest things that Brandon has ever done for me. They mean so much to me. 
Each one is a little different than the next. B just pruned them last week, and they are still producing new blooms every day!
Daddy went to Karrington's graduation on Friday night, and the kids and I stayed home. Saturday morning, we met Gigi and G-Pops for breakfast at Old West Cafe! 
Little man was so smiley!
Our babies love their grandparents!
I love this picture. It shows their personalities perfectly. 
Gigi and G-Pops with three of their five grandbabies!
Gigi with the girls! 
After naps, we headed over to Midlothian for Karrington's graduation party! The girls enjoyed the frisbee game!
G-Pops and Felicity!
Sunday morning, after Daddy left for church, the girls were eating their breakfast. Avaree called me over saying that her tooth hurt. I looked in her mouth, and her gums were bleeding. Her front tooth was hanging on by a thread. I do not do teeth. I do not like teeth, but my baby was bleeding and needed her tooth out. So, I grabbed a paper towl and barely touched it. It fell out immediately, and we were left with a snaggletooth!  
She was so excited! 
It has been so precious to listen to her talk now. Her voice has changed, and her "s" sounds are so cute. At least she is finally looking like a little girl again. She was starting to look too grown up for me. 
Of course, this is just another sign that she is growing up!
Sunday afternoon, we went back over to Grandmother and Pops to visit with them and with G-Pops!
Grandmother had Brandt laughing outloud!
It was SO cute!
So precious!
And just like that, the first week of June was over! 

Wednesday, June 3, 2015

The End of May, Part Two! :)

We had numerous bad storms in May (the wettest May in the 117 years that weather records have been kept here), and it seemed like they always rolled in around bedtime here. So, you can imagine how much my girls loved that. Not. Thus, Avaree requested to sleep in Felicity's room a few nights in a row, and they slept really well being together. 
 I loved that they went to sleep facing each other. 
 On this particular night, Brandon was at church, so I was sending him t-storm warning updates! I know he loves my weather obsession! ;)
 The next morning (rather early, thank you, more storms), we had some cuddle time in mama's bed!
 Sweet little buddy!
 The night after Avaree's last day of Pre-K, G-Pops got to come by on his way out of town!
 The girls climbed all over him, and we all loved his visit!
 The next night, Avaree went on a date with her Daddy to the Rangers game! She was soooo excited!
 She got dressed about three hours before they needed to leave, and she wanted her hair in pigtail braids!
 It was jersey night at the ballpark, so Daddy took her early! They were able to walk in a parade on the field! She loved it!
 Meanwhile, I was home with a sick sister. She woke up that morning with a high fever, and she is just now feeling better! 
 Daddy sent me several pictures, and he said he took this one for his Dad and brother! :)
 So neat that they were on the field!
 The Ranger's mascot is Avaree's new favorite! She loved getting to parade on the field!
 She also loved getting to play with her friends at the game! Our Sunday School class went to the game, so there were 68 other people that she loved sitting next to her! :) Her favorites were Avery and Pip!
 Avaree and Avery!
 I texted Daddy at one point for a picture of he and Ave in their seats, and this is what he sent me! Ha!
 The next day, we were able to FaceTime into the Gender Reveal Party for our next niece! Brandt's vote was camo! 
 He was wrong, but he looked super cute! :) Mommy was right! 

I'm overjoyed that I will get two new nieces in the next few months! Now, if only I could get them to live nearby! I can't wait to add two more sweet girls to our families! Aunt Shan is due in late July, and Aunt Jamie is due in early November! CAN'T WAIT!
 We sent a video to our families a little while ago that had Brandt trying to get the pink princess cup while sitting in a pink gumbo (we didn't send it for that reason, but we later realized the humor in that), so Gigi sent him this super awesome blue seat and a blue elephant toy!! haha! We love this seat! 

 Sunday morning, we listened to Senior Sunday via the App at home! I am so thankful for technology to make that possible! 
 The three well people were cuddling while I bribed sister with an episode of Little Einstein's! There is only one of me, and I have to change shirts and wash my hands between when I hold the sick one and the well ones, so I need her to be okay with me holding Brandt and Ave for a few minutes! 
 Little buddy is just the cutest! He sits up so big now when he's on his tummy!
 Our little Brandon Jr. is just growing so fast! :)

….and now it's June! Stay tuned! :)