SANTA CAME

SANTA CAME....We woke up Christmas morning to snow on the ground and since Aves slept in Austin we out and tried to build a snow man. I had to beg him to come in so we could do presents with Aves. I was so excited to see how Aves would react on her first Christmas. She did pretty good since she is still at the age inwhich she doesnt really understand. At times she would really try opening her presents then of course would get distracted with another toy. After we got done with our family presents we all got cleaned up since Papaw and Mimi were coming over for lunch. We did presents with them and then headed out towards Henderson to have Christmas with the Brooks family. Then on Saturday morning we headed over to Nana's (my moms) house in Tyler to have Christmas with her. Yes, we had a very busy Christmas weekend. It was all worth it and was so glad to be able to share Christmas with family.

Santa's bag...what else is in there?


My first set of girly blocks



What is this big presents???

Going towards the mouth!

I love my new cell!

She stuck the whole date ball in her mouth...so stinkin cute.

Oh, and yes she is sitting on the table at her Gaga and Papa

(Austin's parents)

Christmas at Nana's

Look..my very own house!

Look at me driving my car from papaw

The princess car

Papaw what did you get me???

A dooney and Burke oh you shouldnt have...Papaw so excited

Yes, she knows what to do with them. She loves purses

Getting ready for Santa

So we decided we would start the tradition now and put milk and cookies out for Santa even though Aves doesnt understand yet. She was more into eating Santa's cookies...thats my girl, loves her sweets!

Eating Santa's cookies

Yummy!

New York

Austin and I took our first trip without Aves to New York about a week ago. It was one of the hardest things for me to do.... to leave her but she was in good hands. (Nana and Gaga watched her.) We had such a great time....seeing a few plays, going to the Statue of Liberty, going to the immigration site, shopping and enjoying the fine dining of New York oh and we got to see lots of snow since we were there during the snow blizzard. I actually was scared we were not going to be able to get back since our flight out was the day after the storm hit, but some how we did.

Mary Poppins was such an awesome musical.

Our candy bag from FAO Schwertz

The tree in our "AWESOME" hotel....

Macy's window....

another window

We took this same picture 2 years ago in New York so we had to do it again!

Statue of Liberty feet...they are huge

The ear

Our cold ferry ride over to the Statue of Liberty

The snow storm....

We saw the Jersey Boys the night of the storm.

My old man....it was snowing so hard as we walked to the show

So fun...

The snow ball fight in Time Square...everyone acted as they knew one another.

Not a fan of Santa

We took Aves downtown Ft Worth to see Santa. She was happy and laughing while waiting in line and even up until I let her go into Santa's arms. Maybe next year we will have better luck visiting Santa.

Hmm, not so sure about this....



Not likin the beard....

Get me out of here....Santa looks scared too! ha

11 Months

It gets harder and harder to take these montly pictures!!

What is Aves up to this month....

-such a happy happy baby

-loves giving kisses and hugs

-walking (taking 2-5 steps then falling)

-eating more solid foods

-showing more of a temper

-12 month clothing for length but they fall off her waist

My new buddy!

A few weeks ago we spent the evening at the Lewis's and Austin became best buds with Caleb. They were singing and playing and it was so darn cute. The boys went and picked up food and drinks from Sonic....gthats when we discovered that Caleb loves ice. Whatever Austin was doing Caleb wanted to do the same.


My new buddy Caleb


Peek a boo!



Caleb wanting to spit his ice back in the cup b/c it was too cold. So Austin lended his hand instead.

Caleb going in for some ice. Love it!

10 Months

What a month so far.....this month started with Avery having a double ear infection. I just thought she was teething which was causing her to have a runny nose and a low grade fever, boy was I wrong. Within 2 days after taking her in over the weekend to the on call doctor her eardrum erupted. She woke up with blood all in her bed and we couldnt figure out where it came from. There is no sign of blood anywhere. So I called the doctor....she suggested and erupted eardrum and asked me to look in her ear for any sign of drainage or blood. I saw nothing. Within less then an hour the nasty stuff was coming out of her ear. I called the doctor immediately and they got her in. She has been on medicine ever since. I took her back this past Thursday because she is still having drainage...so they gave her a shot. Poor sweet baby. I think the shot has helped but she goes back on Monday and will probably have to have another shot since the drainage is not completely gone yet. I am just praying we do not have to put tubes in. On a lighter note.....

What is Aves up to these days
- finally cut her first tooth ( i had my first tooth before I was six months so she is taking after her daddy)
- took her first step and fell right on her sweet face
- loves making noises with her mouth
- are completely on formula now and are okay with it.
- loves pointing
- always clapping
- loves to copying whatever you do
- doesnt like to be left alone in a room
- loves chasing Maddie the dog
I know there is alot more...but this is all I can think about right now since she has just been loving on mommy all month b/c she has felt good.


Mommy I dont feel good...stop taking pictures. Oh, and no I dont dress her up when she is sick...we were on our way to another doctors appt.

Look at me go

She's got this walking thing down...now if only she would let go. Aves is standing alone but hasnt taken that step yet. I know it will not be long and she will be walking everywhere. My little girl is growing so fast.

Nana is so funny

Avery thinks her nana is so funny. My mom came down last weekend and Avery had a laugh attack at dinner. My mom was just throwing her hands up and down and Avery thought it was so funny. ENJOY!

My Little Ladybug

Halloween was so fun this year since I had a little "doll" to dress up. Ha! I just dont know what I would do if I had a boy. Poor thing would probably be like Ken the barbie. Well actually it would be a lot easier b/c you dont have to dress a boy up just to run to the store, but you must always dress a girl up and put a bow in her hair (even if she pulls them out). So back to Halloween....we went to our church festival which was super crowded. We didnt end up staying long b/c Avery isnt old enough to play any of the games yet. She did get herself an animal balloon...she loves balloons. Then we headed over to Aunt JenJen and Uncle Kellys and visited for a while and then headed home for trick or treaters. Their were not many this year. Our neighbor had a halloween party and then at dark took the kiddos out but not to many kiddos were out. I think so many churches now are doing festival, which I is awesome. Avery had such a great first Halloween and look so cute in her ladybug costume.

Galveston

Last week we went to Galveston with my dad and Amelia for a mini vacation. It was really suppose to be a fishing trip for my dad and Austin and I asked why the women couldnt come along. ha! Even though it rain a little we still had a great trip. I was really surprised to see some much still damaged from hurricane Ike.


Couldn't believe this sign!

This home was built before the 1900's....not sure if any heard of the hurricane that hit Galveston in the 1900's that killed thousands, but this house withheld the storm and resued about 200 people during the storm.

Avery's first time on the beach.

The Ballon Festival

Lighting of the Ballons

Avery's very own balloon

This is a picture of my dads friend from high school. He flies hot air balloons and was into for a balloon festival so we went out to watch the lighting before they took off the next morning.

Austin fishing...the whole reason for the trip.

Stringray up close

Our sweet pumpkin

Avery and papa....

Walking around the boardwalk

Our first family vacation