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Amen To That

Avery: "Thank you God for Mommy and Daddy and baby Gracyn. And thank you for my Rapunzel doll. And for my Ariel doll. And for Alice in Wonderland........ And oh yeah thank you for Mommy's coffee. Amen."

Amen to that.


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Randoms and Gracyn's first attempt at cereal

- Avery has been running a fever since Monday so we have had a locked-in week at the house. I have been trying to nurse her back to health but at the same time keep her far away from Gracyn because the last thing we need is a sick infant! So we haven't really gotten out of the house this week because I didn't want to expose anybody to any of Avery's germs and I think we are all about to go crazy. Hopefully we are on the up and up. I am stopping the Motrin today so we will see how her body handles the fever without the Motrin. Cross your fingers!

- Since we have been so bored around here this week we decided to try cereal with Gracyn yesterday. I wasn't really planning on starting her just yet but on a whim we decided to go for it..........

bad lighting + constant moving baby + iphone pics = really bad blurry pics

Needless to say it was a big fail. Which was expected. But it was still cute and funny to watch her trying to figure out what was going on. We will keep trying though!

- I can't believe that February is almost over! Where did it go? I am excited for March though because lots of our family will come to visit during Spring Break plus Avery will turn THREE! Ohmyword how did she already get to be 3 years old? I can't believe it.

- I saw this story on the news here and was amazed. I had no idea my Iphone camera even had a location feature. Seriously watch this video. Its only a few minutes long and it tells you how to deactivate the location feature on your smartphone.

iPhone Dump

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Beach Babes

We all went to the beach today so Gracyn could see the ocean for the very first and it was so much fun! It was a beautiful day, about 76 degrees with just a slight wind, and since Matt was off we decided we would try out our luck and see what going to the beach with two little beach babes was like. It wasn't too bad! We packed a little lunch, our cabana, a sheet and some towels and we were off!

Obviously Avery has been to the beach a bunch of times since we only live about 25 minutes away and she got right to work on building "Cinderella's sand castle" as soon as we got there.

Gracyn did amazing and was such a trooper! She looked around for about the first 45 minutes we were there and then fell asleep for about a 45 minute nap. When she woke up she was all smiles and got to put her sweet little toesies in the water for the first time.

My parents got us this awesome cabana for Christmas and we got to try it out. It took less than 10 minutes to assemble and it worked out perfectly. It gave Gracyn enough shade so that she was never in the sun and it worked perfectly to provide us a little bit of shade. It was so awesome! Thanks Mom and Steve!

Avery ran Daddy ragged the whole time we were there. They ran up and down from the waves, jumped over the waves, and kicked the waves. Needless to say we had one tired little princess on our hands after we were done.





Gracyn got to put her sweet little feet in the sand for the first time at 4 months old! So cute! She seemed to like it, even though the water was a little chilly!


Just for curiosity's sake I wondered how old Avery was before she touched her feet to the sand and she was a whopping 11 months old before her sweet little toes touched the water.

Avery and Daddy on Valentines 2009

My family grew up loving the water and I love the fact that both my girls got to dip their toes into the ocean at such an early age. Hopefully they will continue to love going to the beach and the lake as much as we do!

Avery- 10 1/2 months old

Bliss

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Baby book info

Gracyn is now able to roll from her back to her belly going both directions. She is rolling all over the place! And she recently found her feet and is always grabbing them but hasn't started to put them in her mouth yet.


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When Sombreros Were Cool

So I thought I was being a smart thoughtful momma and I taught Avery how the traffic lights worked. Meaning that red means stop and green means go. Thought I was teaching her colors, actions, etc. right? Wrong! Apparently I was teaching her to be the worlds worst backseat driver. If I don't immediately gun it when the light turns green she will start to yell "GO!!!!!" "Mom just GO!!!!!" Sounds sort of funny and cute right? Well imagine how many lights you go through on just a standard run to the grocery store. She also has commentary for every situation "It's OK to go because its green" "Mom I cannot see the light Oh No!!!!!" and she obviously doesn't understand the meaning of a green or red arrow because if I have a red arrow and the other lights are green I will get a barrage of "why didnt you go? It was green" comments. Makes for a really long ride home. So the moral of the story is DO NOT teach your kids about the traffic lights. You will regret it I promise.

"Me a bossy driver????? Thats a lie.....just look at how cute I am."

So as I was looking for pictures for my "Love Is...." post on Valentines Day I came across a few winners

This is most likely A Kappa date party circa 2002. Apparently sombreros were in style.....

Hahaha. I have no idea but this picture is so funny to me. Luckily I didn't have a digital camera for our freshman year or our year at the Kappa house because evidence of those years could be pretty dangerous......

Only my sister Jessica would want to put a lifejacket on her 200 lb mastiff. And really I think thats a kid lifejacket with like a 50-75 lb weight limit so if the dog, who obviously doesn't know how to swim, hence the lifejacket, were to start drowning I am not sure that lifejacket would do too much. Makes for a funny photo op though :-)

And there is this picture. I honestly do not remember this at all. Where were we? When was this? When did we go here? I can not recall the last time I rode a rollercoaster (most likely because I have been in some form of pregnant over the past 5 years). But it looks like we had a good time............I guess............

Going through old pictures is hilarious and I think I want to do a post like this more often and post those oldies but goodies and remember what life was like before I knew how a breastpump worked and my life revolved around nap schedules. And if not for that then just for the laughs I get out of seeing everyone. Now if only I had a scanner I would have some really good ones from high school and those early college days! Ah the possibilities would be endless!

Our Love Bugs

Love Is......

marrying my best friend and love of my life

Avery Kathryn- sweet first born girl

Gracyn Paige- precious angel baby

Motherhood

my blessings on earth whom I draw strength and love from every day

laughter with family members

creating a family of my own

the girls who have been through it all with you

Macy Dogg who shows me true unconditional love

the view from my lawn chair at the lake

our loving and wonderful family

watching our family grow (niece Emersyn Kay)

the Kappa girls who surround me with such friendship that I feel beyond blessed to have

My family and my rock

I am one of those people who love Valentines day. Not only because you get to tell your spouse and children how much they mean to you but you also get to tell all your family and friends how much you love them also. I love you all so much and wish everyone a HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!