Big girls

Brynn refuses to sit in a high chair or booster seat now. She insists on sitting in a regular chair. Ava insisted on making her bed before leaving the house this morning. She informed me that it is her job.

More Summer fun

goofy girl in her elmo shoes

Ava's new trampoline!

Ava insisted they both wear last years halloween costumes

She put on her own makeup

1st day of school

Yesterday was Ava's first day of Pre-K and Brynny's first day in the toddler room with no crib.  Sweet girls!

Ava 4 yrs and Brynn 16 months

Summer Fun

Tangled/Brave hybrid

Fun with Cousin Trent

Girls Tea Party

Playing vet at the Children's museum

Bowling with our Besties

Tot Spot with Daddy

She had to sit in Ava's car seat one day and thought forward facing was the bomb! 
Too bad for her mommy won't turn her seat around to forward facing anytime soon.
Safety First my child

Ava's 4th Birthday!

At this very time 4 years ago I had already been pushing for an hour and had another hour and a half to go!  It's almost hard for me to imagine Ava as a baby.  Last night we made a birthday cake for her and today we celebrated with just the 4 of us with cake, presents and chik fila.  We started out the day with princess pancakes and I packed a princess sandwich in her lunch today.

singing happy birthday to buggie

Enjoying sissy's birthday cake

Ava is such a sweet, intelligent and loving little girl.  She is cuddly, polite, very girly and spirited.  I'm so very proud of her.  She's finally outgrown the tantrum stage for the most part.  She can dress herself, fix her own drinks and get her own food and silverware, put her dishes in the sink when she's finished eating, start the DVD player, buckle herself in her car seat, dress herself and so many other things.

She loves her Lizard and wants to marry her daddy when she grows up.  She says Brynny is the best baby ever and that she'll never move out of our house :)  She still only drinks milk with orange juice in it, loves fruit, crazy for pink donuts and pediasure, won't eat anything with sauce on it but will eat broccoli, green beans and peas like candy.  She loves princesses, playing dress up and getting mani/pedi's. 

Tomorrow she is going to stay with Grandmother and Granddad for the night and she is soooooo excited for her sleepover.  She has been counting the days by school days "mommy only 2 more schools and I can go to granddads house"

The way she pronounces some words still cracks us up, and she still refers to herself in 3rd person.

Something = suffing (mommy Ava needs to tell you suffing)
Shade= shave (Ava's hot I want to sit in the shave)
car seat = cartseat
porch = corch
Brynn = piglet blimey

Happy Birthday to my most beautiful Princess and blessing from God.

Sibling Reunion 2012

My siblings and I were not fortunate enough to be raised together and were all 4 raised in different homes/families.  A couple of weeks ago we were all 4 together for the first time in our lives!    Of course Brenda, Kristi and I all kept in touch over the years, we just didn't get to live together, but this was the first time any of us had met our brother Justin.  :( We all met in San Antonio at my sister Brenda's house for our first reunion. It was so much fun and we had a blast. Our mom made it out too, so it was quite an event for her as well.We went to the Guadalupe and floated the river, we went out to the riverwalk for my birthday and then visited the Alamo and the rest of the time we spent at home just hanging out and spending time with the kiddos.  I took the girls with me and Ava had so much fun playing with her cousins.  She and Ali are just 3 months apart so they were inseparable.  They jumped on the trampoline non stop, did the slip and slide etc.

Ava & Aunt Kristi singing and dancing



Ava & Lauren conked out

the whole gang - Kennedee who was napping

The waiter kept staring at us and finally asked if we were twins.  haha!

There was plenty to celebrate and lots of celebrating going on

Meeting Justin at the airport

Me and my baby brother :)

mom and her new style on the river

Goldilocks

We have no idea where she gets these ringlets but Steve always knew we'd have a lil girl with blonde curly hair and blue eyes.

Her hair is actually past her shoulder blades when it's wet and straight!