Two Little Ladies Had A Party

Caitlyn: blue shirt, blue chair and green jammies... if there's a tongue hanging out, it's Caitlyn!

Madelyn: pink shirt, white chair and purple jammies

3 Year Old in Pictures

Good Morning! My Daddy made me pink pancakes, pink syrup and pink milk for breakfast. A perfect way to start my pink birthday day!After breakfast my Daddy went to school and I got dressed and waited for him to come home. When he got home he took me out to Famous Dave's BBQ where I got a free meal. After that we went to Target and picked up some pink shirts for me and him and a red and white shirt for Jackson (no pink shirts in the boys area).

After Target my Daddy took me to see my first movie at a REAL movie theatre. We saw Bolt and it was so much fun!

When the movie was over we went home and I fell asleep in the car. I took a short nap and then my whole family went to Chuck E. Cheese's to meet up with our friends. It was my first time and I LOVED IT. Mommy and Daddy say we can go back once I am potty trained, but not before then.
At Chuck E. Cheese's we played lots of games and ate cup cakes that Boss made for me. I like her A LOT!
When we got home I got to open my presents. My grandma sent me lots of jewelry. I also got a Tinkerbell towel, 2 dresses, 101 Dalmatians movie and a back pack full of school stuff. I've already colored in my drawing notebook, wrote a letter to daddy in my writing notebook, used my colored pencils, ate all my chapstick and my peanut butter cups and played with my sticker book and my easter stickers, and last but not least my mommy and daddy say they will let me use my scissors on an art project. I'm such a lucky girl!On Friday I had all my friends over to play and my Mommy made us pizza. Westin's mommy made this perfect princess cake for me. I licked all the frosting off the baby doll and it was yummy!I liked the cup cakes too!See my Daddy wore pink too! I helped him pick out this shirt. I blew the candles out all by myself! I tried to stick the whole piece in my mouth but it was a little too big.After cake I had a cup cake.

I hope everyone had fun and didn't leave hungry. I'm so glad my friends came over for my special pink day.

Jackson's First Birthday!!!

Jackson celebrated his first birthday yesterday. We had lots of friends over to share in this occasion with us. Unfortunately we do not have any pictures of them or the dinner or the cake even but we have lots of pictures of Jackson.

After his nap he woke up to balloons in the living room. He ran away from me during diaper change and I just didn't feel like catching him. Here he is in his birthday suit enjoying his balloons.

He took a little bit to get into his cake, but as you can see, he eventually enjoyed it very much.

He got a basketball goal and basketballs for his birthday and he and his Daddy really enjoyed it. (he didn't get to open many presents because his sister opened them while he was sleeping and I didn't get a chance to re-wrap them)

He also got some home made bread and peanut butter and honey butter from his friends to commemorate the magical change that takes place in his body at 1 where he can now enjoy the wonders of peanuts and honey!!! (all are delicious!!!!!!!!!)

More to come later (you know, all the sappy stuff and birth stats stuff), he has his Dr appointment today while Abygail goes to a friends birthday party, I'm sure glad Jason's schedule is flexible :)

Welcome To Earth!

Welcome to Earth Brooklyn Avery!

We are so excited you are here!!!!!

Happy Birthday Shawn & Kellee!

...and many more
on channel 4
and Scooby Doo
on channel 2
Y'all look like some monkeys
and you smell like them too!!!

Happy Birthday Jaden!

Jaden (my nephew) turned 1 yesterday and although I normally don't do birthday shout outs on here I thought a 1 year birthday was worth shouting out (and I actually remembered it - this is the real reason why I don't do birthday shout outs - I always miss the date and then feelings get hurt and I just don't want to do that).

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JADEN, WE HOPE YOU HAD A SPECIAL DAY YESTERDAY!

Happy Birthday To Me!

Tuesday I celebrated my long awaited 25th Birthday (for the millionth time).

My sweet husband got me just what I wanted and more. Sewing Machine, Quilting supplies, socks, and cinnamon gum-yum!

Other things that happened on my birthday:
The gas company dug up our front lawn and repaired a leak in the gas line as well as moved our meter to the outside (now I don't have to let them in, yea!).

Jason and Jackson have both been sick but Jason was sick as a dog on my birthday. I wasn't very sympathetic, I must admit, darn it - it was my day and ... well birthdays are a day off and there are no make up days for your birthday. He took it well though and still made my birthday special. He got me a cake, which I shared with Abygail. (I was a bad mommy and gave her a pizza party but no cake for her birthday - which is probably a bigger deal for me than for her. I make a special cake that is 'Abygail's' cake-heavenly angel cake- and a special cake that is 'Jackson's' cake-lincoln log cake. I started this tradition before she was even born and we ate her cake just days after her birth. It makes me sad but there were several reasons why it didn't happen, the biggest reason was I couldn't find the whisk attachment for the kitchen-aid, which is mandatory for her particular cake.)

We didn't give Jackson any cake but he just couldn't help himself - he loved it finger full!

All in all it was an eventful and nice 25th birthday for the Xth time!

Abygail's Birthday, Part II

(This is a picture of playgroup, a lot of people had already left by the time I thought to take a picture. There were 16 adults and 27 kids - we had a great time!)

Our church group has playgroup every Tuesday. Usually we forget or we don't remember until it's too late. We were lucky enough to switch dates with someone so that we could hold playgroup at our house for Abygail's birthday. We made pizza and cookies for everyone and played, played, played. We also had an art area set up so that everyone could put a hand print on some poster board for a memory keepsake of this special date. Abygail had lots of fun. We sang happy birthday to her and she just smiled. She also got to say the prayer and bless the food...very sweet. She had so much fun with her friends and really liked the pizza. She zonked out after everyone left - she was "pooped"!

Abygail's Birthday, Part I

This morning woke up and came down the stairs to tons of balloons in the living room. She loved them and was so happy (unlike a lot of mornings). She saw her presents and was excited to open them. Most importantly she saw her tricycle, she knew immediately what it was.

It was so much fun to see her excitement and happy face.

Jackson's 6 Month Birthday!

Hospital

I can't believe it's been 6 months! You are 6 months old my little man. I remember when you were born, I knew that morning that I was going to see you before the sun rose again. By the afternoon I was nesting, getting pictures put up on the walls and other things that just had not been done yet. Your Grandma M. was here and we were glad she was. By 8pm I started having contractions and at 11:30pm I decided it was time to goto the hospital. We (your Daddy and I) were checked in/admitted to the hospital at 12:30am and I was already at an 8.5 (you'll understand that when you have babies of your own). There was just enough time for our doula Cindy W. to come and 'baby' me. She did such a good job, giving me ice before I asked for it, cold cloths on my head, etc. Your Daddy did so well too, he was very excited and said so many encouraging words. I don't really remember it all but I know that I was glad they were both there. By the time the doctor came you were just about to crown. In 4 pushes you were out. I laid eyes on you at 1:35am saying "O, Baby! O, Baby!". Your Daddy stayed with you while they did all the test and cleaning and then I fed you. O my sweet little boy. I am so glad you came to our family!

Hospital

Some of your favorite things at 6 months are: sitting up on Mommy's lap, jumping in your jumperoo, playing and chewing on the toys of your excersaucer, being thrown up and down by Daddy, when Mommy wipes your teeth and gums after eating cereal (you really enjoy that, I hope that is always true). You have started to like eating cereal and you like to pull up to a sitting position in your highchair. Although you like your big sister, you are also frightened by her because sometimes she hurts you on accident (just because she loves you so much and wants to be around you all the time).

1.5 Days Old

Some things you don't like are: the hours of 4:30pm-6:30pm and being left in a room all by yourself (unless you are sleeping).

7 Weeks Old

You are such a good sleeper and Mommy and Daddy are really happy about that. You usually go to sleep between 6:30 and 7:30 every night and sleep until sometime between 6:30 and 7:30 the next morning. You take 2 - 1 hour naps during the day or sometimes just 1 - 2 hour nap, usually while Abygail is sleeping. When you wake up from your nap you finally get some alone time with Mommy (because Aby is still sleeping) and you really like that. You also really like being tickled and when Mommy "eats" your neck (YUM, YUM).

5 Months Old

I love you my little man and I hope you love being in this family as much as we love having you. It brings me so much joy to see you smile. It lights up my day when you laugh.

6 Months Old

I Love You Always,
Mommy