Short Videos

Here are a few short videos taken over the Thanksgiving holiday. Enjoy!!!

Avery loves to give hugs right now. She kept going back and forth between Tim and I giving hugs. At first she would wait until we asked her for a hug before running to us, then she just started giving them away freely!

Gymnastics on the Bed

Cousins

Peek-A-Boo!

Craft Shows

Holly, Shenna, Jodee and I have been putting our crafts in a lot of craft shows lately. Although we haven't made enough to quit our day jobs yet, it's still been a lot of fun!

Giraffes

Bows

Crayon Rolls

I also finally opened my shop on Etsy. After much deliberation on a name for my shop, Simply Sassy Boutique is finally open for business. As I find time, I'm slowly adding more to the shop. Right now, I have a couple of giraffes and a crayon roll for sale.
http://www.etsy.com/shop/SimplySassyBoutique

Our Past Week

Going through mommy's ribbons

Tim's 30th Birthday present.
It was quite a challenge to get Avery to stand still and hold the letters facing the right way, but somehow we managed!

Avery's new little birdie shirt I made for her

Avery's 1/2 birthday

Avery has to have 2 purses at all times

Happy 30th birthday Tim!




Girls' weekend in Gruene

Avery kept going back and forth between Tim and I to give us hugs. At first she would make us ask for the hugs, and then she started just giving them away!

Wurstfest and Halloween

This weekend was Halloween, and the first weekend of Wurstfest. My mom made Avery an adorable dress and cape for her Little Red Riding Hood costume, and then she also got to wear the dress to Wurstfest.

Halloween pancakes


Halloween morning after a long night at Wurstfest

Connor went camping with Mimi and Poppa

Halloween Night

Second night of Wurstfest

Avery's newest favorite activity: Coloring

It's a boy!

At my 18 week appointment, we met with the ultrasound technician and found out we are having a boy!

Pumpkin Patch

Avery had so much fun running around all of the pumpkins, and sitting next to all of them. Kensie on the other hand didn't want to sit for any pictures, or at least any pictures with Avery and Connor in them.

Avery

Two purses, a Little Red Riding Hood basket, a plate, and a paci. What more could a girl need!

Trying on the witch's hat and eating her 3rd peanut butter cookie!

Hook 'em Horns!

The newest herd of giraffes

14 weeks

Girls Just Want to Have Fun

The other night the cable was acting up, so I put in one of my all time favorite movies, Girls Just Want to Have Fun. I was thrilled that Avery apparently likes this movie as much as I do, and was dancing to all of the music.

Rainboots and Comal County Fair

Avery got to test out her new rainboots from Aunt Monica in actual rain puddles!(We have been in desperate need of rain for about 2 years)

Last Friday was the Comal County Fair Parade, and then on Saturday we met up with my sister's family at the fair.

At the Parade


Playing at the sand table


Trying to see the baby chicks






Avery loved the calf's wet nose!

Connor going shark fishing

I was making more taggie giraffes the other night and Avery was helping me with the ribbons.

Big Lou's Pizza

A few months ago, on Man vs. Food they featured a pizza resturant in San Antonio with a 42 inch pizza. Our friend Steve also saw the show and thought it would be a wonderful idea to get everyone together and try to conquer the pizza.

Waiting for the pizza

Holly entertaining Avery

Mutton Bustin'

Last weekend was the beginning of the Comal County Fair. Jodee and holly came with Avery and me to the Mutton Bustin', which is where the litttle kids try to hang on, and ride a sheep. So Funny!! Many of them were actually able to hold on much longer than I thought they would.

Avery in her New Braunfels Cheerleading outfit.

Family Reunion

This weekend, Avery and I went to Victoria to go to a our family reunion. This girl loves live music!


She got pretty tired and had to take a quick nap on the table.


Monica brought some rain boots she got for Kensie and Avery. Avery was not interested them at all at first, which is strange since she loves shoes. Here she didn't want her picture taken at all, and just wanted the boots off!


Later, Connor helped her put on the boots, and all of a sudden she loved them!

Connor had to help her walk in them at first.


Avery is all ready for Wurstfest!

Crafty Weekend

This Labor Day weekend I din't work on one thing for work, I just wanted to do something crafty. So I ended up finishing the bows to go with Kensie's and Avery's cheerleading outfits, bought ribbon to make a new pacifier attacher, made taggie giraffes for K and A, and made Avery's Unicorn cheerleading outfit with a matching bow.

My mom and dad came up this weekend to go to the football game, and when I showed my mom the skirt I wanted to make for Avery, she whipped it right up! I did the letters on the shirt and even sewed around them on the machine by myself! When I took the picture, I tucked the sleeves under because when Avery wears it, I plan on tying the sleeves up with the same ribbon that the bow is made from. I'll post another picture later of her actually wearing the outfit!

10 Weeks

When I was 10 weeks pregnant, I went back to the doctor, and he did another sonogram. This one was really neat because this time we could actually see the shape of the baby, and not just a blurry blob! We could also see the heartbeat, and the good news is that this baby loves to dance as much as it's big sister. You would have thought there was some music playing inside me for how much it was dancing around. I'm surprised that the picture didn't turn out as one big blur!

Pictures of Miss A

Here are few funny pictures of Miss Avery!

My little organizer! She spent many minutes lining up all of my nail polish.

Avery decided it was nap time all on her own!

I had the ironing board out to iron an applique to a shirt, and Avery decided that it was her new favorite place to sit. She would go get a toy and then bring it right back to the board. I think this is first time she has actually seen the ironing board since I pretty much refuse to iron anything, and won't buy clothes if they have to be ironed!

Like mother, like daughter!

The diva pose

Tx State Football

Last night, Avery and I went to the first Tx State football game of the season with my mom, dad, sister, her husband, and my niece and nephew. Avery and Kensie finally got to wear their new cheerleading outfits that they've had for a year, and looked so adorable! Tx State beat Angelo State 48-28! It was a pretty fun game, and gave the kids a lot to cheer for.

Can't Get Enough?

If you can't get enough of Avery, go to Holly's blog and check out the videos of Miss A she took while babysitting for us.

Family of Four

Avery is very excited to announce that she will be a big sister soon! I had my first doctor appointment on the 6th, and we got to see our baby's heartbeat! This baby is expected at the end of March, which means we only have 7 short months to figure out what to do with all of the stuff that currently occupies his or her room, which is currently our guest room.


This is our first ultrasound. If you look really close at the bottom of the black circle, you can see two little +. This is marking the length of the baby. Since it is pressed up against the side, it's pretty hard to see anything, not to mention that it is only .58cm long!

Fiesta Texas & Michael Jackson Tribute

Tim and I took Avery to Fiesta Texas this past week. It was extremely hot, but we still had a lot of fun.

My friend Tammy and her girls came over to play with Avery, and they dressed her up in all of her dress-up clothes. Avery loves having all of the attention on her!

Here is Avery's tribute to Michael Jackson. She still needs work on the Moon Walk, but she does have some rhythm.

Star Wands and Daycare Blanket

Avery found a wand that I use at school, and she carried it around the house waving it at everything like she was granting wishes. I wanted to make her one that was more her size, so I was so excited when I found these foam star wands. I just added new ribbon to them to make them prettier.

This is Avery's new blanket and pillow that my mom made her for daycare. I helped out a little, but Mom did all of the hard work!