Happy 50th Mom!!

This weekend my mom celebrated her 50th birthday!! We decided we would surprise her with a trip down to Utah to visit and celebrate with her. Me and my dad worked out a plan so that when we got there I would put Avery on the door step and my dad would tell her a "special package" had arrived for her. Well when she opened the door and saw Avery she started to scream she was so excited to see us, but mostly Avery!! It was so fun to visit with all my family and to be together to celebrate such a wonderful mother!! I love my mom with all my heart and am so grateful God sent me to her. She is so good to me and Kyle and even better to my little Avery. She loves that little girl to pieces and spoils her to death. She is such a wonderful grandmother and mother. I love you mom and I hope you had a fabulous 50th birthday!! Here is picture of my dad and Avery on my mom's birthday. We had such a great day just hanging out and doing a little shopping. What a great weekend!!

Here is a picture of my brother Lynn and his wife Tory and there niece Braylyn and nephew Denton and Avery in the middle of them. They feel like my niece and nephews some times because they love to come and visit my parents with them. They are the cutest and I'm glad they were all able to come and visit us while we were there.

Here is the birthday girl and her "special delivery". Avery loves her Grandma and her Grandma's yellow dog. We always love to go to Utah and visit. I LOVE YOU MOM!!!

House Update...

Sorry it has been so long since I've blogged, but things are getting busy with the house getting finished up and trying to get packed up for the big move. So this will be short, but I thought I would show you some pictures of how the house is coming along. Hope you enjoy, we really love how it is turning out, it's better then we expected.
This is a picture of the front door and the windows to the nursery. The stone turned out really good. Notice the speakers at the top left of the pictures. We had the electrician install into the whole house including the courtyard a high tech sound system so you can plug in your Ipod and listen wherever you are in the house. I 'm sure I will have a hard time learning how to use this. Here is a picture of the backyard and the covered patio. Avery already has a sand box to play in (not pictured), I can't wait for her to be big enough to play in it.

This is a picture of the living room. They were still working on putting the granite and mantle on the fireplace when I took the picture. We just bought a 46" flat screen to put above the mantle. It should look really nice after it gets finished and installed. The door on the side is going to be Avery's playroom/toy box under the stairs.

Here is a picture of my kithcen. This is probably my favorite room in the house. It turned out so good with the different color of cabinets. I LOVE IT!!

Tahdah...this is the front. We still haven't got a rod iron gate for the front, but we love how it has all turned out. In our subdivision they require you to have 18 shrubs/trees in the front yard. I think that is a little much since I don't have much of a green thumb, but let's just hope they make it through the winter.

Fun Trip

We had such a fun trip to Utah last weekend. We got to see all my family and visit with them while we were there. The trip down was very nice, especially because I didn't have to drive. I got to sit in the back seat and take care of the 2 babies who either slept or played most of the time and watch Disney movies with the older girls. Seriously FUN!! We did a lot of shopping while in Utah, my parents spoil Avery to death!! I guess thats what grandparents are for. Avery got a lot of cute outfits for the fall and winter and even I got a few things for myself. We also went shopping for a Halloween costume for Avery. We found a really cute princess outfit at Babies R Us that I thought was cute, but she kind of looked like a cone head with the hat on, so we decided she would be a ballerina. We found a really cute tutu and crown for her to wear. Thanks Mom and Dad for all you do for Avery and I. We had so much fun staying and visiting with you, hopefully we can come again soon!!! WE LOVE YOU!!Here is Avery and my sister at Babies R Us trying on the princess costume. What do you think does she look like a cone head?? Those cheeks are so big I had a hard time tying it around her head.Here she is in her tutu and crown. Not the best picture but these were taken with my phone. She is gonna look so cute on Halloween night.

Quick Trip To Utah...

I am making a quick trip out to Utah tomorrow through Sunday. My friend Kristen Bice is from Utah and is taking her 3 kids out there to visit her family and invited Avery and I to come along so she wouldn't have to drive alone. And of course I said yes, because it's always nice to come and visit the family. Hope to see some or all of you while I'm there!!

6 Month Appointment at 7 Months

Avery had her 6 month appointment on Monday, yes I know she is 7 months. I'm not really sure how we got that far behind on her appointments, but at least I'm taking her right(I think it was the receptionists fault anyway, she scheduled it wrong)!! Well Avery is now 17 lbs 12 oz. which is the 65th percentile for her weight, she is 25 & 3/4 inches long which is the 25th percentile for her height and her head is the 55th percentile. All and all she looks good, just has a little runny nose and cough but that could be from her teething, so we just keep her propped up at night and the humidifer running. The doctor said if it is a cold it should pass in the next week then I am going to have to make her cry it out again at night, because whenever she gets sick it throws her nighttime sleeping off, but her naps during the day have improved so that's good!! Can't complain there I have been getting much more done throughout the day!!