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!!

Fun Pics

Sorry I have been neglecting my blog these past few weeks, I haven't been feeling well. Avery and I both got the stomach flu two weekends ago and then this past weekend I ended up in the Emergency Room with a kidney stone that won't move. So needless to say it's been an interesting couple of weeks. Kyle has been helping out a ton with Avery while I haven't felt good and I'm glad that when I have gotten sick it happened on the weekend when he can be home to help.
So the other day after resting I came out of the bedroom to find Avery with a new toy on her head. Dad gave her a cereal bowl to play with and somehow it ended up on her head!! Too cute, and now it's her favorite toy. Avery is such a daddy's girl and I love it!! It's so fun to see them play and bond and it gives me a break from time to time. She does love her mom too!!
Another shot of Avery and her "hat" in her exersaucer. She also loves to play in her exersaucer.
Avery already loves chocolate like her mommy. It's fun to feed her new foods to try and I know I probably shouldn't feed her chocolate, but she was basically grabbing the spoon out of my hand. So we shared a chocolate brownie...mmmm good!!!

Project...

I love putting cute bows in Avery's hair and now I know how to make them. A lady in my ward makes them for her daughter and was willing to show me how to do it. It is pretty hard if you don't know how to tie a ribbon or bow, but it was fun to learn. I made 2 of all of these one set for Avery and the other for a friend of mine who is having a little girl in a few weeks and is having a hard time getting into "girly" mode because she only has boys. So I hope these bows for her help her start thinking "girly"!! I know I don't have a hard time. Part of what is so fun about making these bows is picking the ribbons. It's so fun to put 2 and 3 of them together. I still need to make a blue one that is about the only color I left out.

I also made this cute binkie clip at another of my neighbors/friends house. I have some super crafty friends!! She has made 2 for Avery so I went over to her house and put this one together for my friend. They are super cute and fun for little girls and boys. Everybody needs a little bling even babies!!
It was picture day at the Jones home on Sunday before church. Avery was being such a ham for the camera and I thought I would show off one of the bows I had made. I can't believe Avery is already 6 months old, she is getting sooooo big!!! I miss my tiny baby!!

So here is the new do. It's not a great shot, but I love the cut and color. My cousin always does such a fabulous job!! She is about the only one I let touch my hair, I still haven't found anyone in Idaho that does it just like she does, so just about every trip to Utah I get my hair done. This last time I waited 4 months to get my hair done, but when you find someone you love it's hard to go anywhere else!! Thanks Buffie your the best!!