Avery's 3rd Birthday Party

We celebrated Avery's 3rd birthday at the water park last weekend. It was so much fun! She had been talking about this day for months. She wanted a Hello Kitty party and had been set on this for seriously 4 months. :) Her actual birthday isn't until Aug. 14th but with the baby's due date being the 12th, we decided to celebrate a few weeks early. Hard to believe this was her last party as an only child! With the girls birthdays so close together I think it will be fun one day to celebrate them together! Avery loved every second of her party and told me it was the best birthday party ever. That made all the hard work at 9 months prego worth it. :)

Some of the Hello Kitty decor

Food table
Avery and some of her friends playing
Sweet water babies, Allie and Jonah

So cute! Avery loves "big" girls. These are her buddies from church, Darby and Isabella
Sweet cousin Rhyder! Love him!
Floating the lazy river with her buddie Casen and his mommy :)
Telling Papa something good :)





Family pic!
Love this girl!! Happy Birthday Avery, hard to believe it's been three years of loving you!

Family of 3

We aren't sure how many days we have left as a little family of three! It's very exciting but part of me feels a little sad to close this chapter of our lives with just Aves. Life will only get better, just different. Avery getting a sister is one of the best gifts I think we could ever give her. While we wait on Adalyn, we are soaking up all the Avery we can get while it's just her. :)

We decided to take her to the Dallas Aquarium the other day for some fun family time. Luke took the week off and has a guest preacher at church and it has been so nice to have him to ourselves all week! We took Avery to the Aquarium for the first time when she was only 8 months old and I can't believe how fast time has gone by. It really seems like last month. She loved it then and really loved it this time. Treasured memories!

Our family more than 2 years ago and now. Avery and I look a little bigger ;)

So excited and running in!I thought the monkeys were so cute carrying their babies on their backs...


Daddy's fav, the sharks. Avery thought they were pretty cool too.


Not too sure what this statue is but she thought it was neat:)


She wasn't all that impressed with the Jaguar and just thought it looked like Chloe. ha!
Her favorite, the pink flamingo! Ever since she took a trip to the zoo with Nini and Papa she has been obessesed with flamingos I think because they are pink. She thinks it is so great that there is a pink animal. If she could be an animal she says she would be a pink dog. Crazy girl!

She picked a prize before we left. A stuffed flamingo of course!



The first time we went, she got a penguin. I could just cry looking at how much she has changed. I love this baby picture of her. She's still my baby, just a little bigger.:)

Riverwalk Getaway

Luke and I celebrated 8 years of marriage with a little trip to the Riverwalk in San Antonio. Can't believe it's been 8 years!! We went to the Riverwalk on our first anniversary; my how things have changed since then. :) This was probably our last trip alone for a while and it was so nice and relaxing. I won't even mention the time each day that I got out of bed. I forgot how nice it was to sleep in so late!
We pretty much just relaxed, enjoyed nice dinners, got a massage, and went swimming in the hotel pool.
Here's a prego pic of me at almost 36 weeks!

Good times! Love him!!

And while the cats are away....

the little ones will play and get totally spoiled rotten by grandparents! :) Avery stayed with Nini and Papa while we were gone and had a blast. I only took two pics of her swinging the night we came home. I think the look on her face sums up how her days there went! She did everything from swim, go to the movies, shop, bake, get a mani/pedi and I'm sure the list goes on. ;) Not sure who had more fun those few days, us or her? She didn't even really want us to come back! Thanks mom and dad for taking such great care of her and treating her like a princess!

Happy 4th of July!

We had a great 4th of July weekend! Avery thought all the red, white and blue was pretty neat and couldn't figure out whose birthday it was. :) I had to work on Monday night with the babies so we celebrated on Sunday night with some great friends. Some of our friend's neighborhood had a little fireworks show and the kids loved it. Avery experienced sparklers for the first time and wasn't sure what to think at first but decided they were pretty cool. It's weird to think that this was the last holiday as a family of three. We are getting excited!

My pretty "baby" at church. I remember getting her this dress when she was one year old because it was on sale for like $2. I remember thinking how huge it looked and I couldn't imagine her that big. How time flies. :(

Luke reading to the prechool kids at church during our family service on July 3rd. The kids sang the creation song and recited a memory verse they had learned for the church. (mostly they all just stared, and Avery felt the need to go sit in the teacher's lap for it all. ha!)

How cute are these girls!?? Avery, Allie, and Avery Kate


figuring out what sparklers are all about:)



Avery shared Daddy's lap with sweet little Rachel

little buddies: Avery Kate, Casen, Aves and Caleb



watching the show!

Hope every one had a great 4th!