August

Another month has come and gone, so here is my monthly post.  I will try to post more often in the future... I think :)  

Here is our sweet girl, growing up.  She turned 5 months old this week ... and as a present (not!) ... she is getting a helmet.  Unfortunately she has a moderate flat spot on the back of her head, so we are going to get a helmet tomorrow.  I am really REALLY hoping she only has to have it on for 3 months, but we will see.  Pray for me, I mean her :)

 Jaxson throwing a fit because he wants more candy. Haha, I think he had enough, don't you?

 Our stake had a fun pioneer day activity with french toast (with great harvest cinnamon bread ... yum!), kettle corn, cotton candy, snow cones, volleyball, horse rides, waterballoons, waterslides, bounce houses ... it was AWESOME.  Although, at that activity, I realized I am a ataxophobe (fear of messes).  I just get so annoyed and frustrated when Jaxson has sticky messy hands and he is trying to touch me, my clothes, his car seat, the car, etc ... I just don't like messes.  Ryan and I also were in charge of the water balloon toss ... which was fun .... although my feet got splashed and then covered in mud ... which I had to walk around the whole time with mud and dirty on my feet.  Not a happy camper.  I will work on this phobia because kids just make messes right?

Ok enough of that.  Here is Jaxson and his friend Claire eating their cotton candy after raiding the watermelon cooler.  I think Jaxson took a bit of each slice of watermelon and put it back in the cooler... oops.

 Right before Jaxson stuck his cotton candy in Claire's hair.  What a nice friend.

 Photo of Avery & Jaxson around the same age ...

 Me and my sweet girl.

 She loves doing her tummy time

 I caught Jaxson teaching Avery how to use his laptop, or so I thought, until he started to scream her to stop touching his toys.  We are working on sharing things, needless to say.

 Look at those kissable lips

 Avery's new sleeping habits ... she likes to roll over, and then start crying - not fun for either of us.  She is sleeping shorter stretches than she use to when she was younger.  It will be the happiest day in my life when she sleeps all the way through the night.

 Avery and Jaxson - both at 5 months old.  Do you think they look alike?

 Avery at 5 months

 Jaxson wanting to be a part of Avery's photo shoot

 Our precious little girl :)

 Avery fell asleep in Daddy's arms a few nights ago.

 Another one of Avery's sleeping poses.  I think this one would hurt my neck...

 Happy Bath Time!

 Ryan and My 6th wedding anniversary is on Wednesday, and I am so stoked.  Rhonda (ryan's mom) is coming into town for a week, Ryan and I can go out whenever we want.  Super excited!! It feel's like we haven't been out on a date FOREVER

July

Once again, I did horrible this month with blogging... We've been super busy!  

July started out with Canada Day (July 1 for those of you who don't know).  I think I ate a cadbury wonder bar to celebrate haha. One day I am going to start making a bigger deal of holidays... I was just too lazy this year.  No excuses next year though.  July 4th, we went to a pancake breakfast with members of the ward, and then we invited 2 families over to our complex for a picnic by the pool.  We really had a lot of fun. 

Here is our little patriotic princess --- we didn't take any other photos all day... 

 On July 9th, Ryan's parents and cousins came into town.  We headed down to the coast (Corpus Christi) for some fun. We woke up early one morning to go watch the baby sea turtle release - they are so cute!

 oooo love him!  Most of you probably don't know this, but when I am "older" and we have pets, I want a small turtle (his name will be milton) and Ryan wants a shark.  yah, we are weird :)

 We also went to the Texas State Aquarium.  This was after one of the wildlife shows

 Jaxson petting the hawk.

 By the sting ray petting pool.  There was a gigantic one (6 ft) one just sitting in the bottom- yikes!

 Ryan tried to help Jaxson pet a shark, but he was too scared (don't blame him!)

 My 2 cuties - this cool whale tale statue was right outside the aquarium.

 Friday was "dress like a cow day" at Chic Fil A (my favorite fast food place).  Well, we made some homemade cow spots, ears, and signs and we each got a free meal.  delicious.

 Sweet Baby Avery after bathtime

 We really enjoyed our time with Papa and Guh-Goh & the Crofts.  Jaxson still cracks me up with his smile...

 Avery is 4 months old today!!  I tried 3 different times to get a great photo of Avery girl, but I didn't quite get the perfect one.  She is a cutie non-the-less and we soooo love having her in our home.

 I have been wanting to make a couple of maxi skirts for a while now ... well I told myself I needed to make one of them today (especially after a stressful day of church ... I spoke in Sacrament meeting about "lessons we learn from the pioneers" and also taught the beehives about drug abuse. yah, I know - what a day!)  I still have another skirt to make (floor length green one) but I am going to give myself another week or so.  Plus, I really butchered the hem on this one, and need to figure out how to make it better (knit stretchy fabric is tricky to sew straight!!)

Anyone else super excited that the Olympics start this weekend???!?!  can't wait!!

Avery is 3 months!

My blogging has been lacking a lot lately (blame it on etsy -- I am getting much more busy with it recently).  We have also been very busy looking for housing options, as our lease ends up in August.  Life is still great, loving every minute of it.  

Here's Daddy with his cute paci kiddo's

 our little amazing sleeper.  She wakes up once a night or not at all.  LOVE THIS!  She is starting to wake herself up when she gets out of her swaddle though...

 smiley girl

 Love my kids.  Love them!  We are just loving being parents and all the true happiness that comes along with it

  Our last three Friday evenings have been spent playing at Chuck E Cheese.  I grew up in a small town, and the nearest chuck e cheese from me was 3 hours away ... I only remember going once (deprived, I know haha).  Well, Jaxson is a spoiled one I guess.  He loves the bowling game, baseball game, skee ball, football game, and the ducky-punch game.

 This one we shoot peanuts into the animals mouths ...  awesome, I know.

We like to get our "drawings" done while at we are there too.  Me and My girl. 

 It has also been nice and warm lately (tomorrow and Tues are supposed to be 106 ... yikes!)  So we went to the pool yesterday to play.  Jaxson is learning how to swim and has actually been letting us put a life jacket on him (I am such a paranoid mom - I am always scared he is going to hurt himself -- so I am so glad he has been wearing one).

 Beach Baby  (or pool baby I guess :)

 her new favorite thing ... sucking on her fingers

 love this photo!

 Jaxson making hand prints on the wall

 Avery is officially 3 months already!  She giggled for the first time this week, has rolled over from front to back, and is starting to "talk" a lot!

 Here's a quick HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Rhonda - Ryan's mom!