H-E-double hockey stick

If the title of this post isnt a throwback to the 3rd grade i dont know what is...

If you don't remember my post from almost exactly a year ago that you can read here, then the title of this post probably makes no sense...but basically today's title is to give you a little glimpse into the temperature of our humble abode the past few weeks. Its been up in the high 90's almost everyday for the past month so needless to say our 'little-engine-that-could' of an air conditioning unit has been STRUGGLING. Avery has been going to bed in just her diaper, Stoney prefers to sleep on the cold tile floor than his bed, and ice cream has been a staple at our house.  However, i am not as miserable as i was last year because this year i am not 9 months pregnant and about to pop at any moment. All my prego friends out there who are about to pop or who have a few more months to go...you can do it!!! :)

Thoughts of football, early mornings of ESPN and starbucks, chili, and fall weather are the only things getting us through this heat. Avery and 'Bobbo' have already taken there positions for our early Saturday fall mornings...

Happy Thursdays everyone!

Dreading This

For some reason i have been putting off and dreading writing Avery's 11 month post. Im not sure if it's because we have been ridiculously busy, or if i just really don't want to face the facts that she is almost a year old. However, if i wait any longer she is going to be a year old and this post will be pointless....so for my future reference im gunna go ahead and do this...

The 11th month was so much fun. We took her first major road trip to St. Louis to visit Gavin and Margaret which was a blast! Avery LOVES Gav and Marg, and its always a blast when we go up there. We also had a wedding, Avery's dedication at church, and a trip to Birmingham in this 11th month.

In your Eleventh month you are...

•  still walking along objects like furniture, Stoney, and my legs...and she also inherited a walker from cousin, Brooklyn that she has loved to use. 
• You love walking with us holding your hands but get pretty sad when we let go. 
• You will stand by yourself for a like a split second but then fall on your booty. 
• You are still obsessed with stoney and for that matter any dog. You scream when you see the dog from baby einstein. 
• Also Elmo makes you squeal like crazy.
• You are talking like crazy...mostly dada, momma, and all done.
• You love studying other people when we are out shopping
• You do great in public cause you like to be with adults
• when you play you HAVE to have a person with you. This has led to some of my madness but if you have someone to come up to and get a hug from while you play you are one happy little camper.
• you are wearing size 4 diapers
• you wear mainly 9-12 month clothes.
• you weigh about 24 lbs.
• you still take two naps a day which is heavenly :)
• you are going to bed a little bit later now but sleep 8 pm to 8 am.
• you eat really well and there isnt really anything you dont like
• you are doing better with stangers...you warm up to them a little bit better now.
• your favorite animals are still 'Jelly' and your monkey lovie.
• your favorite books are the 'Going to Bed Book' and 'The Monster at the end of this Book

I can not believe you are about to be a 1 year old. It's scarry and sad how fast the time with you is flying by. Everyone always said it would...but there are some days that i would LOVE to go back to when you were a newborn and relive those days because even though i was a crazy person i still love the newborn stage and hopefully knowing now what i didn't know then would help me not be so crazy.

Anyways, on to one year and your birthday party!!! Love you Avie boo!

11 Months?

This morning at Pets-Mart, the cashier was talking the normal baby babble to Avery and said "How old is she?" I said, "She was born August 9th last year so she is like a little over 10 months." Then the cashier said ,"Then isnt she 11 months?"

{Insert awkward moment and face here}

Ummm, wow i guess she is. If that doesnt give you a little insight into my crazy mind and how fast time flies for us i dont know what does.

Just wanted to let everyone know i do realise Avery is 11 months old today. It may have taken the Pets Mart lady to point that out to me but i am acknowledging it today but i am going to do my monthly post tomorrow with all her milestones. 

One more month and we survived our first year!!!

Currently...

So as most of you know i have become OBSESSED with pinterest...probably to an unhealthy point/could get fired for looking at it too much at work, unhealthy. But alas, it's where i find these beauties...

ok well i didnt find this little beauty on there but she was inspired by the fashion on pinterest too so she decided to dress up...

Happy Thursday everyone!

June and Everything Inbetween

So here is a little recap of all that has been going on with us over th epast few weeks...it has been super busy, therefore i have not been as faithful to blog...

Avery Pearl was dedicated at church this past Sunday. It was such a sweet day with family and friends there to support us and Avery.

And we celebrated Mister's (dad's) birthday on the 26th with all the kiddos together...

This is my all time FAVORITE picture of my dad...

He normally does a posed smile but  this one captures him perfectly.

And then we went to Birmingham to hang with Ash, Brookie, and Matt for a few days...

 

 

We had our first ponytail back at the beginning of June and ever since we figured out how to do this we have been doing it everyday...

We went swimming with Brookie

 

Avery did her favorite thing there is do to at the pool...sleep :)

 

And we had a fun day with little Lo from over at Camping at the Woods! This little boy is so stinkin cute and we loved spending the morning with him while his momma spent some much needed time in London and Paris... jealous doesnt even begin to describe it.  But thanks cherry for leaving so we could play with Lo! :)

Lo and Avery had their first chaperoned date...it consisted mainly of avery chasing Lofton.

Lofton LOVES the water and is so good at sitting for hours and pouring the day away...

Then we head on over to Joe and Deb's for a father's day celebration...

 

and back to bham....sorry these pics are so rando

Avery is obsessed with dogs..especially Elle

We had a pillow fight...

Brooklyn is so into soft things right now...

whew....if you are still looking at this blog you must be bored out of your mind at work like me as i type this...

Hope everyone is having a happy Pre-4th of July week! Anyone doing anythign fun for the 4th? We are headed to St. Louis tonight to see Uncle Gav and aunt Marge and to have Eddie Vedder and Glen Hansard serenade us at the fox theatre!

Blessings-

Em

4 Years

4 years ago i made the BEST decision of my life and married this guy...

but yall probably know him a little better like this...

In 4 years we traveled all over, went to concerts, shaved J's head, bought our first house, got a crazy dog, witnessed some beloved family members going to heaven, and brought a sweet baby girl into the world together. I don't exactly know what life is like without this guy and i know i never want to find out.

Happy 4th Anniversary Love!

On to the next 100 years! :)

10 Months

So here we are in the double digits and im wracking my brain as to how we got here so fast. This little chickadee is growing up TOO fast. A lot of days i think "man i wish you could walk" or "i wish you could just talk and tell me what you need." In reality though on days like today when im reminiscing...i just dont want  her to grow up at all. I want her to stay this little and at this stage that she is in right now. I have loved every stage and this one right now has been by far the most fun.

Avery at 10 months you are...

• still wearing size 3 diapers
• you weigh around 22 or 23 lbs.
• you are wearing 12 month clothing
• your hair is getting really long, so long in fact that we had our first ponytail the other day
• your eyes are the prettiest dark blue ive ever seen
• you are babbling all the time, you can say ma ma and da da
• you still love stoney but you care more about crawling up the stairs, which you do ALL the time
• at the moment you love Adele's song, Rolling in the Deep...{one of my favorite things about you}
• you still crawl with your 'stanky leg" :)
• you are trying to walk when we hold your hands but you look more like Jack Sparrow cause you are still so wobbly
• you eat anything and everything
• you are still napping twice a day although i think you might be trying to cut out a nap somedays
• you love the water
• you have 4 teeth! and are working on two more at the moment
• you are starting to be more cuddly...you always cuddle with daddy but you more so just like to laugh at me when i try to cuddle.
• you are kinda obsessed with the 'Pick-a-Who" book and Grover's "Monster at the end of this book" book. I take the blame for the Grover book because i wanted you to be obsessed with it :)

Avery we love you to pieces and could not imagine our life without you. Thank you for always bringing me back down to earth with your smile.