Sister News

So obviously i have been probably the worst blogger ever lately, i blame it on my work situation changing. :) However, i did just notice that i had not blogged about the latest exciting news that has happened in our little family...well ill just let Avery tell you...

That's right! This little monkey is going to be a BIG SISTER. It's so weird and in fact when we found out back in September we didnt really believe it or a few weeks. We weren't exactly thinking about or prepared to have another child yet but i guess that is why God gives you 9 months for preparation. We are at 16 weeks now and doing much better in the second trimester than we were in the first. We go to the doctor again on Monday for our 16 week checkup, and then we find out on December 23rd whether its a boy or a girl. 

It's been weird how different this pregnancy has been. With Avery everything was all new, but now with the second its almost like i forget im pregnant most of the time! I do have two really good friends that are pregnant right now too, one with her first and the other with her second, so that has been really fun and therapeutic to have them going through it with me.

And we also have this little missy..

 who is going to be a big sister THIS WEEK, and who is going to be a great example to Avie of what a big sister should be. Little Amelia is making her debut we think this coming Thursday! Ash is due December 4 but  they are going to go ahead and induce on the Nov 30th thinking that Amelia will come the next day. We are so excited about her coming into the family and cant wait to see what she looks like!!! 

Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!!!

Trick or Treat

Last week on halloween we went trick or treating with this cute alligator...

and this cute chicken...

I was skeptical of how Avie would do with trick or treating but Cherry had the genius idea of taking their wagon to pull the kids in and it worked great! We went over to Fredericksburg where Aubs and Matt live cause the houses are close together and there aren't like a bajillion stairs that the kids have to walk up to get the front door of the house. We had the best time and the kids actually did really well. Lo had to help Avie out with her "Trick-or-Treat" since she hadn't quite mastered those words yet. What are friends for anyways? It was so fun and hopefully we can make it a yearly tradition.

Since we were over to Aubs neck of the woods we got to see her and her "little pumpkin"! She is starting to show and looks great! Oh, and she found out she is having a BOY!!!! we cant wait for Carter Naish West to get here in March!

Checking out each other's costume's...

Happy Halloween! Hope everyone had a fun time with friends!!

Thanks Lofty for letting us trick or treat with you!!

October Madness

So all the pictures below were stolen from my sis off her blog cause i just havent had a chance to sit down and download pictures from my camera onto our computer....or im just lazy these days.

We went to Gentry Farms a few weeks ago with the kiddos while Brookie and Ash were in town and it was SO much fun. They have a corn maze for the kids, a hayride, a petting zoo, and some kind of corn trough for the kids to learn about and play with corn. It was so fun seeing all the cousins interact with each other and play. Every time we get them together they seem more and more playful with each other and at some points delirious from all the fun.

We also had a day at Pinkerton Park with the extended fam while Ash was here. BB and JJ had a picnic planned for us and we had about 7 of the cousins altogether so that they could play. It's always fun to get together with our cousins, we were so close growing up and i hope our kids can continue that and play together throughout the years.

Ray fam minus Levi 

Check our Avie's pose...she thought she was at Olan Mills

playing football with her cuzzies

the whole ray collins fam...crazy that next year little Amelia will be with us!

Sleepless in Seattle

A  few weeks ago, Jonas and I got to have an "adult" trip. We missed Avery ALOT but i will say it was glorious. :) Jonas was out west on business so i went out to meet him in Seattle and we did so much. We had always wanted to go there {me, for my crazy Grey's Anatomy obsession; him, for his crazy Pearl Jam obsession} So needless to say we were pretty happy. The city is beautiful and clean like Chicago/San Francisco, with mountains all around it

This was the view from our hotel room, which by the way was really nice and being on the 38th floor you get a view like the pic below, however i wasn't just being cute with the title of today's post...we didn't get great sleep cause our bed was super soft and squishy and we basically just rolled to the middle and sank every night...it was less than awesome.

Granted, it was foggy and rainy alot so we didnt see much of the mountains, but we did have a sunny day that we drove outside of the city and hiked in the mountains and saw a beautiful view of a gorge.

And we had a fun day in the city just driving around seeing some of the famous sights like the space needle, the Pike Place Market, the original Starbucks,Cafe Vivace, Easy Street Records, and the Music Project Museum. 

These flowers were at the Pike Place Market which is known for the flying fish and its incredible Farmer's Market, and these bouquets were unreal how pretty they were and they were only $5!! I felt like i was in a different country or something because at home they would have easily been like $30. You constantly saw men carrying these bouquets around. 

This is the original starbucks, we went inside but were already caffeined out so we didnt buy anything. Figured a $5 frappacino tastes the same at home as it does in Seattle.

Seattle was definitely a fun city, but i think ill take my 75* fall TN weather over 50's and rain any day. 

Well hello, October

Can it really be October?

Ok, so truth be told, the reason i have not been blogging is because we have this lady from corporate who has come in to help us at work for awhile and she sits by my side like all day.  Annnnnnd since my work days=blogging days, i have no longer had time to update everyone on our life with someone looking over my shoulder all day.

So anyways, this is what we have been up to lately...

We are climbing all over the place

getting to know new friends...

Avery started walking...like everywhere. All she wants to do is walk around, chase Stoney, and explore every place we go.

she LOVES music and wants it playing constantly

we walk down to the park with daddy and stoney in the afternoons

and we watch alot of football...

ok this really isnt her saying "touchdown", but come on...it could work :)

Hope everyone is having a happy fall! Jonas and I are off to Seattle this weekend for a long weekend together with no avie...we 'll miss her but we are really excited to see a new city and have a weekend to ourselves of sleeping in, hiking, and exploring!

Blessings,