Summer 2010

This post is full of pictures from my older digital camera. I use my new one most of the time, but the older one is a lot smaller so I can take it more places...enjoy!

Our summer started off with a trip to Cancun about a week after we moved back to Louisiana. We stayed at the Secrets Maroma all-inclusive resort. We went for Joe and Leah's wedding. We had an amazing time, it was almost like a second honeymoon. It was the first time that we had ever left Avery, but she had a great weekend with her grandma. These are pictures of of our first night there. We ate the French restaurant at the resort. It was amazing.

After dinner we met up with our friends and danced the night away at the club.

the guys

it was so hot in the club....that is why I look gross!

This was the evening of the wedding. It was absolutely beautiful.

the beautiful bride

we had a great time!

Josh's birthday was June 30th. He had to work that day, but his mom came up to celebrate with us on his lunch break. All 4 of us dressed in Navy totally coincidentally!

Ms. Donna got Josh a cake at the clinic. They are so sweet at Josh's work.

My mom moved into her new house at the beginning of July. We went out to Denham Springs to help her move in. Avery was sooo happy hanging out in grandma's new living room.

hanging out with the puppies

That night, after moving my mom, we decided to go out in New Orleans. It was Josh's friend/co-worker Ben's birthday and the doctors from the clinic and their wives all went out to celebrate.

Here is Josh with his boss Chip, they have a very loving relationship :)

We are the chiro's wives :) They are such a great group of girls, and have made us feel so welcome.

August 12th Avery and I went up to Tennessee to visit the Harris gang. This was Avery's first plane ride, she did so good! I dont' think Avery was put down the whole weekend. Here is Joey and his girlfriend Lydia hanging out with her.

C.L. was in heaven!

Aunt Leslie :)

On Saturday we went out to the lake. Avery got to rock her itty bitty, teeny weeny, yellow flowered bikini that Aunt Jo got for her.

August 28th we went to the Melting Pot with Jody & Jen and Jeff and Cristin. It was so nice to get dressed up and have a date night without all the kids.

Poor Jeff and Cristin had to sit across from each other :)

Our food...it was so good!

Whew....I think I am caught up on the blog. I promise to try to keep up better!

Are you ready for some FOOTBALL!

Its the most wonderful time of the year! Not quite Christmas, but almost the fall and football season! There is something about the BBQ's and get-togethers and cooler weather during football season that I absolutely love! We went over to Ben and Ashley's for the first LSU game. Avery and I had on matching shirts :)Little Ms. Avery is so loved!

The first regular season Saint's game was September 9th. Avery had on her Saints gear and was ready to go!

Who Dat baby!!!

Geaux Saints!

Practicing her cheerleader moves.

little ham!

We went back over to Ben and Ashley's for the game. Josh and Ben were drinking 40's, so of course Avery had to get her hands on it!

funny face!

Corks and Canvas

My mom's birthday was September 10th. That Saturday we went to Corks N Canvas to celebrate. Already cutting class :)

My mom had a great turn out, and we had a great time!

We painted the "Tiger Eye"

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Our group! We had great instructors; Monika and Marquetta. Monika even came to dinner with us afterward!

After painting we went over to Monjuni's for a delicious Italian dinner. Then we went back to mom's house for cake and coffee.

gotta love the make-shift candles

Happy Birthday momma, I hope it was a great day you will never forget!

6 months old!

Avery Yvonne you are 6 months old!

You weigh 16 pounds 9.5 ounces (65%)

You are 28 inches long (97% tall girl!)

You are in size 3 diapers

and mostly 6-9 month clothes!

This month you have gotten really good at sitting up by yourself.

You cut another tooth!

You have two little teeth in the front of your bottom jaw.

I think you said "Momma" this month, but it may be a little too soon to start talking!

You have also found your feet!

We did lots of fun stuff this month!

We celebrated your 1/2 birthday with all the family!

You celebrated your first 4th of July!

We brought you out to the bridgepark,

and you LOVED the fireworks!

It was the cutest thing ever!

You also went swimming this month!

We took you to grandma's pool at her apartment.

You got in the water, got soooo relaxed,

and let your daddy pull you around in the float for an hour and a half.

We did lots of visiting this month too!

Your Mimi came up for lunch a few times,

we went out to eat and had birthday parties for daddy's coworkers.

We also had two big family dinners at our new house.

You are a social butterfly and love meeting all these new people!

The other big event of this month was solids!

We started with rice cereal, then oatmeal, avocados and green beans.

You make funny faces when you try something new,

but always end up liking it.

Our routine is pretty down-pat.

We are working on the night wakings,

soon you are going to have to start getting yourself back to sleep at night.

Still breastfeeding every 3-4 hours during the day

and 4-6 hours at night.

You are the happiest baby!

All we have to do is look at you and you start smiling.

We have found your tickle spots!

You are very ticklish on your ribs, thighs, and arm pits.

We love to make you laugh.

You have a fake cough and fake laugh that you do for attention.

Can we say drama queen?

We love you sooooooo much.

It is amazing to watch you grow and change everyday.

Avery's Half Birthday Party!

Avery made 6 months old on July 25th! That Friday I had the family over for a 1/2 birthday party! I know its kind of ridiculous, but it was just a fun excuse to have everyone over. I even baked 1/2 a cake :) Avery took a late nap that day so she was wide awake and ready to party when everyone got there. I dressed her in the cutest little tutu onesie! Here she is playing on her Papa

Cole is so funny, every time he comes over he wants to play with all of her baby stuff.

The whole gang was there to celebrate our angels 1/2 birthday!

I made chicken tacos in the slow cooker and 7 layer dip. After everyone ate we opened a few presents.

I love that Avery is so alert now and interested in everything!

Corey and Cole :)

Avery got lots of great new toys. She was outgrowing all of the newborn stuff we had. She has lots of new toys now that light up and make noises, she loves them!

She was ready to play!

We sang "half-a birthday to you" while she ate her oatmeal. Poor baby doesn't know what she is missing out on with the cake :)

It was so nice to have everyone over, even if it was for a silly 1/2 birthday party :) I am so thankful to be back home and close enough where everyone can come over for stuff like this. Avery is so blessed to have a huge extended family that loves her so much!

Avery goes Swimming!

On July 9th we took Avery to my mom's apartment complex to go swimming for the first time! It is so fun, now that she is getting a little bit older to get her out and about and try all these new things with her. We got to grandma's house and she was ready to go!

We got her swimsuit on and got her all sunscreened up!

She loved the water! She didn't get real excited or splash around or anything. She got so relaxed. She let Josh push her around in this float for about an hour and a half!

She was so content just to float around and look at everything around her.

Nosey Rosey watching the other kids play.

So swimming was a success! I want her to have the love for water that Josh and I had growing up. Next summer we will probably start swim lessons. She sure did love her first swimming experience though!