Mother's Day 2013

 We had a great Mother's Day this year! The Saturday of Mother's Day weekend, Josh, Avery and I went to brunch at the Broken Egg.

 Avery and Josh picked some roses off of our rose bush and made me a beautiful bouquet. How beautiful is this little girl?

 We took a few pictures before we left. I am 32 weeks here.

 Love this girl so much!

 Being silly!

 This is our third year going to The Broken Egg for Mother's Day brunch. It is officially a tradition :)

 Avery was such a little lady while we were eating. Its amazing how big she is getting!

When we were done eating (after she devoured pancakes, fruit and eggs) she put her hand against the wall and said "My belly is so full, I feel pregnant"

She is so funny!

 

After brunch we headed down to Luling for a crawfish boil with Josh's family. This prego pigged out on crawfish! It was a great family day.

 Sunday morning we double dipped for church. We went to service with mom and then went to our church service afterward.

 Josh got to play his Cajon for worship at church. Avery even helped with the sound check.

After church we grilled steaks with mom, Jake and Angela (who was about to pop!)

It was another great and to top it off, my big girl fell asleep on me, she never does that anymore!

I am so thankful to be a mommy. It has given such a purpose to my life. I have been blessed to watch Avery grow and mature over the past 4 years. I cannot wait to celebrate next year with 2 little girls!

The Jambalaya

The first weekend in May, Josh's grandparents host "The Jambalaya"

We figured out they have been hosting it for 40 years! It is such a fun, relaxing day.

Josh's grandparents have all of their friends come over ever year.

 It is so cool to see these friendships that have lasted 40+ years. They are still able to get together, drink a few beers and remember all of the fun that they've had.

 We attempted to get family pictures with all of the family that were there. Here are the grand kids/great grand kids (minus Dane and Callie, Meredith, Caiden, Carolin and Cole)

 Grandma Audrey and Big Papa with 2 of the greats

 The LeBlanc's

 The whole gang!

 Josh and his BFF Derek :)

The guys.

 

Caylon, Ashley, their kids and John and Cassidy came with us.

It was so nice to include our church family in on family functions.



30 week update

This pregnancy is FLYING by. I know everyone says its different with baby # 2, but jeez! I think you are so busy with baby #1 and you are a lot more laid back this time around. It's been a pretty uneventfull pregnancy. The only difference this time around is that I cramp a little more, when I am running around at work, hold my bladder too long. I don't remember that with Avery.

We finally started working on the nursery last week. Josh got the top half of the room painted, now we just have to hang and paint wainscoting on the bottom. Easier said than done. :)

I had my 30 wk check up Wednesday. I am up 12 lbs total. She is measuring perfectly at 30 wks and heartbeat sounded good. I am craving ICE, hamburgers and comfort food. I finally have a baby belly! Loving maternity clothes and yoga pants. She is most active at night when we are getting ready for bed, Josh and Avery love watching and feeling my belly move. I will be having check ups every 2 weeks now and I know the end of the pregnancy will be here before we know it!

Easter with the LeBlanc's

While we were at the Sunrise service today, the Easter Bunny passed!

 While we got the camera ready and in position, we made Avery wait in the playroom.

 She was hiding her eyes :)

 "Mom, are you really making me wait for this!"

 Seeing her stash!

 Sand toys!

 Sidewalk chalk

 And a new bike!!!! Avery could never get the hang of the balance bike. So we decided to get her a good, old fashioned kid bike with training wheels. She loved it and is doing great riding it.

 Josh with the newest addition to the family, Josie.

 After church and Easter gifts, we went to Grandma and Grandpa's. They had all the great grand kids together, so we TRIED to get a picture. This was the best of the 120 shots we took.

 Drew was able to come home from school to spend Easter with the family. It was great to see them now that they are home from Germany.

Our little family.

Avery 3 y/o

Alexa 27 wks

He is Risen!

I was so excited that our church decided to do a sunrise service this year. I have such sweet memories of attending sunrise service with my dad at the Methodist church in Luling. We got up SUPER EARLY and were out on Lake Ramsey at 6:30am.

 We had a great turn out of church members and people from the neighborhood.

Avery's BFF CeCe was there too.

 Jeff, Caylon and Mr. Ed had an acoustic jam session.

 After the service we even had the honor of watching "Tiny" be baptized in Lake Ramsey.

As Avery calls it, he "got wet for Jesus" :)

 It is so exciting to see God working in our church. We are living out what the biblical church is all about. We aren't meeting in a building on Sunday morning, but we are in each others homes every night of the week. We are eating together, sharing our triumphs and struggles, helping each other out with day to day issues. And people are growing closer to God through all of it.

The Easter Bunny even came to worship with us!

 After service the kids had an Easter egg hunt and took pictures with the bunny.

Happy Resurrection Day!

Easter festivities

 We have had a great Easter Season this year. We decorated Easter eggs.

Last week, we went to see the Easter bunny. Avery was so cute, she ran right up and hopped on his lap. Then she struck the pose :)

 The Saturday before Easter we went out to Josh and Jonnilin and celebrated with the Danford's.

The kids we very excited to get their Easter baskets.

 Even Alexa :)

Sorry Angela, I didn't get a picture of Lila!

After baskets the kids dyed Easter eggs.

 Josh made his world famous crawfish while Josh and Jake supervised.

 Strike a pose boys :)

 This made the 2 pregos VERY HAPPY!

We had a fabulous day! It was perfect weather, we spent the entire day outside.

The kids played their hearts out. Bubbles, power wheels, and MUD!!!

We are so thankful to have all the Danford's in one place right now.

It is so sweet to watch the kids make memories and laugh with family.