11 months old!

By this time next month she will be an entire year old. I just cannot believe it. Avery is standing up at everything and getting around really quick! We have a feeling she will be walking before too long. She is definitely fearless. Fearless that is, unless someone else is holding her besides her momma, then a little fear emerges! (She can't help it. Momma's are the best!) She is a goofy little gal and knows it too! Her personality is shining and everyday we are in awe of the little person she has become. How is it that this very time last year I still thought I had two months of carrying her around in my belly? I don't think I was done feeling her from the inside and now here I sit as she is about to turn a year old and the days of feeling her kicking me from the inside are long gone... Ok, I'm ending this now because trust me the sappy post will be coming next month! So between now and then we will be soaking in all of what's left of her infancy! We are so blessed and life sure is sweet!

Who's holdin' who here?

Avery and I were up a good 40 minutes before sleepyhead Garrett crawled out of bed this morning. He greeted Avery with a "Hiiiiii baby girl!" then proceeded to ask me where the soft blue baby holder thing was. The soft blue baby holder thing? I wondered to myself. Then he went on to say like you put on around your lap and hold a baby. Ahhhhhhh yes. The boppy pillow! So off to the baby's room we went in search of it. When we located it in the closet he was thrilled. "I want to hold baby sister!" So that's exactly what he attempted to do. I say attempted because Avery was being so squirmy and not willing to stay put like she used to. And besides, she is almost big enough to be holding him now. I think it tickled Garrett anyways that he got to hold his sissy with the "soft blue baby holder thing".

A picture of the first time he held her using the boppy... look how little they both were! *off to go have a mommy moment*

Mother's Day!!!

What a wonderful first mother's day as a momma of 2!

The sun was shining as we arose early to make it on time to church with Nannie. Garrett exclaimed "Happy Mother's Day!" to anyone he encountered as we arrived. Excitedly, he went back with his cousins for children's church as the rest of the family took up an entire pew and then some. Our presence was surely made known for during the sermon Avery and Caleb were smooching on each other which had us and everyone surrounding us doing our best to stifle our giggles. After Church we headed over to Nannie and Da's for lunch and to celebrate Jo- Jo's birthday. However, in order to remain on good terms with her I won't tell you how old she is... or wait, maybe I will! I will use her words. She is "two 25's. " So as you can see it was a big milestone! We left Nannies with full bellies and headed home! We decided to break in our new pool and go swimming when we arrived home. We had a blast all afternoon splish splashing and having "baby races" as we dubbed them! Daddy and Avery vs. Mommy and Garrett. I think we are tied right now. But the competition is on! Garrett and Avery are both two little water baby's through and through. Garrett has always loved water in any shape or form. And Avery is exactly the same in that aspect. So as their momma, watching my children having so much fun and spending such great family time together was a perfect way to spend the afternoon of a day that recognizes being a mom! The only thing that would have made this day more perfect was if I were able to have spent it with my mom also! I love you mom and I hope you know what an amazing mother you are and just how much you are appreciated!

4 generations!

Caleb Logan 6 month session

This weekend Caleb and his momma came over for a little session to mark his 6th month of babyhood! Caleb is Brandon's cousin Paul's baby boy. (For those of you following this blog Caleb is Kimberly's nephew.) Anyways, 6 month olds... what a fun fun age to photograph! So easy to get smiles out of! He thought everything was funny. Makes for a relaxed easy portrait session. Here are just a few that stuck out to me as I begin to edit them!

Caleb and Brooke

Avery woke up from a nap right about the time we were wrapping up and so we snapped a few of the kids playing together. She had to lay a few kisses on him...

10 months old~! (10 1/2 actually!)

Our little love bug has done it again. She has turned another month older! Big exciting news has happened in the last month. Avery cut her first two bottom teeth and she is crawling around everywhere. She also has pulled herself up to a stand. She has become a quite the kisser too. Loves to smooch on her daddy the best. She points at everything and loves to say hi to herself in the mirror. She pretends to talk on the phone by holding the phone up to her ear while saying "iiiii". I wonder where she picked that up from? lol Almost anything becomes a pretend phone. Even a pink duckie slipper. She is a dancing queen. Anytime she hears music she bounces and boogies to it! She has been 10 months old for the last two weeks but in true me fashion I am only now getting around to blogging about it! She still loves calling the dog dog every time we walk past the window. She loves to eat. She is a happy girl if she is eating. She prefers to feed herself (miss independent) and wants to try everything we eat. She also is a chatty little thing. Her babbling goes on and on! Brandon and I get a good laugh out of her newest favorite "Whoa- Whoa- Whoa- Whoa!" She loves to play catch. She will crawl after her bubba as fast as her legs and arms will carry her or she will flip over and crawl away just as fast all the while giggling her little heart out when we try to change her diaper. I know this sounds all a bit random but I just had to type it out quickly or I would put it off for another day. I stuck her in the teacup again. The next time you see her in this teacup she will be a one year old. I have marked every one of Avery's even numbered month-days by sticking her in it and snapping a pic. I have plans to do a progression collage showing you all of them and how she has grown in it when she turns a year old. I can't believe only a month and a half until she is one. Say it isn't so!!

And I FINALLY got littleman to pose for me! He has grown so much lately and is really becoming a big boy! He loves to help baby sit his sissy. "Momma, I'm doing babysitting" is a phrase I hear frequently. He actually has been really good about helping us make sure that Avery is not getting little toys or things she shouldn't have. (like flip flops... she LOVES her some flip flops to suck on. Gross, I know.) He also has been a very good about making sure his bedroom door is closed when she is on the loose. He has too many toys with tiny little parts that she does her best to get ahold of. She keeps us all busy but its really quite funny sometimes! He has such the imagination. Always pretending or creating something. He can draw wonderfully. Pictures of people are one of his favorites and he really has an eye for detail already. Garrett is ever the comedian. He loves to make up and tell jokes, repeat funny ones over and over, and always has one ear out for a new one. Getting a laugh from us brings him great joy and you can see it in his twinkling and expressive brown eyes! He already has a start on his summer tan. And now that we have a pool I am sure he will be golden before summer officially starts.

There is so much going on with our kiddos that trying to blog it in one post is just not going to give you a realistic peek into their lives. Each day is so full of joy and giggles and newfound things. I will try try try to be better about blogging so that you might watch our kidlets grow like we are so blessed to do each and every day! Isn't life sweet?