A blast from the past

We hooked up my very first
Nintendo set (circa 1985) and
to our suprise it still worked!!!
Andrew and I couldn't be more
excited about sharing this with our
boy... if we let him play... and we
did for a few minutes! He was
excited about it too

Little Gym Birthday Party

We recently celebrated our friend Robert's
second birthday at the Little Gym. The kids
had a great time and Avery was worn out when
it was over!


Crawling through the tunnel


I was trying to get Avery to do a flip but
it wasn't working


my little monkey






on the beam



Aaron is waiting his turn to play "flip the cheese"-
they run and try to make this big mat fall over...


As you can see he had no trouble with it

Dinner with family

To celebrate the return of Gram and Paw Paw
from the Holy Land - we were treated with a
dinner at Sammy's. Everyone feasted and
Gram and Paw Paw were very happy to have a
good Louisiana meal!

Catching some crabs

Fishing

The beach house also had a great
dock for fishing however the fish
were just little bait stealers-- but
Aaron didnt seem to mind.

Avery watching big brother fish
with daddy and Pop Pop


waiting for a bite


He caught one!



A really little one

Beach time

We only spent about a total of 45 mins at the
beach this trip-- Babies and sand just don't
go together very well. I did manage to snap
a few pictures before our time was up. The
house had a nice pool and we spent alot of time
in it.

Avery's Beach Bucket

I saw this idea somewhere about putting a
baby pool on the beach so your baby wouldn't
get sand all over themselves--- Ms. Judy
bought this bucket for Avery to see if it would
work-- it did for the first day-- not so much the second
day

Its 3:00pm on vacation- Milk Shake Time

We made another stop on our
way to the beach-- this time at
an old time soda fountain and ice
cream shop. A few beach trips
ago Paw Paw wanted to take us to
this shop but it was closed then-
so we were glad we got to enjoy
it this time around.





Avery enjoyed her first coke float

Stennis Space Center

Before we made it to Gulf Shores
we decided to take a little break
and stop at Stennis Space Center.
They have recently done a nice
exhibit area and a bus tour of the
rocket engine testing facility.
It was interesting and a great
place to stretch our legs.

A beach session preview

We had a beach photo session at
6am!!! and still waiting on our photos
to come from the photographer but
she did give us a preview

Avery's 9 month photos

These photos are a little hard to see with the
white background but here are a few of Avery's
9month photo shoot




As usual I post a comparison
photo of Aaron from his 9month
shoot

Hanging out with cousins

David and Brooklyn joined us this week while
Aunt Hollie was at the hospital with her dad.
There was lots of laughing, crying, napping,
movie watching, playdoh smashing, puff
snacking fun that was had by all!

Notice the macaroni on the floor--

this is what Avery does when she is full

or doesnt like what you give her. I missed

a picture of her hanging over the edge of

the highchair watching it fall on the floor!

Avery is 10 Months old!

Sporting the same shirt I made for
Brooklyn when she was 10 months!
And also "helping" daddy clean the van

You can see that Aaron was "helping" too

Summer in Cell Phone Photos

I know these pictures are horribly
fuzzy but since I dont have a phone
with a good camera :( --- this is what
I had to work with. A few summer
cell phone photos...


Aaron after our first summer trip
to the splash pad


Avery enjoying her first popiscle



and my first attempt at pigtails

Avery's First Swim

This weekend was Avery's first time swimming
in a big pool. After a brief tramatic eposide of
sunscreen in her eyes ... she seemed to like
the idea of the pool.





Here she is in my vintage care bear floater--
and yes it does say 1983 on it!



Aaron enjoying the pool