Summer in cell phone photos

summer morning trip to the zoo--
the animals were the only ones smart
enough to lay in the shade!



Just clowning around



Fun with the new walmart buggys

Birthday Party Preview

We had a wonderful birthday
party for our girl at home on
Saturday. This is just a preview
of the birthday party pictures-- this
year I hired a girl from church
to take the party pictures for me b/c
I feel like I miss out on the party when
I'm always behind the camera--
so this is just a few before we get our
pictures from her...


Daddy assembling the top tier
of the HUGE cake



This cake is exactly like my
first birthday cake when I was little--
thanks to my mom that kept my
cake topper and ebay which
provided the other clown parts of
the cake



Avery loved her cake!


In her circus outfit made by
mommy


Gram and Paw Paw with our
birthday girl

Happy Birthday Avery!

On Friday her actual birthday
we picked up our free winn dixie
smash cake and celebrated her
birthday at home. Big brother
blew her candle out-- I told him
next year she wasn't going to
let him do that... haha

Summer In Cell Phone Photos

My Birthday Girl! Can't believe
she is already one!


Watching the Carousel at the mall



I tried really hard to talk Aaron
out of this spiderman booksack
b/c I wanted to order him a nice one from
LLBean-- well I gave in-- he was just
to excited

Sunday Morning Photo Shoot

I thought my kiddos looked
so cute for church Sunday morning
that I had to take a few pictures.
I always made fun of my mom b/c
she kept alot of my outfits when
I was little-- I thought alot of them
were so ugly (some of them still are)
but there are a few that I have been
able to put on Avery and I know mom
would have loved that! She looks so
darn cute in her vintage dress!

A baby girl with her baby doll

Avery received her early birthday
present from Mommy and Daddy--
matching PJs for her and her baby
doll! A thank you to Gram for
picking them out for her!

Happy Thursday!

Trip to Pop Pop's

Aaron was able to spend a few nights away
from home with Pop Pop and Ms. Judy at her
house in Lafayette. There were stories of
alligators, rice krispy treat making, eating at the
park, feeding the ducks, and fishing! He had a
great time!


















**Thank you Pop Pop for the pictures!**

Bathtime

Bathtime on an almost 1yr old
with a cast can prove to be a
little tricky-- we started
with sponge baths but then
started wrapping her leg in
plastic bags to bath her with Aaron

This cast doesn't slow my baby down!

Summer in Cell Phone Photos

My poor baby

We were given a free kitchen by a friend-- the

kids were really excited

My little "helpers"

Aaron and his new loft bed

Vacation Photos

I just added all of our vacation photos-- please go to
older posts to start at Day 1 since I think they posted
backwards...oh well...enjoy!

By the way we are not stay at the hotel type
of people-- so our vacations can get pretty
exhausting! but we had a great time and did
as much as we could!

Vacation Day 6- Panning for Gold and Gemstones

Our last stop on the way out of town was to stop
in Dahlonega, GA to pan for gold. Aaron said
that this was his favorite part of vacation. He came
home with a speck of gold and a bag full of gemstones

Vacation Day 6- Babyland General Hospital

On our last day we stopped at Mommy's favorite
part of vacation- The Cabbage Patch hospital.
I had a cabbage patch doll when I was little so I
wanted to share my love for them with the kids...
wished Avery would have been older but we will
go back again. When you walk in you immediatly
recognize the baby powder scent (which on a side
note... i think I may be allegeric too). The kids
both seemed to have a good time and we adopted
a baby doll for Avery as her birthday present
while we were there.













We thought this doll looked
freakishly like my mom but with
brown hair-- kinda made me jump
when I turned around



Looking for the perfect baby to adopt


"which one do I want?"



We found the perfect one! and named her
Anna Lynn Gaines born 11-22-11

Vacation Day 6- Babyland General Hospital Continued

Every 20 minutes at the hospital
you can witness a birth from the
cabbage patch tree-- our "doctor"
was a teenage guy who was less
than thrilled it seemed to be there-
I think if they had someone to really
be into it -- it would have been alot
better for the kids


The tree about to give birth


Its a BOY!


Checkin him out in the nursery


Aaron was the first to hold him

** On a side note-- you can purchase all the
babies born at the hospital-- for $200!!! we
selected a more inexpensive baby that was born
in china for $50 :)**