Avery Boy is just like...

His Mamma, if you have read my blog for awhile I am a TV-aholic. While I was unloading the dishwasher I had Avery all set up to play in his bumbo chair and I was going to catch up on some Olympics. I looked over the bar to see how he was doing and this is what I found.
Apparently I don't need to be quite so proud I haven't had him watch baby movies yet, at least they are age appropriate. Don't worry, I am a good Mom, I said "Avery Blake" and he turned around and looked at me and quit watching TV. So then I hid with my phone until he did it again and took his picture nice huh. Not only will he have ADD, but probably neck damage as well.

His Daddy, this is the precious face I see first thing in the morning when we wakes up to eat at 6 and then again when he wakes up for real at 10. Y'all know how I feel about the mornings so this is clearly not something he gets from me.

His Mamma and Daddy. We both LOVE to read. This picture is about a month ago reading with Papa Lee. We can almost always calm him down and buy a few minutes with a book and he was very proud about 2 weeks ago to figure out he can turn the pages.
I can't believe our little prince is 5 months old. Today he celebrated with his first all day alone with Daddy while I played with my other babies at work. I think there was a lot of male bonding going on. They were both tired and happy after a full 12 hours of father son time. Stay tuned for a 5 month pic before too long.

It's Good to be Home

I know it has been to long without a post, but we have been having so much fun hanging out at home!!!!

Avery has changed so much the past few weeks. He is laughing and playing with his toys so much more than he used to. He thinks his exersaucer is the greatest and that play time with Daddy is hilarious.

We have had a great 2 weekends at home. I am so thankful I got so sleep in this Saturday after staying up way too late Thursday night watching the Olympics and then getting up with the storm early Wednesday morning.

I am so glad that Avery always wakes up with a sweet little face and that he doesn't mind catching a few z's with us on Saturday mornings when we want to rest.

We are looking forward to one more weekend at home and then it is Linde's big day! We are counting down to the festivities and crossing our fingers that the littlest ring bearer is in a good humor for Aunt Linde.








Almost Uncle Jeff won't be almost in less than 2 weeks. We are so glad Linde found someone wonderful to sweep her off her feet.

If you love this picture go to Linde's friend Taylor's website, www.barefeetcreative.com

Beautiful Aunt Linde

Aunt Linde had her Bridal portraits today. She was looking so beautiful. I can't believe the wedding is getting so close, less than a month! Avery had a super fun morning playing with Katie and David. He was not too sad to see Michael go...
That's our well-adjusted/totally spoiled kid, see ya Daddy I've got plenty of people to play with me here.

Thanks Sarah, Katie and David!

In other news we are teething. It is so sad, little bit handles it pretty well, but as he chews on anything he can get close enough I am feeling very sorry for him. I like my little gummy baby, but I hope for his sake the teeth pop through before too long and get him out of him misery.

Skullet

A Mullet is a hairstyle that is short in the front, top, and sides, but long in the back. The hairstyle was popular during the late 20th century, from the early 1970s to the early 1990s. Mullets have been worn by males and females of all ages. The mullet is distinct from the rattail, which consists of a long, narrow "tail" of hair growing from the back of the head. Mullets also vary in length from side to side and necessarily do not share a single, consistent length.

We have decided that Avery has a Skullet, it meets the mullet definition according wikipedia, but he has skull on the sides and front :)
See, skull in the front.
Hair in the back, hopefully it won't grow into a rattail.
See, skull on the sides.

We are taking bets on how much longer the fringe will last. I am finally getting to have a bald baby for little while.

Don't Go!!!

We told Avery the sad news that Abby Leonard was leaving us, you can see how he felt about it.
Here he is being very charming to see if he can convince her to stay a little while longer.

This summer we have had the privilege of hosting one of my best friends from high school. I will be the first to admit that I was a little nervous about having a new baby and new roomie, but it has truly been a blessing to have Abby with us for the summer. She has helped us to enjoy our city more than we normally do, and has provided so much fun for our family of 3. She has lavished Avery with attention, been a great friend to me, and been the voice of East Texas when Michael needed someone on his team. I can safely say she will be deeply missed by all 3 of us. I knew it wouldn't last forever but it has been so fun to have a girlfriend in the house for the summer. It has been the best of both worlds for me to be married and have my family and have another best friend to live with, too. Abby thank you for putting up with us this summer and all of the sweet things you have done to make it our best summer yet! We are missing you already. Get ready for many invasions this fall when we come to Aggieland for the games.

Out the Gate in '98

This weekend we traveled to Tyler, AGAIN, but for yet another really fun reason. Our 10 year reunion. Michael and I had a great weekend with friends. Here's my 10 year Reunion TOP TEN (in no particular order).....

#1 While I was way too shy to put on my bathing suit in front of our whole class at the scheduled official pool party in town I was great with inviting my close girlfriends and their peeps out for some quality time on THE MEGASTATION!!!

#2 Listening to the 90's station on XM on the way to the reunion to "get in the mood" only to hear all the same songs from the cool cat DJ while we were there.

#3 Joni, one of my good friends from the good old days, brought us a Dairy Queen Thin Mint Blizzard ice cream cake. OMG, as Michael thinks he is now cool to say, it is Michael's new favorite dessert. Everyone loved it. We girls were the L7's in high school, I can't remember why, but I am sure we had a great reason.
#4 Seeing that while everyone had changed, no one had changed. I was surprised that everyone was still hanging out with the same people doing just what you would expect for the most part, ourselves included. Everyone even still basically looked the same. #5 The super cool name tags we all wore complete with my HIDEOUS Senior yearbook picture. These were so bad we had them retaken so Mom could frame on for the casa's wall of shame.
#6 The guy that we all probably thought was gay in high school showing up midway through the evening in his black t-shirt that said "I Heart My Penis"

#7 Watching former classmates do the Electric Slide, I am pretty sure most of them were under some influence....

#8 Spending time with 5 of my 7 best friends from high school! It was such a treat, I am so thankful for great friends who made great choices and helped me do the same. I am even more thankful that after 10 years we can still pick up where we left off time and time again. I can't wait until December when we all get together for Kim and Slim Jim's wedding.

Kimmy, Joni, me, Abby L., Neta and Mere

#9 For those of you that only read for Avery pictures.... Watching baby boy roll over so many times and be so proud each and every time. He is loving it and soo good at all the sudden.

and......

#10 ONLY HAVING TO GO TO 1 REUNION BECAUSE I GOT TO MARRY THE BOY I HAD A CRUSH ON IN HIGH SCHOOL!!!!!!

Please note the red and black... Go Red Raiders, see you in another 10 years! And on that Red Raider note 10 1/2 Hearing the fight song after the class picture and being so tempted to do the dance :)

4 months old

Oh my goodness our baby boy is 4 months old, I can't believe it. He is getting to be so much fun. He smiles and coos and does all kinds of great tricks. We are slowly but surely loosing the passy battle, but oh well what can you do. We are so thankful for our precious little boy. Aunt Linde took this picture for us, it is so nice to have a photographer in the family on call to babysit on a whim. Thanks Linde for helping us out 2 days in a row, you rock!
I couldn't resist posting this picture. Michael carries Avery way up on his shoulder and Avery loves it he looks around takes it all in and gives me this look. I wonder what he is thinking, something sassy I am pretty sure. Please note the drool as well. Is it possible he is already starting the teething process?