When I was pregnant with Avery everyone kept telling me to get ready everything was about to change. I would get so frustrated, I wanted to know what that meant. I thought it was so scary to not know what those changes would be. So if there is anyone wondering, these are a few of the changes. Some good some, bad. Exhibit A-the living room. The picture on the left is pre-Avery. On the right, baby toys exploded. I will say that at this point the most ANNOYING thing about having a child is that my house is ALWAYS a nightmare. This believe it or not is picked up. I have never been a great housekeeper, but I could keep things picked up and put up. Now, we all this junk that I just can't find a good home for. I am hoping that as he gets bigger I can contain the mess, but I am sure all the more experienced Moms are laughing as they read this.
Some of the best changes are in my husband. It is so much fun to come home to not 1 but 2 smiling faces. It is awesome to see Michael with Avery. I don't know how people can be jealous of their spouse loving their child, nothing is more special than to watch Michael interact with Avery and see how much they love each other. It is such a fun change for our relationship to change for the better as we learn to be parents together.
Vacations have changed a little, too. Last year Womble/McCord vacay was a cruise on the Caribbean, this year we were supposed to cruise Lake Palestine, but stayed at our house thanks to Ike. I think we will have grown-up vacations again, but I must say this was a change we didn't mind. Both trips were a BLAST! I had just as much fun watching Praise Baby with the kiddos in their jammies as we did watching shows aboard the Rhapsody of the Seas.
The last few months have been full of changes, but I can honestly say almost none of them were as dramatic as I thought they would be or people made them sound. I was super hormonal for about 2 1/2 weeks after he was born and it took about 2 months before I got over him coming early. But, we still have our lives and they are better because of Avery. We do eat in shifts most nights, but we still talk while we eat our dinner. We still go out to dinner, we just go to places that are loud so we won't be too distracting. We don't make it to class because Avery sleeps late, but we still go to church and are working our way back to class. We still see our friends and they love having Avery around. Change is inevitable, one day I will learn this. But, the best thing that Avery has taught me is that change can be soo good when you let it!
h the Wombles. Avery was a trooper. We finally woke the little prince up at 10:30, so that we could head out. We visited the car show, trick Dog Show, and had lots of fried goodness. We even got to see Brian and Marcus and Grandma and Grandad for a few minutes. We stayed from about 11 until 5 and had all the fun we could stand, and only I got sunburned! Michael's favorite was the corny dogs, I voted for the fried pickles and Blake and Courtney liked the fried snickers. I hope you all get to enjoy a fun Saturday with your family soon, too.
I thought and thought about what would be a good 1/2 Birthday tradition to start. Avery was very excited to have 1/2 birthday cake in his honor. This year we went with white cake with fun fetti. I am thinking the tradition will be you get to choose a box cake and help make it. Then we will eat one half and he can choose who he wants to share the other half with. This year we chose our neighbors George and Brenda, they seemed really excited.
This smile continues to melt our hearts every day. Even being the most non-morning person I know I can't resist it when he shots me a giant grin first thing in the morning. 
