B-A-D

BAD=BROOKE
My friend Brooke thinks she is sooo funny, I should have know I am not cool enough to have a stalker, but I will admit her second post had me a little nervous. I guess that is what I get for leaving my google reader up after reading it while I was eating Taco Bueno in the food pantry serving the poor and needy at Care Corps.
Have a great weekend!

I Feel So Violated

Someone hacked into my blogger account and posted a fake post... Weird and creepy. Password changed! We are most definitely not moving to Argentina and whoever did that... STOP IT!

Hola Argentina!!!!

Well Micheal took the job!

For those of your who don't know, Micheal has been in talks with an accounting firm for the last 3 months. It will over quadruples his pay + living and household staff, and that will be wonderful, but it is a little far from home.

It is in Santa Cruz, Argentina, a beautiful oceanfront town near the southern tip of South America. It has been a grueling decision to make, but if we do this for a few years, then we can so anything we want. Plus the beaches, are amazing. The one nearest to the city does not mandate clothing, so we will not be there, because some parts were not made to see the sun shine. (And Mr. Womble is most definitely not allowed.I am all the woman he needs to see.)

Since Avery will still be so young, he will just play with me and the housekeeper, or the driver, or the gardener. Yes, I said gardener! It is going to be hard to leave all of our friends, but it will just be for 4 years. And it will allow Micheal to get to do what ever he wants to for the rest of our lives. We hope to have all of our friends and family visit us. So pack your bags, we leave in 2 weeks!

We have always wanted a big adventure, so world here we come. . .

Baby It's Cold Outside

Well last night when Linde and Jeff left our house after dinner we knew it was getting bad. I tried to take some pictures of the ice on the trees, it was beautiful. But, my Casio didn't quite cut it.I think Cleo is very thankful for a nice day inside, since her water bowl is completely frozen solid. Are you kidding me? This is Texas? I am not cut out for 23 degrees at 11am. Thank goodness Heidi the Highlander can stay firmly parked in the driveway today. While I love my job as a nurse, it is VERY scary when I work on days like these. I am expected to be there no matter what. I said many prayers for the ladies that drove in this morning, hopefully everyone made it there safely and night shift got home okay, too.

We are enjoying a cozy warm day inside. I hope you are all doing the same. Even water babies and church are canceled!

10 Faves About Our 10 Month Old

Well, y'all know how I love a good list. It was just too obvious to ignore this opportunity! Here are 10 of my favorite things about my TEN month old! #1-His smiles

#2 That baby boy has no bottom so his pants all scoot up to his arm pits. It is too cute and always makes me smile and think of my Papa.

#3 His curiosity. Even just sitting in a chair provides so many new things to look at and learn about....like socks!

#4 The wiggle worm syndrome. Avery wiggles and squirms all the time. It is so funny to watch him worm his way to the next thing to explore.

#5 How Avery eats his "bites." It is too funny to watch the stubbornness determination as he doggedly works to get that one bite he wants so badly for so long and will get it in his mouth. Then he will totally change tactics and crazily shoves a whole handful in the general direction of his mouth and doesn't care that all the avocados are on his face..
#6 The what? face that comes with the avocado face

#7 The flapping and squealing. It just makes plain ol happy when he gets so excited! It is truly a gift to see such pure joy.

#8 The cuddles. While I don't get them often because of the wiggles mentioned before, every now and then I get the best snuggles... so great!

#9 Well, for the record he isn't perfect. Even the little laid back prince can throw down. I am not saying I want to see this regularly, but every now and then it is funny. When someone gets so mad because they can't figure out how to sit down you just have to laugh at this pitiful face.

#10-That he NEVER stays mad long. As soon as he discovers the laundry basket and a thumb to chew on and all is right with the world.
And for the record after a few days and several falls...he learned how to sit down.

This has been such a great month for you Mr. Avery Blake. I can't believe how much you are growing and changing. I love watching you army crawl at break neck speed from one place to the next gliding extra fast on your belly when you hit the hard woods. It is hilarious how you grunt and groan like you weigh thousands of pounds as you pull up to things. I think it is precious how you say MaMa and DaDa, and talk in your sleep almost every night about 11. I love how you talk up a storm especially to your toys and yourself in the mirror, I wish we knew what you were saying. I am so proud of you when you creep along the couch and the chair and the fireplace. Our families love it when you wave and flash your 2 pearly white teeth. But, Cleo may love your waving more than anyone since she is your favorite thing to wave at. Life is good!

Good Tips

Mission organization reared it's ugly head at our house Sunday. I LOVE to organize.

Our pediatrician gave me what I thought was a great tip at our check up. He said while baby proofing is great, the best thing to do with your household cleaners and chemicals is to put them up high out of reach. He said that most accidents he sees are not because parents haven't baby proofed but because of a true accident like you grab the fire extinguisher from under the kitchen sink to go put out the grill come back and little precious is drinking dishwasher soap because the bottle looks like a bottle...

Since the prince may have had to bring a water hose into the house in College Station to put out a fire I started one time.... I thought this made since. So, I moved all the chemicals that used to be here on the bottom shelf to the top and put all the top shelf linens and paper products down low.

I used to read a few parenting books but I found that they stressed me out focusing on what Avery didn't do, instead of what he did. So, I rely largely on tips from our moms and friends for my parenting info.

Here's where you come in. What great tips do you have/have you received. I want Avery to be at least relatively well adjusted and it would be great if he lived through his childhood, too.

secrets

i once held a secret that made you all so jealous and thought i would give you all a SHOUT OUT to before the days when baby WEE womble was born! this is a shout to all my girls who thought

AVERY BLAKE

(who for some reason blinks at the 19 flashes on my camera, poor boy!)

was AVERY KATE

now just look at the shock on that face! i told ave about the secret today and he could not believe that some of you thought he was a girl! the sweet prince is all BOY!!

now since i am already pushing the limits we might as well continue:) do you think their are all boys or all bows in the future. i've always said boys simply because ab is fashionable. if you can pull of great fashion and hair without a teenage girl to tell you that you need to step up your game, then in my book you are equipped. so what will it be boys or bows??

-aunt linde and avery