Thanksgiving

Was wonderful! It started on Wednesday night as we hosted the “2nd annual so you are too old to go out on the biggest bar night of the year” party. It was an appetizer party and about 6 families came to it. It was a big success and everyone seemed to have a good time. Before the party Avery said she was too tired and wanted to go to bed. I told her to take a little rest because we were having a party that night. She laid on the couch for a bit and then got up and said, “I’m ready to party!” It was pretty cute. On Thursday for most of the day it was just the 4 of us while G&PP drove in. We got the dinner ready, played and walked to starbucks. It was a nice family day with G&PP joining in right after naptime. (Av napped that day after partying till 10pm the night before…hehehehe) Both girls liked the turkey but didn’t really think much of any of the sides. More stuffing for me! Friday morning John and I got up to shop a bit for black Friday. Anyone who knows us knows that John HATES shopping and I never think the deals on black Friday are really worth it so we never go. This year though we are getting the girls the anywhere chairs from pottery barn and I heard they were going to be $20 off that day. Those chairs never go on sale so it was worth it. We got them. Purple dot for Av and green for Camille. I will have their names put on them in hot pink. After that John and I went to the track with Matt’s family. We had a blast although no one was very lucky that day. By the time we got home Aunt Ann and Uncle Matt had arrived! After a dinner of leftovers we went out for a little bit. I had not been out in a while and we had a blast! We finished the night off with cheese bread and a walk (Suzanne said I ran it in my skirt and cowgirl boots) home. AA and UM brought Av her bday gifts. I think we have started the “what is the most obnoxious thing I can bring them?” game. She better be prepared because paybacks are a bitch. She brought a big blow up princess crown that has a bunch of balls to play in with it. Boy did both girls love it! In the middle is a blow up tower that you can put a ball in and it spirals down in. Av was playing and no one was really paying attention until we heard “go monkey go!” She had put her monkey in it and was waiting/hoping it would spiral down. It didn’t so it had to be fished out. The weekend as always went by too fast and this morning it was time to see G&PP off. I think this weekend was the first time of many that mom and dad are chop liver to G&PP in Camille’s eyes. Av learned that long ago and Camille is following in her footsteps. Thank you so much AA and UM and my wonderful parents for coming and staying with us. We love their company and all that help with the kids gives us such a nice break! We miss you already!

Avery's birth story

Since her birthday was just about a week ago and since it’s not written on here anywhere I thought I would take the time to change that. All day on Nov. 19th this year I kept looking at the clock and thinking back to what I was doing at that time 4 years ago. First let’s start with the big important fact that I will never forget. She was a WEEK late. Her due date was Nov. 13th 2005 but that came and went. My doctor’s policy was they would not induce until she was a week late so we had an appointment set up for Nov. 20th. All week though I kept waiting for her to make her grand entrance as I had since after we hit the 38th week. I guess she was just nice and cozy where she was. That year the 19th was on a Saturday and I woke up with some contractions. They were not too bad and not too regular. John went and got me a starbucks and some breakfast as we waited. Around noon we decided it was time. It was just about that time that G&PP arrived too! We left for the hospital but looking back on it all I still don’t think I was in labor or if I was it was very early labor. They emitted me though (I think they were just being kind since I was almost a week late and being induced the next day they figured they might as well start that day). They gave me pitocin and the wait began. We watched football all day. It was actually a very nice day with my family. By about 10:30 that night we were ready to go. I pushed for a little over a half an hour and was rewarded with the most precious baby girl imaginable. We did not find out the sex with her and John called “it’s a girl!” before the doctor even did! Thank goodness because we still didn’t have a boy’s name.

Bruiser

I spent most of my day yesterday comforting Camille from fall after fall. She is all over the place and into every thing. She has more bumps and bruises. She is learning to get up and stand on Av’s stools we have all over the house. The last thing I need is to have Camille be able to reach the stuff on the counter that was purposely put out of her reach. Our TV cabinet has scotch tape holding the glass doors of it closed. How ghetto is that???? There is nothing dangerous in there, just stuff we don’t want her playing with. Avery never got in there. She is giving us a run for our money, that’s for sure!

Mickey

Avery thinks that he is “her” horse. It’s really cute now how excited she is to go and ride him. Yesterday we got there and Miss Becky was sick so someone else was going to work with Av. At first Av was not happy but Nikki said to her, “come on let’s go ride Mickey.” With that Av got a big smile on her face and went running off. After she rode and was working in the clinic I kept hearing Nikki telling Av what a great job she was doing. Music to my ears. She even learned to pedal a bike. Went about 4 feet and even got it going herself. Just in time for the bday give G&PP are bringing her!

"why must you always take pictures of me sleeping?"

I was taking pictures of Camille sleeping again. The first one is a side view so you can see her bum bum up in the air. The second one is a top view. Notice her eyes are open. The flash from the first picture must have woke her. What she must have been thinking in that moment. "Mom not again!"

New Moon

So I love the Twilight series. The books were so good. I was sad when I was finished with them. So of course I was very excited for this past weekend as the second movie in the series was released. We waited until Sunday to see it in hopes that the theater would not be full of a bunch of crazed teenagers. I went with 2 of my closest friends. Marci and Melissa. We were able to fit in a little shopping before heading to the movie and dinner afterwards. It was a nice break from being a mom. The movie was good, better than the first one but still nowhere near as good as the books. Made me want to re-read them all…again!

PJ Party!

We all know what Avery’s favorite clothes are. PJs! So we decided for her bday we would throw her a PJ party. It was a huge success. Her closest friends all come over in their favorite jammies for a day of fun. Caroline, Jackson, Sayree and Ella came over along with their siblings and parents. We had elephant slippers as the favors, mimosas for the parents and donuts instead of cake. By the end of the day our house was trashed but we all had a great time!