Happy Birthday Princess Avayah!!

It's so hard to believe that 4 years ago, Travis and I became parents! At 11:12 p.m. our first precious little baby girl blessed us with her presence, and since that moment life has never been better! She has brought so much love, joy, and constant laughter into our hearts! We are beyond blessed to have the priveledge of being her parents!

Happy Birthday to our Princess!

~Avayah's new baby Lilly~

Snow, snow, and more snow....

We had another snow storm this week! And besides the fact that the white snow everywhere is gorgeous, I am sick of winter! I want summer, heat, sunshine...it's so bad that I'm craving a sunburn!

Well, the rest of my family is relishing in the delights of all this snow-SNOWCONES! (yes..Trav, Addy, and Vay have been overdosing on Dr. Pepper snowcones) We got out in it a couple of days ago and had fun playing in it!

3's a charm!

Yes....We Are Pregnant!!! We are expecting our third blessing the last week of August and we are so excited!!

Cooookin!

Addy Grace loves, loves to cook! She has been eating up her new kitchen Grammi got her & Avayah!

Scissors + a 3 1/2 yr old=a bad haircut!

Yes, my sweet, darling Avayah got ahold of a pair of scissors and gave herself one styling (NOT) do! After I survived my heart attack...and yes said a few profanities and shed a few tears, we had to end up cutting her hair off into a bob. So now unless I sweep her hair over to the side she looks like a child rocking a mullet to the fullest, because she hacked her bangs to the roots.

But in the moment of it all as I sat on the floor of my bathroom, holding my sweet girl in my lap while we both cried, it was a moment burned in me that I will savor.

As she sat craddled in my lap, crying her eyes out (big alligator tears streaming down her hot cheeks) saying over and over that she didn't want short hair. In her words, "Momma, please I don't want short hair...please momma" Right then I was helpless, it was out of my control to make her hair magically grow back on her head. But in that moment, even though I couldn't grow her hair, I was able to cup her face and tell her how beautiful she was-with or without long hair! Ah...these moments are priceless!

I do miss her long hair-which took 3 1/2 years to grow out), but I adore her new look too!

Christmas Painting

Beth and I took the kiddos to Picasso To Go to paint ceramic Christmas ornaments..and after all their hard work we went and chowed down on pizza-the kids ended up getting Chikfila hats too!

Here Comes the Bride.....

Avayah got a very special Christmas present from her Auntie Beth!

A Beautiful Wedding Dress! And to top it off she got it complete with a viel and bouquet!!

Sidenote*One of Avayah's favorite things is to watch her Mommy & Daddy get married (our wedding video)...and she constantly talks about getting married and having babies! It's cute, but I think her daddy strokes out a little!

She has to wear a princess ring (which she insists is her wedding ring) everyday...she even thinks that Dax (her cousin) is her husband! Her fairytale imagination is beautiful and I'm so glad that she has items to nuture it!

Christmas Eve & Morning

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas...

We actually had a white Christmas in Oklahoma...we even got a record 14 inches of snow. It was crazy to say the least...we had 4 foot snow drifts (with one wicked one on our back patio) all around our house too!

Christmas in the Park

We took the girls to the Chickasha Park to see their light show-which is amazing! We walked around (freezing!) and explored the park-the girls had so much fun, so did Mommy & Daddy too!

Avayah's Dance Christmas Party!

Avayah's dance class had their Christmas party and all the girlies got to exchange goodies..and even the mommas got to sneak some cookies too!

Curious George Live

Daddy surprised the girls with Curious George Live tickets!! We rounded up and went and the girlies had an absolute blast!! Addy wanted on the stage so bad too!

Turkey Day~Happy Thanksgiving!

My whole family came up to my house for Thanksgiving and we had such a wonderful time!! I love, love family time, so to be able to feed my family and love on them is priceless!

We sure have grown in the last couple of years too-my poor hubby had to buy me a new table! Courtney brought her boyfriend Garic, my lil brother Dane brought his fiance Jenna (their getting married June 24th), and my older brother Johnny and my parents came up too!

New Moon---Eeeek!

Yes, I'm a twihard fan! My sister in law and I got priemere tickets to the midnight showing of New Moon...we waited in line for 6 hours-yes, six hours to get the ultimate seats-which we did!!

During our wait we hung out with a bunch of high school girls and even played numerous games of uno too! Ah, the things we do for Edward!!

Now we only have 5 more months to countdown until Eclipse comes out!!

Halloween~Haunt the Zoo 2009

This year we made the most of Halloween! We had a Halloween party, Vay got to go to the local High School to trick or treat with her friend Braxton, and then we all trick or treated together on Halloween night too!
Our big event with all of family was Haunt the Zoo! Grandma, Pawpaw, Auntie Tay, Uncle Jubie, Auntie Beth, and Dax were all there. The girls had fun walking through it with their cousin!