When We Got Married

Max found our cake topper from our wedding the other day and was

so excited. He said, " Oh, mom that is when we got married. It was so fun." I asked him about his dad and he told me that his dad came but he was just a little boy and he was sorry

but Ava didn't come because we didn't have her yet.

He was so excited he could not wait to tell his dad, so as soon as Dallas walked through the door Max went running to get him so he could show him when he and his mom got married.

MAX!!

My Max is soooo full of it and comes up with
some of the funniest things. Here is the conversation
that took place while I am trying to feed Ava and
get Max down for a nap.

Max: Mom why are you so mean to me?
Mom: What and I doing that is mean?
Max: I need to be healthy and to be healthy
I need to watch cartoons and it is really hard
work.
Mom: Max lay down and go to sleep.

Man I love that little boy, but where does he come up
with these things.?

Blessing Pictures

AVA LARAGreat Grandma Mellor

Mee-Maw & Grandpa Kelly

GG & Grandpa John

A Name and a Blessing

Today we blessed our beautiful baby girl, and

what a beautiful day it was. It was full of a lot

of fun and laughter. It is always so wonderful

to get together with family and friends.

I am so thankful for all of my family that was

able to make it up to the blessing, some with

travel time at 2 hours up and 2 hours back

home, and with church being at 9 am they

had to leave pretty early. I am thankful for the

great examples that I have had in my life and

all the GREAT teachers that I have had along

the way, and I know that I have many, many

more lessons to learn along the way. I want

my dad to know how much it means to us for

him to have been able to bless our precious

daughter. It was a beautiful blessing that was

given to our baby. We love and appreciate all that

he and my mom do for us. They have been great

teachers along the way. Thanks everyone for

coming over to the house after and enjoying each others

company. It is not often that we all get together,

but when we do it is great to sit back and reminisce

about all they great times that we have had along

the way. Thank you everyone for all of you Love

and Support, because when all else fails to work out

they way you want or envision you have your

family to help pick you up and dust you off and tell

you that it is all okay. Then you just hope that it was

once again a great learning experience.

My cousin Becky took these picture and put

this together.

Fun Night Out

The other night I decided to meet dad down
at Gardener Village and let Max run around
and see the witches, pumpkins, and
Halloween decorations.
He thought it was great and did not want to
leave, even though it was dark and cold by the
time we finally got him in the car. He had a lot of
fun just running around, he especially loved the
witch that was hool-a-hooping (spelling?). Although
he would not let us take his picture by a witch. He also
loved to watch the ducks swim around. It is
always to fun to watch him when he is truly interested
in what we are doing and talking about. When he
is having fun and enjoying himself. He kept asking how the
witches worked and wanted to know if we
could make one at home. I love how he is so
eager to learn and such a sponge. I am always amazed
at how he just soaks up everything that is going on
around him and then he will bring it up again months
later. Sometimes I don't even remember what he is
talking about.
We had a great time just being together and watching
Max. Max tells us he can't wait till we go and
do some more Halloween stuff. Anyone have any fun
places to take a 3 year old??

Silly Dad

Last night we ran down to Sam's Club to grab a
few things, then stopped and got some gas. As
we were leaving Dallas hit the curb. I start laughing
and in the back Max is wondering what happened.
Max: Dad what was that?
Dad: I just hit the curb.
Max: No, dad I think the tire fell off.
Max was so sure that the tire had fallen off that when
we got home he had to walk around the car and
check on all the tires. After checking all
the tires he looks at Dallas and
says, "Well I guess the tire didn't fall off, you just
hit the curb. Silly Dad."

Early Mornings!

I love to get up and shuffle around my house early in the
morning before anyone else is up and going. It is great to
have a little bit of just alone time. I love to sit down and
read, catch up on my blog, start getting breakfast ready
for Dallas and Max, or just be. However, I really love it
when Ava wakes up at about 5 am and I can just sit back
and admire this perfect little creation. I love the peace and
quite of not being rushed to hurry and feed her and move
on to the next thing. I can just snuggle and kiss her. I am
always amazed when I sit back and watch my children.
I am truly very blessed and they are gifts from our
Heavenly Father and I thank him everyday for them.
I can't imagine my life without them. I am trying to be
more patient and not let the SMALL stuff get to me, but
sometimes in the moment the small stuff seem not
so small. I want to say "THANK YOU" to all the great
and wonderful moms that I have had in my life. Thank
you for being teachers even when you did not know
that you were being watched. Thank you for listening and
giving advic (even if I didn't want it).
Aunt Mary, if you are reading this thank you for letting
me tag along with your family, and thank you Marcie, Kari,
and Becky for letting me come along and loving me. You are
all great examples and I admire you all. There are so
many other women that have helped me along the way and
if you ever happen to stumble upon my blog Thank You
and I am sorry that you are not memtioned by name.
Maybe in another post. I Love You all.
Well this is not where I had intended this to go, but it
is what it is and Thanks again to all that have taught
and Loved me along the way.

The Boys

Saturday I came out of my bedroom and found the two boys in my life relaxing and enjoying a little tv time together. I just had to snap a few pictures. I sure do love those two. I found out later that Max had gotten his pillows and some blankets and he had them all spread out and ready for daddy. He then went and got daddy to come and watch some tv with him. He was so excited to have daddy all to himself and he was so proud of the little resting area he had set up.
Daddy takes a little snooze while Max thinks about it.?!

Sick Babies !!

Well we are finally on the mend. At the beginging of this week

Max had the stomach flu. Can we say FUN !! It started last

weekend and continued untill Wednesday. I felt so bad for him.

He was so miserable and there was nothing that we could really

do for him. He is finally back to his crazy, wild, full of it, make me

want to scream self. It is great! Somedays I don't know if I am

going to make it till 6 when Dallas gets home.

Ava got her first set of shots on Monday the 29th. It was not

a walk in the park. I don't remember Max having any problems

with shots, however, Ava was ticked off from the first little poke.

She went bright red and started to hold her breath. Man, I wish

he would get over holding her breath. Sometimes she really scares

me. She had a fever for a few days, didn't sleep well, and was unusually

fussy. Needless to say, she was not her usual happy, smiley self this

Thankfully both my babies are feeling better and we are all getting

back to our usual routine.

MY BABIES ARE FEELING MUCH BETTER!!

I came into my bedroom and found Max and Ava kicked back enjoying some cartoons. I just thought it was super cute. I hope they can always treat each other with love and respect and enjoy playing together. Well, we can always hope.. :)

BIRTHDAY PICTURES !!