Precious time with my niece

This week is spring break for me, yippee!! I do miss all my kiddos but I needed a break. My sister let me keep my niece, Avery, for a couple of days since I was off. I think my sister was missing her baby girl A LOT because she called a little more than she usually does. So any ways, I went to pick her up from Austin on Sunday so I could also go to my best friends little girl, Ava's, birthday party. She turned 3 and had such a sweet birthday party with a petting zoo and a clown.

After the Birthday party we went to my sister house to pack up my car to leave. Don't get me wrong I was sooooo excited about taking Avery with me but I was also nervous. I knew my sister was nervous, not because I wouldn't take good care of her, but more because she has never been away from, Avery, overnight. I can't stand to see my sister upset or even know that she is so that was a little why I was nervous. I also felt an unbelievable amount of responsibility, it was honestly overwhelming. So Avery and I drove away from the house as my sister stood out in the front yard all teared up. If I see her cry then I automatically do. I had to get over it fast because I was driving and I had to be able to see straight. I think I drove the safest I have ever driven since I first began to drive. We got to my house and Kris had gotten us take out so I didn't have to worry about cooking. I feed Avery while I ate as well. Then we played for a while and then I gave her a bath and then put her down for bed. On Monday, the first morning she woke up at about 7:15. I went to make her a bottle and then Kris feed her while I made him and I coffee. After her bottle she played in bed with us. I let her play with my cell phone which she loves and the newspaper.
We got up and got ready for the day because I had to be somewhere to be at 9 to take care of some business. After running a couple of errands we came home ate and then Avery took a nap. I knew I had only so long to get some laundry done so I jumped into gear before she woke up. After she woke up from her nap she ate and then it was dress up time. Yep, I played dress up and took pictures. I just LOVE to do that. She only liked it for so long and then she was done.






When Avery got tired of being in dress up clothes and posing for me I put her back in her regular clothes and we played. I also had two friends stop by to see her.


When Kris got home from work we went to eat at Chile's. One thing I wanted to do while I had her was to go out to eat with her. At her age I know it can be challenging but it was worth it. Kris and I would love to have children and know that one day God will bless us. When we go to restaurants or out to eat I always see families and I just wanted to see what that felt like. I know that sounds weird but I just can't help it. It was great of course.


After eating we got home and Miss. Avery got a bath.
After her bath we played for a little bit then she had her last bottle and she was out.
DAY 3

Well Kris and I were awake around 7 and we were drinking coffee and Avery was not making a sound. We waited and waited and between both of us we checked several times to make sure she was okay. She did not wake up until 8:00 am. I was glad to see her awake.

Since it was my last day with her I did not want to waist any time, I wanted to play with her as much as I could before I met up with Brandi and Kevin to give her back. We got up ate and got ready then we walked to the park and played. She loved it. Miss. Avery is definitely a social butterfly. She heard all the other little kids voices and saw them playing and she started to get soooo excited and yell and babble. It was really just so much fun to see her like that.










I MISS YOU BABY AVERY!!!!!!!!!!

Reece Scott is HERE!

My best friend, Brittany, had Reece Monday, March 9, 2009 at 12:14 am. He weighed 7 pounds and was 18 1/2 inches long. Both of them are doing great. From what she said I think his big brother, Breckin, thinks that his baby brother will forever stay in his mommy's tummy and he has no idea that the baby everyone his passing around is his brother. Congrats to ya'll. Here is a picture from my phone I will post more later.

FREE Blog Makeover!!!!

My sister-in-laws friend, Beth, does awesome graphic design work and she just started a website for blog design. She's having a give-a-way for a free blog makeover, so if you're interested, check out her new website at: http://www.scoopbybeth.blogspot.com/

Love is in the Air!!!!!

My Valentine and I had an awesome day together. We started out with our Saturday ritual, reading the paper over coffee. That is one of the reasons I look forward to the weekends. I love that time we have together. Kris plays tennis every Saturday morning, so while he went and did that, I did a little cleaning and got ready for the day. Kris got home and requested that I give my sweaty husband a hug. He smelt just like the purfume I have been wanting for a very long time. I was pretty excited.


We then went to a amateur photograghy exhibit. Waco has some talented photograghers. After that we headed to the golf course to play 18 holes. It was a cold day to play but we were having so much fun that we barely noticed. We ended the day making Chicken Cordon Bleu for dinner and then yummy chocolate covered strawberry milkshakes. They were oh sooooo delicious.



Kris posted a Valentines message for me on the digital billboard.

Tennis and Friends

A couple of weekends ago Kris had a state tennis tournment in Houston. He played great and I had so much fun watching him. We stayed with our friends Colter and Jamie. It was so nice to catch up and help Jamie celebrate her birthday.