Ave's 3-Year Appt.

Needless to say, Avery was terrified to go to the doctor. Normally it is Graysen going, so she was very nervous about it being her this time. She did awesome, besides when he tried to look at her teeth, she didn't love that so much. And as always, she is healthy and growing like crazy. She is 33.2 lbs (71%) and 39.5 inches (93%).

Sea World!

Last weekend, we had a funeral to be at in Laguna Niguel, a mere 50 miles north of San Diego. So, of course, we decided to take advantage of our trip south and made a very quick visit to Sea World! I'm so glad we did, we had a great time seeing the shows and touring through the aquariums. Avery was quite impressed by Shamu, whom she keeps calling "Shampoo"?!

Shamu

I can't even get my dog to sit?!

Dad, Ave & Graysen by the tidepools

Touching a starfish!

That is one ugly fish!

Notice the shark above us!
So cool...

The sea lion show was SO cute!

Riding the rides at Sesame Place

Even Gray had a great time!

Ukiah

We have been fortunate enough to go to Ukiah to see my grandparents for the past three years during spring break. We had a wonderful time visiting family, and it was great for Ave to spend time with them and for them to meet Graysen. We had lots of good food, good laughs, and great memories!

Annie Miss & Graysen

Papa, Nana & the kids...what a bunch!

Me & my sis!

Here is ALL of us, doing what we do best!

Ave got skates from Grandma & Grandpa for her birthday.

Didn't even know she could skate?!

Avery's birthday party

What a ham!

Riding her bick with Grandpa & Papa

Ave loving on Graysen

Grandma LOVED Graysen!

Easter 2010

Easter this year was great because we were able to spend it with LOTS of family. Avery was very into all the "easter activites", which was super cute. Although, we had a hard time fitting in an egg hunt because of so much rain. But eventually we caught a break and Daddy and Papa hid the eggs and Ave got to find all of them by herself.

Ave & Nana coloring eggs

Didn't she do well?

She found them all! Hopefully...

Found one!

Graysen & Papa were "helping" Ave.

Graysen is FiVe MoNtHs!

Yes, five months already! Growing and getting more and more personality by the day. He is rolling from front to back now but is still not very interested in sitting up, as he is too much of a busy body. He finds it very frustrating when we sit him up because he can't kick and play. And, his bottom two teeth have finally made their grand entrance!

He's almost too big for her too hold anymore!

As you can see, it is getting much more difficult to get a good picture of him with the blocks. Like any normal baby he is much more interested in playing with them than smiling for a good picture!

Rain, Rain...Here To Stay

On our trip up North to visit family, we were really looking forward to beautiful weather and being able to be outside with the kids...we were SO wrong. The day we got there the rain started and lasted through Monday night until we left on Tuesday morning, which turned out to be beautiful all day. Go figure!? It turned out to be a wonderful time, none the less. The rain did not hinder us from letting Ave go outside, good thing we remembered her rain boots!

Big Girl Bike

For Ave's birthday we decided it was time for her to have a real bike. She has been riding a tricycle and was never quite interested in bikes, until now. Her only problem is her super long legs so we had to get her a larger than your typical "three year old bike". I thought she would need some practice...WRONG! She hoped right on and off she went! We took it with us when we went up North to see my grandparents, which was great because she could get out and burn some energy in between the crazy rain showers.

Caity's Visit

While Ben was away to Cocoa Beach for work, my oldest, best friend came to stay with me. Cait and I have been friends since Kindergarten and I was so excited when she decided to come up this week! We had such a great time catching up and laughing about the new and the old. We always pick up right where we left off, I am so blessed to have such a good friend. Avery really enjoyed her and I couldn't believe how Graysen took to her right away. For the most part we stayed around and played with Avery and Gray but on Tuesday we headed down to Santa Barbara. We took Ave on the carousel, enjoyed the beautiful beach and had lunch on State Street. We really missed Ben but we had a great time with Caity!

Avery is 3!

My sweet, sweet little girl has turned three years old and I'm not sure how it happened? She is turning into such a wonderful person with an amazing personality. She is so smart, so funny and everyday we are so blessed by her!

We spent her birthday at Avila Beach, which is her favorite place to be. We had lunch at a great restaurant on the beach and enjoyed some great family time.

Bonfire at Grover Beach

This weekend our church hosted the Ugandan Orphans Choir so they got together a bonfire at Grover Beach to show the kids what the Central Coast is all about. We roasted hot dogs and had smores, which by the way, was a super sticky mess covered in sand, UGH! The kids were amazing and we all enjoyed meeting them.