We're back!

 We have been sick- thank goodness we are better now.  Beau and I had the flu for a few days and somehow Avery and Ben were able to avoid the sickness!

 Avery is 6 months old now- shocking I know.  She can sit up on her own now and love to sit in her high chair!  Her favorite thing to do it sit up and watch her brother.  She is so entertained by him and when he notices she's watching he kicks it up a couple notches for her.

She is teething, so she has been chewing on everything!!  It makes for cute pictures.  Daddy is going to have her hunting ducks in a few years!

Her baby blue eyes are still as clear as a Spring Day.

She loves to watch her brother do silly stuff, it is so sweet to see them laughing together.

She would hold the drill and he would hold the button so it would spin and make noises and they would both laugh at the other laughing.

Cheese!

Boat Ride!

 This past weekend we went to Pensacola for a visit with Granny.  Sunday we had a wonderful lunch at Hall's, fried Shrimp our favorite!!  After filling our tummy's we went to Ben's Aunt Eilene's shop for a visit. 

 Captain Gene announced we were going to get a Boat RIDE.... YAY!!  So we bundled up and headed out to the dock.  Beau was so excited, this boat is huge, like 50+ feet! 

 Ben put Beau up on the front (bow...) of the boat which is like 5 feet from the deck with is like 8 feet off the water.  Needless to say I would have been a little intimidated.  Beau looked around for a second and then decided he was done.

 

But you can see he wasn't upset about being that high just ready to get down.  It looks like boating is in his future. 

I have already planned for us to go on a longer ride this summer, maybe we can ride along one day when they take out a dive charter- when it is warmer.  I can't wait!

Beau wanted Avery to ride his truck- so sweet.  He said "I sharing mommy"  What a good boy!

Bath Time

 Avery is working so hard on sitting up.  She can sit supported by pillows now.  The other day I was buying her baby food; the Gerber foods are separated by age groups, infant, support sitter, crawler, toddler, ect; it is hard to believe my baby girl is now in the support sitter category!!  Time sure flies.

 Beau and Avery enjoyed their first bath together last night.  Ben was feeling a little lazy like Avery and Beau were able to bathe together.  So we went for it....

 Beau was so excited his little sister was in the bath with him, he tried to share his toys with her, wanted to splash, and even showed her his foam numbers and the number sandwich he makes almost every night.  Avery loved it- Mom on the other hand was a little stressed, our tub is slippery.

It is hard to believe Avery Kate is big enough to be in the "big tub". 

Christmas

 Getting the tree

We had a exciting time picking out our Christmas tree.  We found a beautiful 9' tree at Wright's Christmas tree farm!  Beau carried the measuring poll.

 Our tree smelled wonderful!

 My lumberjacks!

Christmas Eve we had a wonderful dinner, Prime Rib, Green Beans, Mashed Potatoes, Salad, and Cheesecake.  After dinner Beau made cookies for Santa with Aunt Krysti and Uncle Guy.  ( Guy and Beau are eying the cookie dough)

 Beau really enjoyed decorating the cookies.

Avery Kate posing under the Christmas tree.

"Santa ate all the cookies!!!"

Sharing the laundry basket.

I neglected to get a picture of the family on Christmas eve and Christmas morning :(, however we got a lot of video and I can't wait to watch it all.  Beau got a Thomas the Train set from Santa, a pillow pet from his Meme and Grandpoppie, a tool set and take apart CAT tractor fro his Memaw and Poppie, along with various other gifts from us.  

Beau was so cute opening his presents.  He loved each gift so much he felt no need to open the remaining gifts.  Santa left his Thomas the Train set up for him to play with and he played for almost 20 minutes before opeing his first gift.  He did that with each gift- it took almost 2 hours to open everything.  Beau even stopped half way and ate a homemade cinnamon roll (the were fabulous if I do say so myself).  

I got a beautiful pewter measuring spoon set from Ben's parents and the Pioneer Woman Cookbook from my Secret Santa (Krysti).  SO I will post a recipe and will make sure to get a picture of my spoon sets; they are beautiful!! 

We had the most wonderful Christmas ever!!

Visit to Santa

Beau was very excited to see Santa this year, but was a little intimidated once seated on Santa's lap.  There were 3 little girl in front of us that were crying and I think Beau was concerned.  Avery however was as happy as a lark and even looked at the camera!

Happy Birthday Granny!!

Happy Birthday Granny- We love you!!

It's Beginning To Look Alot Like Christmas

 Last night I spent some time decorating for Christmas, I couldn't get it to look quite like it did last year (a good friend of mind did my decorations last year- she is very talented), so I was looking back at the pictures of  the decorations and I found these!!  It is shocking how much Beau has changed in a year!!

This baby boy still loves his books though!!