Avery's 3-month Portraits

Here are Avery's 3-month shots! I love the first one. The second one is really cheesy of her but it makes me laugh because she's giving the peace sign.

Mommy's Bad Idea

We had a busy weekend so yesterday we stayed at home to relax. Aidan was bored so I decided to make some homemade fingerpaint since we didn't have any in the house. I found a recipe online and followed the directions but it came out VERY thick. I didn't think it would matter that much, and as you can see in the first two pictures it started out okay....

got a little bit messier...

And before I knew it, it became a huge, gloppy, brown mess which Aidan proceeded to get in his hair and all over the high chair.

Next time I will
1) BUY fingerpaints at the store, and
2) use one or two colors at a time rather than four.
Maybe this is why Mommy was not an art teacher!

KD Playdate

Today a bunch of my college sorority sisters and their kids gathered at our house to play! It was very busy but tons of fun :) Aidan loved playing with the big kids and Avery got to meet her new friend Grace who is about two weeks older. They found out that they both have the same favorite color (can you tell what it is?). The sandbox in the backyard was a big hit, even though it was muddy. Trying to get all the kids to pose together was a challenge but we did our best. If only they all posed as nicely as Camille did :) It was great to catch up with my buddies. We are spread out all over Dallas, so a get-together like this doesn't happen very often!

AVERY'S SMILE!!

Here is little Avery Kate smiling for the camera!! Special thanks to Angel for taking these :)

Little Gym Buddies

We played with our friends from Little Gym today. We had missed them and most of them hadn't gotten to meet Avery yet! Aidan had a blast playing with everyone, and Avery stayed awake because she didn't want to miss anything. My friend Angel took some really great pictures of her smiling which I'll post separately :)

An afternoon at home

Avery is very trendy, so when I found out from my friend Leslie that "baby legs" (leg warmers) were in style, I had to get a couple of pairs for Avery. Here she is sporting one of them. You can also see Aidan's new "Baylor" shirt. I got it from Old Navy, but it's green and gold and says "B is for Bear." He is learning the alphabet and knows about half the letters so far! He has a set of foam letters my parents gave him and points them out in the bath every night. He didn't take a nap at Wee School today so he took one at home this afternoon, but still woke up a little cranky as you can tell. He got Avery all riled up and the sight of them both crying was too funny, so I couldn't resist grabbing my camera and capturing the moment.

Bowhead

I broke down and tried a bow on Avery today. Poor thing, she was born into a family with no curls so her hair is as straight as a board, just like the rest of us!

Artistic Expression

Aidan loves to draw these days, so I asked Santa to bring him some "Tadoodles" which are round-shaped markers for toddlers. They're okay, but as you can see in the first picture I can't really leave him alone with them yet. He's been a little under the weather this past week with a case of bronchiolitis. We had to give him nebulizer treatments all weekend and we go back to the doctor this afternoon to see if it's cleared up. He still has a little cough but hopefully it's gotten better. Avery is loving her new crib and she hit a milestone last night when she slept for 7 1/2 hours straight! We didn't hear a peep out of her from 9:15-4:45, then after she ate she went back to sleep until 7am. Yay! We're still trying unsuccessfully to get her smile on camera, but I'll be taking her for her 3-month portraits soon so maybe we'll have some luck :)

New Beds for Everyone!

Aidan moved to a toddler bed just in time for the new year! He is now sleeping in The Little Red Bed, which has been in my family for generations. It was bought for my great-grandmother and her siblings and almost every kid in the family (including myself) has slept in it. Now it's Aidan's turn! He took to it right away and we haven't had any problems so far. He hasn't really figured out that he can get out of it yet! We found a comforter that matched Aidan's airplane theme, and my mom made sheets (since the mattress is an odd shape) and a curtain to match. The crib is now in Avery's room and she took her first nap in it today, albeit a short one. Her nursery is still a work in progress...I'd like to do a ballet theme but so far haven't been able to find much to go on her walls. We'll get there!