Amanda's Preggo Shots

Amanda wanted her shower invitations to have a few pictures on them. I had made some for Brooke's shower so we copied that idea. Here are a few of our favorites. More to come as her belly gets bigger and bigger. I can't wait to meet little Lincoln....he is going to be Ava's boyfriend! haKeep growing little Lincoln, we will see you in 3 short months!

July the 4th

Hope everyone had an awesome 4th of July! We sure did. We went to Jarred's parents...it is always so good to get some country air. WARNING: Lots of pictures! Enjoy!
The whole group. What a great day we had!Ava loves her Mamaw and Pappy! We are going to go for a visit to their house soon.Nathan loves to go on rides on the tractor....as you can see it is a lawn mower but he does not care. What a great Uncle to take him on "Joy" rides!Ava meets the horses! It was so cute.

Susie got Brooke and I got cookie decorating items for Mother's day. We had a lesson on Friday. I think we decorated cookies for 3 hours. We had so much fun. I wish Brooke lived closer because we would take a cake decorating class together!
Brooke is better than I am....hers looked great!I was impressed at how great they were! ha Maybe we should go into business!Ava went swimming for the first time....she loved it! It totally relaxed her. I think she is going to love the pool as much as her mommy does.I am so thankful this weekend for the men and women serving our country! We are so blessed to live in this great country. Please continue to pray for James. We learned today he gets to come home for 2 weeks in August for R & R. Ava can't wait to meet Uncle Jimmy!

Happy Three Months to Ava

Wow, it has already been 3 months. Sometimes I still can't believe that God has blessed me with this little miracle. I can honestly say that this has been some of the best three months of my life!

What Ava is up to:
Weighs over 12 pounds (She is getting to be a chunk and I love it! ;-)
Is in size 1 diapers
Wears 0-3 month clothes

• Still hates tummy time
• Loves car rides
• Is such a happy baby
• Just yesterday, she started squealing....it is so stinking cute!
• Has had some gas issues lately...this is one of the only things she dislikes.
• Loves her play mat. She laughs and talks to her toys on it...it is so funny!
• Loves her swing

Happy Birthday Ashley!!

Happy Birthday to my Sister! We had such a fun day together. She wanted to go to the beach because there is a fun little shop that has Emily Ray earrings. It was what she wanted for her birthday....this is what she gets every year! We had her birthday lunch at Landry's
Then off to the beach. We wanted to take Ava's picture....we only stayed for a few minutes because I did not want her to get any sun.

Picture this:

A really nice store, expensive things, and a screaming baby. Yes, that was us! Ava is really never fussy so I should have know something was wrong. I was trying to look at earrings so my mom took her from me. I heard my mom call my name.

That was when I saw it.

Poop. Everywhere.

It was all over my mom, all over me, and all over my sister and her purse. I am sure the people in the store were horrified.

My mom and I rushed her to the dressing room and got clean up. My poor baby had poop every where. It was all over her cute outfit, on her shoes, and on almost every inch of her body. How had we missed this? It was truly an explosion of poop.

We stripped her down and got to work cleaning her up. As I was cleaning she was smiling. Yes, she thought it was FUNNY to embarrass her mom in a swanky store.

and Ashley will have to have her purse dry cleaned.

My lesson learned today: never leave the house unprepared. Luckily for us we were.

Happy First Father's Day to Jarred

"Any man can be a Father but it takes someone special to be a dad."

Jarred,
Happy First Father's Day! I have enjoyed watching you in this new role as a dad. I always wondered how it would be as parents, but I am amazed when I watch you with our daughter. You are so good with her. I am also thankful how much help you are to me. You always let me sleep in when possible, you know how much I need it. When I go to work, I know she is in such good hands with you. Thank you for being such a good Daddy! Ava and I are the two luckiest girls!

I Love You!
Angela

Things you two like to do together:

• You play Monkey, Monkey, Monkey
• You love to talk to one another (It is so sweet...she just laughs and laughs)
• You take walks in the afternoon
• The nickname you call her the most is Booger Bear
• You are always singing to her

Happy Father's Day to my Daddy too! Thanks for giving me a future....you have always believed in me! I love you Dad!

Show Us Were You Live Friday--Master Bedroom

Welcome to our Master Bedroom.....
Funny story about our furniture....
My mom, Aunt Brenda, and I went into a furniture store one Saturday afternoon and they had a drawing for this bed. I was entering us and they were making fun of me because they said people really don't win Angela! Well, guess what? I WON the bed! Is that cool or what. It is a beautiful bed and I felt blessed to have won it. Jarred and I were about to get married and we needed bedroom furniture!Had to include one with my little princess!
Our dresser. My in-laws gave us money for our wedding so we could order the dresser and night stand.
This is one thing I would change about the room. It is nice being able to watch movies in bed, but I hate all the wires!
This is Jarred's hat rack....No matter how many times I take them down he puts them right back up! ha!
Thanks for stopping by. Hope you enjoyed the tour. (This is the newborn photo shoot we did when Ava was 2 weeks old)

My Favorite Little Lady