Mother's Day at the Beach

I had a wonderful 2nd Mother's Day with my precious baby girl and husband!  We went to Galveston on Saturday and spent time with my parents and then spent Sunday evening with Josh's parents.  It was a great weekend but it wasn't sunny at all...boohoo!  Avery LOVED the beach.  She was not scared at all.  She looked like a natural walking and picking up shells.  Here are a few pics to enjoy! 

Big girl sitting at her and Carson's table.  It was my sister and I's growing up. 

Such a happy girl!

First moments on the beach.  It was very windy so her cover-up was on most of the time. 

Don't you just want to eat those legs. 

Avery loved digging in the sand with her shovel. 

Shelling near the dunes. 

Found her first shell. 
Look at her precious cover-up...my friend, Karen, from EmmaLemmaLou made it for her.  She can monogram anything, and we work together so easy drop off and pick-up. 

She handed us about 20 shells. 

Hagen was having a ball in the water until......

Josh noticed a stingray!  Can you believe it?  It was so close to the edge of the water.  Needless to say, no more fetching the ball in the water for Hagen. 

Covered in the Galveston sand/mud after playing in the sand. 

Sunrise around 6:30AM on Mother's Day.  It was so gorgeous. 

Bright happy girl after her good night sleep. 

Sporting her precious halter outfit from her Grandma and PaPa. 

She was checking out a wind chime. 

I love this picture of Josh and Avery. 

Our family on our way to church in Galveston. 

Three Generations celebrating Mother's Day!  

Josh and I are so blessed with wonderful mothers, and we thank them both so much!!  They have guided us and helped us as we have learned to parent our baby girl!  We hope everyone had a wonderful Mother's Day too.

Avery's 1st Birthday!

Avery's 1st Birthday celebration was a day to remember.  It was awesome that her 1st birthday on May 1st was on a Saturday.  Here are a few pics of our big girl!  The theme of the party was "Our Little Cupcake is Turning One"....if you can't already tell. I had so much fun preparing for it.  I had a lot of inspiration from TomKat Blog She created the cupcake labels for me.  Enjoy!

 The night before her party...check out her jammies..Party Animal!

The morning of her birthday!  She loves making this little grin where her tooth can rub her gums.

Puppy comes everywhere she goes!  We are on #5. 

MomZ (My mom) helping me get Avery ready for her party.

Getting ready for her big day.  She had a two hour nap prior to her party...it was awesome!

Pops (my dad) with Avery

PaPa (Josh's Dad) and Avery.  Avery was holding her new baby!  Her new friend, but it does not replace her favorite puppy.  

Grandma (Josh's Mom) with Avery.

Our family!

Checking out her party table.  See her baby pic this was moments after she was born.  WOW so hard to believe.

Happy Girl!!!  She was so excited to see people more than presents.

I absolutely love this face.  I can't believe we have a BIG blue-eyed girl!

I made all of the cupcakes and desserts, but I did have this giant cupcake made for Avery.  It was so precious...the whole thing was cake and can you believe the bottom part is not a wrapper but icing?

My sis and Andrew with Carson and Avery.  Carson had so much fun with Avery's party and his dinosaurs.  

Digging in...well, sort of.  She liked the icing not so much the cake.  Once she saw Josh's Blue Bell ice cream cup, she was done with the cake.  Bring on the Ice Cream!

YAY!!!  She was so happy!

YUM!

Avery greeting Uncle Doyle and Auntie Viv (sorry little out of order but blogging is a pain with pictures)

Avery and her friend, Farah.  I wish I had one of all the little kiddos. They were all precious.

Do we see a future couple in the works?  This is our friends, Mike and Jessica's precious boy, Drew.

We got Avery a little swing to have from our tree outside.  Avery and Drew hanging out after everyone left sitting in the swing.  It was too cute!  Pics of Avery in her swing to come.

Happy 1st Birthday to our sweet baby girl!  We have enjoyed this past year more than we could have ever imagined.  She is such a joy to both Josh and I.  We are grateful to our Lord, Jesus Christ, for giving us this healthy, beautiful baby girl! 

Pre-Birthday...

Two nights before Avery's birthday her Daddy was sharing some of his Giant Weight Watchers Fudge Bar with Avery.  She was enjoying every minute.  It looks like she is going to be an ice cream gal! 

Trying to give Daddy a bite back, but she was teasing him. 

Finishing it off. 

Our Baby is Turning One in Two Days

I am sorry I have been MIA on the posting.  I have been preparing for Avery's first birthday not to mention just keeping up with our busy girl.  So hard to believe a year has flown by.  I always knew I would love being a mother, but I never knew the extent of unconditional love I would have for this baby girl.  I love her more and more each day, and I know I can speak for Josh too (who is smitten with her!).  Her second tooth just starting popping through yesterday.  So I guess our song "All I want for my birthday is my two bottom teeth" actually worked!  Pictures to come from the big celebration!