Pumpkin Pickin' with the Little Pumpkin.....2011

Today we picked the perfect pumpkin with our little pumpkin. And when I say 'today', I really mean in 2011  :-)

Avery picked several large pumpkins at first. We told her she had to be able to carry the pumpkin herself and she did try very hard to convince us she could carry several this size and larger. She actually did get this one about an inch off the ground.

*Notice the hand on the hip helps with the hunt for the perfect pumpkin

She said the pumpkin, although smaller, was getting too heavy to carry alone and needed Daddy to help her carry it to the car. So, they carried it together :-) Love the look on her face in this shot!

Halloween 201...uh, um, ok 2010

Yes it is Halloween 2011 and I am just now posting pictures from Halloween 2010. 

Better late than never!

                            Halloween 2010



Giving her best spooky roar!

Well Hello There!

Wow! I knew I had not updated this blog in a while, but had not realized it had been almost a year!
I just recently did Avery's Fall portraits when I realized I had never posted the ones from last year. Here are just a few of the ones I snagged last year. I'll try to get some from Halloween from last year as well....they were too cute! Cutest horse I've ever seen!

Fall 2010



Christmas Eve 2010

Avery with the 'Happy Birthday Jesus' cookie cake - she got to blow the candles out this year and did it all by herself on the first try!!!

                             Opening the first gift with Grandaddy and Caroline

A hairdresser chair for her babies

Matching toilet bowl mugs for work - they loved them!

 Mommy doesn't even own a ironing board! Maybe Avery can do some ironing for me.

Yep, this is the cute "smile" we get now-a-days  :)

 

COOKIES!!!!

One of our favorite family traditions is baking Christmas cookies...well, eating the raw cookie dough and finished cookies is the favorite part :)  And....we get to do it twice!

Christmas Cookies with the Garvins

                  *Notice the tongue....essential to the perfect cookie cut!



Sneeking a bite of dough

Helping Aunt Christy decorate

Christmas Cookies with the Greenways

Snuggling with Grandaddy

Merry Christmas!

Visit with Santa 2010

Well, it looks like I've fallen quite behind on the picture front! With my last post being in mid October, I've missed a month! Here are some pics of Avery's visit to see Santa this year....not a single tear this year....but no smiles either. I finally had to tell Avery to just look at Santa so we could get some pics without the serious scorn on her face. She was excited to tell him that she wanted a "Mommy Baby" this year. When he asked if that's all she wanted. she said 'yes, just a Mommy Baby'. Easy enough!

If you want to see the pictures the event photographer took, you can see them here: (Avery is the covergirl - pictures 1 - 13) http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=0Acs27JkzbN2bi4