4th Of July...

We got to celebrate Avrey's 1st 4th of July. This is one of my favorite holiday's so it made it even better to have her here. We started off by going up to the cabin for breakfast with the Boyce's. After we hung out with Grandma Boyce, Aunt Ashley and cousin Daisy while the guys went golfing. Once the guys got back we had a BBQ and then headed to Grandma Day's for fireworks. We decided that we wouldn't go to the parade this year since Avrey is still so little. So maybe next year we'll do that. Fireworks were just ok, Avrey was so tired by that time and the mosquitoes were so bad anyways that I just kept her inside the whole time and let her fall asleep, so I watched them through the window. A while back when we were in St. George Grandma bought little Avrey and Daisy the cutest matching dresses, so it was fun to get them all dressed up for the holiday.

6 Months Old...

Little Avrey is 6 Months old now and getting so big. Her little personality is so cute and I just can't get enough of her! She is rolling over like crazy and can now turn herself all the way around. She is still drooling so much and I can see 2 little teeth starting to come through. She's had them for a couple months now, but they just aren't ready to come all the way out yet. She is obsessed with her feet. She gets so fascinated by them and will suck and hold on to them for hours. She started baby food and she is loving apples so far. Some cute little things she is doing now is she has figured out how to play Peek-A-Boo, she is grabbing everything in sight, and she can take out her binky and put it back in. She is quite the little laugher and it's contagious!

I love this little girl so much. I seriously can stare at her for hours. Every time I look at her my heart gets so filled with joy. I'm so grateful to have her a part of our family and that I get the opportunity to be her mommy!!! In my eyes she is the cutest, most perfect little thing ever and to think that I created that is beyond me. I love her and could be more happy!

Father's Day...

WOW! I can't believe how long it has taken me to post this, but at least I'm doing it right?!?

Well we got to celebrate Dallas's first Father's Day this year and I couldn't be happier to have him in my life. I'm truly blessed!!

It was around this time last year that we found out we were having a little girl and I can remember that day like it was yesterday. Even though Dallas always thought from the beginning that the baby would be a girl I really think deep down he wanted a little boy. So when we found out it was a girl I was afraid that he would be disappointed, but actually he was the complete opposite. I remember looking over at him and seeing the biggest smile on his face then on the way home he said to me "I can't wait for my little princess to get here". Well sure enough she is his little princess. Little Miss Avrey is such a daddy's girl it's not even funny. It is seriously the cutest thing ever when you see her little face light up when he walks through the door. She will give him the biggest smile and she can't wait for him to pick her up. They are definitely so cute together and it just melts my heart! We've started putting Avrey down at night and letting her soothe herself to sleep. The other day I had put her down and was just letting her cry when all of a sudden I didn't hear anything. I checked the monitor and couldn't see her so I quickly ran upstairs to check on her. When I got to the door I could hear Dallas singing to her. I peaked my head in and I tried telling him that he could do that he then told me that they were having father daughter time. It was the cutest thing ever and even brought a tear to my eye. I'm so grateful and blessed to have such a good husband that is a hands on dad to our little girl. I love him so much and I appreciate all he does for us!!

My dad is the BEST ever! Thank you dad for all you do for our family and for being the best grandpa to our little girl. She loves you so much and so do I. Dad you've always been my biggest supporter and you've always been there for me when I needed you. Thank you for always being there and supporting Dallas and I both.

I seriously couldn't have asked for a better father-in-law. Mark you've always made me feel so welcomed in your family and you've been nothing but good to our little girl. Thank you for always being willing to help us out and for being such a great grandpa!

Our Swimmin' Baby...

We took Avrey to the pool for the 1st time last week and again today. I have to say she did a lot better than I thought she would. I thought she'd totally hate it, but she did great! It was cute because the 1st time I started off by just putting her feet in the pool to see how she'd act and she just curled her feet up as if she didn't want to touch the water. She would also look around trying to figure out what was going on. It took her a while to get used to it, but in the end I think she liked it!!!

5 Months Old...

Little Miss Avrey turned 5 months old last Friday. It seems like just yesterday that she was born so it makes it hard to believe that she's already that old. She has definitely blessed our lives so much and she has brought so much love to Dallas and I both. We love this little girl more than words can explain and it has been the best 5 months of our lives!!!!

{She still a little small, but she loves her jumper}

{She's sitting up like crazy now and her little smile melts my heart}

My Birthday Present...

This year for my birthday Dallas gave me a beautiful jewelry armoir and I absolutely love it!!!

There's kind of a funny story behind it though...

We were on our way to Salt Lake and Dallas got a call from Spencer. I could tell by the look on his face that something went wrong and that he was sick about it. When he got off the phone he started telling me that for the last couple weeks he had my birthday gift all planned out and that Spencer was putting it together while we were out. He then told me that when Spencer got it all put together it was only like 3 feet tall. He was so upset about it and told me that he would make it right. I could tell that Dal was super frustrated that it didn't turn out the way he want it to so I tried really hard to tell him that it was ok and it would all turn out. On our way back home we stopped at Pier 1 and found the one I wanted.

Well after a couple cans of spray paint and the just right hardware it's finally complete and it's perfect!

Thanks babe for always turning a crappy situation into a good one. I love it so much and it turned out better than I thought it would!!!!

Sitting Up...

Holy cow, I can't believe that our little Avrey is sitting up now!!!

For the last little while we've been working with her to start getting her used to sitting up and today she finally did it by herself for longer than 3 seconds. She is now sitting up for probably minutes at time rather than seconds. She's growing up far too fast and I also can't believe that my baby will already be 5 months old tomorrow!