Cousin Night...

Growing up I absolutely loved having 5 girl cousins all my age. We were all extremely close and spent pretty much every single weekend sleeping over at each other's houses. Now that we're all older, super busy, and have our own family's it's very difficult to find time to spend with each other. So it's been kind of nice being able to see a lot of them over the last couple weeks. Kenzie is getting married here in few weeks and I'm so sad because right after her wedding she is moving to Philadelphia for a while. We decided at one of her showers that because we wont see her for a while that we would have one of our "cousin nights" before she left. Well we had it last night and I had so much fun. I have never laughed so hard in my life...when we get together we are super crazy and I love it. I was bummed that Angela couldn't make it, but I'm sure we'll have more.

When everyone got to my house we walked over and got a snow cone at the best place ever. When we got back we made some brownies and spent the rest of the night talking about anything and everything. We didn't get to bed until about 4, but it was so worth it to catch up.
I love my cousins so much they are my best friends in the whole wide world!!!

7 Months & Getting So Big...

My little baby is growing up way too fast!!

Last week Avrey turned 7 months old and I'm having such a hard time believing it. Seriously, where has the time gone? Each day I'm so amazed at how much she is achieving and learning. Here are some things she's starting to do:

*She is completely sitting by herself now

*She is so smart...she has learned to drag the blanket to get a toy that's far away from her

*She still has the cutest and sweetest personality

*She is talking, well jabbering

*She has learned to give kisses

*Now she's staring to learning to wave

*And I can't believe it, but she is starting to crawl

She crawled for the 1st time last Monday (7/25/11). She's not completely crawling just yet...she will get up on her knees and then just scoot to what she wants. It's the cutest thing, but at the same time I don't think I'm ready for her to start actually crawling. My house is definitely not baby proof yet, so we are going to have to get that done her in the next month or maybe sooner.

Beyond Grateful...

Nothing else in this world matters to me, but this little girl {and of course her daddy}!!! All I know is that no matter what happens in life one thing is for sure and that is she brings so much joy and love to my life. It so crazy because I can be having the worst day ever and when I get home and see her little smiling face every worry I ever had goes out the window. I'm so beyond grateful to have her in my life. I LOVE her so MUCH!!!!

More Swimming...

I can't believe how much this little girl loves to swim. It only took her a couple times to get used to it and now she loves it. Her daddy is a little more daring than mommy and before I could even tell him no he dunked her completely under the water the other day. When I saw it happen I was super worried, but when I got over there she had a huge smile on her face.

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!