Happy Wedding Day!!!

I LOVE my little flower girl!!! I am sorry, but she is the cutest thing I have ever seen! Avery looked like a little princess and she knew it!! =) She loved being a flower girl! She loved her dress and her shoes, she had the best time and was so excited for the wedding! She kept telling us "I am getting married today to Junebug (Justin)!!" So funny...and now she tells us "I got married!" Poor girl is a little confused! Justin and Brandi had a beautiful wedding and a great reception! Brandi looked amazing...she was such a beautiful bride and Justin looked pretty cute himself! It really was a perfect wedding for a perfect couple! It was outside overlooking lake Travis and it really was beautiful!! Congrats you guys and thanks for including our crazy girl in your day!

I have hardly any pictures from this day! I wanted a picture of the view from our hotel it overlooked the water and was amazing! It didn't look like a lake, more like a beach! It was sooo pretty! I had envisioned getting all these pictures of Avery and I and Avery and her daddy, but got none! I am soooo sad!!! But, I spent 95% of the time running in heels after a crazy two year old...no joke! She was on fire!!! So, even though I don't have all of the pictures I wanted at least I got some....

Avery showing off her chin...she fell the night before we left and hit it on the night stand...it looks pretty bad! She was jumping on the bed! =)
Avery seriously loves herself! I am sooo glad that she does! She knows she is something special!! She was loving her dress! She could not be still and kept spinning around!




Still spinning around!!

Looking outside at all of the pretty flowers...she wanted to go out there so bad and play in the rocks, this was before the wedding!

Beautiful Brandi with Avery and Rachel!
Lovin' her self in the mirror!
Still admiring her self and dancing in front of the mirror!
Calm Rachel and Avery!! =) I love my silly girl, she is definitely the life of the party!
Avery and Junebug! She loves him! All day she was talking about seeing Junebug and getting married to him! When Avery was born Justin started telling her to call him Junebug, I think it was a joke at first, but you can't tell Avery that and then take it back...she took him seriously and his name is forever Junebug now!!
Admiring her Junebug!!
At the reception this girl never stopped! Once the music started playing her feet hit the dance floor and didn't come off until 3 hours later when the music stopped! She LOVED dancing, she danced with all the little boys out there and Rachel too! She had a blast and seriously only stopped one time to eat cake and get some water! But other than that she was dancing!!

I tried to get her to calm down at the end of the night and take a picture of Nana and Poppa...out of about 5 pictures this is the best we got!! She loves her Nana and Poppa and loved being with them this weekend!

We had a great time at the wedding and with our family this weekend! By the time we got home Sunday and after listening to Avery cry her self to sleep for about and hour and a half on the way home we were whooped!! It was the longest weekend ever but totally worth it! Congrats Justin and Brandi!!!!

Rehearsal

Friday morning we headed to Austin for Justin and Brandi's wedding! I am sooo happy for them! They make the best couple and I know they will have such a wonderful marriage and awesome future together! I was so honored and excited that they had asked Avery to be a flower girl in their wedding! It was so special to include Avery in their special day!

We got to Austin Friday afternoon! Avery was such an amazing child in the car on the way there. We put on a Dora the Explorer dvd and she never said a word. She sat back there and watched Dora the whole time, we even started it over, so she watched the same thing twice, but she was so good and so happy! We were in shock and thought oh wow, we should do this more often! (hahahaha) We stayed with Harold and Cara Friday night, they were so sweet to open up their house to us and let us stay with them and make us feel so at home!

Once we got to the rehearsal that is when things started going down hill and it pretty much stayed like that the rest of the weekend! Avery wouldn't pay attention to anyone or listen to any of the instructions! All she wanted to do was run around in circles and play in the little pond! We decided it was just because she had been in the car for over 4 hours and needed to get her energy out! We even told Justin and Brandi that if they changed their mind about the little flower girl we wouldn't be mad! =) Really, I wouldn't have blamed them one bit, it was that bad! Avery just ran circles around everyone while they did the rehearsal! After that we had the rehearsal dinner at Harold and Cara's house! Niki did such an amazing job! It was the perfect little party! Great food, good drinks (not for me), great company, awesome decorations...it was just perfect! Avery didn't stop there either, she ran around their huge back yard for hours! I was thankful and knew she would go right to sleep as soon as we laid her down! She hadn't had a nap at all and was beyond exhausted! Boy, was I wrong! She was so tired, so we brought her in gave her a bath, had some milk, watched some cartoons and laid down in bed with her! Around midnight Avery was still awake and singing and playing in bed. Finally I think we all fell asleep after that! The next morning she was ready to go outside and see the deers bright and early around 7am!! Not sure what happened to my child this weekend but it only got worse!!!

Taking a break from running at the rehearsal!

Climbing in all of the chairs!!
Crazy, silly, non listening girl, but still as cute as ever!!! I love her sooooo much!!!!!
Having sooooo much fun with Garrett and Rachel!!

New clothes...YIPEE!!!

My dad and Brenda are always sooooo sweet and sending Avery things in the mail! She loves to see that big brown box on the front porch and knows it is for her every time! They are always spoiling her with new things. Last month it was a box full of all kinds of goodies: new plates, spoons, cup, shirts, stickers for the window, candy and even silly string; which she opened right away and used the whole can right then!! This week it was a box full of new clothes! It really feels like a present for me too! Avery opened the box right up and dug in! She pulled each thing out and looked at it saying "Oh, how cute!!" to every piece she pulled out! Then she was off to something new! But, this morning she wanted to know where all of her new clothes were and wanted to look at them again! Thank you Grandaddy and Nanny for all of my new clothes, I love them! This morning she said "That was so nice of Grandaddy and Nanny to give me ALLLLL these new clothes!!" She is really a blessed little girl!

We had to lay out all of the outfits so she could choose which one she wanted! I have to admit....Avery picked out a really cute brown dress to wear, but I convinced her to wear the plaid shorts, my personal favorite!! =) She was just as happy and kept spinning around in front of the mirror!!
Being silly with her shirt!
All dressed and ready to go!
Helping me pick up the clothes!
But, then decided she needed to look them over one more time!
New clothes make me really happy!!!! Thanks again Dad and Brenda...they are all sooooo cute and greatly appreciated! Also, can I just say Avery is 2 1/2 almost...and all of these clothes are 4T and fit perfectly...big girl!! =)

Painting with Daddy

For some reason the Easter Bunny brought Avery a Dora paint set...I'm not sure why. The poor girl has been asking every day if she can paint, finally I had to give in and let her! She had a BLAST and did not even make a mess at all! She did so good and loved painting!!

Giving Daddy a BIG hug!! She is soooo sweet and really LOVES her Daddy!

She concentrated really hard, she had to make sure everything was perfect!

Ryan even taught her how to put your fingers in the paint and put it on your forehead. I think he realized that was a mistake when she turned around and did it right back to him!!

Spring has Sprung!!

Saturday we worked in the yard ALL day LONG! We were out there from 11 until dark and hardly took any breaks. Even Avery missed her nap because she was having to much fun outside! It was a long day, I'm not sure why it took so long, but it was worth it because our yard looks so pretty and ready for spring now!!

It all started with an idea to plant a "few" things!
And, a truck full of mulch!
Avery found some old gloves in the garage and was ready to dig in
She loved taking the old mulch out and putting it in the wheel barrow
Showing me her big gloves!!

Always right by her daddy's side...his little "helper"
She LOVES her Daddy sooooo much!!
Covering her entire body with dirt!!

Having sooo much fun...this is definitely not my child, I would never voluntarily cover myself in dirt!!
But, Avery is having a blast doing just that!

Bruiser has had enough....
Smelling our pretty flowers we put in the pot!!
Relaxing after a LONG day in in the dirt!
We had to get the sink out so she could wash her shoes, feet and hands. Although she loved getting dirty and digging and covering her self with dirt she really wanted to wash her hands!! Maybe she is a little bit mine!
Oh yeah, how else are you going to wash your feet off??
Silly girl!
3rd outfit change of the day! Avery had a blast being outside! Now everyday we have to go check on our "garden!!" She really was a big help and had sooo much fun! I am so thankful for fun days together as a family and that sweet sweet little girl!!