February Randomness

My “super Avery”! so much cuteness!!!

Everyone’s fav time of day – when Daddy gets home!

there are no words!! lol! big baby – little stroller! ha!

Playing in Avery’s crib before bed! They love to play in each other’s bed!

Mark & Kathy came over for supper to celebrate Valentines Day! Adelyn’s face totally cracks me up! They sure love their {auntie} Kathy! <3

Adelyn was showing me her chicken dance moves! Ha!

Sweet girl napping with her babies! {she was pretending!}

My one & only Valentine – for the 15th year and many, many more to come!

<3

Hot cocoa with Daddy! Adelyn wasn’t into it too much tho!

Bath time, one of their favorite things!

After we got Avery’s 1 year pictures done we had lunch at Wendys with Gma Cindy & Gpa Duane! Love all the smiles in these pictures!

Adelyn showing off her ElleOllie dress! I got this for her last year and was thankful we got 2 winters worth of wear out of it, so cute!

Baking with my best girl! She LOVES to help in the kitchen and I love having her right beside me, she really is a great helper! {btw we made kit kat cookies, delish!}

Our local party store offered 20% the entire store the month of February, so I took advantage of it and stocked up on Sophia the First party supplies for Adelyn’s 3rd birthday party {in June}! She wasn’t excited about them at all! ha!

January Randomness

Once again, I’m playing catch up! Here are a few snapshots of our sweeties from the first month of 2014!

Avery LOVES to go in the bathroom, so much so, that we have to keep the door closed because he is not allowed in there un-supervised!

Adelyn & Mommy enjoying a before bed ice cream snack!

My sweet, sleeping babies!

Avery thinks its pretty cool to play in sissy’s big girl bed!

Teething bites!

Mama & her babies – can ya tell Avery wasn’t 100% – he ended up throwing up the next 24 hours.

He was back to normal before we knew it though and into all kinds of mischief!

Such a messy eater!

Date night with my handsome hubby! We went out for Mexican with Chris & Sarah – good times!

Kyle is quite the chef, he’s perfected his Simple Simon’s {copycat} calzone, delish!

Adelyn thought Avery needed a “check up”!

Avery sure loves his sissy and it sure makes my heart happy to see them interact and play like this!

Craft Day with Sara

One of my best friends, Sara, and I decided instead of exchanging Christmas presents this year we we would spend the money on craft supplies and get together to have a craft day together! It was the best idea we’ve had! Quality time with one of my best girls and crafting; doesn’t get much better! We didn’t get together till a weekend in February, but it worked perfect because the busy-ness of the holidays and the craziness at my job in January was all over with! {note: we were at my sister’s house and she was in denial that Christmas was over and hadn’t got her decorations down yet…j/k she wasn’t in denial}

We had some fun snacks and alcohol free/calorie free margaritas and crafted for a good 6 hours!

Our first project was some burlap door hangers! Sara saw this at a friend’s house and then we looked over pinterest and thought it would be a good project to do together. I made an elephant for Avery’s party {which is now hanging in his room} and an “I” for the Iowa Hawkeyes. Sara made a few last name initials for gifts and an “I” also. I love how they turned out and want to do more!

Our other project was the paper wheels I had around at Avery’s party. And we finished up our day with a few random items.

That same weekend I was still in the crafting mode and did a simple project to add to our bathroom décor. I printed a few “printables” from Pinterest, matted them with some cute paper, and framed them for our bathroom! Love how they turned out!

Our next weekend together will hopefully be shopping! We had such a great time and I can see this becoming our new tradition!

Avery Turns One: Party People

Avery’s party was quite different in guest attendance than Adelyn’s first birthday party, but still special nonetheless! Aunt Wendi & Hayen got sick, so they couldn’t come. Aunt Stef wasn’t allowed to travel since she’s expecting triplets so Barton’s weren’t there and Kyle’s sister from Chicago weren’t coming until a few weeks later.

Love my family so! <3

Grandma Cindy & Grandpa Duane

Uncle Preston & Aunt Mindi

Grandma Sharon & Grandpa Jim

Grandpa Steve

Great Grandma Donna

Great Grandma DeWall

Great Grampo – Avery’s saying “look I have more hair than Grampo” ha! <3

Thanks to everyone who came to celebrate our sweet Avery!

In case you missed the other posts make sure to check them out at the links below:
Avery Turns One: Party On
Avery Turns One: Party Details

Avery Turns One: Party On

I love the look in Avery’s eyes – totally checking out that cake!

Love the one arm behind his head!

Really starting to dig in!

After! He was a mess and we had a tub full of cake!

We got him all cleaned up and partied some more! He liked being the center of attention!

In case you missed the other posts make sure to check them out at the links below:
Avery Turns One: Party People
Avery Turns One: Party Details

Avery Turns 1: Party Details

It was kinda fun for a change to plan a boy party! I used the colors from his room so we could incorporate his nursery decorations into the party. Orange, teal, & chevron with a few elephants!

Kyle’s sister, Laura, graciously designed the invites from a few ideas I had. She did a wonderful job, as usual! I made a welcome sign for our door to greet guests using the elephant graphic from the invite!

With Avery’s birthday being in March it was too cold to host his party in the garage, so we kept it a little smaller with only immediate family & grandparents. Our 1200 sq ft house was plenty full! I made a “Avery Turns One” banner for the serving table, displayed the invite, and his one year pictures, sure does make decorating easy!

We did an afternoon party after Adelyn & Avery’s naps, so we kept food simple by serving some snack items: cookies, crackers & cheese, carrots & ranch, rice krispy bars dipped in almond bark w/sprinkles, and of course cake & ice cream. I wanted to do fun orange snacks!

A local bakery made cookies & cakes (Laritas is family fav)!

I love all the fun chalkboards I have seen on pinterest. I purchased one at Hobby Lobby using my 40% coupon, spray painted the frame white, and also purchased some chalk markers (another day so I could just my 40% coupon as well) to sum up our little guy’s first year! Another pinterest find was using 2 tables cloths, cutting stripes and tying them at the top for the backdrop! Simple & cheap and makes a big statement! I will be using this idea again for sure!

And lastly for DIY decorations was his monthly photo banner, a burlap elephant, and some paper wheels. The burlap elephant was a joint effort with my good friend, Sara. We had a craft day and made that along with a few other things, but we’ll save that for another post. The paper wheels were super simple and I love the look. Click here to see my PIN for instructions.

The rest of the decorations were items from his nursery that I set out around the living room, helped to make things a little more festive!

And lastly, but not least, my favorite decoration, the birthday boy in his birthday shirt! Usually we order from SheShe Made, but Ashley was on maternity leave so I went with my next favorite place, Pumpkin Butter Kids. Ashley did a fantastic job! Love it! (photo courtesy of Ashley Wilkerson Photography)

In case you missed the other posts make sure to check them out at the links below:
Avery Turns One: Party People
Avery Turns One: Party On