Avery Claire's 3rd Birthday Party

We celebrated Avery's 3rd birthday this weekend at Jill's Gymnastics in Shreveport. She was so excited about her party. This is the first year that she really cared about her birthday. It was fun to see her get so pumped up about it! I am thrilled that she had a great time, but I am very sad my baby girl is turning 3. Our family is definitely complete. We are happy about that, but we have had diapers in our house since 2006 & I am sad to see them go. I really think that is why I have been the laziest potty training mom with Avery. We are getting hard to work this week. She stays dry most of the time, but we are having major issues with the other. Our babies just aren't babies anymore... I am very glad that several of my great friends & family are still having little ones, so I can get my baby fix when I need it! Thanks so much to everyone who helped make my baby girl's birthday special!!! I love each & every one of you.

I'm 3!!! Now, I need to get potty trained.... Lol

Sweet baby girl

She got to open presents from Daniel's family before her party.

Also got to open one present from Hudson!

Hudson got her a Jessie doll. She LOVED it!

Giving her kisses

Her Fav!

Party table at Jill's

Her cake

Cupcake Toppers with a red headed Ballernia

Avery with some of her sweet friends- Annabelle & Lola!

Having fun at her party!

Some of my wonderful friends that came to celebrate with us!

PePere helping Avery on the Balance Beam

Our little man having fun!

Getting ready to blow her candles out. Didn't really

love all the attention that came with it! Lol

LOVED this part.... Presents!

Avery telling Nana thank you for all her goodies!

Our Family Picture- Thanks Suzanne!!!

Nanny & Avery Claire

The After Party at home!

Ready for the Happiest Place on Earth!!!

I have been packing for Disney for the last two days! The kids are very excited & ready to go now. We wanted to be there for Avery's 3rd birthday, since we were there last year for Hudson's 4th birthday. We ended up moving our trip up because Disney was running a special for 40% off any of the Deluxe hotels through the middle of February, so this year we will be celebrating Valentine's Day there. I thought in all honesty that last year our kids were too little for Disney World. They did great! We had such a good time. They did fine waiting in all the lines, they loved the characters, and shows. We visited 3 parks and did 5 character dinings. Neither of our kids LOVE scary rides, but they did fine on the ones geared towards toddlers. We will probably be one of those crazy families that go once a year on vacation!!!

Our family's first trip to Disney- April 2010

The kids at Hollywood Studios This was
our second favorite park.

Breakfast at Chef Mickey's! This was a great
character dining for the kids. Avery was so
excited to see Minnie Mouse!


Hudson turned 4 on our trip! Having a birthday
at Disney was the best.

Watching their first parade at Magic Kingdom.

I cried like a baby watching their little faces!

Dinner with Cinderella, Prince Charming, and

the Step Sisters. This was another one of our favs!

Lately...

We are finally having a good, healthy week. Praise the Lord!!! Praying that it holds out for the next few weeks because we have a lot going on. On another note, Hudson and Avery are SUPER EXCITED that they are going to have a new baby boy cousin in June to play with at Nanny's house. Congrats Lindsey & Tommy!!! We couldn't be happier for yall.

Our sweet kids before church last week

Thanks Nana & Pepere for coming to keep our sick
kiddos, so we could work!!!

This is an example of why I have way more pics of Avery

than Hudson these days. She is a camera hog!

She said- "Mama, take my picture. CHEESE!!!"

Recent Art Work! Lol.

Flu Bug

I know I just started this blog at the New Year, but it seems like all I have been posting are things about my sick kids. Hopefully this will be the last one for a while. They called us to get Hudson from school on Friday because he was running a temp. We took him to the doctor on Friday morning & he was positive for the flu and had an ear infection. We have been quite stir crazy this weekend. We had to miss a friend's birthday party and church this morning. I hated to send Avery to either, just in case she could spread the flu germs around. As of now, she is still going strong. Praise the Lord!!!! I also have two other things that are on my heart this weekend. My Mama has to go for more tests on Wednesday of this week due to a chest x-ray that came back questionable. I would greatly appreciate you saying a prayer for her this week as we are all pretty nervous. I am also thinking about a special friend of mine, who needs prayer right now. I am so thankful for wonderful friends & an awesome family!!!

My poor little man! He has now had Chicken Pox at 9 months & Flu at

23 months, right when he turned 4 years, and almost 5 years old.

NO MORE PICTURES, MAMA!

Our happy girl! Avery has been very sweet this weekend. She has told me a
hundred times this weekend that I am the best Mommy in the whole world!!!
Lol. She can be super sweet when she wants to be.

Both kids were very sad to miss Sadie & Bennett's birthday party. Thanks
again Mrs. Katye & Mr. Ben for bringing us Superman Cookies & Cake!!!
Dinner of Champions: Pizza, chips, cheese dip, and a cupcake. Mom was tired!

Birthday Mode!

It is so funny how little kids talk about birthdays 24/7. Hudson has been talking about what kind of birthday party he was going to have this year since his last party. We have a birthday party for Avery coming up at the end of February and Hudson's is in April. Avery picked a ballerina party & Hudson has finally decided on Batman. Before I had kids, I remember making fun of people who went all out on their kid's birthdays. Yet again, I had to eat my words. I LOVE party planning! It is so much fun. Hudson and Avery are very excited about their birthdays. Tonight, I was telling them how we were going to Disney World in 3 weeks and they both got mad because they wanted their parties to come before our Disney trip. KIDS!!! I really can't believe that my baby boy is turning 5 and starting "big kid school" in the fall. Really think I am going to need medication to handle that one!

Disaster Area

How can one little girl do so much damage every time she enters a room??? Normally, Hudson and Avery help each other destroy their rooms. Avery was responsible for this all by herself. Got a kick out of this picture & wanted to share!

Snow Day!

Well, we didn't get quite as much snow as we would have liked, but it was enough to get outside and play for a little while. Poor Hud & Avery Claire looked at the window all day expecting there to be enough to make a snowman. It ended up being just enough snow to cover the swingsets. Lol! They had a great time throwing snow balls & running around in it. I am thrilled that they already announced that Bossier Schools will be closed tomorrow, which means daycare closed also!!! Trying to plan some inside activites for tomorrow. Glad the kids got to see snow in Louisiana for 2 years in a row!