7 months old!!

Dear Baby Girl,
I'm having a hard time believing that you're 7 months old already...where has the time gone? It feels like yesterday that we brought you home to our little house and cuddled you and watched you sleep and fed you and watched you sleep (cause that's about all you did)...now you are a ball full of energy. I love our cuddle time in the morning when I bring you in bed with me after daddy leaves for work. We sleep together for a few more hours and then you wake me up by touching my face and laughing. Then we spend a few more minutes just snuggling and you have the best smiles in the morning, you start my day in the best possible way. You love to play with your toys as long as we are right next to you and you love to chase your doggie. Your daddy holds you and runs after the dog and you laugh so hard. Once you start crawling you will not leave that doggie alone. You truly are an amazing kid, you surprise me all the time with just how fun and good you are. We recently went to a wedding and the ceremony was over an hour long, afterward everyone kept telling me that you were the best baby they had ever seen...keep it up so I can convience your daddy to give you tons of siblings!!! We love you very much and look forward to all the things that are still to come.
Love, Mommy (and daddy)

October + tons of plans = crazy fun!!!

Wow what a month...I love October and we have had so many plans that it's been a crazy month for us. We started the month with a family trip to Bates Nut Farm...Since it was Avery's first trip to the pumpkin patch we brought that grandparents too. We really enjoyed picking out pumpkins and I was super excited to put the babes in the middle of tons of pumpkins for pictures. I think she thought I was crazy, but oh well!! I love her little outfit and she for sure has her daddy under her spell...its awesome to see how excited she gets when he gets home for work...it makes me fall more in love with my little family everyday!!

My sister, niece, and nephew came down for a visit and we had tons of fun hanging out...we spend a day at the zoo and it was lovely. I love this picture of Avery and her cousin James. He was so in love with her and wanted to hold her. Sydney my niece was wonderful to have here, she brought books with her just to read to Avery...so sweet!!

My little love bug at the zoo

This past weekend we went to Pismo Beach for our friends Mark and Dina's wedding. It was a wonderful weekend. Dana was a groomsmen and two of the other groomsmen and the groom have all known each other since kindergarten (how cool is that)...We are blessed with a baby that loves to sleep in her car seat so road trips are a nice relaxing time for the hubs and I. The wedding was at the mission in San Luis Obispo and it was beautiful!! Keeping a baby quiet for a hour was tough but she did great and was so fun at the reception. She actually fell asleep on the dance floor with us dancing..so cute!!

Next adventure for the month is Hawaii...we can't wait!!

Last Part of our Adventure

Amsterdam is an amazing city...full of house boats and canals, there is so much to look at and do. We were able to stay with our awesome Dutch friend and take in the city for five days!!

This girl is amazing...we met in England while we were going to school and have become great friends. She has come out to see us twice (once for our wedding as a bridesmaid) and we got to visit her in Holland. Don't you just love her car...when she picked us up at the train station I just laughed thinking how are we all going to fit with our bags too, but we did!! I'm so thankful for our friendship, my experience in school would not have been the same without her, she was my sidekick for six months and I felt like something was missing when I came home, I love how when we talk and see each other, it's like nothing has changed, minus the fact that there is a huge ocean in between us...I think she should move here, but so far I haven't had any luck conviencing her of that!!

Oh Preston England, how I love you...this is where I lived while going to school in England. I was excited to see the city again and show Dana, he had heard all about my adventures, yet hadn't seen any of the places. It was strange to see it all again and it had a different feel, but I'm not going to think of that, I'm going to remember all the fun I had while I was there the first time!!

The Lake District...if you ever have a chance to go to England, this is where you should go...it's beautiful!! It's like out of a movie, the towns are full of B&B's, pubs, and shops...its absolutely perfect!! After northern England we went back to Ireland for a few more days and then headed home. We had been gone for a month and were super excited to see our families and friends and to tell them our exciting news of our little one!!