Weekend Wrap Up: Girls Weekend Edition

This past weekend Jacob let Avery and head up I-35 to home (Grapevine) to visit Avery's Gigi and Granddad!  ....and Dede.....and Uncle Jeremy....and Miss Valerie....

Friday:
Jacob got up and out of the house early to go to his weekly men's meeting with our Sunday school guys leaving Avery and I to "sleep in" and get ready to go.  Avery slept until around 7:15 which gave me time to finish packing our bags.  Side note: what is the deal with my feeling the need to pack like 14 outfit choices per day?  Seriously.  I packed her a jacket.  A jacket.  In Texas.  In May.

Asleep all of 10 minutes after we left.  She slept until just past Hillsboro.  Cue snack time and movies.  She made it like a champ all the way to Gigi and Granddad's house!

After getting to Gigi and Granddad's house, we rested for a few minutes, had a quick diaper change, and loaded back up in the car to start our visitations.  First stop was Gigi's work.  Avery found a lot of friends at the doctor's office Gigi works at, both human and aquatic.  After Gigi's work we went to Uncle Jeremy's and Miss Valerie's work at Gateway church to see them.  Avery LOVES her Uncle Jeremy and Miss Valerie.

Avery thought it was hilarious to lay on the floor and be nose to nose with Uncle Jeremy.

We went to dinner Friday night at Campo Verde in Arlington.  If you haven't been, go.  Just go.  

"Granddad this place is out of control with the lights.  Don't they know its May? I should have worn that coat Nommy packed me..."

Side note #2: Avery started calling me Nommy instead of Momma/Mommy.  I don't plan on correcting it.

After dinner Avery stayed up WAAAAY past her bedtime...like over an hour.  She did well though, she even slept in (for real) the next morning!

Riding some sort of roller coaster in her dreams.

Saturday:

Little lovely let her exhausted Nommy sleep in until 8:15!  Best gift ever!

....can I get an amen from the mommas.

Dede came over later that morning and played with Avery for a few hours.  She's gotten this funny little thing about being "shy" for all of 2 minutes and then will begin to show off and not leave anyone alone.  No one minds, I'm sure.  

We went on a little "adventure" to Hobby Lobby with Dede, Granddad, and Gigi.  Avery did great up until it was time to go.  Granddad showed her a ball in the checkout line, and whatyaknow.....Avery pitched her a royal fit for it.  Gigi said that everyone in the store knew us at that point.   Awesome.

Proud of her new light up texture ball c/o Granddad and Hobby Lobby.

Watch out Mozart, Avery's coming in close on your heels.

Reading books in Gigi's big rocking chair brings out pure joy.  Obviously.

Naturally Target trip(s) were made.  Location doesn't stop us.  Nothing does.

Side note #3: Little movie star totally loved her oversized sunglasses for the first 10 seconds they were on her face.  She'll get the hang of it.  She's got a good teacher.

Sunday:

We laid low on Sunday morning and just let Avery run the show.  (But I mean really, when does she not run the show....) :)

Avery and Granddad went on the sweetest walk before we left.  Like melt your heart sweet.

That's my Minnie Mouse from Walt Disney World.  We think it's from when I was in 2nd-ish grade...so that makes it......a lot of years old....give or take a few years.  It's Avery's Minnie Mouse now, until she gets one of her own that's as big as she is.

We left for home around 12:15 and Avery watched her Doc McStuffins movie for the first 45 minutes of the ride before she crashed into nap time with no abandon.  Our plan was to stop in Waco and see "Aunt Saci" for a few minutes but Avery was still in napping land.  I hated to wake her up knowing that she would probably scream the other half of the drive home.  We ended up just driving through Waco without stopping knowing that we would be back in a couple of weekends.

After she woke up, just after we passed through Salado.  Happy with snacks and a movie!

She melted down right as we exited the highway.  Past the point of no return melt down.  The silver lining was watching her reaction to turning the corner and seeing Jacob waiting on us in the driveway.  She literally started screaming, "Adda!  Adda! Adda!" out of excitement to see him.  Most precious thing ever.  

Great girls weekend!  Up next: Avery's first wedding and first trip to College Station/a&m.  

Weekend Wrap Up

Saturday:
Jacob worked in the yard and Avery and I took full advantage of staying in our jammies and being lazy.  :)

Just laying around.  On Ellie's bed.  (Don't worry- I had just put the cover back on from washing it.)

Watching Doc McStuffins on TV.

After Jacob got done with the yard work, we headed out for our annual Saturday errand running.  We recently turned Avery front facing (for a number of reasons.) and we decided to give Jacob's in car DVD player a whirl to see if she would even acknowledge something playing on the little screen.  Jackpot.  She was GLUED to Lady and the Tramp the whole time we were in the car.  Jacob's Tahoe is now officially the travel Tahoe.

Glued.

After we got home from our errands, Avery and I had a mini photo shoot upstairs in the loft with the toy box my granddaddy made for me that is now Avery's!  She thinks sitting on it and reading books is the bees knees.  Here's a sampling of the pics...

This little head tilt is her new thing.  Whenever you tell her to smile or "say cheese" she lays her head over on her right shoulder and proceeds to cheese.it.up.

Sunday:

My streak of leaving early for church ended.  :(  After church, we came home and changed into our "nap taking" clothes (read: sweats and big comfy t-shirts).  Avery took a pretty sweet 2 hour nap that afternoon.  I had to go wake her up at the 2 hour mark.  She may have slept for another 2 hours.

Sitting on the back porch in comfy clothes, eatin' grahams.

My grocery shopping buddy.  

That evening Jacob cooked some stellar "sketties".  Avery ate up like a champ!  Even the onions!

Weekend Wrap Up: Plague Edition

Yes, I realize it's Thursday.  It's been a very looong weekend for us.  Give me a break.

Saturday:
Jacob woke up feeling bad.  He put himself in semi-quarantine from Avery and I for most of the day.  I say "semi" because I had to work on Saturday and as much as I hated leaving Avery with Jacob being sick, she's not exactly tote-able to the hospital.  Although I'm sure allll of my patients would have loved to love on her.  Let's be honest.

After I got home from work, Jacob thought he felt better so we loaded up the Tahoe and made our weekly trip to Target for diapers.  We also made a stop at Best Buy (to make it worth Jacob's trip, naturally.)

Reading a book while waiting to leave for Target

After we got back, Jacob realized he didn't feel as well as he thought so Avery and I had a photo-shoot in the backyard.  Her outfit is courtesy of her Waco GG.

Apparently SOMEONE doesn't like bows right now.  I'm devastated.

.....and I'm over it.  How could you be upset at such a face!?

Sunday:

Jacob still didn't feel well so went to church via the couch and sent Avery and I on our way.  

She's a beauty in blue.  She's a beauty no matter what actually.

Avery and I got home from church and I realized she wasn't quite acting like herself.  I checked her temperature and low and behold she had a low grade fever.  I knew she was teething so I attributed that to the fever.  She wasn't overtly sick the rest of the day, just a little whinier and clingy than usual.

Monday:

(I'm including Monday and Tuesday on this because of the plague our "weekend" lasted until Tuesday.)

Avery woke up with a 102 fever.  Great.  She caught Jacob's plague.  Womp womp.  No school for little "Gracey Face" today.  Despite having a 103 to 102 fever (and that was with medication), she acted like she felt fine.  I was hopeful that she could go back to school on Tuesday.....nope.  Still had a fever.

We resorted to the lukewarm bath/cold washcloth combination to try and get her fever down...semi successful.

Tuesday:

And we STILL have "the plague" in 2 of the 3 members of the family.  Avery's fever was still around and Jacob still felt like he'd been run over by a few trucks.  I called the doctor and got her in for an appointment in the mid morning.  Again, she acts fine.  Go figure.

At the doctors office.  (Side rant: Does any one else find it slightly annoying that you have an appointment at a certain time and the doctor doesn't actually show up to see you until around 45 minutes later!?!?  Don't they know I've got an active and curious nearly-13-month-old who would rather open all of your cabinets and play with the cords on your computer rather than read the book that you provided for entertainment?  Toddler watching in a doctors office is a sport I tell you, should be an Olympic sport.)

The doctor said that she was positive that Avery had the same virus that Jacob did.  She had a lovely all over rash by the time the doctor showed up and the doctor said that when the rash shows up, the virus is done.  Praise the Lord.  That's 1 of the 2 sick family members better.  Suh-weet.

Avery went back to school on Wednesday (and started screaming when I left the room....really?  I can't handle this.) and Jacob stayed home "an extra day just to make sure".  :)  

"Plague": 0

Terkelsens: 3

....can I just say what a miracle it is that I didn't catch it???  I'm usually the one that catches everything anyone is handing out...because let's face it....I never pass up getting something for free.  ;)

Happy Easter! (Weekend Wrap Up)

Today is tied with my favorite holiday besides Christmas!  We were blessed to have my parents in town for Avery's first Easter!  Here's a little look into our weekend...

Saturday:
We had a lazy morning and just hung around the house until after Avery's nap from 11-1.  After she woke up, it was shopping time!  Little lovely needed some spiffy shiny white shoes for her Easter dress, and- of course, Target came through for us.  I've never doubted you Target- ever.

Peekaboo....I see a little lovely ready to go shopping with her momma, Gigi, and Granddad!

(Side note- how precious is that tunic?  I mean really.  Old Navy.  Clearance.  All.over.this.)

Sunday:
Another lazy morning (Avery slept until 7:15!).  After getting ready in record time, we tried to take pictures outside.  Key word: tried.  For some reason, Avery was not really having anything to do with the whole picture taking business.  Doesn't she know it's her first Easter??  Doesn't she understand that she's wearing a magnificently pouffy dress?  Alas, she didn't get it so we gave up on the picture attempts and vowed to try again later. Even with the picture debacle, we left for church with time to spare!  I do believe that makes 2 weeks in a row that we've left for church early.  Write that down in the record books people....it's historical.

Again, she was over it.

I sang on the praise team this morning for church so we had to be there early for sound check.  Avery and Jacob usually come early with me when this happens and she usually just roams around the sanctuary (under watchful eye, of course) while we sing and before she goes to her Sunday School class.  This morning, however, Gigi and Granddad were in tow and Avery saw fit to walk them around the church.  I'm sure they had really important conversations.  It was the cutest thing I had seen in a while, not going to lie.  After we got home, Jacob grilled our first hamburgers of the season for Easter lunch.  Not your typical Easter lunch, but- hey, totally delicious.  We also got some solid pictures with Avery after we got home...sans bow.  Oh well, you pick your battles.

...I'm glad someone told me my necklace was turned the wrong way.... ;)

While my parents were here, Jacob and my dad baby proofed the kitchen.  Avery has recently discovered how to open our cabinets, even though they don't have pulls on them.  She's one smart cookie.  Knowing how much she enjoys opening and slamming the cabinets shut, I didn't feel right about latching allllll of them.  I figured we needed to leave one open for her to be able to play with.  An Avery cabinet if you will.  Success.  Success was written allll over this.  There's only tupperware in the cabinet, don't worry.  

Where's Avery??????

There she is!! 

I have a feeling this is going to turn out like Randy in A Christmas Story....remember this??

Avery's First Easter Egg Hunt

This morning at school Avery had her first Easter egg hunt.  It went about as well as could be expected for any 12 month old.  Avery was thoroughly confused as to what we wanted her to do with the eggs and the enormous basket....even with the practice session at home before we left.  Most of the hunt she walked around holding tightly onto one egg and would not let it go.  Above all, she was absolutely adorable...that's all that matters. :)

"Wait wait...these go where?"

On the move.

....the same blue egg....the whole time.

Weekend Wrap Up

Since I have a little extra time in my life right now, I figured what better time to start the viral "Weekend Wrap Up" posts.  Let's be honest- our lives are just that interesting and I need to share them with you.  :)

Saturday:

Avery and I headed out to the park to hang out with our Sunday school class for a picnic.  A few things we learned while at the park: Avery is mesmerized by tennis and Avery loves purses.  Both of which I'm ok with.

Chilling at the park

Intrigued by the tennis courts....purse in tow.

Yes.  We love tennis....and purses.

Naturally we had to go get a purse of her own.  Mrs. Lauren's lunch box couldn't come home with us.

Sunday:

Are you ready for this?  We left for church 10 minutes early!  Early!  Who are we!?!?!  Avery demonstrated some separation anxiety like a champ when we dropped her off at her Sunday School class.  Talk about gut wrenching.  When little arms reach out for you and are screaming "Mommmmmma", it's so hard to just walk away.  She survived and from the joy on her face when we picked her up, she had a good time.

We matched!

...and she's over it.

Sunday night Jacob won major points with Avery and I and went out and found Frozen on RedBox.  Avery watched about 3 minutes total of it, I watched it twice.  She'll understand.  One day.  So good.

Avery's 12 month appointment (...and shots) are late this week, as well as her first Easter Egg hunt.  Don't a positive activity and a negative activity cancel each other out?  Isn't that how life works?  :)