Lil Miss Avery's 1st Birthday

Just a few pics of the birthday party we went to....I got to make the CAKE!!! I'm kinda proud of it...it turned out so good!!!!!

First Big Girl Haircut

Well, I couldn't wait any longer. Sierra's hair was getting way out of control. So, I made an appointment and we took off!! This place was great!! They had cute little seats for the kids, and they did everything in the world to distract her....Veggie Tales, stuffed animals...one of the other girls even stood around making funny faces and noises to try to keep her attention. They were great!! Sierra did so good. The only time she had to be held was when they were cutting her bangs. Other than that, she sat so still. I was so proud of her!!

I will definitely be going back to them for her next cut!!! Our little girl is looking so grown up now!!!

Grambo and Uncle Austin Visit!!

Uncle Austin had his spring break this week and decided he wanted to spend it with us!! So Grambo (grandpa russell) and uncle Austin came in Friday afternoon and left late Sunday. Unfortunately I was scheduled to work all weekend, so I didn't get to spend as much time as I wanted to with them...but hey, they didn't come to see me..they came to see Sierra!!!


I did get someone to cover my shift on Sunday so we went to the park and let the guys go fishing. It was such a beautiful day!! It was literally perfect weather. Sierra was so cute!! Casey took an extra pole...it wasn't put together, but to Sierra it was the best thing in the world!! That thing towered over her and she just carried it around like she was so proud!! We were just about to leave cause no one had caught anything, and the guys started to bring in their lines when Austin realized his line was putting up a fight!! lol..he didn't even realize that he had a fish!! Needless to say he was the only one to be able to brag..and the other guys didn't like it!!! lol..

We all sat down and had some lunch, followed by a quick walk through of the nature center. Daddy and Austin still had a bit of a drive ahead of them, so they had to get on the road. (despite my best efforts to make them stay!!!) It was such a fun day. Sierra didn't even make it out of the park before she was asleep in her carseat. Her favorite guys wore her little booty out!!!

CAKES!!!

I have loved doing cakes for a while now...it's just been recently that I've said I'm doing this for myself!!! lol...a hard thing for a new mom to say when all our time is devoted to our kid. Well, I've been looking into the Wilton's classes and finally just signed up for the first one. It was so much fun!! My instructor was wonderful. She owns her own business (Simply Heavenly Sweets) as a wedding coordinator and cake specialist...and I'll tell you..she's good!!! Needless to say, I am signing up for the rest of the classes. Course 2 starts next month and I'm so excited!!!

The pics below are the cakes we did for our final class. I wanted to do something that challenged me...lol...and if you've ever tried to make roses..yeah so not easy!!! I'm so happy with the way my cake turned out!!! Can't wait til next class!!!

Finger Painting

I try to come up with different ideas for crafts....Sierra is 14 months old and well, crafts are not that easy with her. One big mess??? lol...It was a beautiful day and I decided to try finger painting. Thinking that she would love to get messy and enjoy the freedom, we got out the paint and went outside. Yeah, so the opposite!!! I dipped her finger in the paint and spread it on the paper...that was it. She just looked at me like "Are you serious?? You expect me to get messy??" lol...this is a kid who falls on the ground and sits there yelling with her hands reaching out til someone comes and helps her up and I expected her to do something messy?!?!? Well, needless to say, finger painting was a no go....but it was still a beautiful day so we stayed outside and played. Guess it's one of those things that we just try later on and hope she changes her mind.




We finally found a few outside play toys...so now we have a wonderful play set for our little girl to enjoy. The only thing left that we want is a swing. Only problem is that we don't have any trees that are right to hang a swing, so it means building something or buying a set. She loves her play set...she's still weary of the slides, but she knows how to get up to them!! She has no problem climbing up to the top of them, lol...she just won't go down them unless we pretty much push her. She is such a funny girl.



Newho, it's getting late and we've got a busy day tomorrow.
Love to all!!