Happy Birthday Austin!

OH, I have NO words to describe how I feel about my one year old boy, can’t fathom loving this little boy one ounce more because I think my heart would pop! 

Here is one of his favorite expressions with his little puckered lips.   Look likes a little karate kid!

I feel like he grew out of his “babiness” in the blink of an eye.  In the past two weeks he started walking, sleeping in his big boy crib, and finally got that second tooth on top.  Cherishing as much as I can each day and knowing that it only gets better, God is GOOD!  What a blessing!

Ava’s Day

Last weekend was a Ditty, Paps, Gina and Ava mini vaca!  We had planned on going to San Antonio to the Riverwalk but Baylor was super sick and was at the vet for five days so needless to say I didn’t want to leave her (Y’all know how crazy I am over that dog) She is on the mend now. Instead we drove out the the Oasis and Ditty and Paps took us to one of the new restaurants which was a super great BBQ place.

Then we topped off the day with a cupcake from Hey Cupake. After all these years of living here this was my first time to try one, and it was so yummy!  I had to giggle because Ava ate most of  the icing off Ditty’s and left her with just the cake part.  Ditty said “I thought I was going to lose a finger!!” when she saw that wide open mouth coming towards her hand holding the cupcake!

Once we got back to Ditty and Pap’s house, Paps taught Ava how to ride her big girl bike!  We all kept joking that our vacation was so close to home, but seriously how awesome is that to live in a place where you drive about thirty minutes away and feel like you are truly on a vacation!

It was a super sunny gorgeous day, BUT look at that lake, so low!

Lunch time, looks like those two people love that girl!

Here are Paps and Ava.  I’m off this week to get a helmet!  I had tried to teach to ride her bike Ava but she wasn’t so sure of things.  It took Paps two minutes and she was off!  They are outdoor buddies.  One of Ava’s favorite things to do with Paps is go on nature walks.  They take Ava’s bug kit and always come back with grass hoppers. Ava loves her critters!

Started off with helping Ava steer…..

Down to one hand for support……

And she’s off!

Piano Lessons

Oh piano lessons, let me tell you I am so thrilled that Ditty is teaching Ava!  Here they are at her last lesson, learning right hand/left hand, and finger numbers.  Ditty is having a spring recital and the goal is to have Ava play something on those keys! So I think Ditty’s hands look angelic in this picture huh with the gold halo! Ha, still trying to figure out camera settings, pictures are a little hazy but Ditty and Ava are my Angels so it is sure fitting! In the picture below Ditty was showing Ava how to play her first notes on the black keys.  Instead of playing three black keys Ava busted out singing her ABC’S and let her little fingers dance up and down that keyboard in her own little way.

Ava sure loves Ditty, it is all over this sweet expression.

Check out little man in the background, future student?

Right hand, left hand.

Ta-Da! What a great lesson, thanks Ditty! (Ditty has the patience of a saint!) Watching the lesson was a little like watching the hog tying race at the rodeo, that girl was all over the place!  Ditty was so sweet and calm and just kept directing her attention back to being focused again. Thank you Ditty!

Little boy loves his music too!  He usually bops his little body to songs or waves his left hand in the air.

My Baylor Boys

 

One toothed wonder

We are still giggly over Austin’s one tooth on top, it’s been there for over a month and the other is still MIA. He looks like a sweet little jack-o-lantern with his one toothed smile!  Here he is crunching away on his banana puff, yum!

Sissy loves her baby

I find so much joy in watch Ava “mommy” Austin.  She is so attentive to his needs and loves to make him laugh, melts my heart!

Austin’s one year photos

Oh my, I can’t believe Austin is going to be one in a week!!  Where does time go?  Greg and I are having a DIY year (thanks pinterest, ha!)  Anyways instead of taking Austin  somewhere to get pictures, Greg and I decided that we would attempt to take them ourselves.  This Monday we went up to Baylor’s campus and the Waco Zoo, what better place to get pics?  I get a funny nostalgic feeling at so many places at on Baylor’s campus.  Love the school for so many reasons, but of course most of all because that is where Greg and I met in eleven years ago, at 18 and 19 years old, babies huh! I am eternally grateful that God lead me to Baylor and Greg!

So here are the pictures, I had to take some on the infamous Baylor swings.  I spent many peaceful moments there praying, studying, and spending time with Greg on campus walks.  A simple swing with so many good memories!  So here are the kiddos! We had only planned to get pictures of Austin because I am such a nut sometimes about “perfect” pictures and Ava’s hair was crazy that day, so windy and she of course was running around campus having a great time. End up though that she just looked SO ADORABLE in her new vest that Dee-Dah made for Christmas and she was all giggles because Greg was playing a tickle game with her.  I was so glad I got these joyful smiles on camera, better to remember her as the spunky little girl she is than in a picture studio with perfectly done up hair!

If Austin decides to go to Baylor I think he should include this in his application letter ha!

Biggest smile of the day was for Ava in picture below. She was singing “clap your hands all ye people!”