10 months old

We had such a busy week I didn't even have time to notice that Avery is now that much closer to One! I am so unprepared for this..OK,maybe it's denial! Within the last month she has turned into a new baby! Avery now...

• Plays patty cake
• Plays peek a boo
• clicks her tongue
• waves bye bye-to everyone!
• stands in her crib screaming till I go in there
• turns the tv on and off
• pulls herself up and cruises around the furniture
• eats anything and everything
• says Dog,hi,bye bye and Dada

Can anyone tell me where my baby is?

10 years gone by so fast

The time has come! Although I left SHS to get married(idiot) and actually graduated a year early in 97,I am a Class of 98 at heart! 10 years has come and gone since my days high school days,how is that? One one hand it seems so much longer than 10 yrs when I look at pimpled face punk teenagers at the mall.Then on the other hand it seems like where has the past 10 yrs gone???
Thanks to Myspace I have reunited with many old high school friends that I had lost contact with. One of my closest friends Maria and I recently got together for a lunch date.It was so wonderful to catch up with one another and to reminisce. Our actual reunion is in Sept-I can't wait!



Maria and Grace Sophomore powder puff game
Disco rollerskating
Fast forward 10 yrs-Maria,Avery and Grace!

obsession

I think the Blues Clues thing has gone to far! Avery now will stand right at the edge of the tv to watch it.She is not like this with any other show-Believe me I've tried! I really wanted her to be into something girly,like Disney princesses or carebears...I know,I know-I have issues!

Not only does she stand there and watch Steve-If the TV is off she will crawl over there ,pull herself up and turn it on!!!

Classic Bruno

Bruno is a watermelon junkie!
The boy can't seem to get enough.
After Watermelon with every meal yesterday and twice for a snack,
I told him he had to choose something else healthy to eat.
He sulked and went into his room.
Well, I should of known better when the house was all to quiet!
Drew was at his Dad's,Avery was sleeping
and Bobby was next door at my brothers out front.
I open Bruno's bedroom door and he wasn't in there,
I yell out his name and hear a mumbled..."I'm out front Mom."
When I opened the front door-
this is what I found.
How could I be mad at this face???

Avery's Clues

Avery is in love! She cracks us all up with her infatuation with Blues Clues!
She will not watch anything else on TV(not that I want her to)
But the minute she hear 's Steve's voice she is
mesmerized for the next 30 minutes.
She now is attempting to sing along, she dances with the music,cracks up when mailbox screams"Maaaiiilll Tiimmeee"
and waves bye bye when the show is over.
Luckily both the buys were totally into Blues Clues as well.
Drew's room from 2 to 4yrs was decorated Blues Clues.
So I dug through an old box of some stuff I have saved
and found Drew's old Blue costume.
My niece had the purple blanket and Granny bought her a new talking
Blue doll that goes everywhere with us.

UFC Style

My sister drives into town to drop off my 14 year old nephew for the week while she goes and lives it up in Vegas with all her girlfriends.
Well, She wasn't gone for an hour and I get a
"Aunt Grace, don't come in here"
I proceed to open the bathroom door to find
Drew's face covered in blood ,with it pouring out of his nose.

Being that Drew is in karate and that Connor is a typical 14 year old....
They decided to hold their own little UFC main event in the boys room.
Can you guess who won by TKO???

You know your son is growing up when he doesn't come crying to you over a bloody nose but he asks you to take a picture so he can show his friends!!! He was so proud that he took it like a man
Drew with a MMA record of 0-0 Connor with a MMA record 1-0
(for those of you that don't follow UFC...MMA stands for mixed martial arts)

Slippin and Slidein

Granny is here visiting from Maryland and she brought the boys a new duel-racing Slip and Slide. It took a few belly flops and bruises to the knees before the boys remembered how to sail across the front yard effortlessly. We had lots of fun but Daddy wasn't so happy that we made a mud pit out of his freshly groomed front yard!

***notice Pacino in the background drinking the water off the slide?***