Avrey's First Haircut

Actually, just a trim. She did awesome! She sat in the Barbie Jeep, which she loved and did not make a fuss. On the way to the haircut place she kept saying how the haircut was going to "tickle" her. I am not sure why she thought that....probably because of Jacob! You have to love Big Brothers!

Fun At Monkey Joe's!

Today we went to Monkey Joe's with Lisa, Chad and Kylee. The kids had a great time and so did we. For those of you that have never been, it is a bunch of inflatable bouncy things (i know great word) in one room. They have small ones for the kids under 3, but of course Avrey and Chad still wanted to go on the bigger ones. Here are some pictures. It is hard to snap great photos when the kids are all running in different directions.

Actually got them to sit still for a quick picture!

Kylee in her normal postition. She slept the whole time!

Horses and Fireworks!

On Friday night we went to visit my sister's 2 horses. She rents/leases them from someone about 15 minutes away. Jacob and Avrey loved them. We were just going to take a picture of Avrey sitting on the horse, but to our surprise she wanted the horse to "go." Jacob was the same way. He would have stayed on all night if we would have let him. I was surprised at how much they both enjoyed it.

On Saturday night, we had a cookout with our neighbors in the rain. Every year we get together with a few neighbors and their family and cookout. We did not let the rain spoil it this year. They put up a few tents and we used part of their garage. Even though it was raining and cold, it was fun. We made hot chocolate and built a fire in the pit. I know it sounds crazy, but it was cold. We all had sweats and jackets on. It was pretty crazy for the fourth but we were gonna celebrate anyways.

Pigtails!

Avrey can finally wear pigtails.and let me tell you she looks adorable. She will not keep them in for very long though. I am sure she will get used to them. here are a few pictures....

Oh What Fun!

Jacob received a Leap TAG reader for his birthday. Well, he loves it and so does Avrey. It plays funny sounds and reads the book to them. They will sit and play for awhile and actually get along. It is a little old for Avrey so when I heard they were coming out with a TAG junior I thought it would be great for her. I ordered it and it came last Wednesday. She was soo excited to have her very own Tag reader. This is her enjoying it....she is such a funny little girl! She loves dancing to the songs.

Introducing....my niece, Kylee Alexis Long

Kylee was born today! She weighed 8lbs and was 20 inches long. Lisa was not planning on going natural but Kylee had other plans. She had to deliver her in triage with no pain medication. Ouch! She was lucky to make it there. She did an awesome job though. They arrived at the hospital at 9:48am and she was born at 9:59am. Wow that was fast! Kylee is a beautiful little girl. Here are a few pictures. We are all so excited to finally meet her!

Ohio Trip

We took our first family trip last Wednesday to Cincinnati. The car ride there was great. Everyone slept.We visited with some friends on Wednesday night. Jacob was not sure about staying away from home. He wanted to know where Toby was and why we couldn't go home. Avrey on the other hand was great at sleeping away from home. You would have thought that we traveled all of the time. On Thursday morning we woke up to rain. We had planned on going to the zoo that day but made a change of plans. We went to the Newport Aquarium which was great. We even got Avrey to touch a horseshoe crab and a starfish! They had so many different kinds of exhibits. Jacob fed the lorikeets which he loved. Then it was back to the hotel for some rest. We decided to drive to IKEA which was about 25 minutes away and after a long ride (traffic) we were happy to get there. We had never been there before so we did not know what to expect. Little did we know, but the store was never ending inside. So after about 30 minutes with two crazy kids we gave up and decided to eat. We walked around for about 15 minutes just trying to find our way out of the store. It was crazy although it is a really awesome store. Maybe we will have to go back without kids. You could literally spend 4+ hours in there. On Friday morning we woke to beautiful weather so we headed to the zoo. The zoo was great and we saw lots of animals we have never even heard of. We were there for about 4 hours and we probably only saw half of the zoo! Overall we had a great time. Here are just a few pictures from the trip.