Ava baby

blessing

We were fortunate enough to be able to bless Ava while my parents were here. She is such an angel. I anticipated making her a new gown, the one the other girls wore became a doll and teddy bear dress (and my dress making skills have dramatically improved since I made this dress 10 years ago), but since this was so spur of the moment, she wore their dress too. She was a quiet little doll while we had a MAJOR photo shoot! Papa and Grandma are the best grand baby photographers ever!!!

Ava Jane

WE love this little bundle so much already!!! She was born Sept. 16 at 1:35, weighing 8 lb 5 oz and 20 inches long. She already had little chub rolls on her when she came out, in fashion with our other babies! :) We feel blessed and are enjoying every second with this sweet baby.

First Day of School

This is a bit late, but since we were in the hotel at the time, they got lost in the shuffle. Brooklyn and Tyler started a few days earlier than Lily, and she actually just got switched to another class... don't get me started on school drama. Let's just say I appreciate a lot of things about HISD and SFE that I took for granted before.

I can't believe how well the kids have adjusted to the move. Brooklyn has so many friends at school and is doing well with the changes. Tyler has also been resilient and is enjoying the millions of boys his age at church! Check out that smile on his face the first day, aren't I lucky to get to hug that guy every day??? Lily is doing well in Kindergarten! She loves school and I miss having her around! They are all thrilled to be able to ride the bus home soon.

more house

I am SO proud of myself!!! I tried this at the last house and ended up with holes in the wrong places and Jeff had to do a rescue mission on our cabinets. Since he is busy and the radio has been on the counter for 2 weeks, I decided to attempt again. It took one phone call, MANY snack breaks, lots of sweat, two pieces of paper, 10 pieces of tape, 2 drill bits-changed a million times with one hand and thankfully no bad words! Somehow it worked out. Thanks Kathleen! It was still hard as can be, if you've never tried to do this, you can't understand all of the factors that come into play trying to line that thing up right...I will dedicate this song to Jeff in light of my accomplishment---My Chic Bad....

Here are a few more shots from the house... the kids took over my camera, (didn't know this until I saw a million pictures on the camera of the toilet...)

The pictures are all showing up as symbols, so I can't tell where they begin and end, but the above shots are from our master, the family room off the kitchen, the mirror that looks like it should be in the Louvre (Master-bathroom), and the completed radio project.