Avery Mae Turns 4!

Miss Avery Mae turned 4 on December 14th, 2016!  We celebrated her birthday by having a fun build-a-bear party at our house!  We invited her closest friends and ordered them each a stuffed animal of their choosing.  We enjoyed pizza for lunch, stuffed the animals, had cookie cake and ice cream and busted open a piñata.  Avery seemed to have a great birthday!

Avery is such a sweet heart.  She has a very kind heart and always loves to give and get hugs from her family.  She is going to pre-school now 2 days a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8-1:00.  In the fall she had a hard time going and really didn't want to leave the house.  She would cry all morning long on school days.  She has been so much better lately though and isn't even really crying anymore.  We are so proud of her!  She loves to play with Paisley, sometimes a little too much. :) But, Paisley does love to watch her and follows her everywhere.  Avery can't wait for her big sisters to get home from school everyday.  She always asks me "when are the girls coming home?"  She plays "class" and "nurse" with them a lot and they also do lots of crafts.  Avery enjoys coloring and painting.  Pretty much anything crafty Avery loves.  So, she and Sydney get along well.  Avery also loves her cousin Ty so much.  They are definitely BFFs.  They get along so well and play so nicely together. They hardly ever fight and are always up to do whatever the other one wants.  I hope they stay BFFs for a very long time.  They have so much fun together!  We are so thankful that our Avery Mae came into this world 4 years ago.  We love you to the moon and back sweet girl!!!!

Sweet birthday girl with her yummy cookie cake!

This cake turned out so cute and matched her bear perfectly!

Jayda took pictures for me the day of the party.  She did a pretty good job!

This is what a Christmas birthday looks like! :) B-day décor on top of Christmas décor.

Sweet picture of Avery in the entry way with some party favors.

Some of the stuffed animals that we stuffed during the party.

Bags for kiddos to put their animals in.

Avery with her school friends (and twins), Hayes and Amelia.

Getting ready to stuff their animals.

And.....begin stuffing!

Pretty girl all finished stuffing her adorable rainbow bear.

Sydney's was super cute too!

My attempt at taking a picture of all the kiddos didn't work out too well!

Singing Miss Avery Happy Birthday!

Piñata time!

Sydney taking a swing!

And Jayda finished it off!

Time for presents.

A gumball machine from Mammaw!

Hanging out with little P.

Mammaw always gets Paisley laughing.

Daddy's girl!

Uncle Justin and Auntie Lourdes hanging out at the party!

Precious Morgan and her sweet Momma!

Dillon was so excited about his monkey!

Pretty girls!

Sassy pants, and BFFs!

They loved getting to hold Morgan!

Sydney loves to hold Paisley too when she lets her.

Avery got a new bed, mattress, and comforter set for her 4th birthday from Mommy and Daddy!

She loves it so much!

I love the comforter set we got for her.  She didn't even want to pick it out, just told me to find something cute.  I think me and her big sisters did good.

Getting ready for bed the night of her birthday.

And loving her new double stroller from Oma!  Such a big 4 year old now!

Paisley Grace Turns One!!!

Miss Paisley Grace turned one year old on November 19th!  In some ways it feels like we just had her yesterday, and other ways it feels like she has been in our lives forever!  But, it really is crazy that she is already one!  She is a feisty little thing.  She knows what she wants and she's not afraid to let you know.  She is very vocal and babbles all the time.  She says "ma-ma, ya-ya, la-la, na-na, wa-wa, ga-ga".  She always has something to say.

And she has now discovered table foods, and loves them.  She even talks while she eats. :)  She usually says "mum-mum-mum" if it's something she really likes.  So far she mostly loves shredded cheese and yogurt melts.  She is also a big ice cream lover.  No surprise since I ate lots of ice cream while she was in my tummy! She tried it for the first time at her party and loved it!  Whenever we get it out she starts clapping and smiling so that she can have some.  It is so cute!

  Paisley loves her sisters so much.  She smiles and laughs at them all the time.  She is really such a happy baby.  They love to play with her and now that she is crawling she tries to follow them all over the house.  Avery is with her most of the time so she loves watching her.  Avery likes to push Paisley around the house in the walker, sometimes a little too fast, and Paisley just cracks up laughing.  I think we have another little dare devil!

Paisley loves to be outside, and loves her baths.  She cries when she has to come in from outside, and when she has to get out of the bath tub.  She also LOVES gator rides.  Daddy takes her on those often and she just smiles and laughs while she rides along.  And then pitches the biggest fit when she has to get off.

  Speaking of Daddy, she has become quite the Daddy's girl lately.  Every night when he gets home from work she goes crazy...screaming, yelling, clapping, whatever it takes to get Daddy to come and pick her up right away.  And Daddy usually does whatever she wants. :) 

Paisley loves Daisy also, hence the reason for the puppy party!  We had a Daisy themed birthday party for her and it turned out so cute.  We rented a bounce house slide which the big kids enjoyed.  And, had our favorite Mrs. Lacy come and do the face painting. It was such a fun party.  Although Paisley won't remember it, at least she can look back at these pictures and see what a fun party it was!  Can't wait to see what this next year holds for Miss Paisley Grace!

Paisley and her sweet pup, Daisy...love these two!

 

Paisley's birthday cake!  I love how this turned out!

Some extra sugar cookies, my favorite.  

Daisy shaped plates and cups!

Party inspiration!

Paisley got her very own chair for her birthday!

The fun slide.  Everyone loved playing on it!

Dining room décor.

Entry way pics.  Love these.

Sydney checking out the puppy adoption table.  This was one of my favorite things about the party!  Every kiddo that came got to pick out a puppy to take home, a box for it, and a birth certificate.  Our girls were super excited for this! 

I had pictures of Miss P up all over the house for her party.

Sweet girl in her new chair, and with cousin Caitlyn.

Cutest little puppy and kitty cat ever!!! 

Paisley Grace loves paper so much!  She was so excited to play with the tissue paper from her presents.

 

PAPER!!!

Lets be honest, she was more excited about the paper than the present itself. 

Can barely see her in the paper nest!

Checking out the wrapping paper.  Silly girl!

She was pretty excited about her new book.

Had to get a little taste of the wrapping paper.... 

She got a new winter hat. Love the leopard print!

She took off her bow off, then looked at Daddy and tried to put it back in.  She is such a little stinker!

Letting Oma give it a try. 

She even got a drum set for her birthday!  This was a big hit...with her sisters!!!

Sweet Tiffany Lou looked so pretty!

Pretty little puppy dog. 

 

Jayda checking on the adoption table. 

She was really hoping for some extras for her and her sisters. :)

 

All worn out from opening so many presents!  She is one lucky little lady!

She had ice cream for the first time at her party and loved it!

Mmmmmmm, so yummy!!!!!

Hahahahahahaha!  This picture pretty much sums up Paisley!  She is always so happy and smiling!  She is such a joy to be around and we love her so very much! 

Happy 1st birthday sweet baby girl!!!