little moments

earlier this week i started a new little project called little moments. it seems avery is always doing things that make think "never forget this little moment" or "don't forget to tell brian about this when he gets home" so i now have alittle note book to write them down in as they happen!

i heard some stomping down the hall when I turned around there she was with the biggest smile on her face wearing my shoes the first picture is avery telling me to lay down and go night night with her on the floor//we then made some corn bread (nothing special from a box) she insisted on wearing my moccasins while standing on the stool to help me//she has become such a good little helper!

here are a few "little moments" I've written down since I started this little project:

//we were sitting one the couch sharing cherrios talking about what she dreamt about durring her nap when she made me take a drink of milk from her sippy cup (I dont like milk) after I took a drink she gave me a big hug and cuddled//

//after i told avery i loved her she told me she loved dada, dada loved avery, dada loved mama, mama loved dada, mama loves baby and bebe loves mama. It was so cute for her to make that connection//

//she came to me grabbed both my hands told me "up" as soon as i stood she started dancing with me holding both my hands//

oh how i treasure these little moments and hope i never forget

Sunday picnic

 We went on a lovely picnic with Grandma on sunday at the reparian reserve. It was surprisingly cold and cloudy, I loved it besides the fact that I forgot my jacket (Brrrr)!! It was the perfect way to spend a sunday and I think we all had a ton of fun! I've decided we need to go on as many picnics as possible before it gets too hot to venture outside for longer than ten minutes! 

What a lovely day it was! There was a lot of dancing, walking, running, petting dogs, watching birds, eating laughing and connecting with loved oned.

California beach trip photos! Pt. 1

We are back from our trip to California! I didn't bring my camera but we took lots of pictures from brian's iphone 5 (honestly his phone probably would've taken better pictures than my camera anyways)  the first part of these photos are from the first day we arrived and the second part is from the last day of the trip we woke up early so we could make one more beach trip. Avery didn't go the first day she stayed behind with grandma and took a very much needed nap. I'm so glad we made time to take her on the last day because she had SO MUCH FUN! I honesty didn't  think shed enjoy herself much because last time she seemed uneasy about the ocean but this time with dada along I think she felt much more comfortable and instead dada was uneasy about her getting too wet, or getting carried away by a wave or getting carried away by a seagull (yes he actually said that! haha) She just wanted to run into the ocean and bury her toes in the sand it was so cute!

Since we took quite a number of photos I though I'd break it up into two parts, the beach photos and then all the other photos 

 Brian called me over because he had something to show me, this is what awaited :)

 My brother found this intact clam shell

My little sister and I

And now from our last day of our trip

 We found a starfish!

I LOVE this photo but I only wish my frustrating phone had saved the original non filtered photo :(

Part 2 coming soon! 

Baby and Daddy outfits! Tea Collection, Gumby and a Vintage button up.

 First off, How cute is she? Secondly this post was originally going to be all about Avery and what she's been up to but "Dah dah" decided to jump in on the photos so it will now be a what baby and daddy wore!  I'll do the Avery post later this week!

Avery loves to clap especially when she does something she's proud of and she looks at us to clap along with her!

She also loves to dea dea (dance, dance) she will stop every 10 seconds if she's in the mood for it to do another dance session, very adorable but also makes walking and getting somewhere a long process. She also expects us to dance along with her and we sure do! No matter where we are and who's looking!

 We know how you feel gumby, she wears us out too! She sure does make every day and moment fun though!

What Avery is wearing: Dress// Tea Colletion, Leggings// Old Navy, Vintage Shoes// Etsy.

Theses two :)

 Brian probably wont like that I put this one up but I think it's too cute not to! A few seconds before they had been dancing together (I really wanted that shot but my camera froze on me) and Avery decided she was done and ran away I love how it looks like she is saying bye dah! The face and pose that Brian is making is EXACTLY how Avery looks when she dances. Too funny I know where she gets her moves from!

Another that Brian may not like because of the face he is making but look at the way Avery is looking at him! Ah it kills me! You can see how much she adores him!

 Gumby is a good teether (he was mine when I was a child! Even has teeth marks from me!)

 If only you could hear her laugh

 What Brian wore: Vintage Button Up// Meat Market, Jeans// Levis, Watch// Timex, Hat// Target.

The yellow band on his wrist is from Friday when he proposed I wonder when he will take it off :)

As we were finishing up Avery started playing with rocks (not my favourite thing for her to do) But brian asked if she could take home a souvenir and for some reason that kind of melted my heart so I said yes and when we got home we washed all of our hands and gave the two rocks that were chosen a really good bath. Hahaha Iʻm wondering if this is going to turn into something and our daughter will end up with a mason jar full of rocks, as long as she doesn't eat them or leave them laying around everywhere I think Iʻd be okay with that. Parenting is so fun and Iʻm so lucky to have these two!