driving with the torrey's this evening. chaos! what else am i suppose to do but record it!

happy thanksgiving!

a day to be thankful.

from this morning :)

translation:

1,2,3,4,5,6.

hello oh what's up.

my name avery.

i play with avery and blakey.

i call you back.

no translation necessary.

and some old ones.

week of thanks

i thought for the week i'd go with the theme of thankfulness.

i am beyond sleep deprived at this point. it's quite possible i might fall asleep writing this. this has been an incredible whirlwind of a weekend! i had six photo sessions in three days! yes, can you believe that many people trusted me to take their photos? so awesome. i'm thankful for all of my clients. but i know this can take a toll on my husband who allows me to follow this passion of mine. the women in my small group met tonight for dinner and i knew if i asked mark to watch the kids for a couple more hours that he might reach his breaking point. so they welcomed blake to the girl's dinner. i'm thankful for the support and encouragement of these godly women in my life. of course he fussed, which he rarely does. we make it home and he is all smiles. i think he missed me too this weekend. i lay him on the changing table and after i'm done changing him i get in his face. he loves when you just look at him and smile. so, we were playing and his hands were flailing around like a baby and he hit be in the face. i said whack (in an obnoxious baby voice i'm sure) and he laughed. he laughed for the first time. second best sound i've ever heard him make (after his first cry of course when he came out. oh there is nothing like the sound of a baby crying for the first time). i'm thankful for my happy kids and laughter that fills our house daily. so, avery and blake are ready for bed lying in their sleep sacks playing and avery is laughing because blake keeps touching her. again, flailing his arms around and grabbing her hair. i rock blake and mark and i tag team and swap kids. i lay in bed with avery and we say our prayers. her goes something like this. God is good. thank you for my own fork, thank you for own spoon, thank you for own broccoli, thank you for own pizza, amen." i'm thankful God loves avery more than i do. and i'm thankful to be called mom by my cute kids!

3 months old

today blake turned 3 months old.

this past month has been pure craziness. i'm thankful for this blog and for the photos so i can look back at my sweet boy and see how much he has grown. blake is no longer a newborn anymore. in this past month he has started to grab onto things and loves to pull his sister's hair when they lay next to each other. :) he has started trying to roll over. although he only gets his head and half his body around and can't get his big hinny over. (is that how you spell hinny?). his neck is getting stronger but still needs a little support. i am still more in love if not more with that little face. he is reason i don't get nearly as much done as i need to while i'm home because who could resist not holding and playing with that sweet face. in this past month i have shed some tears for fear he would get sick. shed tears because i was so worried for his healthy and wanted so badly to protect him. well, the day finally came. but, i know he's going to be just fine! he has his first cold. he didn't sleep much today and the only way he would sleep is if i feeding him. so, needless to say he didn't sleep very long. he is super chatty and coos whenever you get in his face. he is one of the smiliest babies ever and just so sweet! even sick he managed to smile at me today! he's currently sleeping in his bed and has been for a couple of hours so fingers crossed he wakes up less than 6 times tonight like he did last night!

weighing in at 13 lbs 8.5 oz

avery thought bulbing blake's nose was pretty awesome so we had to get hers out and label it. :)

if you are looking for some peace and quiet the torrey house is not where you will find it! but, occasionally they both sit still. sometimes even next to each other playing or in silence and it's such a sweet moment.

and the moment is over.

tummy time

it's good for blake. it's a photo op for mommy. and avery enjoys waving to all the cars that go by.

today she was too busy working on other things. :)

just trying to keep it real.

be still my heart.

avery is sitting on my lap to help me write this post. our entertainment around here! she looks sick, huh?

i'd like to rewind back to saturday night. we had a great weekend! mimi came to visit, i had some awesome family sessions, and mark and i had date night! but, not your typical date night! mark is pretty much a rockstar husband if anyone was wondering! we went to see taylor swift!!! and not just the 2 of us but he organized 2 of my friends to come along too! AND we didn't just ride there together he got us an awesome ride down there complete with champagne! the concert was so fun and we had a great time! i'll have to highjack his phone and get the pictures and videos off of it. since it was a surprise i didn't bring my camera! then daylight savings came around. i would prefer to just relive that saturday night over and over.

avery woke up with some coughing and wheezing monday morning. she felt a little warm so just to be safe i took her to the dr. she was bouncing around acting just fine, no fever. then as we were leaving she started wheezing again. atleast the dr could hear her. went down for a nap and her breathing got worse. she has croup. so we got a steroid to help with her breathing and a vaporizer. but if you saw her you would think she was fine since she's bouncing off the walls and maybe going crazy from staying inside. i think i may be going a little more crazy than she is. not to mention trying to keep her away from blake is just about impossible! if the medicine didn't say her immune system will be lowered i'd probably send her to school tomorrow. she is single handedly destroying the house! please pray her breathing goes back to normal soon and blake stays healthy! i don't think i can be house bound for more than a week!

one from the concert

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we went outside to get out.

keeping them separated is easier said than done!

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