Avery's 1st Haircut

At almost 2 1/2 years old I decided it was time for Avery to have her first haircut.  She has been so lucky to have been born with a head full of hair and not lose it.  She didn't have that awkward balding baby phase or the mullet toddler phase.  BUT she has a super sentisitve head and that doesn't mesh well with crazy toddler table manners with sticky foods.  Does anyone else know the feeling of having to be so careful putting your two year old in a car seat with out getting her hair stuck in the chest plate? Seriously? It's a lot of drama.  Now of course I didn't get much cut at all, a trim is more like it, maybe an inch.  I knew from daily hair brushing and getting her hair fixed she would not be a happy camper getting a haircut, so I decided a kid friend over priced placed would be the best thing for us for this "first timer."  We tried talking it up on the way and the closer and closer we got the more tears and complaining I heard from the back seat.  To hear a two year old say they want to "go home and go nite-nite" you know they are not happy campers.  

Waiting....She may or may not have peed through her diaper and on to daddy's lap b/c she was so scared. 

There was a little boy getting his hair cut when we walked in so we had to wait, which I think ended up being a blessing in disguise because by the time it was our turn she warmed up to the joint and was more curious and not so much scared to death afraid of things.  She took right to "Miss Amanda" and did exactly what she asked.  I just knew I was going to have to sit with her in the chair and hold her, but she didn't need me at all.

Looking a little worried, but no tears

checking herself out in the mirror

"Ms. Amanda" asked her to get down and stand on the floor to get the front of her hair and she did exaclty what she said even "looking up" or "looking down" when requested.  I was very proud of my big girl.

The biggest shocker for me was that she let "Ms. Amanda" blow dry her hair.  She never lets me do this, so I'm going to have to ask again because she could totally rock a blown out look.

FINALLY the smile :)

All that was left was the finishing touches and a cute little pink hairbow tied to a bobby pin for my little princess.

AND of course an over priced kid friendly place comes with a prize at the end.  Sweet!!!  Afterwards we walked to Harris Teeter to pick up a few things and get a cookie reward.

see what I mean about the blow out? Perfection!!

Snow much SNOW!!!

Winter of 2014 brought us more snow than I can remember having since leaving Boone.  The first storm was pretty, but the 2nd was even better.  We went sledding, built a snowman, made snow cream and snow angels.  BUT after that I was done with snow, but mean Mother Nature was not done with her snow, sleet, and ice.  So far we've had a total of 8 snow days.  The kids have to go to school until June 16th!!!  Thank goodness for maternity leave because I won't be there.  

 

Sledding with her buddy, Carson

sandy table = snow table :) 

my snow angel

snow selfie

updates

In the process of updating the blog.  I am cheating by backdating the posts :) Shh- don't tell!

Funny Valentine

Just when I think I can't possibly love her any more than I already do... 

Ho-ho-Holidays!!

This post is going to be mainly a photo dump.  We had an amazing Christmas Break. 

 I enjoyed being a stay at home mommy for two short weeks.  

I dare you to look AT the camera Avery!

helping Mommy and Daddy

It wouldn't be the holidays without spending time with our family. Mom and I took Laila and Avery up to visit Grayson and Andrea for a couple hours one day over break.  Somehow we timed it perfectly and got them all asleep just in time to eat lunch together in peace.

The weekend before Christmas we drove to Aunt Nicki and Uncle Jeff's house to celebrate Christmas with the Ellington's.  We found out Aunt Mary and Uncle Mark are also having a baby girl, Sadie Ruth.  The girls will out number the boys which I'm sure Patti/Mimi is fine with considering she has 3 boys.  Bring on the tutus, smoked dresses, and of course hair bows.

Ellington cousins playing together

Opening her ECU Barbie Doll 

They will hate me for this one day!!

Christmas Eve was spend at Gigi and Pop Pops house as usual.  Some of our family came down with a pretty bad stomach virus, so they were sadly unable to be with us.  We ate delicious food and spent great quality time together.  These kids sure do love their Pop Pop and Gigi!!

My baby girl

Last Christmas of a family of 3

Maslow Family

Baby Pearl Annie

Awesome sleeping bags Gaggy

Joe, Avery and I spent a quiet Christmas morning opening gifts and enjoying our time together.  Mom, Dad, and Grammy came over for brunch and I do believe we stayed in our PJs ALL day.  What more could you ask for?