New Years Eve Fun

Here are some pictures of our outing to the park today. Avarie had so much fun playing with her daddy at the park. Although we are having a hard time adjusting to 70 degree weather in December. It has been a little weird and it doesn't feel like winter. We have only had a few days this winter so far that have gotten below 50 degrees. Oh well atleast we do not have to shovel snow off the driveway.

Christmas 2009

Here are just some pictures of Avarie playing with her Christmas. The third picture is of our cat Sadie. She claimed a present for herself and was napping on it. It was really cute.

Here are some pictures of Avarie before and after opening her Christmas eve pajamas. Apparently we got it right she wouldnt take them off all Christmas.

We are so Grateful for the Christmas season. It was in someways nice to have our own little family Christmas. It really helped me to have the time instead of running around to reflect more about the holiday season and what it means to me. We had a wonderful day. We did miss our families though that was a little bit hard but with skype we were able to see and talk to them which was nice. I hope everyone had a wonderful day! We wish you all well!

My update

I have not been up to much other than getting ready for the baby and Christmas. It has been a little hectic with Derrick's schedual and everything to get ready. I have finished a few recieving blankets for the baby and have loved being home and playing with Avarie. I got a rotary tool and board for cutting material so I will have to make a few more things for the baby and Avarie. I have been planning on making a quilt to match her room to go onto her bed and then have some material to make a quilt for the baby. There arent any pictures of me lately due to me avoiding getting them taken.

Derrick Updates

The first two pictures are of Derrick's Officers training graduation. After graduating OBLC He was able to go through two weeks of orientation and get things set up the rest of the way for school. This made him antsy to get started with the school work and he is now waiting patiently to start school. He will be starting that on January 4th. He has been able to be home last week and this week with us which has been really nice to have this time before things get crazy for him.

Here is a picture of him in his dress blues. I think he looks pretty good but I am a little partial.

Avarie Playing

Here are some pictures of Avarie and her new favorite thing to do. She has loved dressing up over the past week or two. It is so cute.

More Random Pictures

Here are som more random pictures. This first picture is of Avarie in her new dress. Avarie loved it. This morning Avarie decided to put on her dad hat and wanted to put on his boots so here are just some cute pictures of that. If you can't tell she loves her daddy so much and wants to be like him. It is so fun to watch her copy her dad and luckily she has copied anything bad from either of us yet.

Avarie's Birthday

Here are a few pictures of Avarie's Birthday yesterday. First is the cake I made her. It is a little sad, but she didn't seem to care. This is Avarie playing with her toys that she got having a fun time.

Here is a picture with Avarie playing again and yes there is finally a picture with me in it.

This is a picture with Avarie before opening her presents. She was sitting on one and looked for posed.

Misc. Pictures

These are some pictures of my goofy husband. I had asked him to cut up and onion for me one of the sundays just after he had gotten back from the field and they still had their gear. Apparently he didn't like the smell and the watering eyes from the onion. I turned around from what I was doing and he had pulled out his gas mask and put it on to keep out the onion smell. There is rarely a time in our family that he is not making Avarie and I laugh. We love him so much and his sense of humor. Everytime he does something like this I laugh because his and my dad's sense of humor is so similar. These are just the type of things I grew up with my dad doing and now I am married to a man who does it also. The saying you will marry someone like your father could not have been more true in my case.

Here are some Picture of random things lately. This was Avarie's first experience with Finger paint. I was a little paranoid up until now that she would eat it so I held off. This was the day before Derrick got back from his first week out in the field and Avarie was making him a "welcome Home" poster.This first picture is one of her first reactions to the paint on her hands and trying to figure out why mom was letting her get dirty.

This picture is when she figured out the fun and was taking full advantage of it.
This is a picture of the poster she painted.