It's been a while..

It's been a while since I've posted anything. Things have been rather busy. I've been taking some classes two nights a week, so when you add being a single mom and working full time into that it ends up being pretty demanding. However, things have been pretty good. Avelyn keeps getting smarter and smarter and just amazing me every day. It's really neat watching her learn and grow up. Last weekend we went to the Route 66 car show that is held here in San Bernardino annually. I didn't take any pictures of the cars, but they have some cool kid rides that Avelyn got to enjoy. She wasn't too thrilled with the cars as you can imagine. Aside from that we haven't been up to much. We usually go swimming on Saturdays and just hang out. We're looking forward to going to Arizona next weekend to say bye to Shaun Elisha and Janalee before they move to Michigan. We'll also be celebrating Janalee's 1st b-day! Times with family are always great. So until then I probably won't be posting again..

Avelyn

Here are a few pics from the session I took Avelyn to for her 3 yr. pictures.

Baby Ashton!!

So this past weekend Avelyn and I drove to Las Vegas with my mom to go see Aaron and Tiff, along with the latest addition to the family, Ashton! He is so cute! I'm so glad Aaron and Tiff finally got to have a baby. Tiff seems so happy and you can tell she really loves being a mom. Avelyn just loved Ashton, she was so excited to get to go seem him, and once we got home she was already saying she wanted to see him again. She loves babies and is so good with them. It kind of makes me wish I could have another sometimes.

We were able to go out to dinner and do some star gazing with Aaron's new telescope on Saturday night. I didn't get any pictures though since it was so dark. On Sunday we got to go to Ashton's baby blessing, and Avelyn got to play on Aaron's computer. No wonder she thinks he's so cool. Haha. It was a pretty short trip... hopefully we'll be able to go back before too long.

Avelyn's Birthday!!

Well, Avelyn turned the big number 3 on Saturday. What happened to my little baby? I actually can't even remember her as a baby. And though I do miss the sweet cuddly stage, I must say the whole not having to change diapers part is great. She's actually learning to dress herself now too. I'm so lucky to have such a special little girl.. she's so sweet and funny and is always there to make me smile, laugh, and be proud when I need it. She's more than I could have ever asked for. I can't wait to keep growing closer together as she gets older as well. Awwww how sappy. : )

So, back to the party. I was going to get Avelyn one of those cool jumpers, but to have it at the park like I wanted, I was going to have to get $2 million dollars in insurance, and all of this other nonsense. So, I ended up just deciding at the last minute to throw a swim party for her at my mom's house with a few friends. It turned out really well. She got TONS of gifts, and had a blast along with all of the other kids. My bestest girlfriend Kerri (Aunt Kerri), was able to come to Avelyn's party too since she just moved back from Texas. It was a great day.

Utah trip

Here are some pics of Avie when we went up to Utah last month. I never got around to posting them since I took our old blog down. When we were up there we took Avelyn to a little gym type play place that has a ton of jumpers for kids. She had a blast! We also got to see Kris' new place and play some rockband with him. It was Avelyn's first plane ride too. She fell asleep and managed to remain asleep all the way through the landing some how.