Birthday Bash

Carson and Avery had their first birthday party on Saturday.
Can't believe that our "little pumpkins" are one!!

MiMi made this cute sign for the front door.

and this one for the yard!!

Their monthly pictures.

We had a wonderful time at the birthday party, celebrating with family and friends.

Great Grandma came all the way from Florida for the occasion.

Do you know many great grandmas that can still do this??

She sure does love these babies!!
Carson and Avery love their new car!!

Daughter, Mom, Grandma, Great Grandma!

Avery and Ted
Carson and MiMi
Carson and PaPa

(he's saying, "PaPa" in this picture)

Carson with Aunt TT and Uncle Ryan

Daddy hard at work!

The kids decorated pumpkins,
and the big kids carved pumpkins.

The final results

Sweet girl!

They loved opening all of their presents!!We had to get a few pictures of the kids in their Halloween outfits aunt KiKi made.
Going, going....
Gone!

Birthday Cupcakes, and my favorite: pumpkin chocolate chip squares.

Yum!!

Happy Birthday To You...

They started out by just tasting the icing,

But very quickly dove right in!

I think Carson ate the whole thing.

Avery ate most of it, then started smearing it all over her face and head.
What a fun first Birthday!!

Grand-D's house

We went to Houston last weekend to visit Grand-D and to go to Shane's highschool reunion.

Friday night we went to the FBBA homecoming football game.

Shane and Jordan in front of their old lockers.

Notice the death-grip Avery has on Grand-D's shirt :)
Lots of babies born to the class of 2000!!

Carson and Avery loved the football game.

I was really nervous about taking Carson because of all of the noise.

I can't even dry my hair with him in the bathroom because it scares him.

He did so great!!

He stared and smiled at the band eveytime they played, and he clapped his hands everytime people cheered. I was schocked!!

Guess we need to go to some more football games!

The babies loved playing in Grand-D's backyard.

Eating dirt!!

And they loved playing in the bookshelf.

I mean, really, why do I buy toys??

We took Carson and Avery down to the Waterway in the Woodlands so see the Koi fish and play in the sprinkler fountains.

Yes, we were those people letting our kids run around in a public fountain in nothing but their diapers. They had fun though!!

Sunday morning, Carson and Avery had their first trip to the park.

They, of course, loved it!!

First time in the swings.

What a fun weekend!!

The Zoo

Carson and Avery had their first trip to the zoo last week.

Daddy took the day off and we went to the Dallas Zoo for their birthday.

Uncle Ryan, Aunt Tiffani, Kennedy and Taylor went too.

It was so fun!!

Love this picture!

Sweet cousins.

Avery with Uncle Ryan

Taylor

KennedySo curious!

We saw an albino alligator (yes, he's real!!).....

....some snakes...

.....cute, playful penguins....

.....but our favorite were the giraffes!

Carson loved them! Avery was a little scared.

Have you ever seen such a long tongue?

We had a fun family day at the zoo!

Carson and Avey had their 1 year appt. yesterday.

Carson was 22lbs (50%) and 31in long (75%)

Avery was 19lbs 8oz (25%) and 29.5in long (50%)

One year ago Carson was 5lb 10oz and Avery was 6lb.

It's crazy that in a year they can nearly triple and quadruple their weights.

They're so big!!