Gav's Going to College

Gavin just packed up his backpack with all his money and said to me, "Mom, I'm ready for college!".  He's ready to leave me already!

Video Time!

This weeks videos come from Gavin's baseball.

Insta Friday

Well its another crazy week, this week we've had a bit of a bug so we have spent most of the week just laying low.  Last weekend I went to Cali for a quick trip to go to a wedding.  It was a beautiful wedding and I am so thankful that my wonderful husband allowed me to go by myself.  Audra helped me make some muffins before I left and Audra quite enjoys licking the beater these days.  I think she could stand to lick her face after, but she enjoys it.  Audra was in her going things mode before I left and found glitter!  Kevin's favorite thing in the world and she managed to spill a whole container all over and on Kevin's shoe.

When Kevin came to pick me up at the airport, this is how Gavin greeted me.  He was wiped out to say the least.  On Monday we headed down to Rudy's.  Its a bbq place that just opened here in Phoenix, can I just say the best bbq I have ever had.  Kevin and I had been to Rudy's in Austin before Gavin was born and have been wanting to go back to Texas just to get more of that bbq ever since.  So you can imagine we were quite excited when we heard they were opening one here in Phoenix, but it's unfortunately not close to us at all.  So since we didn't have plans on Monday, we celebrated Memorial Day by getting us some bbq.  Audra loved the pulled pork and the potato salad.  Gavin was not so sure at first, but ended up eating it all.  And Hadley, she had her first bite of potato salad, and was not so sure at first, but ended up screaming when I didn't give her another bite.  She's a funny one.  And can I say it was just as great, if not better, than I remembered.

As you can see Audra was quite exhausted from her all nighter.  And then enjoyed putting necklaces on Miss Hadley.

Gavin constucted himself some wings like Iron Man so he could fly.  And Audra enjoyed herself some snuggles with Daddy.

Hadley tried her first avocado this week and loved it.  And then yesterday we joined some friends at the splash pad to cool off in our 112 degree temperatures.  I love that they were sitting together on the same chair without fighting, it was a rare moment these days.

Video Time!

Just a few videos, they are all from awhile ago. The first 2 are from one of Gavin's practices. Audra was trying very badly to participate. The 3rd video is Miss Chatty Hadley. And the last video, which I thought I had shared this video before, but maybe not on the blog, Mr. Gavin singing "I'm a Man" from the Muppet movie. He could listen to this song over and over and over again.

Insta Friday

Well I had this all written out once and then it did not save, so lets try it again.  Gavin has been very into the Avengers and Spiderman these days, I think I mentioned that before.  The other day he found his wallet (an old wallet of Kevin's) and in it was $5, he was quite excited needless to say.  So he proceeded to pack up his backpack with his wallet and $5 and then dump out his piggy bank inside as well.  He then rounded up his sister, with his backpack in head and began explaining to me as he was heading to the door, that he and Audra were going to the theatre!  They then started to unlock the front door and were ready to leave.  Funny kids.  Gavin is quite excited to see the new Madagascar movie and has been counting down the weeks, well I guess he got the days mixed up because he still has a couple weeks to wait.  So instead we went to Walmart so he could spend his money and he bought this Spiderman toy, so he can shoot ropes out of his arm and fly.  Audra has been deciding to just disappear and take her diaper off these days.  If she wanted to she could be potty trained, but most days she decides to just diappear, take her diaper off and leave a nice puddle of pee somewhere for me to later discover.  And usually she will come back with some random article of clothing around her waist, becuase she has put both legs through the same hole and then pulled it up to her waist.  This day it happened to be Hadley's tutu.  It's pretty funny with no pants on.  And as for Miss Hadley, she is just constantly working on teeth these days and chewing on anything she can get into her mouth.

Gavin apparently had a hold of my phone and took some pictures of Hadley while she was eating her teething biscuit.

Miss Hadley is can sit up well enough now to site in a high chair!  yeah!  And on Saturday Gavin had his last baseball game.

Miss Hadley has the longest eye lashes!  I'm quite jealous actually.  And she got her second tooth.  Now she has 2 bottom teeth.

After Gavin's baseball game they had a team party at Peter Piper Pizza, and Hadley was quite excited!

And Gavin was quite mesmerized by his trophy!  And of course with the chocolate cupcake that is all over his face.

And again, Gavin got a hold of my phone and took a couple hundred pictures of himself and Audra.

Cool Mr. Gavin.  And look at Audra's hair, we were able to get 2 pigtails and braid them!  It was quite an exciting day.

To combat the crazy heat we are already having, I took the kids to Walmart to get a little pool for them too swim.  It was quite the ordeal to get this thing in my car, oh did I say in my car, I didn't fit (it was quite a bit larger than I thought) I meant on top of my car.  And thankfully there was a very nice worker in the parking lot that helped me tie it down and with a hand through the sunroof holding it, we very slowly made it home.  Audra was quite excited to get that pool filled with water, she was quite upset that I needed to feed Hadley when we got home.  The whole time I was feeding Hadley she stood in front of me saying, "pooo, pooo" and pointing to the front door with this sad face.

We also took a trip to a splashpad with some friends.  Audra has been enjoying having an older brother and lots of other boys around.  We're going to have to keep a close eye on that girl.

And Audra loves snuggling up to her sister, often times very roughly.  Miss Hadley is going to be one tough girl.

I love these girls!

Insta Friday, not quite a week behind.

Well Hadley has been busy eating lots and lots of food.  This week she was eating Peaches!  And loved them of course.  And she got her second tooth.  She has her 2 bottom teeth now!  Gavin has been quite into the Avengers these days and Auntie Mandy helps him keep up on all his comic book knowledge.  This day he was Tony Stark, and kept repeating, "I am Tony Stark".  I think he had spent the afternoon with Auntie Mandy watching Iron Man.

Getting in some snuggles and ready with Auntie Mandy.  The kiddos enjoyed watching a movie together, just kidding, they enjoyed sitting next to each other for . . . ummm, maybe 2 minutes.

We then went to the splash pad with Krystyn and Orland and Noelia, before they left for Spokane for a couple weeks.  Since its been heating up quite quickly here, we have been doing lots of splash padding.  Orland brought squirt guns to share and the kiddos were quite excited.

Audra modeling her curly hair.  Hadley being her normal happy self.

Last Thursday night I threw a baby shower with some friends for a really good friend that had moved away (she was back in town for the weekend, so we wanted to celebrate that baby boy while they were here).  The kids enjoyed helping me make lots of yummy desserts and being my taste testers.

Here's a few pictures from the shower.  Our friend Colleen hosted and had a beautiful setup started and I added a few crates and the desserts to complete it.  It was very fun.

Video Time

Video time. I have so many video to catch up on. Today I have this past Saturday's baseball videos and the last video was from our last MOPS meeting. The kids sang a few songs for all the moms.