12 Months and going strong!

1 yr old photo shoot...Happy Birthday baby boy!

Monkey is 1

 Birthday Boy loves his new car from Mamaw & Papaw.

 Balloons...never fail entertainment :)

 Eating outside enjoying the nice weather.

 Cousin Natalie keeping the boys entertained for a bit.

 Our little dare devil and his first 4-wheeler.

 Mamaw teasing the kids.....who can't enjoy a good talking monkey anyways?

 Sweet, sweet baby boy....he appears to like his cake.

 No need to get our hands dirty!

 ymmmmmm, CAKE!

 We LOVE this little face!

 Someone is very proud of the mess he has made!

 Pretty excited to be the entertainment...he loved the oohs and ahhhhs as he would do something cute while eating his cake.  Such a little cheeseball!

Cannot believe how fast the year has gone.  Hard to imagine what life was like before Braylin came along...he has surely completed our family in so many ways.  Thank you to everyone that sent cards, presents and came to celebrate big guys big day!  Happy Birthday Braylin-we love you very much monkey!

Lions, Tigers and Bears-OH MY!

 Excited to get to the FW Childrens Zoo!

 Woo-hoo, where are we going first?

 "Hello Mr Goat!"

 We LOVE the goats!

 Cutest lil joey around....

 Taking in the outback

 Pretty cute little tour guide we had :)

 Passed OUT!

 This beautiful creature was blocking our path...

 Trying to impress the ladies.....

 Let's just say-Avery was NOT impressed!

 Until next time....

Good times :)  Thanks Daddy for taking off and heading to the zoo with us. 

July-came & went

 Swimming with new buddy Drake!

 Ummmm....can you see her feet?  Yeah-momma couldn't either.  Not a huge fan of large bodies of non-chlorinated water but trying not to shelter my kids too much.  (even if it gives mommy nightmares for several nights afterwards).

 Watching sissy at swim class.

 "what does a hot dogs nose taste like anyways?"

 CSB Hot Dog Days....hey, its a tradition :)

 This is our Avery :) Full of life as usual.

Walking the plank?!?!?!

Swim Lessons

 Practicing the back float...

 Big stuff-going off the starting blocks.

 Jumping off the side in the deep end...

Accepting her report card and goodie bag, Avery survived swim lessons at the City Pool (or should I say they survived Avery).  She did learn quite a bit however we opted not to move onto the next session this summer as it appeared we were sending a lot of mixed messages to Avery about not having to wear a life jacket or bubble (they don't allow for them at the City Pool for lessons).  She has been around water quite a bit this summer and though learning to swim without safety devices is the ultimate goal, for now-we'd like to stick to the "NO JACKET-NO WATER" rule. 

Happy Birthday Kale!

 Birthday boy showing his cannon ball skills.

 Avery giving the pinata a whirl

 Uncle Alan keeping the "babies" wrangled.

 Braylin loves every chance of being in the water-just smiles the whole time :)

Throwing back bottles while floating in the pool...it's almost like we've seen this from his daddy too!