Of course, Livvie just had to see how these new cool toys tasted!
Sometimes I wish she wouldn't need to wear her sunglasses.
I think her eyes are so pretty, but I so seldom catch a peek at them outside!
And, of course, being the baby who always wants to be older than she is,
Liv tried to climb into Avery's pool. I think next time I'll have to station the pools a little farther apart! :)
This will be a LONG post, so I apologize in advance...
On Thursday, we had our photo shoot with Jennifer!
It was a wonderful time, and she took some great photos. I hadn't seen her for a l-o-n-g time and it was great to see her and meet her boys Kieran and Cullen. Avery and Kieran had fun playing, and so did Cullen and Livvie.
Her sister Hilary was also there with her son Isaac, so it was nice to see her again too! Here is a photo of all of us...and our moms too!
The next day Mommy, Nana and Livvie went rummaging while Avery got to stay home and play with Bapa. Later that day we went to "Myric Park Zoo", as Avery calls it. We saw some animals, and Livvie had her first experience at a Zoo.
That evening, Bapa started up the campfire in their backyard. Avery loved "campfiring" as she called it. She said that the fire would talk to her and ask her for another log over and over again. She learned a very important lesson from Bapa...NEVER TURN YOUR BACK ON THE FIRE.
On Saturday, after another day of rummaging, the girls and I went over to Kim's house to have some outside fun with her and Landen. It was such a nice day outside, and the girls loved splashing around in the pool! I was surprised at how much Liv loved the water! It was wonderful to see Kim and catch up with her again.
That night Avery and Bapa went on a date to Dairy Queen. Nana, Livvie and I tagged along too. Avery just loves to go on dates...
And, of course, the day would not be complete with another campfire with Bapa!
Yesterday, we left to come home. We had lunch at Coney Island (soooo yummy) and headed on back to meet up with Daddy at Blue Earth, MN. We had a great time visiting Nana and Bapa, but were glad to be home too!
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With Avery, she did have a "medical issue". For her sake, I'll keep that private, but it was a horrible, emotional ordeal that we went through during the first couple days of her life. She was taken out of our arms, and put into the NICU. We had to do a 3 minute scrub to see our child each and every time. She did not feel as if she was "ours". We were at the beckon call of the doctors, and we had to follow their orders, and it seemed as if we had no control. It was awful - just awful... She had to have a surgery at 5 days old, which required her to stay in the NICU for 9 days. They were a very hard 9 days for us. I had to go home without my baby which was heart-breaking. (By the way, I HATE this new "word verification" that blogger is doing to us!)
Hey y'all! My friend Jennifer just took photos of me and the girls yesterday! I was able to copy some of them to put up here! She did a grrrrrrrrreat job! I asked Avery last night before we went to bed, "What was your favorite thing we did today?" She said "Getting my pictures taken". Thank you Jennifer...it was a lot of fun! (Here is Jennifer's photography site - http://www.jennifermckinneyphotography.blogspot.com )



So, here I sit at 4 in the morning, blogging...how sad! :)
The other night I had a thought....




