A trip down 35

 Jason and I took Avery to San Antonio to see lots of things: Sea World, The Texas Capitol in Austin, The Riverwalk, and of course The Gristmill and San Marcus Outlet Mall.  The Gristmill and Outlet mall was the very first trip we took after having Avery.  It was only an hour and a half from our house in Houston and I was still not feeling very good from my headaches so it was hard to enjoy.  This time we had a blast!  I am really bad about choosing pictures so I tried to pick my favorites.  If there is one thing I love about my husband, it is his love for the camera along with everything else!  Even if I complain about it sometimes, I truly love having all the memories to look back at! 

Avery discovered the ......whatever you call this thing (baggage carrier!).......and the elevator.  These are now her new favorite things when we go to hotels!  And here lately we have gone to a lot of them.

 Waiting for the gate to open!  I am not sure who is more excited....me or her!  I get excited about everything though.

Tired of waiting.

 Mommy and daddy busted through some crowds to get to the Shamu show first.  Momma bear was taking Avery to the main attraction at all costs!

 I got teary-eyed seeing how excited Avery was, even though she had no idea of what was going on.  I love that we can do these things for her and with her.  I cannot imagine what my emotions will be when we take her to Disney World for the first time.  I will be an emotional wreck!

 Mommy and baby Shamu

 Mommy and baby Shamu kissing!

 Sesame Street Splash area!  Avery loved this and it was perfect for kids and babies.  When we got hot throughout the day, this is where we headed.

 Cute little legs!

 Did not like the characters what so ever.

 Trying to escape.

 She did however love watching the show!  Elmo!

The line was too long to wait just for her to try to escape again so I just took the picture!

 She loves this whale of Shamu!  Takes it everywhere.

 Not five minutes after getting it, she passes out with Shamu.

 Petting the dolphins

 We watched the aquarium feeding!  Too cool!

 Future Tri Delta!

 Pose

 Getting ready to watch one of the coolest shows, Azul!  We took a few pictures but for the most part watched the dolphins, Beluga whales, and world class divers.

 My favorite picture!  She looks like a big girl holding her Shamu and posing.

 Bye Sea World!  Until next time.

 Avery went to the toy Alamo.....

 .......and the real Alamo!  Mommy trying to get her to cooperate.

 So she takes off running.  This is the picture I was talking about in my 4th of July post! 

Happy 4th of July 2011!  I'm outta here!

 Mommy loves the Alamo and thinks that if you go to San Antonio you must at least go by there.  I have never gone to SA and not gone by the Alamo!

 Alamo

 Going to The Riverwalk

 Riverwalk

 Waiting to eat

 What do I want to eat?

 So sweet

 Beautiful flowers

 Last stop, The Capitol in Austin.

 Such a cool chandelier; look at the lights!

 Press room

 Cool eatery in Austin

And we left with a bang!  A trip to 6th Street (in the car)!  No the real bang came on the way home when Avery got sick in the car.  Post to follow later.

Happy 4th of July

I really wanted Avery in front of the Alamo for this picture, but the only one we have she is running the other way!  Oh well, I was able to get a good picture that I could make festive!  We spent our 2011 4th of July in San Antonio.  There was a firework ban in affect so we missed out on a great show.  We did however watch them on TV when we finally made it back to the hotel.

Where our paths will take us

I made a post last month titled, "God is Good", and He truly is.  Jason recently resigned from teaching and is now working for Scientific Drilling.  This was a move that was hard to make due to the fact that my entire life my dad travelled with his job; gone a month, home a month, gone two months, and then home two weeks and so forth.  Jason will now be travelling, but only one to two hours away from the house.  Avery and I have already made several trips to see him.  We are currently with him in Houston while he is training.  With this being said it is still hard.  With every decision you make in life there will always be a sacrifice and we are both having to sacrifice; me taking care of Avery by myself when he is gone and for him being away from his girls.  No matter what we are a team and we will always be with each other, whether it is physically or just mentally and emotionally.  Jason is a good man and he will always take care of his family.  He loved teaching and coaching and will greatly miss the awesome friends he made and his kids, but it was time for a change for our family and for him.  

Sweet Caroline Hopewell

 Today we finally got to meet Caroline Hopewell!  She is a doll; laughs at everything and is really easy going.  She are so sad that it has taken 9 months to meet her, but better late than never.  We had such a good visit with Scott, Ashlee, and Caroline and hated to see them go! :(  We look forward to getting the girls together again soon!  Thanks for being great friends!

Getting to know one another!

 Avery showing Caroline all "her" toys!  I had to keep a close eye on Miss Avery because she is not quite sure about the whole sharing thing.  She plays really well, but we are practicing on being "sweet".  Again, I say, "Please just be a stage".

 The Glover's with baby Hopewell!

The Hopewell's with baby Glover!

 Caroline loved the car!

 And eventually Avery came around and gave Caroline some pretty good sugars!  Caroline's face was so wet!

 And more, just in case the first kisses were not good enough!

 Over all the girls had a lot of fun and Caroline is just precious!