Our Weekend...

We woke up Saturday and just hung out in bed for a while. Amelia laid in between us - talking up a storm - giving out kisses freely. I cherish these moments.



Once Amelia was tired of hanging out on the bed - we got up and I started baking. I had some bananas that were very brown and instead of tossing them (like I usually do) I decided to bake banana bread. Joy gave me the recipe and it was delicious. I doubled the recipe so I would have one to give my neighbor, a couple to share with church members, and one for us to eat!



Once lunch rolled around - I made Alex & Amelia some grilled cheese sandwiches and we watched Father of the Bride. I have Father of the Bride 1 & 2 on DVR so we watch them often. Amelia finally figured out how to use her popper this weekend. She had been carrying it around the house instead of pushing it. :)



We went to a birthday party for our niece Mika after church on Sunday. She is the sweetest little baby! She's one year old but so petite - you would never guess it! My S-I-L did her birthday in a Valentine theme...everything was SO CUTE.



It was after 4pm when we finally got home. We had been gone all day and Amelia was so tired. She woke up at 7am this morning. She has been waking up crying the past few nights/days. Not like her at all. When we go in to get her, she has tears streaming down her face and a lot of times her eyes are closed. We wonder if she's not having bad dreams?? :(

Of course today was Super Bowl Sunday. I wasn't really interested in the game, but I have to say I loved the VW Darth Vader commercial...so cute! The halftime show made me laugh. It was quite entertaining. Alex kept saying, "who are these guys...where are they from?" He has no clue who the Black Eyed Peas are, which honestly makes me laugh and love him even more. (LOL) He could care less about secular music. Amelia watched the Super Bowl with Daddy while I made dinner.



I decided to make sour cream & onion chicken strips for Sunday dinner - since they're so quick & easy. Dip your tenderloins in butter - dip in crushed potato chips - bake at 350* for 30 minutes. How easy is that??



I took this picture of Amelia when we pulled into the garage today. Girl was plum worn out.



I hope you had a relaxing weekend!

Love to all,

Sugar Bowl...

**UPDATE: Our Hogs lost. You can look at the second picture in this post - that's what The Averitt Fam looked like tonight after it was all over. :(

We woke up callin' the Hogs this morning!! Our boys took us to the Sugar Bowl and we're super excited!!



Just the thought of losing...well...we don't even want to talk about it.



Because we have no doubt our Hogs are going to beat Ohio State!!



Woooo Pig Sooie!!!

Our weekend...

We've had a fun, busy weekend. When Alex got off work on Friday, we headed to Blytheville to spend the night. Amelia slept the entire way. It took her a little while to fall asleep at the hotel, but once she did - she was out. She slept until 9am on Saturday! We all needed the sleep. And yes, that's my husband behind that scruffy beard. He kept telling me that he was participating in no-shave November, but Amelia and I told him that we were going on a kissing-strike if he didn't shave! (LOL) Needless to say, he shaved this morning! ;)



We woke up on Saturday and headed to New Madrid, MO to celebrate this sweet girl's first birthday! Seriously, look at that face. I wanted to bring her home with me, but her Mama said no. Sara threw the cutest party. We had chinese food and ate out of colorful chinese take-out containers. She made homemade fortune cookies. She even made Millie's cake...it was so cute and yummy! My heart hurt when we had to say goodbye. I miss them so much. I just keep reminding myself that Thanksgiving isn't very far away!



We stopped in Osceola on the way home. We took my parents to dinner and then hit the road again. We stopped a couple of times - Amelia was a fan of getting out of her seat, even if it was just for a few minutes. I can't say that I blame her...she had to spend a lot of time in that seat this weekend! Speaking of car seats. We have to decide on one soon...she is too big for her current seat. Makes me a little sad to switch her over to a bigger seat, but it's time.



We went to church this morning and then had lunch with some church fam at Five Guys. Their burgers are so good! We came home and took a nice nap. This evening we headed out to our nephew, Jack's football game. His team made the super bowl! :) We had fun watching these little guys run the ball down for a TD and tackling each other...they were so cute!



We stopped at Mimi's for dinner and then came home. This poor baby girl was worn out. Her Daddy gave her a bath & bottle and she was out within a few minutes.



I received Amelia's birthday photos and will be posting them soon. They just make me smile every time I look at them! Such a fun day.

I hope you had a wonderful weekend.

Love to all,

Crazy Love...

I am happy about so many things right now. One of them being, I started back with my LG gals on Monday night! I have missed these girls. For a while now, I've had a church-related commitment on Monday nights. It just worked out that my church commitment changed nights, so I can now go back to LG!! A couple of the girls left before we took this photo, but this is most of them.



We're going through the book Crazy Love right now. This book is crazy-good and crazy-convicting. I ordered some special cookies for our first night. We discussed the preface for the longest time and barely got through chapter one! There was so much to talk about. I told Alex that I hope I didn't talk to much and they let me come back! (LOL)



I'm also happy that it's Friday!! Amelia had trouble sleeping Tuesday & Wednesday night. She woke up at 2am and ended up in our bed both nights. I just can't sleep when she's in our bed. She ends up stuck to my side and I wake up all night moving her over. I think she's experiencing discomfort with having four teeth coming in. :( We had home group last night and as soon as we arrived home, we all went to bed. I pray over Amelia every night before bed, but I have to admit, I said a few extra selfish prayers last night. We all needed sleep. God answered my prayers...she slept until 9am this morning! She also took two lengthy naps today. PTL!

In other news...I've needed to de-clutter a few areas in my home, so yesterday I scheduled for Amelia to spend the day with my friend, Heather. Her husband had taken the day off, so they loved on my baby girl and took such good care of her. Heather has a love for children like I've never seen. I just thought I loved babies, but this girl would have a baby on her hip at all times, if she could. Amelia got to play with new toys and pull out all of Heather's tupperware...she was in heaven! Heather sent me photos all throughout day of her playing, which I loved. She's the first non-family member to keep my baby and I'm so thankful for her and how she just loves Amelia like her own.



Joy came over to help me work on the areas that needed attention and this was one of them. She actually worked on the pantry. I wish I had thought to take a before picture, but trust me...it was ridiculous. She threw out SO MUCH. Thanks sis!!



Amelia and I had a lazy day at home today. No plans. It was wonderful. I took a blanket outside and believe it or not, this is the first time that I've done this with her. We go on walks, but she's in her stroller...this was the first time she has played outside on the ground.



She just looked around...taking everything in. Now that it's getting cooler, we're definitely going to spend more time outside. She was watching the fed ex guy in this pic. I'd give anything to know what she's thinking. She doesn't look too impressed.



Playing with her puzzle...



She wasn't a fan of the grass. As soon as she would put her hand on it, she would get back on the blanket. She's going to be just like her Aunt Joy! (LOL)



I was taking her picture while we were outside and she started taking the lens cover and putting it up to her eye. I think she was mocking me! How cute is that?



Definitely a fan of getting out of the house and playing outside!



And she's also a fan of this guy coming home! She now crawls as fast as she can to him when the door opens. She loves her Daddy.



We have big plans tomorrow. Our Hogs play Alabama!! We're watching the game at my B-I-L & S-I-L's home. I can't wait!! My S-I-L made this sign. She painted it freehand. She's working on four different ones for me right now. I asked her why she hadn't painted before and she said, "I didn't know I could." If you're a Hog fan and interested in ordering one of these, let me know...I'll share her info!



Wooooo Pig Sooooie!!!