Big Sister

Mabry is going to be a BIG SISTER!

For those of you who haven't heard and even those of you who have, we'll tell you again, we will be adding another member to our little family around the
beginning of January (Jan. 4 due date).
I am now 14 1/2 weeks pregnant. Chad and I are so excited and Mabry's excitement is building every day. We know she will be a great big sister. She has already started tattling on her 'little sister.' She seems to think, like me, that it's a girl. She also is sweet and pretends she is swinging her little sister and washing her little sister in the bath. I just hope she's not too disappointed if it's a boy. We'll soon find out the answer to that question on August 5th. Can't wait!

 Mabry got to spend last week with Grandmother and Granddad in AR. She came back to a 'big sister' bed in a 'big sister' room! She was so excited. It helped that we, along with her grandparents, had talked it up the whole week before. Here are some precious pictures of this sweet big sister and her new bed...

 The picture below was taken right before she is going to sleep for the first time in her big bed. 

And yes, it's still that light at 8:00 at night in her room. 

 Night, night!

Sleeping beauty... I took this one before I went to bed. She slept all night and got up at her usual time this morning. I think her new bed is perfect!

Gulf Shores Beach Vacation

This is our Huffman Family. It was so great to spend the week with everyone.

 A couple of our beach pics...

 One of Mabry's favorite things to do was build sand castles. She got a lot of help from her cousins and Daddy throughout the week. She was terrified of the ocean for some reason so we stayed a good ways away from it when at the beach.

But of course, her most favorite part of the vacation was swimming in the swimming pool. She would have swam the whole time if we would have let her!

The view from our wonderful condo. We couldn't have asked for a better place to stay on the beach. I definitely hope we frequent this place!

Thanks Mammaw and Pappaw!

Summer Fun!

We have started off our summer with so many fun times. We took a trip to AR to see my family. We got to go to a Memphis Redbirds baseball game. We had great seats, saw a winning game, and an entertaining fireworks show at the end. As expected, Mabry wasn't a big fan of the loud booming. Hopefully, that will change one day! 

While in AR, Mabry, of course, was spoiled by Grandmother and Granddad. I wouldn't have it any other way! :)

 We enjoyed my parents beautiful backyard almost every morning and evening we were there. Mabry had a blast in the sprinkler and the smaller pool she had there. 

 This is Mabry and the most sweet, docile cat I know, Hisser Cat (as Mabry calls her). She lets Mabry just carry her around and love on her as much as she likes. 

 And now, our summer is full of swimming. I think we have a little fish on our hands. She wants to go all the time! I'm so thankful she loves the water and that we have a neighborhood pool to indulge her. She is learning the basics of swimming. She may be swimming on her own in no time!

 Check out these cuties!

Stay tuned... We have much more fun ahead!

Look What I Found Mabry Reading...

The Well-Behaved Child She's trying to figure out all of my tricks!

Last Day of MDO

 What at great school year this has been for Miss Mabry! Having her 'school' outing one day a week was great for both of us. I feel like she learned so much that I just could not have taught her at home. She is such a bright little girl that thrives in almost all situations. I'm so proud of her. It's going to be a fun summer. We hope to hit up the pool many, many times. Also we'll try some story-times and many play-dates with friends. Then in August, she gets to go to preschool 2 days a week. She is getting so big!

Here Birdie!

We went to the Fort Worth Zoo this weekend. Mabry is really getting the hang of the zoo trips and loves seeing all the animals. She usually wants to pet every animal we see. Well, in this case, she got to pet the birds. They had a enclosed space you could go in and, if you had the birdseed, the birds would land on your hand or stick. It was a blast seeing Mabry's reaction. This was a very memorable experience for us!
I would have taken more pictures of the rest of the zoo, but my camera battery died right after this.

A Week in San Antonio...

Mabry and I spent last week in San Antonio with family. Here's a glimpse of our week:

Mabry found a few Easter eggs at a hunt hosted by some of Brad and Rhonda's closet friends. 

Her favorite treat was the M&M's.

Mabry and Annabelle dyed Easter eggs...

The Easter Bunny came...

Easter morning picture with Annabelle...Mabry fondly calls her her sister. Can you see a resemblance? 

A trip to the San Antonio Zoo... Roar!

Mabry loved the pink flamingos!

Hanging out with Grandmother plus 3 more 'fairy godmothers' during the week... Spoiled!

Book reading with Harris, after nap time (excuse the crazy bed-head.)

Mabry also calls him her brother. Twins you think?!

The favorite of the trip: Swinging in the blue swing in Aunt Rhonda and Uncle Brad's backyard!