Easter in BR

We were again in Baton Rouge for Easter this year. It's just not Easter without 140 some pounds of good Louisiana crawfish to graze on throughout an entire day. But of course we stopped at our favorite beignet place the morning of.

Bayou City Arts Festival

How's this for posting recently taken pictures!! This past weekend was the Arts Festival here in Houston. The weather was great and we had a good time. Avery is still at the point were the balloons and colored tape wrapped around poles holds her attention, but we enjoyed looking at some great art, sculpture, etc. and being out and enjoying the weather before it gets intolerable

The sun was shinning as you can see, but the wind was pretty chilly at times. Always have a blanket in the car!!

Time out for some lunch.

"Bird house shopping...what to get, what to get". We actually decided on the little red and orange house at the far right in the picture.

From the looks of this, we won't be heading to any gator farms anytime soon.

Coming Soon...New blog title?

Ok, so here's a post for all of those loyal blog checkers who may not have heard...the Radford clan is expanding and therefore may require a new blog name. Avery is now a big sister. Now whether she'll have a little brother or little sister, we don't know yet. But unfortunately for me, I'll have even more pictures and posts to keep up with. This could get ugly, so I apologize way, way in advance.

Read the shirt!

This ultrasound was taken at 11 weeks. The next ones we post will be the ones that determine the sex of the baby.

The head is on the right facing down, feet on the left

Image 1)Upright pose, head on the left now

Image 2)Full frontal, also known as the "skeletor" shot.

Christmas Day!!

The big day finally arrived. If you can believe it, we got Avery to sleep until about 9:30, after waking up at 6:00 on Christmas morning. Never again I'm sure. What can I say, she's a sucker for a good snuggle with mommy and daddy in bed.

Looks like Santa really enjoyed his treat. And the reindeers even got some goodies. Ozzie was kind enough to share his doggie treats.

Now let's see, whose idea was this gift?

Christmas in Georgia

Even though we spent a week in GA, I'm cuttin' right to the chase and posting the Christmas Eve and Christmas morning pics. Enjoy!

We seem to have an odd tradition of waiting until Christmas Eve to take pictures with Santa Clause. It seems to be the way to go. We usually don't have to wait more than 15 minutes or so. And luckily Avery is a good sport and isn't afraid of Santa.

What's Christmas Eve without a reading of "The Night Before Christmas"?

Helping Auntie Ana make cookies for Santa.

Helping Mimi sugar the bourbon balls.

Thanksgiving in BR

Ok, so clearly getting new posts and pictures onto Avery's blog has been a bit neglected to say the least. Here are a few pics from Thanksgiving in BR.

Avery absolutely loves horses, especially when she gets to ride them. Here she is with her Uncle David, having the time of her life.

While we were back home in BR, we took a tour of McIlhenny's Tabasco facilities on, where else but...Avery Island.

A few more from the GA weekend

Here are some pics from the (1st) birthday party. The theme of presents ranged from pretty tu-tu skirts and necklaces to a "little doctors kit" and lab coat. And she blended them effortlessly.

A little late but...Happy Halloween!!!

So if you can believe it, we flew all the way to Decatur, GA for Halloween this year. The wheels for this trip were put in motion a year ago when Sharon casually mentioned how much fun their neighborhood is during Halloween. Well, we were able to find out for ourselves and it was. And since Avery's birthday was just around the corner we had a small, family birthday party. Between the attention from her "Beauty" costume and the all the Halloween business and the fuss about her 3rd birthday, this was one happy little girly. It was a tad bit chilly and rainy, so we had to make some modifications to the overall look of "Belle". But it all worked out!

Getting ready for the big night.

What girl doesn't like to dress like a princess now and then?

Everybody, meet Belle, (or as Avery refers to herself while in character) Beauty

Warming up the lips for all the "trick or treat's"

...a trial run

Trip to Galveston

So here are some pictures that are up to date...they were taken only last month! That's progress. We took a day trip down to Galveston one weekend in August when the Radford clan was in town. We had lunch at Gaido's and then we walked right across the street to the beach. Avery had a blast sitting in the sand and letting the waves hit her. Of course I envisioned her being content with just her cute little feet in the water. I'm sure she envisioned much more, a simple yet strategic plan (that would progress just as the beach pictures below show) taking full advantage of her toddler powers.

This was the first few minutes. She was content with drinking her water out of the "big girl" glass.




It took quite a while for our food to arrive, so we started passing the time [distracting her] with whatever we could...

Paper planes...


Teeth counting...


Avery's turn!


Ah, the moment of truth. She's crafty, so don't let the cute hat and adorable smile fool you!!