I got the moves Mick Jagger...

Avery cheered for Peep (Pete, our next door neighbor) at his football game on Friday night. Clearly, she needed an MA cheerleading outfit, at least according to CiCi (Peep's mom). The kid is OBSESSED! She loved watching the cheerleaders dance, cheer, and build. She was imitating their moves and getting some of them right! It was joy to watch.

Here she is modeling her new outfit and practicing "two bits"!

Lately, she has had some awfully funny things to say:

1. "I'm the Avery, and we're watching Dora!"

2. "Ma! My hands are getting a brain freeze!"

3. Uncle Cam likes "cam"oflauge!

4. "Chair"ub Church because of the tiny chairs

5. "Mommy, look! It's a por-tato (tornado)!" This was while watching the water drain out of the bathtub.

play time with chaps!

Avery and Chappell had a little playdate yesterday! They were in hog heaven! Activities went something like this:

1. swing

2. slide

3. sandbox

4. slide some more

5. dress up!!!!

6. Chaps gave Avery a new 'do

7. coloring

8. "chicken play" known to the rest of the world as Chick fila.

SOOO Fun!

The beauty shop (didn't get a good shot of this, but Chappell was insistent on brushing Ace's hair):

The dress up box:
Love them!!!

Houston, we have a name!

After several months of debate, we finally have a name for deuce. It has been an arduous process to say the least! Drumroll, please...John Mills Williford should be here in approximately 17 weeks. This was one of the initial names we had on the table, but we had a round about way of getting there. I feel very confident that this was divine intervention on behalf of this well loved baby.

Duece

The kid is growing. The ultrasound showed 2 kidneys, 2 brain hemispheres, a big fat belly, and reiterated the announcement of "it's a boy"! He is cute, and stuck his little finger up and gave his Daddy a #1 sign. TJ swears this is a sign that Bama will win the championship this year! He weighed in at 14 ounces and was measuring about a week ahead of what he is. So, my prediction of being a big boy seems to be right on target.

We have decided to go ahead with the scheduled C-section so I don't end up in the same predicament as last time with Avery. Although my dear OB, Dr. Connor, has decided to stop delivering babies. While I admire her decision to spend more time with her family (she has two young children), I wish she would have waited until Christmas. There is a new female coming to the practice that I am meeting with next visit. I am interested to meet her, and I hope I like her as much as I like Dr. Connor.

In other news, my beautiful sister in law Hannah married her long time sweet heart JJ last weekend (Avery was the flower girl-AVERY-ESK is the best word for her performance), we are hosting a baby shower for Allison tonight, TJ and I are going to Mitchell's birthday party tomorrow night, and then Laura's wedding weekend in 2 short weeks. This pregnant lady is tired just thinking about it all! Not too much longer that I will feel up to doing all this stuff, so I will enjoy it while my energy lasts! I hope everyone had a great summer! We have! Anyone else really ready for FALL??? My favorite season!!!!

Chicken Head, LuLu's, and the beach

Avery had the pleasure of staying with her Daddy last weekend while Mommy went to an engagement party for Laura and a Brittney Spears concert, don't judge me. That weekend sealed the deal for Avery being a Daddy's girl! They had a blast!! He took her to the Biscuit's game, the book store (hence the chicken hat??), and played so much in the back yard, that she turned into a mosquito bite! She didn't even miss me!

This weekend, we took her back down to the beach for a work/play weekend. TJ has aquired a new property to manage down there, so he worked, and we played. Ace got to try her first strawberry daquiri (virgin for both of us!).
And, we helped Daddy pull the boat out of the water. This was down by the docks. She was very impressed with all the bait fish under the pier. It's the little things!!!

In Junior News:

We are 20 weeks now, and he is kicking up a storm! Babies at this stage are supposed to be 10 inches long and weigh 3/4 of a pound. We go Thursday to have the anatomy ultrasound, and hopefully everything will be looking good and we will get his actual measurements! My guess is that he is big! My belly feels big at least!

Deep Sea, and GiGi

Avery had the pleasure of going on her first off shore fishing trip last weekend. Are we crazy, you might ask? Yes. We are. But, she loved it! Not many 2 year olds can withstand 4 hours on a boat, but she did. She had a blast! The other older girls helped. Some got sick. Not Avery. By the time we got back to the dock, she had her sea legs. Had it not been naptime, she would have been fine to keep on fishing! But boy was Momma tired. Still not sure why I agreed to go, but I am glad we did! Hopefully, lil deuce enjoyed his first fishing trip too.

GiGi brought Avery breakfast from Chick-fil-a Monday morning. You would have thought he brought her diamonds. Chicken Nuggets for breakfast???? The kid was on cloud nine! Sometimes, its the little things!
Cute, aren't they?

TJ Junior. Deuce. Peanut 2.

Here he is! Cute little guy! Look at that big round head!! So glad he will be c-section!! The ultrasound tech said she was 100% sure he was a boy! Now, to find a name TJ and I agree on.

Names that are NOT on my list:

1. Davery

2. Dick or Richard

3. Tommy or Tammy (whew!)

4. Ricky

5. Randy

6. Dale

No offense to anyone who has one of these names. I love NASCAR, I just don't want to put any unnecessary pressure on the little guy. Such big shoes to fill. (I do hope you are catching my playful sarcasm at this point.) But any non-racing related names are welcome! Suggestions should be posted or facebooked.