jryarbrough.com is celebrating it’s 5th birthday this month!!

I created the original site using Dreamweaver with crappy, crappy frames. 5 years later, I finally went back to the drawing board and revamped the site using wordpress. I love it so far, but I’ve still got a lot of work to do to get the site looking just the way I want it. So you may notice lots of tweaks (big and small) as I tinker around with the aesthetics of the site.

Let me know what you think of our new look in the comments. Thanks!

How can our little Avery already be half a year old? It seems impossible! She is such a delight and we had such an exciting holiday season with her. She has started to eat some solids, so far she loves sweet potatoes, bananas, and pears. She is not a big fan of green beans. She is sitting up on her own, although she might tumble over if big brother walks in the room and distracts her. This week while we were at the library Asher and a little girl put on a big puppet show for Avery and she loved it. She squealed with laughter and clapped her hands. Asher is definitely her BFF.

Here are a few cute, quirky things that I love about Asher.
1. He is convinced that he IS Sidney Crosby (Penguins Hockey Player).
2. He loves to play in the dark. In dark rooms, closets, he even runs around in the backyard at night.
3. It’s true what they say about little boys. You wouldn’t believe the things I find in his pockets. I have washed more leaves and rocks than I could’ve ever imagined. Most recently I washed and dryed a red crayon. In a load of whites. Awesome.
4. Most of the time he refuses to say goodbye to friends and family. He seems to believe if he doesn’t say goodbye he doesn’t have to leave.
5. He eats frozen waffles, frozen.
6. Asher thinks if he can convince me the clock say 2 o’clock, then it will be 2 o’clock and Gramma will come over. Or 4 o’clock and Daddy will come home.
7. He has an incredible memory. He can remind me what we need at the store. Where we ate months before. What happened in a book I can hardly remember reading.
8. Ask him where he wants to go out to eat. Souper Salad.
9. He loves to vacuum and wash dishes. Who doesn’t, right?
10. He is so sweet and sensitive. When we read Rock-A-Bye Baby he gets teary eyed.

Tuesday morning we awoke to a snowy surprise. I had no idea there was a chance of snow, it hasn’t even been cold enough to get out our winter coats yet. I decided to wake Asher up so he wouldn’t miss any of it. He was thoroughly confused since we NEVER wake him up. I told him to go look out the front window and he was so excited to see the white yard. When he ran to the back door to get his boots and hat he looked out the back window and said “Hey, it snowed everywhere!”. Asher spent the rest of the morning playing in the snow and throwing snowballs at the fence. He took one break for hot chocolate and then went back out until the last of the snow melted away. What a great winter surprise!

Month 5 has been a blast! Avy is laughing and playing and keeping us busy. She has rolled over a few times. She is super drooly and must be teething. She has just discovered our dog, Zoe, and loves to watch her and touch her face. She likes to read books with Asher and play in the exersaucer. She has tried rice cereal three times and is already trying to feed herself with the spoon. Avery is turning into quite the Daddy’s Girl, she alway smiles at JR from across the room and loves to sit and watch hockey with him. Hopefully she will be more into sports than me!

Last Friday was beautiful! My friend Melody and I made a picnic, packed up the kids, and hopped on the train to go to the Dallas Zoo. The weather was perfect and there was hardly anyone there so we felt like we had the whole place to ourselves. Asher’s favorite animals included the crocodiles, bald eagles, and the anteater.