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A Year Ago...

At the end of this month, it will be one year since I said goodbye to working an 8 - 5 job and hello to a new job of staying at home and being a Realtor. If you'd have said this would have been a place I would have been at in my life, I would have told you that you were nuts.
 
Looking back on this year, I am so grateful for God's blessings on our life and the ability for me to spend more time with my daughter. These months have been absolutely precious to me. I have gotten to know Avery so much more, watched her progress, watched her personality unfold and become her very best friend. We've done so many wonderful things together and it's time that I am so grateful for.
 
I watched Avery go two days a week to a big kid school back in November.... 
 
 
and in a little over a week, she will start a new, four day a week, pre-school. This summer, she's been home with me completely full time. While I have loved to spend that much with her, she and I both ready for her to be back into a structured weekly routine. I am ready to focus more energy on work and have some time away from each other. I am ready for her to learn some great new things and meet some new friends this year. Just a few more days....
 
Here is a look at the past year and some things Avery got to do!
 
She got to eat donuts with Daddy at her school...
 
 
Avery got to eat a Thanksgiving feast at school...
 
 
Avery got her picture made...
 
 
Avery turned 3 at her superhero birthday party...
 
 
Avery got to go to San Antonio for Thanksgiving with her Nawnie and Poppy...
 
 
She got to do some sledding when it iced here...
 
 
She got to see how much she loves performing in front of people...
 
 
While having a captivated audience...
 
 
She got to spend time with her cousins for Christmas....
 
 
 
And her family...
 
 
 
She got to have slumber parties with Colbi...
 
 
She got her picture taken, again...
 
 
She got to by my Valentine...
 
 
We went out to eat a lot together...
 
 
She got to spend Easter with her family...
 
 
She spent some time learning to swim...
 
 
I got to celebrate being a mom with her...
 
 
She got to swim in Gigi and Pops pool...
 
 
She got to spend time with her sister...
 
 
Did a lot of dressing up...
 
 
She got to go on a trip to see the Grand Canyon...
 
 
She's got to help mommy at work..
 
 
And they got to spend lots and lots of time together.
 
 
I am looking forward to making the most of this last week, then it's school time!!

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