Paci Fairy visits the Tertocha household...

The time had come. It was time for the Paci Fairy to pay us a visit. If your a follower of my blog then you have noticed that there aren't too many times Avri is with out a paci. I know that the paci has been comforting since birth for her, but at 2 yrs and 3 months, its time to give it up, although I'm sure she would disagree. So knowing this was going to be one of the hardest things she has done thus far in her 2 yrs of life, we decided to have her leave them for the paci fairy in hopes the paci fairy would be so kind to make a trade for them. :)
Here is Avri giving it one last moment....



She went through the house and collected them all, and put them all in a shiny blue box. Then she sadly placed them on the front porch. Bedtime wasn't easy this night , or the next, or the next...get my point.:)



And the paci fairy came through! She not only left a trace of her fairy dust all over the front porch, but she left Avri's favorite thing ever- BOOTS! And pink cowboy boots at that, and stickers, candy, jewelry, and a Snow white doll.




She enjoyed all her new things. She is such a sweetheart! Now that the paci is gone we can see that honry, adorable smile always, and hear her talk more clearly.

We love you Avri!

Family time

Tony and I had a small family pizza get-together for Devin the night after his party, and the day before he left. Just a few snapshots from the night.

Devin and his proud mom.

As some of you may know- Devin left as planned on 01-25, however, once he got down to St. Louis with his recruiter, there was some paperwork from his first knee surgery missing. So long story short they sent him back home, and now has to wait until 02-18 to have a consult with the Navy Dr. to be sure he is clear on his knee, and then leave. So we will once again say our goodbyes and wish him luck! :)

Devin's going away party

As Ive mentioned before- my nephew Devin, has joined the Navy and is scheduled to leave next week. There was a party thrown in his honor at Sliders Grill. It was a great time for all ages, and I believe Devin really enjoyed it. I know our girls enjoyed the jukebox music!

Avri taking a rest...cutie!

Kids getting some pool lessons.

When the little ones were ready to go we headed over to gma and papas house for a bit. And the favorite requested book read by Papa before calling it a night!

Playing in the snow- Abi made some snow angels in the front yard.

A weekend Getaway

Tony and I and the girls all have cabin fever bad! If there is one thing I don't like, its definitely being couped up!! We took off last weekend to a nearby indoor water park, Grand Bear Lodge. it was a much needed break and good family time. In addition to the indoor water park, there is an indoor amusement park with many kids rides. The last time we were there, Abi was only 2 and was much too little to ride any. This time was a much different story- she rode almost all of them. Even the ones Tony wasn't too sure HE wanted to ride! Abi has developed a lot less fear of things lately, and it showed on the rides and in the water!





This would be Avri when Daddy and sissy were riding those BIG people rides, she wasn't too happy to be left out!!






Abi making herself right at home in the lobby. Eating candy she won with all her tickets from the arcade zone.

And the waterpark...

These pics make it look like we have the place to ourselves, not the case. But since the girls don't know what it means to sleep in yet, we were one of the first ones there when they opened on our second day there. :)

Daddy, Abi and Avri waiting in the lobby for the bedtime story to be read by Grizzly Jack and the Bear.

Avri and Daddy under the waterfall

When we got home Abi was whining she didnt want to be home, she wanted to "stay there 100 days."

Someone very special to our girls, Ms. Valerie.

Phone upload randoms...

Today's temps were so cold,we chose to stay in, again. We've had to do that alot lately. I'm so ready ( girls too!) for spring/summer! So Abi did what she does best-baked/decorated cookies. Hearts and flowers today.

You want to know my comment on this one. Lets just say my hip was hurting after about 2 games with her!No pics to post of that!! :)

This would be MY dress from a New Years Eve many moons ago. She loved playing dress up with my older dresses.

Abi LOVES to climb in her sisters crib when she wakes up from nap time.

Avri came to me and said "Bye- Bye, going shopping at the mall." ( This would be a different weekend we were housebound due to the weather.)

Abi had a friend over from school.