The Karaffa Family: June 2011

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

happy father's day to the best daddy in the whole world...

Happy Father's Day to our Daddy. He's the best Daddy in the whole world. We are so thankful for him...providing for our family, playing with us, & praying with us. We loved celebrating him.

Daddy & his little girl...me!

Daddy & his Brady Boy

Daddy & his Brecken Ball!

Daddy with his precious kiddies!

We enjoyed watching him read the cards we gave him...& the gifts.

And, I (Averie) took one of my Daddy & Mommy as well...

Brady had fun "flying" on the couch...

That night, we celebrated Poppy with grilling out dinner for all of us! Here is a 3 generation picture...

And, 3 of the 5 Karaffa grandchildren...McKinly, Brady, & me...

We sure enjoyed celebrating Daddy & Poppy, but it also makes us miss Opa as well. We think about him often, and we miss him a lot.

pool baby...

Could this sweet baby be any cuter? He's all ready for the pool!

While Mommy & Brecken were away at a family wedding, Daddy took Brady & me to Carowinds...we had so much that we got Season's passes for the year! So, we went back a week later with Mommy & Brecken...and loved it!

Brecken...all smiles while watching his brother and sister ride rides!!

Brady was amazed by all the roller coasters...he loved watching them, while I (Averie) enjoyed riding them!!

Can you find Daddy & me? We are in the second row...you can see my Daddy with his sunglasses on, but you can only see my arms and legs...my Uncle Todd is right behind me. We loved it!

We loved going to "kiddie land"...rode the airplanes and other fun rides!

Our favorite ride in "Kiddie Land" was Woodstock Express. When Daddy & Mommy went to Carowinds years ago as kids, it was called Scooby Doo. Mommy kept calling it that all night. We rode it a lot...Brady's first roller coaster. (I went one time last year with Daddy and rode it...) You can see Mommy & Brady in the 2nd row...

Super cool Brecken enjoying the fun!

We sure had fun. I went back a week later and rode my first upside down roller coaster...Carolina Cyclone. It was so much fun!! We all love Carowinds!!

brecken meets the exersaucer...

Brecken meets the exersaucer...and loves it!

A big thanks to Mr. David & Mrs. Jodi for letting us borrow theirs!

He loves all the little toys and musical gadgets!!

Havin' fun with the exersaucer!

Meanwhile, I was playing a game of Candyland with my baby doll, Carly. We had a lot of fun!

I won the game! :)

road trip...

We took a "road trip" to meet with Mommy's roommate from college...and her 4 children. We went to the Children's Museum in Greensboro, and we had a great time playing in all the "centers"...& Mommy loved seeing her college roomie!

Brady being adorable on the big red chair!

Mrs. Eadie's oldest & youngest children...and Mommy's oldest & youngest children!

The 2 newest additions...Brecken and Elaina are only 3 days apart...and almost the same size!

Sweet Baby Brecken

Mommy's 3 "babies"...love the tilted head, don't you? :)

I (Averie) took this picture of Mommy, Brecken, Mrs. Eadie, & Elaina. Mommy & Mrs. Eadie were roommates for 3 years during college...and they had so much fun living together!

We had fun exploring through the museum and hanging out with good friends!!

Friday, June 3, 2011

rice cereal for the first time...& play time

Hi Everyone...it's been busy around our house, but in it's busyness, we've had lots of fun. Brecken is 4 months old now, so he got to try rice cereal for the first time. Daddy got to feed him while Mommy took the pictures...what a fun time...

"Mommy, I am not sure what Daddy is putting in my mouth...ugh!"

"Daddy, are you sure this is edible"?

"Well...maybe it's ok..."

"Nope, I don't like it at all"

"I'd rather just sit in my Bumbo and play with my toys...I have finally learned to hold my toys."

Yep, into the mouth almost immediately!

"This sure is better than that rice cereal you tried to give me!

bumbo time...

After bath time a few days ago, I got to try out my Bumbo for the first time. I loved it!! Excuse the fact that I'm not wearing any clothes, but some of you had asked to see how much I've grown, so here are all my "chunks." :)