Getting ready to sell!

During all our packing and de-cluttering I got out her sealing dress, made to fit her at 7 months old. She was soooo chubby then that the dress, although much shorter still fits with room to spare! She thought it was a pretty dress and kept saying " oh, pretty, pretty" over and over again.

We pushed out two couches together to make a make-shift playpen where Avery could play and watch her shows while we painted and tiled. Too bad she got really sick during all this commotion and would just lay here watching elmo and nemo, it was really sad.

Richard working on the bathroom tile

Ok, so I realize I haven't really posted anything in forever! But, I do have some very valid (in my opinion) excuses! We have been sooo busy the last month, it seems to have just flown by! First of all, we had to get our house ready to get on the market. This included re-finishing the hardwood floors, re-tiling the bathroom floors and shower surround, all new fixtures, some plumbing, painting the bath, painting the livingroom, deep cleaning, organizing and moving half of our belongings to a storage unit! To top it all off we are having the roof replaced today and tomorrow! We listed the house about 2 weeks ago and are anxiously awaiting an offer! Hopefully we'll be able to sell it on time to move and not have to mess with renting or anything!

Baby Louis!

This is my 5 month old nephew Louis Faustino. He got to come and visit us last week and we had so much fun with him, he is so cute and happy- really fiesty too, but I love that about him!

Melissa and James- here is a little sneak peak for you! I won't be able to get to the others for a little bit, but couldn't resist looking through them and this was one of my faves! He is soo cute- so glad I get to see him again in two weeks!

Valentine's Day Tag

Tagged by my sister in law again!

HOW OLD IS RICHARD: 28
HOW OLD AM I: 28
WHO EATS MORE: Oh, totally, 100% Richard. I love to eat, everyone who knows me knows my love affair with food, but Richard can pack it away when he wants to! He eats really slow and steady, but he can eat a lot! When I used to work at Tommy Burger in Logan (some of you will remember this very sad, greasy (but oh so tasty) stain on my employment history!) he would come in and order a DOUBLE chili cheese burger, large chili cheese fry and eat it for a snack! Now that was nasty!
WHO SAID "I LOVE YOU' FIRST: This would be debatable depending on who you ask, mostly because Richard has the WORST memory, but it was definately Richard, definately!
WHO IS TALLER: Richard
WHO SINGS BETTER: Uh, we are both pretty sorry, but I can sing much, much louder, does that count?
WHO IS SMARTER: Biology/math/science/teeth- has to be Richard, but when it comes to things that are really important in life, like pop culture/music/fashion- definately me!
WHO DOES THE LAUNDRY: me
WHO DOES THE DISHES: Courtney, it must be something in their Luff blood! I do 100% of the dishes, and I have heard that when I am gone Richard just lets them pile up for days! He must just do them right before I get home, but that is the only time he ever does a dish.
WHO SLEEPS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BED: Richard
WHO PAYS THE BILLS: Richard
WHO MOWS THE LAWN: Richard
WHO COOKS DINNER: Oh please, in 7 years of marriage Rich has made me three meals, one I hardly even count because it was eggs.
WHO IS MORE STUBBORN: Totally me
WHO KISSED WHO FIRST: Richard, but it was a long time coming if you ask me. I was about to lay one on him if he hadn't gotten with it!
WHO ASKED WHO OUT FIRST: Ok, this is a little muddy, because we were friends for a while and just hung out with a bunch of other friends and then well, I'm not sure if we had a real, first date where he had to formally ask me out. I think things just kind of evolved, you know. But I do remember him asking me to a special showing of When a Man loves a Woman on campus, but don't know if that was our first real date or not. Darn it, my super human strength memory is failing me here!
WHO PROPOSED: Oh please, Richard did, totally. I kept trying to get rid of him, why would I have proposed to him! Not that I didn't accept his offer though, so it all worked out great!
WHO IS MORE SENSITIVE: ME...
WHO HAS MORE FRIENDS: Well, I don't know. Everyone who ever meets Richard loves him, and if you count all the little old ladies he has that absolutely adore him he might win, but I think I have more closer friends.
WHO HAS MORE SIBLIINGS: I have 6, he has three, so me.
WHO WEARS THE PANTS: Well, you will probably all THINK it is me, and I think that at one point it was that way, but more and more it is Richard. I know, shocker to me too.
WHO ARE YOU TAGGING: Ok, definately Rita, cause she's going to be pissed that I'm making her write about this stuff! Ha ha! Also Lezlee, cause I think it will be funny to see what you write, and Melissa and Amy!

Calvin Smooth

If you want to see something pretty funny, go to www.youtube.com and search for Calvin Smooth Peach Fuzz. It's my little bro's music video for his latest smash single Peach Fuzz. Filmed and produced in Logan, UT.

Back from Alaska!

Going sledding! It was pretty cold out, so Avery didn't last too long, but she would yell "Weee" all the way down the hill! Avery is wearing a snowsuit my mom made for me and my siblings when we were little, it has survived 25 years and 7 children and still going strong!
Avery & Andy, bonding over Elmo & suckers!

Andy & Avery- they had a love/hate relationship, but mostly LOVE!

Bath time in Grandpa's big tub- Avery's favorite!

Sunset & view from my parent's home

Well, sorry I haven't written in a while! I just got back from an 8 day trip to Alaska last night. It was so nice to go visit my family, Avery and I had a great time. She got to do some bonding with her cousins Andy & Daisy, although she didn't pay too much attention to Daisy. Andy quickly became her new best friend, even though she did push and hit him quite a bit. I don't know how to get her to stop doing that, but she is a real pusher! She is also very mischevious and quickly found as many permanent markers as she could. I don't know how she did it, but it seemed like every time I turned around she had one, my parents must have hundreds of those things!

She warmed up to Grandma and Grandpa really quickly and gave them lots of hugs and kisses in exchange for hershey's kisses, and some she gave them just for fun. She did pretty well being in a new place without her daddy for a week. Now we are trying to adjust to the 4 hr time change and get back into the swing of things here! I'll have to write more later, just wanted to do a quick update with some photos!

New Family Picts

These are the family pictures we had to re-take after Avery was such a stinker! She cooperated much better the second time, although still no smiles in the family picts, but at least I got some cute ones of her by herself! I still think the family shots turned out great, thanks again Melanie!

Christmas in Columbus!

So, I know I have been terrible about writting and posting pictures, but this will make up for the month of December! I just went through and posted a little month in review, enjoy! Oh, this is Avery, new year's day with her favorite little pooch Porter, (sorry Kenzie!).

Avery in Pittsburgh with her Luff cousins, Lexi & Jackson, as you can see, she thought they were pretty stinking cute!

Christmas morning, enjoying playing with all her loot. And, the mis-matched jammies are not my fault, Richard figured pink and orange stripes were close enough I guess!

Searching for the perfect Christmas tree!

You might call Avery an artist, much like her cousin Dane. She really likes to double fist it!

Ready for prayer time, and can someone tell me how to flip the picts after I upload them onto blogger? Couldn't figure it out!

In her new little hat, ready for some snow, or NO as she calls it.

Uh oh. As you can see, she was very remorsefull about this.

Avery with her BFF, Mr. Moo Cow. She cannot live without this guy! And I constantly hear her in her crib just mooing to him over and over, I think she thinks that she speaks his language. And the shoes, she has to have shoes on, who need pants? But a girls gotta have shoes!

Ok so hopefully that will satisfy you all for a little while! I will try to be better though, it's just hard when things get so crazy, but Jan and Feb should be slower, right?

Well, we did it! We survived our very first Christmas away from family spent here at our home in Columbus. Although at times we did regret not going home, we really did enjoy having a quieter, layed back Christmas, with no plane delays and rushed trips. Avery was just getting into Christmas this year and really had a fun time tearing into her presents on Christmas morning. She has lots of new books to read and some really fun toys, not to mention lots and lots of ELMO stuff, the love of her life! We were able to try to establish some Christmas Traditions for the Luff household and spent time with good friends. Not to mention the fact that we were able to travel to Pittsburgh for 3 days to visit with Richard's brother Cliff and his family. That was so much fun! I loved seeing their cute little twins Lexi and Jackson and I hadn't seen Courtney in forever! Avery was pretty good with the little ones, she loved to make them laugh and would give a little sympathy cry when they got sad. She did, however, try to steal a few of their binkis, imagine that!

Well, I better get going and go to the gym- New Year's resolution and already hard to keep! Don't you hate that!