She's been good all year, Santa!

Avery went to see Santa the other day. As you can tell by the pictures, our little reindeer was a little scared!

Avery's First Thanksgiving!

We had a great day with family yesterday. Lots of good food and laughter!

Helping Mimi cook!


Showing off her Thanksgiving bib!


Eating some wonderful food!


Daddy helping.


You know it's good when it gets all over her face!


All done! :)

11 Months!

Wow, I'm really late on this! Sorry! Here is her 11 month picture.



I am still in shock that we are about to have a toddler! This year has flown by. Her newest tricks:
-Waving hi and bye
-Pulling up on everything and cruising, she'll be walking soon!
-She knows where her foot and nose is
-Understands lots of words we say to her
-She is a dancing queen!

Happy Halloween!

10 Months Old!

Our tiny dancer is 10 months old! She is growing so fast and has such a big personality. Some new things she does:

-Crawls really fast all over the place
-Makes monster noises and blows raspberries back at us
-Pulls herself to standing!
-Waves hi and bye (when she feels like it, lol!)

She will be walking before we know it! I am looking forward to upcoming months. Avery is going to have her first Halloween and Thanksgiving! Her birthday and Christmas will follow that! What a busy and fun time.

Funniest video ever!

Avery was in her walker eating puffs when Billy looked over and noticed she was falling asleep! He quickly started recording her and caught the hilariousness on film. She gets all excited at the end because I walked in the room. I love her so much!

Gently, Avery, Gently!

Avery loves the kitties; kitty was even one of her first words! Here she is trying to pet Robbie gently, poor cat. LOL

Raspberries!

She has been blowing raspberries for awhile now. Recently, she started doing them back if you blew them at her first. It's hilarious!

Dancing Queen!

Avery loves to dance! She dances whenever she hears music, and sometimes to nothing at all. It's so cute!

Crawling!!

9 Months Old!

Yesterday Avery turned 9 months old!! She is officially crawling now, and can also pull herself up into a standing position. Pretty soon, she will be walking! She is learning so many things, so fast, it's truly amazing. I am starting to plan her birthday party because in 3 short months she will be 1!

R.I.P Nana

My 93 year old Grandmother passed away yesterday, really early in the morning. She was 93 and leaves behind 6 children, 8 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild (Avery). She will be greatly missed! I am sad that Avery won't get to know her, but how many people have met their great-grandparents? Not many.

8 Months Old!!

Averyana turned 8 months old yesterday. Wow, in only 4 short months Billy and I will have a 1 year old. So hard to believe! She is teething again, so we are thinking she will get her top teeth any day now. She currently has her two bottom teeth. Some new things she does:

-Waves and says Hi
-Scoots to us (she will be crawling any day now!)
-Says Mama and Dada and Hi, and knows their meaning
-Says "Gigee" to the cats and dogs (she is trying to say Kitty, but she calls dogs that too)
-Figures out how to play with toys (she bangs her drum etc.)
-Pulls herself up

One thing that has really been upsetting is she hasn't been sleeping as well as she used to. She gets up earlier and earlier and goes to bed later and later. For example, she didn't go to sleep until 10pm last night and woke up at 5am. It's really tough getting her to nap too. I am hoping it's because she is teething and I will one day get my good sleeper back!

She is such a smart little girl, and we are enjoying her so much. I feel truly blessed that she will call me Mom.

Teeth!

I wonder which tooth will come in next?!


See all the drool that comes along with teething?! I have to change her at least twice a day sometimes.


Sucking on ice in her mesh feeder.

I finally got a picture of Avery's teeth! It was very difficult, not only getting her to open her mouth so I could see them but to stop her from grabbing the camera since I was so close! LOL Her first tooth came in about 2 weeks after she turned 6 months and her second one popped up a couple of days ago. She gets really upset when she is teething, but I must say the second tooth wasn't as bad as the first. For relief she loves teething tablets, ice cubes in her mesh feeder and motrin really works too. I'll miss her toothless smiles, but I love her little teeth!

Avery on the move!

We better start baby proofing right away!

Pretty, Pretty Princess

We took some cute pictures of Avery in her new tutu. It really shows off her tootsie rolls! :)

7 Months!

Lucky number 7! :) It is going way too fast but we are having so much fun. She is changing so much everyday. Some new things she does:
-She has her first tooth!
-She sits unattended for long periods of time.
-She can push herself into a sitting position using her arms.
-She plays with toys instead of just putting them in her mouth.
-She is trying REALLY hard to crawl.
-She calls me Mama and Billy Dada, but then she says it to other things as well.
-She gives hugs.
-She can roll both ways now.
And I'm sure there are many more!

Happy Independence Day!

I hope everyone had a great 4th of July. We had a lot of friends over for swimming and BBQ and it was so much fun!

Bouncing Baby!

Happy Father's Day!!

Daddy: You are my hero and I will always be your little girl. Avery is lucky she has a Grandpa like you. I love you!

Billy: Watching you be Daddy makes me fall in love with you all over again. Avery loves you so much and so do I.

Hope everyone has a GREAT Father's Day!!

6 Months Old!!

Can you believe she is half a year old?! It's hard to believe. Some new things she does:
-She says, mama, dada, gaga, hiiii, and a bunch of other baby words. She doesn't know what they mean but she sure talks a lot!
-She notices every little thing. She is so aware of what is going on around her and she is very curious.
-She can sit up by herself for a couple minutes. Of course we have to be right there but she has great balance for a baby her age!
-When she is laying in her boppy she can pull herself into a sitting position.
-She rolls back to belly and plays with toys when she is on her tummy. She still hasn't rolled the other way yet but I'm sure she will any day!
-She's teething! I will miss her toothless grins!

I'm sure there are many more, she changes so much every day! So if you haven't seen her in awhile, please do- she is growing up way too fast!

We had her 6 month check up on Wednesday and she did great. She weighs 18lbs 12.4oz and is 28 inches. She is still in the 90th percentile for weight and she has dropped to the 80th percentile for height. She is still off the charts, our big girl! The doctor was extremely impressed with our precocious little thing, and said she is doing things some babies don't do until they are a year old! She said she is WAY ahead developmentally and that Billy and I are doing such a great job. This meant A LOT to me! :)

Judging by how fast these six months went by, pretty soon I will be planning her first birthday party.

Gross, prunes!

Avery has been having some...uh...constipation issues due to her formula. We usually give her some prune juice in her bottles, but since she can eat solids now I decided to try giving her some prunes baby food. She didn't like it to say the least as you can see from this video! Next we are going to try avocado and peas....I hope she likes it better than the prunes!

First time eating cereal!

We started oatmeal when she was around 5 months (I know I am late posting this!). She seemed to know exactly what to do! She opened up when I put the spoon to her mouth and she ate about 1 tablespoon.