slide

Avery got a slide jungle gym for Christmas from her Papa and Gramma! She has mastered climbing up the steps and has even slid down without my help! She loves her new slide;

Angry eyes

Avery loves to show us her "angry eyes"! Especially when she is mad, but lately we've been able to ask her to show us her angry eyes and she thinks its funny!

3 become 4

I have finally reached the point where I am comfortable telling the world our news! Almost all of you that read this blog know already but we are pregnant! Avery is getting a baby sister or brother at the end of the summer! I'm a little paranoid and I don't like announcing to the world until I reach 12 weeks and have heard the heartbeat with the doppler at my doctor's office. We did this today so now the world may know! :)

I bought Avery a Big Sister shirt shortly after we found out we were expecting and finally got to take her picture in it. We've had to wait since she has been sick (her first ear infection and cold). So here it is;

Spaghetti and toes

Avery was a big eater when we visited my parents over Christmas! Here is a video of her eating spaghetti and being a little stinker!

She enjoys testing my patience! Even though she's adorable when she does something she's not supposed to I have to stand my ground! For some reason she thinks its the greatest game! toddlerhood is gonna be fun...

Christmas!

We had a wonderful Christmas this year! It was still such a blessing to have Chris home with us! We spent Christmas Eve with The Rhodes family and drove up to Oklahoma Christmas day to spend time with The Thompsons! We did miss getting to spend time with my grandparents and the rest of the family in Arkansas! My grandparents were on a mission trip to Ecuador this year for Christmas!

Avery seemed very interested in the presents this year, I have no doubt that will only increase! :) Here are a few pics from our holiday season;

Avery in her Christmas dress

The Rhodes Family

Avery's new hat

Parker

Oops, probably should've done this before Christmas morning! (we'll do better next year!)

Grandpa reading to Avery

 Thompsons Family pic

Our family Christmas pic 2010

on the phone...

I took this video at my parents house this past week. I just love her gibberish and how she loves to talk on the phone! <3 turn up the volume for this one!

14 months old

• It amazes me; everyday Avery shows me in a new way that she isn't a baby anymore! :(
• She doesn't like holding my hand when she walks, she wants to do it on her own!
• She had her last swimming lesson and when she went underwater she stayed under for 5 seconds!! and kicked her feet to get to me!
• She loves to talk, she tries to "woof" like a dog, "baa" like a sheep "meow" like a cat and always says "duck" for the duck!
• She loves to wave at everyone! especially in a check out line! she will wave and get this big smile on her face! she also loves to watch other children, she giggles and tries to talk to them
• We had our first big fiasco, Avery got into Target's little box! She was only out of sight for a few seconds but boy did she play. not a fun mess to clean up.
• She can take off walking almost in a run, she is getting fast!
• We celebrated her 2nd Christmas, we spent Christmas eve with the Rhodes family and traveled to Oklahoma on Christmas day to spend time with the Thompson/Bushongs.
• Avery loved unwrapping the presents and got a ton of fun new toys! I think her favorite is her dog, Violet, violet talks to avery about her favorite things and even says Avery's name!
• Although we haven't made it fully public we did announce to family at Christmas that we are expecting Avery's little sister or brother, due late July/early August!
• Avery's new favorite thing to do is when I tell her no she gets this mischievous smile on her face and keeps doing it! She laughs when I tell her no again, she thinks its a game!
• This past week she has mastered getting up from sitting down without grabbing onto something to pull up with. She just puts her hands out and up she goes!
• Avery learned how to say bye bye and yes (or yesh) this month. I'm sure she is probably saying more but I haven't been able to translate it yet! :) she enjoys trying to copy you!
• She will say momma, dada, papa(for both grandpas), gigi(my mom), gaga(cindy), a(for aaron), shi-shi for ci ci, jay for jaden, E for emily, lala for layla and lela for ella!

*I haven't had a chance to upload the pics from Dec but I will try to get them up soon!