It's a Wonderful Life!!: June 2009

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Habby Birthday PaGa!!!

Avery really loves her grandpa (Paga)! She was so excited to sing Habby (that is how Avery says Happy) Birthday to him! She gets so excited and loves blowing out the candles! Of course her Mimi and Paga let her put her whole hand into his pie and lick it off each finger! Only at Mimi and Paga's house!! =) Hope you had a wonderful Birthday Scott! We love you so very much and are extremely blessed to have you in our lives! You are the best Grandpa ever!!!! We love you!!!

Saturday, June 27, 2009

Random pictures...

NINETEEN months.....

I can not believe my baby is 19 months old today! Where has all of this time gone? I want it back! I wish we could just start all over and relive the 19 months over again and again and again...they have been the best months ever!! I just love her sooo much!
She is seriously so smart, I know I may be biased but I really think she is. She just really watches and pays attention to what you are doing 24/7 and figures stuff out by watching and listening to everything you tell her! We have to be really careful! =) She is a sponge and soaks up everything! Avery loves to do things by herself and when I try to help her she will tell me "Stop or No, mommy!" She feeds herself everything, even yogurt and other very messy things with of course no help from me. Sometimes she even ditches the spoon or fork and goes for it with her fingers. She is like her mama, if there is food around she will figure out a way to eat it!!
Just thought I would list some things about Avery as she turns 19 months today, so that one day when I look back I can relive the memories!!

She weighs around 27 or 28 pounds
She is very tall, 95th percentile
She wears a size 6 shoe and can put them on herself even on the right foot most of the time and of course has no problem taking them off.
She wears a size 5 diaper, and has really started telling us after she has gone potty! Such a big girl.
She wears size 24 months or 2T in clothes and those fit perfectly, she may have to move up a size soon!
She loves the pool and says pooooo, it has a really country sound to it.
She loves to play outside...she does not care if it is 120 degrees out, she would stay out there all day long if you let her. I tell her it is too hot. So, she will say "Outside, hooot, yucky!!" But, still wants to be out there in it!
She LOVES her brother, Bruiser. She will follow him around and boss him around non stop. She tells him when to eat, drink, sit, go outside, go to sleep, poor Bruiser does not run our house anymore! But, I think they are really buddies now. He follows her around too and kisses her all day long! She also gives him hugs and kisses and tries to pick him up. We are really working on being gentle to Bruiser, no hitting or kicking.
She loves playing with her babies. She will wrap them up in blankets and put them to bed and tell us "SHHHH!!!" She feeds them and gives them drinks and pacis! I catch her kissing them and hugging them and it is the sweetest thing ever!! She is the best little mommy!!
She loves to wave at everyone! At the store, the cars driving by the neighborhood any where there is someone around she will wave! She is very friendly and never meets a stranger!
She loves gymnastics!! She gets so excited when we drive up! She thinks every thing is her own personal trampoline...the couch, our bed, her bed! I hear her in the mornings jumping on her bed saying "Trampoline!!" She also does that on the couch often, I have to remind her daily that it is not a trampoline!! =) She does so great at gymnastics. She can hold onto the bars herself and swing her self! So proud of our little gymnast!!
She talks non stop and can say anything! She repeats anything you say to her.
She is really good at communicating with us and using words to tell us what she wants.
She is a great sleeper. She goes to sleep every night around 8 and sleeps until 8 or later the next morning. She also takes about a 2 hour nap every day!
When she goes down to sleep, I always hold her like a baby a try to rock her to sleep, but she always says "No, bed" Poor baby just wants to get straight into her bed. She listens to her cd every night and falls right to sleep on her own....with 4 paci's' in her bed! =)
She is such a sweet heart and so full of joy! She laughs all the time and is always smiling! She is just so happy and so sweet! She loves to give hugs and kisses and nosey kisses! I love the joy she has and pray she always stays that way!
She loves her family! She talks about her mommy, daddy, boo boo, Nana, Papa, Mimi and Grandpa all day everyday! She also talks about D, Clay, Hollla, Nanny and My dad, although she can't quite say Grandaddy for some reason and she just started really talking about Niki alot! She also talks about her friend Haylee alot! She loves her family and friends!!
She knows every single body part and will show you each one....every single part!! =)
She loves pizza, strawberries, mac and cheese, ice cream, chocolate milk, and juice! But, she is a great eater and will try anything!

Honestly I can not think of much that Avery does not like.......

The garbage man freaks her out for some reason.
Long car rides
Not being able to walk on her own at the store
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Basically, we are extremely blessed with the perfect child!! =) Honestly, she is perfect in my eyes! It is so amazing to experience the love you have for your child. Sometimes I just think Wow, I could not love her any more, I am sooo in love with her, there is nothing that she could do that would ever take away the love I have for this child and it occurs to me that is exactly how God loves us! He loves us so unconditionally, even when we mess up and sin and do things that are not pleasing to Him, He still loves us! Isn't that amazing. I just always think of that when I think of how much I love Avery! I think God gives us children to show us the way He loves us!! We are beyond blessed and beyond thankful for this Perfect and Amazing child of His!!!!! Still can't believe she is 19 months, but I am preparing myself because I know TWO is right around the corner!!!!!

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

More Birthday.....

SURPRISE...Happy 30th Birthday Ryan!!

Saturday I had a Surprise 30th birthday party for Ryan! It was so much fun and went off with out a hitch! Thank you sooo much for everyone's help! I could not have pulled it off with out all of ya'll!! We told Ryan we were going to dinner and a movie with our friends Brandon and Amy, but had to stop by Sneaky Pete's first for another friends b-day party! It worked out perfect and Ryan was VERY surprised!!! I am so blessed to have Ryan as my husband! He is the greatest husband and provider ever! I thank God for him everyday! Happy Birthday honey!!

I have more pictures, I will post them all later!

Monday, June 22, 2009

More fun at gymnastics!

Avery's new sink

We searched high and low for this thing! They weren't making it anymore and it was so hard to find, but finally we found a website that had 2 in stock and we got one!! I am sooo glad we did b/c Avery loves this thing! Now, I just have to figure out how to get her to stop playing and come inside with out throwing a major fit!!

Silly Cowgirl!!

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Avery LOVES "gymnastics"

Avery started "gymnastics" at Win Kids today and she LOVES it! What she does not love is following the instructions, but we are going to work on that! She had sooo much fun and never slowed down! That is why most of these pictures are blurry, she never stopped moving!

Avery saw her friend Reagan. They aren't in the same class, Reagan is 6 months older than Avery! She is such a cutie and wanted to hug and kiss on Avery!

To much hugging makes you fall down!

Trying to hold hands!

Right away Avery spotted the pool! She was yelling "pool, pool!" She wanted to ditch the gym and get in the pool! Please excuse my BIG booty!

We were sooo lucky Daddy had the day off and got to go to the gym for Avery on her first class! She was sooo happy to play with her daddy and jump on the trampoline with him!

Avery and daddy after class, she was still trying to figure out a way to get back in there!

Hmmm, picture out of order...drives me nuts!!! But, cute Reagan and Avery holding hands again!

More jumping, she loves the trampoline!

My baby is such a big girl now! =(

Avery missed her friend John and can't wait to have him with her next week!

My baby brother is a graduate!!

I can't believe my baby brother graduated! I love him sooo much and I am sooo proud of him! Dillon has always been sooo special to me, I remember bringing him home from the hospital and watching him grow up! Playing baseball and making new friends, going to elementary school, middle school and high school! Playing football and excelling in FFA! He is such a great brother and loves his little brother and sisters so much! He has turned into and awesome man! He will be such a great success in anything he decides to do! He really is a great guy and I am so blessed to call him my brother! And, he is an awesome Uncle D to Avery! We love you Dillon!! Congrats!