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Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Birthday Bonanza

Well I have put this off far to long. :p Avery had a really great birthday. The Sunday before her birthday we had Sunday dinner at a park and celebrated both Fathers Day and Avery's birthday. She loved the park, it was large had a nice playground a large area with 4 basketball courts together and large rolling hills, that I think was actually suppose to be a little pond. She ran around like a crazy lady playing with her cousins and hardly ate any dinner. But as soon as presents and cake were talked about she was a sweet little angel who sat nice and quiet. :p It was a really fun day and she had a great time. She wanted a My Little Pony birthday so I made her cupcakes with an assortment of the 6 ponies cutie marks on them. (the picture on their butts). I also made twilight sparkles hot air balloon into a cake, or at least the basket. Avery loved it and was so excited. So were a few of the Wardell boys and a few of the girls from the birthday party next to us. :p Avery made out like a bandit when it came to presents and ate more than enough sugar. Here are some pictures...

This is the My Little Pony hot air balloon

Singing Happy birthday.
Avery's birthday was later that week on Thursday It was very low key but nice at the same time. We did our usual morning walk.

After our walk her Nona and grumpy gave her one of her presents early. A Dora the explorer doll house. she was pretty excited.

Then we packed up a picnic and went and had lunch with daddy at work.

Yeah, she's a pretty big fan of her tongue. :)

This is Avery "peeing" on a tree like her cousins Parker and Andrew. :p She watched them doing it at the park on Sunday and decided that she wanted to do it too. After our little picnic Avery had a much needed nap. She woke up around dinner time. We had made one of her favorites, spaghetti. Then we did presents and had another birthday cake. Very low key and different from her 1st birthday. :) But all birthdays don't have to be crazy big over the top right. :) Avery had lots of fun and that's really all that matters.

Thursday, June 19, 2014

Happy Birthday ~ 2 Years Old

Two years ago our lives were blessed with this sweet active little girl. We waited for three years and are so blessed to have her in our lives. Avery is always moving and going and she doesn't stop until she crashes. Even her nap and bed times she stays up and plays till she just cant keep her eyes open. She has reached the terrible twos and some day's she makes me want to pull my hair out or at least wear ear plugs with the amount of screaming and shrieking she does when she doesn't get her way. :p But she is also a cuddle bug who loves to have you play with her and give her loves.

At 2 years old Avery's favorite things are:

Play time with her cousins Parker and Andrew

Reading

Playing in her pool

Daddy

My little ponies

Playing outside

Yo gabba gabba

going for walks

Umi zoomie

Animals

Tayo

Coloring

Going for rides in her car seat

Thomas the train

shopping

Exercising with her daddy

And lots more

Some of the things she is scared of.

She is currently afraid of swings and slides, we think she might be gaining a heights phobia but we aren't sure.

Grumpy's "noisy" This is any of his tools that make noise. His saw, lawn mower, weed whacker, etc.

She still doesn't like the vacuum when it's on. She can tolerate it when it's off, just not on. :p

Some of the new things she is doing:

She is now sleeping a big girl bed. A few weeks ago we made the switch but kept her crib in her room in case we needed to switch back. She made the transition like a champ, her crib is now sitting in storage with the rest of our stuff and she loves her big girl bed.

Next we are going to get her to go to sleep without her bottle and then eventually start thinking about potty training.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AVERY MAE!

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Summer Daze

I hope everyone is enjoying their summers so far. With school officially out for everyone (at least it seems) the fun days of summer start. As I am sitting here writing this all the windows in the house are wide open. I can feel a gentle breeze and hear crickets chirping. I really love summer and all it's sights, sounds, smells. Just wonderful! Well I wanted to share a little with you about what we have been doing.

We have celebrated birthdays

Played int he pool (A LOT)

Gone for walks and Avery learned how to throw rocks in this pond

Enjoyed delicious snacks

I got to introduce Avery to an Asian drink that I use to drink quite a bit on my mission in the Philippines. There they called it Zagu.

Avery found her own little cozy "nook" to nestle down in. Its in the front closet where we keep all the blankets.

We used edible "paint" to color our hot dog buns for lunch

and we have done crafts. So far it has been a fun filled summer and we cant see what else we get to do.

Saturday, June 7, 2014

Growing up to fast

Last weekend I had the chance to do a little spring cleaning in Avery's room. I went through her clothes and boxed up clothes that were either for winter or to small. Same with her shoes. Then I finally finished her closet doors by painting them and adding doorknobs. Also finished her bookshelf. Went through all her toys and boxed up, threw away and "D.I.'d" quite a few of them. Then we completely rearranged her room to make way for a big girl bed. Saturday Avery and i had gone shopping. I let her pick out some new sheets and a new teddy bear to go with her bed. At first I thought I would just put the bed in her room so she would get use to it and then we would try and have her sleep in it. Well after I got her room put back together with her new big girl bed completely made. Avery was so excited that I thought we could try that night and see if she would sleep in it.

(Avery and her new teddy bear)
Everything seemed to go really well at first, but around midnight we heard Avery crying at first it was a normal cry but then it turned into a terrified shriek. I went into her room and found her just laying in bed crying her eyes were still closed and she appeared to still be asleep. I pulled her into my arms and tried to talk to her and sooth her but she just kept crying. James came in to see what was going on and when I started to tell him all this she finally opened her eyes, she was still crying and looking at us with a confused expression. After awhile her shrieks and crying died down to just whimpers. I took her into our room and she snuggled in between James and I. We watched our movie thinking she would just settle down and go back to sleep. She was exhausted but she was trying hard to keep herself awake. After our movie ended and it was close to 3AM I decided to try putting her back in her crib. I had to move her whole entourage (seriously this girl sleeps with her own herd of stuffed animals) back into her crib with her and then after more hugs and kisses she cried and whimpered just a little bit before she fell fast asleep finally. Sunday she had nap time in her crib. But I think I found the problem. The night light we had for her just wasn't working. So after getting her a better night light we put her back in her big girl bed Sunday night. We did have to go back in a few times to coax her back into bed and lay down. But she did it, the whole night in her big girl bed as well as nap time on Monday too. This whole week she has had no problems sleeping in her big girl bed at night and for her naps. HOORAY! So we are thinking of taking this weekend to saying farewell to her crib and making more room for her birthday present that she will be getting soon. :) I am so grateful and feel so blessed with this whole experience. I have been praying like crazy this whole week that this transition would go well and that Avery would adjust to this new change and be ok with it. Heavenly Father has really blessed us in that and I am so grateful for these blessings. This whole week though I have seen Avery in a different light. My baby is growing up. Where I use to see a cute baby, I know see a little girl growing so fast and getting so big. She amazes me everyday with how smart she is. I just love her so much.

Monday, June 2, 2014

Summer Bucketlist

So I realized that I never posted our spring and summer bucket list. So here it is a little late but never the less it has been done. :) It's a little long.

Spring/Summer Bucket list

Outside movie

Drive in movie

Fireworks

S’Mores

Camping

Hiking

Splash Park

Zoo

Dinosaur Park

Library

State Fair