Wedding Fun and More

This past weekend we went to our cousin Doreens Wedding. It was a lot of fun and a nice time for us to spend some adult time together. Most things we do we do with Avery. . .we want her to be an addition to our lives so we like to make sure she is a part of most things we do. For this occasion children were not invited so Uncle Matt and Auntie Brooke got to watch Avery, which we heard was also a fun time:) Here are some pictures from the day!
Doreen and Time released these Doves. It was cool and I learned that they fly back to their home which is somewhere in Philadelphia! I thought that was awesome that birds are trained to do that!
Big Fish (aka Andrews dad) got to be the Captain of our table which basically meant that he had to serve drinks and motivate the table to dance with his "awesome" dancing ability. (the man CANNOT carry a beat - bless his heart! But he has so much fun trying!!) This is him wearing the captains hat!
This is Big Fish and Mama Fish dancing together! They had so much fun together!










I love Andrews picture face!!

















Big Fish and I "twisted" it out together! It was fun!











Andrew and I dancing together - He is a good sport. I drag him out there to dance with me!
















I painted Averys toes too before the wedding! She thought it was great!
Here is the final product!
This is a bracelet that cousin Olivia made for Avery. She love to wear it! Thanks Olivia!

Avery is getting so big - she climbs in and out of the glider now all by herself. Sometimes when I am getting ready in the morning she will climb into the chair with a book and flip through it (backwards of course); it is so cute!

To the Beach

Last Friday Avery and I went to the beach with my friend Stacie and her son Logan. I was a little nervous because the last time we took her to the beach she wouldn't put her feet down. I was hoping that with another kids there she would play better. Here are some pictures from the day!

It was cold in the morning so we just walked on the boardwalk and shopped. Here is Avery and Logan chillin in their strollers.


Logan just sat and dug his feet into the sand. It was so cute!

Avery wasn't so sure about the beach. She wanted to sit on her towel and not touch the sand!
















I made her get up and walk, but she wasn't happy about it.






















She got warmed up to the sand though. . .and then she was happy!


Logan still digging:)


They had fun playing together>



Avery thought the sand tasted good.




They were really tired from the long day without naps, but they were both so good all day!

Stacie and I had fun!!
That was a lot of pictures. . .I should have made a slide show:) Oh well, hopefully there will be a lot of nice days this spring and summer so I will have more beach days!

The Beach

On Friday afternoon after Andrew got home from school I suggested that we drive to Ocean City to walk on the beach and the boardwalk. It had been so hot all day, so we thought it would be fun for avery to run on the beach. Well, she did not like the sand! She wouldn't even put her feet down. She kept saying "nooo, nooo" everytime I tried to put her down. I stuck her feet in the sand and she pointed at them as said "eww, nooo"! I hope she gets used to the beach. I think once she sees all the people and watches her cousins play in the sand. . .she will be OK! Here are some pictures from the day!

My Little DARE Devil

Avery is getting really brave lately. She has realized that she can climb on everything. The other day I was talking to Andrew about posting this blog and as I was talking Avery climbed up onto the love seat with him and proceeded to climb OVER the couch. If Andrew hadn't caught her she would have falled right on her face; of course she thought it was funny that we were making a big deal out of her "abilities".

This is how I found Avery recently. She climbed onto the ottoman in her bedroom and I watched her as she jumped from the ottoman to the rocker. . . she thought she was so funny. I ran to grab the camera. I got back into the room as she was going to jump back to the ottoman. I snapped the picture and ran to catch her before she fell on her head! It was close. She laughed though!
In our apartment our window sills in our apartment are very low. Every 6 months we get a notice from the landlord about installing window guards, now we know why. Avery learned a new trick. . .

Doesn't she look so cute looking out the window?

How about now? Climbing on the window sill. . .


Ok - not only does she stand and lean on the chair, but she swings her leg around and climbs into her seat, turns around, and sits down (I was too afraid to try and get a picture of that; I wanted to be close to catch her). She is crazy! It really amazes me how big she is getting and how much she is learning and trying. I love to watch her. Be on the look out, we may post a blog later titled "our trip to the ER"!!
I love my dare devil.

A Girl After My Own Heart

It was a crazy day at school, but I always look forward to coming home and spending time with Avery. Whatever goes on at work doesn't matter because one of the most important things in my life is my family. Coming home and playing just makes my day, especially when we can be outside. These videos just melt my heart!! I better start getting my coaching license.

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Fun with Family

Recently, Jess and Josh and their four kids (and Dog) came to NJ for a week. Avery had so much fun playing with her cousins and she learned so much that week. I think she picked up so many words just from playing with the kids It is always nice to spend time with family!! We celebrated Garretts 4th birhtday, we went to the Camden Aquarium, we celebrated Jess birthday and so much more. A lot of the week we had such nice weather that we played outside for a good chunk of the day. Avery loves to be outside. She would stand at the door and cry to go out. Here is a little show about our time together. The only pictures I don't have are from the aquarium, but hopefully I will get them soon. The last picture is Avery wondering where all of her friends are. . .so cute!
Enjoy

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In her Face

So lately I have been harassing Avery with the camera. I am trying to get some new pictures for our black and white picture wall, but now that she is mobile getting a good shot in not always easy. Not to mention the fact that every time I view a picture I have to remember to change the setting to Sepia or black and white. I kept forgetting that part. Anyway here are some of my favorites.






Now, Just for fun and everyone must vote (don't worry you won't offend me). . . who does Avery look like?


Don't let the expressions on their faces sway your decision:)

Playing in my Giraffe Tunnel

Some thoughts from Avery...
Just playing in my new giraffe tunnel that mommy got me. It kind of reminds me of some other tunnel from 13 months ago, hmmm...