Random update!

For Father's day we got my dad some new trees for his yard. We had a very eventful day planting the new trees and moving exsisting ones. Here is a recap of the day!





















































Avery wanted to help water the plants. She was soaking wet by the end of the day, but she had a blast!


















Hugo learned how to play dead - so cute!








Corrie decided that she wanted to play with the ax that we had in the garage. It was the tiniest, dullest ax, but mom suggested that we dig out some dead roots from a tree they had removed. Notice there is no picture of Corrie playing with the ax (she did get to swing it but the boys did most of the work). Also, please take notice of the footwear people chose to wear while swinging an ax! Not the smartest people!




















































Avery kept busy while we were working!


















All the working made Hugo tired. . .












On another note. LastSaturday we went to my Aunts retirement party. It was a hawaiian theme and Avery loved the Leys. She was cracking me up!








Avery is such an happy little girl. . .I feel very blessed to have such a wonderful little gift!




I know that was random, but I was getting some grief for not updating the blog, so there you have it!

Happy Father's Day

Today is a day set aside to honor your dad's. . .Well I thought I would put together a little tribute to Andrew (from Avery of course). If you have ever seen Andrew interact with Avery there is NO DOUBT that he loves his daughter! He has amazed me as a dad - I could not ask for a better man to be the father of my children! So Andrew, thank you for loving me and thank you for being a great dad to Avery! I hope you are honored today (and every other day)! Avery just gave you the i love you sign:)





































































HA HA - two peas in a pod (she is definately his kid:)

About time!

OK - So it has been a long time since we last blogged so here are some pictures from what we have been up to lately!

Avery found her infant car seat and loves to sit and play in it!










Andrew and I joined the pool at our apartment complex and it has been awesome! It is only open on the weekends until June 20th, but Avery loves water. She is a little "fish".














I bought an inflatable pool to keep at my moms house so Avery has a pool there for hot days! It is a nice pool. . . I actually sit in it with her!













Avery likes to sit on the counter in the bathroom while I get ready for work. She was playing with my make-up and deoderant so I bought her washable crayons that she uses on the mirror. She chooses the blue crayon EVERY time. I am pretty sure blue is her favorite color.













On Tuesday Avery and I met up with Stacie and Logan for another beach day! This is Avery eating her breakfast before we left. . .her little pony tale is so cute!


































Avery was so tired after a long day at the beach! She did so well though, she didn;t nap all day until 4:00pm and we only had a couple difficult moments on the beach! I am so glad she likes the pool and the beach! She is at a great age for activites this summer! I am so excited!

Never more proud

I had been talking about getting Avery a potty seat for awhile, just to introduce her to the idea. Some people thought that I was crazy because she is still young, but I just wanted her to sit on it in the mornings and after nap times to get used to the idea of the potty. I read some reviews on different potty seats and choose one (I like to buy 5 star products). :) Anyway, after Averys afternoon nap I sat her on the seat. At first she just wanted to play with it, so I sat on the regular toilet and proceeded to sing "pee pee in the potty, pee pee in the potty". She liked my song:) She sat for a minute, leaned forward and smiled at me and when she stood up. . .

This is what I found!!! I was so happy!



I ran into the living room to grab my cell phone, so I could take a picture and send it to Andrew (he was away). By the time I got back she had her hand in the poop and I was laughing and cheering. Avery just danced like "mom is happy and I don't know why cause this stuff is nasty"!! I was so proud! The first time she ever sat on the potty she pooped. She hasn't done it since, but we still sit her on it!


Sometimes she just plays with the potty!



Oh well, I was one proud mommy!

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!