First trip to the library!

This afternoon Avery and I were itching to get out of the house, but it was too windy to go to the park. Since Avery was in the sleepy-but-not-cranky mood I thought it might be a good time to try taking her to the library. She did so well!

 She was so interested in all the books. And when we walked out she tried to run right back in. 

Once we were home she was so intrigued at all the books we checked out.

Happy Halloween!

This year Avery was Wonder Woman for Halloween. It started with the shirt we found at Six Flags this summer. I made the cape and the tutu and the shoes were courtesy of Aunt Stacy. She had so much fun trick or treating and even got some candy she can actually eat. She was even asleep in the car before we got home. 

Best Buds

Daddy and Avery are always such great buds. Thursday I was able to catch a great photo of the two of them.

Bananas

Avery's new word is

bananas.

It sounds more like "ma-nana" but she gets it. She will only actually say it when I have a banana or she is eating a banana. They are her favorite fruit.

Pillow Pet

Who needs one of these?

 

When you have one of these?

Smile!

My girl is so smiley and I just love seeing her so happy.

Oct. 21, 2010 vs. Oct. 21, 2011

When she was little people used to ask what happen in a shocked tone. For a long time I would look at her and ask, "Oh no! What do you mean?" Thinking in the 2.4557885 seconds I looked away she somehow sustained some major injury. In reality they were just referring to her hemangioma. I would always reply with the short answer that it was a birth mark, but that isn't exactly true. 

A birthmark is one that will not go away and this one will -- eventually. I have noticed over the last 6 months or so it has really lightened up and started spreading out as her face grew which makes it look even lighter. We are told that by the time she is 2 it will be completely gone, but truth be told I hardly notice it anymore. And we never get the comments we used to.

2010

2011

Pumpkin Patch 2011

On Friday Justin and I took Avery to the Stanley Lane Pumpkin Patch to get our pumpkins. It's the same pumpkin patch we took her to last year. This year was much different than last. She loved to run around in the corn rows and climb the hay bale pyramid. She really wanted to touch the pigs, but the sign said not to so she was a little disappointed when I wouldn't let her. All in all we got three pumpkins -- one for Justin, Avery and me -- and some small decorating pumpkins for the house.

Tomato Tomato

Recently we have discovered a secret weapon to get Avery to eat things she otherwise seemed disinterested it. Put a tomato - or any tomato derivative - on it and she will devour it. her two favorite tomato-based flavors right now? Tomato sauce and ketchup. She can even dip things in the ketchup all by herself. My big girl.

Train Town

Today Aunt Stacy and I took Avery to Train Town. They have real sized, old train cars that you can walk in and check out and a miniature ride-on train. The ride-on train even stops at a petting zoo and then returns back to the station.

Avery had so much fun making her way through the old train and checking out all the cool stuff. She was even sat down for the majority of the ride to the petting zoo just watching and taking everything in. She was not, however, a fan of the animals at the zoo. She especially didn't like the goats and their big horns.