Look Whooo's 1!

Avery turned one on June 23rd! I can't believe how fast time goes. I love watching her each day and all the fun new things she does. She is walking all over the place and keeping us busy. She loves having paper and a pen and pretends to draw. Whenever I am writing something she always comes and steals it away. She loves food and will be your instant friend if you have some. She loves dogs. When she sees one she will make a woof sound. I love it. She also loves being outside. She loves pillows. When she sees one she will lay down and put her head on it. I love all the things she does!

For her birthday we had a party up at my parent's house. I decided to do an owl theme:

I made banana cupcakes and a little smash cake for Avery.

 

 

She loves all of her gifts! Thanks everyone!

 

 

 She loved the cake and destroyed it!

 

 

She loved pushing her cousin Sophie on her new riding toy it was so funny.

She had a great birthday and was worn out by the end of the day, but she had to hold on to her balloon when she fell asleep. Love her!

 

 Thanks everyone for coming! Avery has a wonderful family and loves you all!

Fathers Day 2013

Fathers Day Weekend 2013

It was a great 2013 Fathers day weekend! With is being my first official Fathers day (Last year we kind of counted as Brit was about one week away from delivering Avery).

It started off with us hanging out with the Hebers (couple in our ward) friday night at their place with some dinner and games.

Saturday morning we went to to Kneaders at Jordan landing for their Free Fathers day breakfast, All you can eat French Toast. It was really good and I can't wait for next year already.

Just after that we drove up to Wanship (just outside of Park City) to a friends private Motocross Track. It's a really nice scenic, fun place that is fun to just go to and hang out. It's up in the Mtns and right by a river so I wanted to just go up there and hang out as a family. We let Avery play in the dirt and soak up the rays. I rode for a little bit and it was fun just being together up there. After, we stopped at the Tanger Outlets. We looked around and we ended up getting a Shirt for Avery and her B-day present.

She was a little tired lady and she slept on out way home. 

A little rest and we decided to head over to our friends Travis and Claudia house. They have a community pool that we went swimming at. Averys doesn't absolutely love swimming quiet yet but I hope she decides to so we can do more of that. Here are some fun videos.

Getting Ready.

She found this rock in the dirt that was just her size. I don't think she let go of it for a good 30 mins. Death Grip.

See what I found daddy! 

No don't eat it.

 Uh uh. Sad face.

On Sunday Brit made me Breakfast. Loves Boo Boo. We went to church and heard some good talks and was handed a brownie for fathers day. Thanks 1st ward!

We spent the evening up in Sandy for a BBQ Richard had. 

All in all it was a wonderful Fathers day weekend and can't wait for many more to come. I love this little girl so much and am so blessed that we have her in our life.

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Funny video of us at the pool and then of Claire feeding Avery. They were both loving it and it was the only way to get Claire to eat her own food. "You take a bite then you can feed Avery"
I guess we will have to head over for every one of Clair's feedings from now on.  :)

Fathers Day 2013

St. George and Zion NP

This past weekend we went to St George and Zion NP. It was mainly for a Family Reunion on Brit's dads side of the family. We left around noon on Friday. Drove down with a few stops on the way. We carpooled with Richard. Avery did a pretty good job and only fussed a few times. She was a trooper. We went to Zion on the way down for a quick hike to "Wheeping Rock" It is beautiful there and can't believe Utah has such diversity all within a few hours. We then went to St George and arrived at the hotel. Sat we the reunion kicked off at a family owned Farm called Staheli Farm. They had a lot fo cool stuff there for families and kids: cows, chickens, bunnies, turkies, a bounce pillow, swing, a field, tractors, etc. I can't wait until Avery is a little older and can know a little more what is going on although she kinda has the idea now. We played kick ball, had a best golf chip contest (Which I believe i won!) and ate lunch. It was a great time and loved it. (It reminded me of my Aunt Jan's farm up in Morgan we used to go to as a kid. We would go play around in their indoor stable, watch my grandpa blast pigeons in the barn and just hang out when I was a kid.)  We also went swimming in the pool, had a dinner for the Reunion, had a pancake breakfast at Brits great grandmas house, watched a slide show or old photos and videos and stopped at Zion on the way home to do a fun hike called "Temple of Sinawava". All in all it was a great time and was envious that they made this happen as I would love to see my extended family during reunions.

We tuckered Avery out but she did a pretty good job overall. I can't wait to go do more family trips like this with Brit and Avery.

For a more full review of things check out Brooke and Ethans blog HERE.

Once Meses

Avery is 11 months today! We can't believe she is almost 1 Yr old! We love her so much and she is learning new things every single day. Here are 11 things about Avery to celebrate her 11 months today.

1. She loves to Clap. She will clap if we clap or if someone on TV claps.

2. She is so close to walking on her own. She can cruise up and down our couch by holding on and can take a few steps, but she is close to full on walking. Not sure if that is good or bad since she is already into everything.

3. She loves to climb on anything to get higher up. A Book, A toy, My face. She always want to climb.

4. When she hears a dog barking she will do her own bark. She loves dogs and watching them run around.

5. When she doesn't want any more of what she is eating she will close her eyes and turn her head. That means "No more dad!"

6. When she hears music playing she will start bouncing like she is dancing. 

7. She is a good eater and usually eats whatever you put in front of her. Although her favorites are probably Avocado, yogurt and fruit.

8. She goes pretty easy at night. We will set her in her crib and she will usually just cuddle in a ball, stick her bum in the air and hit the sack.

9. Avery hates anything over her eyes or head. When we change her shirt she will tense up if the shirt is covering her eyes just for a second.

10. If she isn't paying attention and is holding something she will stand on her own for a good 30-40 seconds. As soon as she notices she sits down. 

11. Her little feet are chubby and usually won't fit shoes. They are like little bricks attached to her legs.

Happy 11 months Avery we love you!