December 2013

December we had some more fun in the snow. Avery and I went out one day to play in the fresh snow. I helped her build her first little snowman. She liked playing in it until her hands got wet and cold.

We had our ward Christmas party at the beginning of the month and Santa was there. She was not a fan, but I had to get a picture. Good thing I didn't wait in the long lines at the mall. 

Here is just a random one. She likes to put diapers on her teddy.

Another time sledding with Dad.

Ben and I got out for a little date night to the Jazz game.

Another random one. She loves to put headphones on.

One Sunday dinner we decorated gingerbread houses as well. Here we are in front of our creations. Avery just loved eating the sweets.

One night we went to dinner with Ben's parents at Little America then went over to Grand America to see their decorated windows for Christmas. I had never been before and loved it. Avery loved it as well. 

Avery loves to doodle.

and play with phones and grandma's glasses.

I had to get some pictures of Avery in her Christmas dress.

Playing with her sunglasses. Love her.

Dan blessed Luke one Sunday and the girls were all wearing their Christmas dresses so we had to take a picture.

Christmas Eve at Grandma Pett's. Avery was an angel in the Nativity.

Christmas morning we spent at my parent's. It was a fun morning of opening gifts and having our traditional breakfast that I love!

Avery loved her stroller and baby and her tent.

Looking through her stocking. Avery loves dum dums and she found those quickly in her stocking.

It was so fun to watch her open all of her presents.

She loves Winnie the Pooh

She loved Sophie's new bike and decided to climb on to it. Can't wait to get her a bike one day!

After breakfast we went up to Ben's sister's house to open gifts with them.

Avery enjoying one of Aunt Jen's delicious scones.

She even played a little hockey with cousin Cole. She was loving it, but still had to hang on to her scone.

Christmas was a lot of fun even with Avery getting a horrible cough and eye infection a couple days before. 

I can't wait until next year with our little family growing!

October and November 2013

Well it is time to play catch up. It has been awhile since I have updated the blog, but I feel like either me or Avery has been sick this winter. I am so ready for it to be over!

Well back in October we went up to Logan for the Pumpkin Walk again. It was a lot of fun. We first went to lunch at a yummy pizza place. We had put a temporary tattoo on Avery that said Big Sis to tell my siblings I am pregnant. That was fun to do. This years pumpkin walk was great. I liked it even more than last years.

Avery loved playing in the leaves.

The next day we had a family dinner and carved pumpkins with Ben's family. We also let his family know with Avery's tattoo. It was pretty funny it took them awhile to figure it out. His sister even read it then walked away then realized.

This year I made Avery a little Indian costume. I loved how it turned out.
The day before Halloween we had a Halloween Party up at my Parent's.

Halloween we went up to Ben's sisters for dinner then did some trick or treating with Avery. It didn't take her too long to figure out what was going on she would dig right into the candy bowls. It was fun to take her.

November
Dan and Amy had their baby. They were surprised and had a boy. They named him Luke. We were able to go visit him. I wasn't sure how Avery would do, but she did great and makes me excited for our baby to come.

At church Avery would love to play with the drinking fountains. She would constantly drag us to it and would scream when we would take her away.

One day the weather wasn't great and I wasn't feeling good so we built towers and forts. Avery loved it.

Baby #2's first picture

We took Avery sledding one day. It was fun even though she didn't show too much emotion to it.

One day I was feeding Avery lunch and she zonked. It totally shocked me, she usually won't fall asleep unless she is in her crib or car seat. It has been the one and only time it has happened though. It was pretty hilarious. She had spaghetti sauce all over her face from rubbing her eyes. So I washed her face and hands and she would open her eyes every once and awhile, but was out. It was so funny.

Ben loves Kneader's breakfast. So he took Avery a few times for some daddy daughter time.

Snowboard video

Made a quick video from Averys first time snowboarding. She did great for about 25 mins then all she wanted to do was: walk around in the snow, brush the snow around while going down the hill, and brush snow off of the benches around the deck area at Snowbird. Which is OK by me. As long as she was having fun. Love her.
Here's to many more days on the slopes with stinkies.

Story of the week:
I got her training potty out and put it in the bathroom just do she could see it and get used to it being out. I put her on it and tried to explain to her what it is, what you do, etc.
So I guess the next day Brit said Avery grabbed her Minnie Mouse doll, pulled down Minnies undies and sat her on the toilet. Love it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7iou9ypj44&hd=1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7iou9ypj44&hd=1

CLAP

Funny story: Whenever Avery is getting into trouble (climbing onto the table and standing up, throwing food on the floor, getting into the pantry, spilling milk out of her bottle on purpose, unraveling the TP, or just generally making a mess, etc) I clap at her to get her attention and tell her no. The other day we had some friends over and their boy that is around 3 yrs old sat in Averys chair, she then claps at him to get him to move....Gotta love her.

She still loves food.
She saw me put on deodorant, now she always grabs it and tries to put it on herself. Problem is she tries to put it under the same arm of the hand she is holding it.
She kinda does the hand signs to "popcorn popping". My favorite part is at the end when she waives her finger back and forth.
She has learned to peel her own cutie but always wants us to cut the slices in half before she will each them.
She can brush her own teeth (well...kinda)
she can make a bunch of animal noises
She still isn't really talking
she will grab our finger and lead us to whatever she wants. (usually the fridge)
When we say "squeeze" she will squeeze her hands tight
When we say "Eyes" she will squint her eyes
We go get the mail just about every day and she will grab the mail key and get it ready in her hand to put in the key hole.
she still picks her toe jam when we take her socks off but now she wipes it on the floor. Really Aves?
She will play ring around the rosie
she always wants her blankey and teddy to take a nap or go to sleep at night
She likes to make car noises when she has a car to play with
I would always pat her on the back when hugging her, now she does the same to you.