Swimming With Mommy & Nonnie

We have been trying to take advantage of the fantastic weather here recently (not 100 degrees and 80% humidity) and go swimming. Avery loves bath time so it is no surprise that she enjoys the pool too.

Mom took her swimming several times while she was in town and she loved it. She likes bobbing around in her float checking out what is going on and who else is at the pool but I think her favorite part is when she can get out and really play. She has so much fun splashing and kicking.

I love the sunglasses that she has on. I got these at Target and she really doesn't seem to notice them at all, no pulling off or clawing at them. Not only do they help protect her eyes from the sun but also from the large amount of water she splashes on her face and she looks like a rock star.

Have a great weekend!

Laugh Attack

Ok, back to our regularly scheduled programming. Originally I planned on posting a video of Avery every Friday so that you could see her in action, but after week one I was deviating from the schedule and never seemed to get back on. Now that we are sleeping through the night, Avery is over her double ear infections and can play by herself I plan on getting our house, life and pretty much everything back on track.

Here is a video of the little one. She is sitting up so well and is so interested in everything.

Hope everybody has a great Friday and weekend.

Sick Mommy & Giggle Pants

I was out of commission on Friday and most of this weekend from some flu bug. I have not been that sick since my sophomore year of college and I hope that I can avoid being that sick for a long long time. There is no need to share the details but it was bad enough that I had Heath take Avery to school instead of saying home with me on Friday. I was bummed that I was taking a day off that I couldn't spend with the little one, but there was no way that I could have taken care of her. I slept until 2pm and then relocated to the couch for the rest of the day, needless to say I am happy to now be among the living.

On a much better topic I wanted for everybody to see the cuteness that is Avery when she laughs. It is hysterical. The good news is that she thinks most of her body is ticklish so any time you touch her it illictes a giggle. Her tummy is by far her "spot" and we can always get a little laugh or a smile, even when she is in a bad mood. Hope this brightens your Monday. I know it brightens every day for us!

Patty Cake Patty Cake

I remember the first time Avery was doing patty cake. LeeJayne has it documented in pictures on her blog here. She looked so confused and really didn't understand what was going on.

As you can see in the video she now instantly knows what we are doing and gets a huge smile on her face. Most of the time she starts to giggle before we even finish and is in a full laugh after we "pitch 'em in the pan." This is a common game when we are on Skype with Aunt LeeJayne, Rubs & B, and Nonnie & Pop (my parent's nicknames).

It is so surprising and exciting what Avery has for us every day. It seems as if her personality grows and she is learning something new constantly. We are truly blessed to have such a happy little girl!

On another note, we are so excited for our great friends Lee & Amy Edmondson in Baytown, TX. They are eagerly anticipating the arrival of their little girl Kendall Marie. We can't wait for the girls to meet and we know that they will be great friends. Good luck to you both and make sure to keep us posted!

Sick Girl

This week I had big plans to write all about our fun trip to Atlanta and post ridiculously cute pictures of Avery. Unfortunatley she has been sick with some stomach bug (don't ask about the details) so there has less sleep than normal and no time to take cute pictures. This morning she was feeling much better so it looks like we will have a great weekend playing around; maybe even going to the pool! Since I know you all don't want to see pictures of sick girl and that I am trying to keep up with posting videos on Friday I have posted a video of Avery talking. This was from a few weeks ago and it is pretty cute. Hope you all have a great weekend.

Dancing Queen - More Like Jumping Queen

Ok, I know I have been pretty bad about updating the blog this past week. I planned on posting lots of pictures and a few videos but it seemed like there was not time for it this week and I am sure that this will be a common thing in our house.

My plan is to post a video of Avery on Fridays so you will all be able to see her in action! I stole this idea from one of my favorite Mommy blogs and I hope that you will all enjoy the videos.

This video was from earlier this week. While Heath and I are in the kitchen cooking we normally put Avery in her bouncer so we can see and talk to her but also so she is entertained while we are working. She loves to play and bounce but as you can see she still has to use the phone books we have taped together because she just isn't tall enough yet.