Saturday, September 19, 2009

Avery + Pinwheel = Crawling!

Today was such a lazy day. We watched movies, played with toys, took a nap, had some snacks and hung out. However, today was a little different than most. Avery had her game face on and was determined to crawl. As of right now, we officially have a mobile baby! Who knew all it took was a pinwheel set strategically in the middle of the room. Boy, that did it! She was off like a rocket!
Enjoy the video...

Monday, September 7, 2009

Yee-haw!


In addition to turning 9 months old on Labor Day, I had to post these pictures of Avery all decked out for the Ellensburg Rodeo...although we didn't make it to the rodeo this year, the outfit was too cute not to share. We did go to the parade and the fair...even with the rain, we had quite the adventurous weekend!

Avery's first cowgirl hat...she's not quite sure about it!

The girl loves to accessorize so she tries it on.

Yep, it does look fantastic...

But it tastes even better! Ahh well!


AT THE PARADE





AT THE FAIR

Grandpa and Grayson flying the airplane!


Avery asleep through it all...maybe next year!

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Cousins


Last weekend Avery got to meet 3 of her cousins. Scott (Freddie's brother), his wife Sally and their daughters Maggie and Anna recently returned from Kenya where they lived for a year (read about their amazing experience here). They left on their journey last year when I was around 18 weeks pregnant, so they were really excited to finally get to meet Avery. Avery LOVED them and Maggie and Anna had a blast trying to get Avery to crawl...she's sooo close!

Anna (holding Avery) and Maggie


Kira is Freddie's cousin who came over to visit for a few days with her mom Sue (Freddie's aunt). Kira and her sister Britta are twins and Britta has twin boys!! Lots of twins in this family!! Anyway, it was great seeing Kira and Sue again and they had a great time with Avery as well. On Sunday, we had a BBQ at Fred's mom and dad's house and had a great time celebrating the return of our family from Kenya, Fred's dad's birthday, Fred's brother Nik's birthday and the engagement of Fred's sister Laura to Rob. They are planning a destination wedding for 10/10/10. We're not quite sure where the destination is, but we hope to be able to make it!

Kira with Avery



Me and Avery