It's been forever!

Well, Avery is now a little over six months old. She is trying so hard to crawl and is just itching to run around. She was 17 lbs and 26 inches at her last appointment and is packing on the pounds. That puts her in the 75% for her age. She just loves to be outside, in the water, and doing anything that involves eating something. She has been keeping us pretty busy the last couple of weeks.


I just love bananas! Or anything I can put in my mouth.

Walkin in my pappas shoes

Mamma and Avery hanging out in the spa.


So, i chose this picture on purpose because it shows just how much Avery moves. Its non stop. She cannot sit still for one minute. Its pretty funny to see because even if she is laying down her arms are going one hundred miles an hour. She is trying so hard to crawl, its pretty funny to watch.

Just playing with my favorite toy.



Ok, I know that someday Avery will probably kill me when she finds out I posted a picture of her bum on the Internet, but seriously, it cracks me up. Literally!! All those roll!! I got myself one healthy baby.

At the park

So, these last few weeks have been fun. Avery is growing more and more every day. A few weeks ago she started rolling over. Front to back, and back to front. She likes to hold her own cup and eat everything I am eating. She is such a spaz. I love the shirt she is wearing in most of these pictures because she truly is a wiggle worm. We are seriously walking around all day. I cannot wait until she can crawl and move around some on her own. She is so dang cute and I am loving being her mommy!!






Playing on the swing. It was funny to see her trying to jump in the swing because she thought it was her jumper.





Having fun on the slide

Ready for summer!!!

So, we went to the carters outlet, which is my favorite store now, and I wanted to get Avery a new swim suite. Well, we walked away with a little more. She totally picked these glasses out of a bowl when we were paying and she loves to wear them. It is really cute.



All ready for summer!!



My sister got a new puppy and Avery just cracks up when he licks her face. It is really cute.



Avery playing with my sisters new puppy

Sleep training fun!!

So, the last few weeks we have spent sleep trainig Avery. She was sleeping so well for a while and then she started waking up during the night again. About every two hours. I love my baby and all, but wow. I was starting to get a little tired. I knew that it was time. I had to prepare myself because I had heard horror stories about moms who had to let their babys cry for 2 hours before they fell asleep. I was a little nervous because I have a hard time listening to her cry for 5 minutes. Well, Avery did such a good job. She only cried for like 20 mins the first night. And it has only gone uphill from there. We now do our routine every night ( dinner, bath, book, and bed) at 6:30 and lay her in her bed by 7 and she is out. She only wakes up once around 4 or 5 to eat and goes back to sleep until 7:30 0r 8. No more rocking her to sleep and quietly putting her in her bed careful not to blink in fear of waking her. No more binkie to sleep. Oh, its amazing!! Now she is napping better and is such a happier baby. We do have to keep her up between naps so that she will actually sleep during her naps. If it were up to her she would sleep for 10 mins every hour. So, this picture cracks me up. This is Avery trying so hard to stay awake inbetween naps. Its safe to say it did not work so well..

So, if you dont have one of these you have to get one. Avery loves it. It is really cute to try to see her figure out why this mesh thing tastes so good. This one is nice because you freeze the bottom part and it keeps the food inside cold.

Avery playing with her alligator she got for Christmas.

Late Christmas update

I know that I am a little late on the Christmas update, but better late than never. We stayed here in Hanford for Christmas. It was so fun to have Avery for her first Christmas. She dose not really get very excited about presents or anything, but I sure got excited for the both of us. She got a jumper from my parents, a rocking horse, a big stuffed alligator from her pappa, and some baby vans from her aunt Kilean. It was a wonderful first Christmas.
So, we started giving Avery solid foods of Christmas. It was so cute to see her learn how to swallow food. She actually did really well.

Grandma and Grampa got Avery a jumper for Christmas. She loves it. Seriously, she jumps so high. It is really funny to watch her . I crack up every time.

Merry Christmas everybody!! Here is Avery on Christmas morning. Does she not look thrilled to open her presents?!!

It's getting cold!!

It's almost Christmas. I am so excited. I hope everyone is well. We are doing great. Avery is getting so big and talking so much. Well, lots of baby noises and so many smiles. Its so fun being a mom.

Look at my cute baby!!!!

We were so excited today because it was raining and Avery got to wear her rain boots for the firtst time. SO CUTE!!

Ok, seriously, check out this outfit. One of the peditricians I used to work for got it for her in Mexico. I guess some old lady was knitting it. We took her to the ward Christmas party in it. I thought she totally looked like a lamb. Which was perfect because everyone was supposed to dress up like they were from the time of Jesus. She was so cute. Its pretty safe to say she will never wear it again, but it was definently a one time thing.

December update

Well, its finally starting to get cold here in Hanford. Which means that Christmas is coming. Yeah!! I am pretty excited. Avery is getting so big. She is such a good baby and every day she gets funner and funner. I cannot believe she is almost 4 months old. We decided that we are going to start rice cereal on Christmas. Not that she needs to get any fatter, but common. I seriously need to get a picture of this baby's fat, because it is intense. I love her so much. It is so fun to see how much she changes every day.

Its safe to say that its getting cold now. Good thing fat is good insulation.

Avery and her Christmas horse that she "does not know about yet". Not like she will remember or anything. I just could not resist taking some pictures.