Growing, we are

Today Avery had her 15 month check up and she is getting so big! Here are her stats

Weight: 20 pounds 4 ounces (10th percentile- huge jump for us)

Length: 29 1/8th inches (15th percentile)

She is right on track with all of her milestones and are so grateful to have a healthy little girl.

Thanksgiving 2009/Christmas Pics

Our Christmas picture!

The best smile in the whole world

I just love her cheeks!

Avery in the big Santa chair

Miss Fussy is her name!!!!!

Her first real Thanksgiving dinner

The only family pic from Thanksgiving, Miss fussy wouldn't cooperate

My Uncle Greg, Aunt Alison and Luke

She loves the water

My aunt Alison and I (yes we are only 3 years apart)

Her favorite thing- the stairs

Here are just a few of the pics from out annual trip to Las Vegas for Thanksgiving. She did surprisingly well there and just loved staying with my aunt and uncle. She cried for a long time on the way there, but the way back was better. She had a hard time napping, the conditions were not ideal for her, but what else is new. We also took our family Christmas pictures when we were there as well. Enjoy.

Pigtails

So I am getting sick of Avery pulling out her clips or having her hair hang in her face, so I decided to try pigtails. Let me know what you think. Wes thinks they looks silly, but I think they are cute. Also I created a link from my blog so that I can keep track of the new words and things that Avery does from week to week (If you want to check it out). Also these pics aren't great, but it was the best I could get from her today.

The Long Beach Aquarium

The classic aquarium shot

Maybe she will grow up to love sharks just like her mom does

The sea lion swimming behind us

I like this one

Today Avery and I went to the Long Beach Aquarium. A friend of mine invited us to go for free which was really exciting for us. Avery just had the best time. The timing couldn't have been better with her learning to walk, we would have had a hard time if she wasn't. She loved to go off on her own and check out the tanks of fish and sharks. She did cry at the seals though, thus no pics of those. She apparently didn't like the noises they made. Anyways, we wish it was a little closer and cheaper so we could go more, but what a great day it was.

Halloween

Avery touching the insides of the pumpkin....gross

There she goes

The finished product. In memory of Stripes... and because Avery loves cats.

Avery and Paki, so sweet

The fam.

There's my kangaroo

My favorite pic!

Avery and our neighbors, Ella and Abby

Trick or treating

Her screaming in excitement.

We had a great Halloween. Wes and Avery carved a pumpkin in the afternoon. Then our neighbors came over to enjoy some dinner with us. We then went trick or treating ( a whole 3 houses). Finally we made a quick stop over at our friends John and Katie's house. Avery was just precious, but tired by the end of the night. So sweet.

Walking and Talking

Here is my big girl walking and talking. My how time flies.

Playhouse

This is her little window to the table where she serves us food.

The side view

She says, "Welcome to my home"

Yah, she feels right at home here.

This is her friend Mia, I just thought this was so sweet.

So Avery has been really into playing outside, but she doesn't have much to play with out there. I have been searching for and researching playhouses for over a month and finally found one. I didn't have 300-400 dollars for a new one, so we bought used. It doesn't have a door bell anymore or the stickers, but she doesn't know the difference. Anyways, she loves it. Here is a couple of pics of her playing in it.