100 Things

Road Trip to Seneca, South Carolina on 2/14
Hung out with Grandma
Hung out with Nana
Hung out with Dylon
Met Ruth
Met Woodrow
First time to Church
Disruptive in Church
Met a goat
Met a llama
Met four horses
Pet horses
Clapped at horses
Laughed at horses
Got her first "Daddy's Little Girl" Shirt in Seneca
Got her very own stack-the-colored-rings toy
First temporary tattoo ("Mom" banner on a heart, carried by swallows)
First tough tattooed-family photo
Got herself stuck under her crib at daycare; didn't even cry
Enjoys slapping the top of bath water, soaking mommy
Road trip to Florida
Visits cousins
Gracie shares regurgitated ham
Visits Jessi
Swings a lot
Lots of Grammy Time
Naked Rough-House session with mommy, Grammy & Great Grandma (Avery being the only one naked)
4wheeler ride with Grandpa
Grandpa makes yummy sweet potatoes for Avery
Helps Grandpa put corn out for pigs
Two teeth now instead of one
Loves strawberry, pear & granola snack
Pulls up on everything
Tries to walk
First stomp -not step
Loves playing with fridge magnets
Eats/gnaws cookie
Loves cookie
Trip to Fresh Market for her organic fruits and veggies
Played with the biggest cantaloupe I've ever seen
Sways shoulders and head when music starts
Loves chasing Uncle Jacob's dog Luke
Loves kisses from Luke
Ear Infection
103 fever
Blood drawn
HATES blood drawn
Extremely fascinated then annoyed with band-aid
White cell count "way too high" at 24,000
Out of daycare for two days
Antibiotics shot
Hates antibiotics shot
Liquid antibiotics
Hates liquid antibiotics
Blood drawn again
White cell count much better at 14,000
Powdered probiotics starts next week
Still has a cough
Cannot sleep because of ear infection
Constantly pulls at both ears
HATES ear drops more than anything
Got a "How old is he?" at the doctor's office
Waves hi (open/closes fist at you)
Waves bye
Sleeps 12 or 13 hours every other night
Stayed awake for 13 hours
Likes shoes
Came to work with mommy for half a day
Cried and screamed at mommy at work for half a day
Makes a motor boat sound; spit comes out
Ma-ma's and Ba-Ba's and Blah-Blah's accompany the Da-Da's in vocabulary
Drool MACHINE
Constant tonguing on her new teeth
Not so much into lunch lately
Loves breakfast
Reaches for me when I walk away from her
Cries if we leave the room
Loves being swung upside down
Loves being thrown onto the bed
Laughs uncontrollably at pillow fights
Waves at herself in the mirror
Walks across entire living room with assistance of shopping cart toy
Laughs hysterically while walking behind cart
Hangs out in huge (dry) tub with toys while mommy gets dressed in the morning
Weighs 18 lbs. as of 2/24
Still in size 3 diapers
Dances with mommy first thing when we get home almost everyday
New clothes from Great Grandma are awesome
New clothes from Great Grandma are too big
Lunchtime on 2/26 she's feeling better.
I fed her lunch today- squash.
She loved it; ate reeeally fast.
Friday is picture day again at school
Misses Grammy
Misses Grandpa
Misses Great Grandma, Melissa, Kelli, Austin, Tanner, Gracie, and Uncle Steve
Misses Jessi, Kira, and Meghan
Cannot keep up with her blog.

PEARLY WHITE

You heard it here first, folks. Avery got her first tooth on Valentine's Day.

Dear Diary,

Last week I got to hang out with my Aunt Shannon, like, ALL night. She came all the way out to my house and ate some chicken pot pie with mommy and daddy. It was pretty sweet cause she carried me around a lot and got to see all of my toys. My favorite part was when mommy and daddy got to sit down for a minute without having to constantly watch me to make sure I didn't fall on something or choke or break something. Maybe that wasn't really my favorite part. It might have been when Shannon washed my hair, or when she fed me.. mmm.. that might be my favorite part.

Spooning (from 2/6)

Last night Casey fed Avery her dinner of zucchini, yellow squash, and cauliflower. Towards the end she gets a little uninterested in eating and wants to play. She hardly ever gets a dessert, but I still have a cup of pureed cantaloupe in the fridge, so last night she got dessert. I've been giving her spoons lately to play with so that she can get used to holding one and using it, but she usually bangs it on the ground or chews on either end. So, as Casey was feeding her dessert, to keep her hands from flailing around and knocking the spoon and food out of his hand, I gave her her own spoon to play with. She took her spoon and slowly put it in her mouth like one of us were feeding her, so Casey put some applesauce on it and she did the same thing, feeding herself a nice little bite without getting it on her face or in her hair or on her clothes. She did this twice. It was miraculous. The third time Casey put a bite of applesauce on her spoon it ended up on Casey, herself, the table, and floor. Can't win 'em all.

The Girl Likes Cantaloupe

Avery's breakfast every morning is cereal with fruit. The cereal is either mixed grain, rice, or oatmeal. The fruit has usually been pears, bananas, applesauce, or apricots.

Yesterday I went totally crazy and magicbulleted a cantaloupe to mix with her cereal and she loved it. The End.

p.s. Casey loved it too.

p.p.s. "Going totally crazy" gets a different meaning when you become a mom.

What is Love!

Move over Will Farrell and Chris Kattan; Avery has this move down and can perform it on cue. Last night her and I danced to a lot of songs (the Haddaway classic was not one of them) and she took what she learned right on into her dinner as Casey was feeding her, bobbing her head any time she saw me move or clap. This makes her incredibily happy which, in turn, makes us laugh until we cry.