Tuesday, August 25, 2009
My 28th
My 28th birthday was relatively low key...I guess that's what happens the older you get, right? My mom was able to come for the weekend and it was good to hang out with her and catch up. We all went to Biaggi's for dinner to saisfy my craving. Afterwards, my mom offered to watch Avery so that Aaron and I could hang out with some of our friends for awhile. But true to our need for sleep, I think we got home about 9:30 or so.
Saturday, August 15, 2009
It's begun
Redbird Season is upon us. The differences this year? A) Don't have to waddle a pregnant self to many games and make the spectators around me nervous when I jump and cheer and scream. B) Don't have to lug an infant, plus car seat, plus bottles, plus this, plus that to games and events. (sigh of relief) This could be a good sports season.
Not that I didn't enjoy the last 2, but they were a bit more complicated- note points A and B above. This season however, Avery and I can trek to many games and events without much of an ordeal at all. She gets excited to watch what's going on around her and I love being able to watch her take it all in.
Tonight kicked off the start of it all with the Redbird Fan Fair. The weather was perfect and Avery was exposed to some sensory overload. We took a breather with Aaron out on the football field before the scrimmage. Looking at some of these, I get a sense that there will be many more of these types of pictures to come in our future.
Friday, August 14, 2009
15 months
We took Avery to the doctor this week for her 15- month check-up. Nothing much to report expect that she's healthy and growing just fine. Avery weighs 22 lb. (35%) and is right under 31 in. tall (55%). She is so much fun right now. She loves to be a helper, play with her baby, and squeal like a girl. And it is one high-pitched squeal, that's for sure!
Avery knows many words and does a pretty good job at conveying her point. Some words that she's very good at: baby, bubble, dog, bird, mama, dado, uh-oh, ball, mow (as in lawn mower), ....and the others are escaping me right now. Avery can also sign for other words that she can't yet say like: milk, more, please. Oh, and she can also bark like a dog and roar like a lion. Except for that the barking only comes out as "fff-fff", as in the last part of "woof, woof".
She is also starting to grasp the bigger picture in some scenarios. For example, when at the pool, if someone dives off the diving board and goes under water, Avery gets very upset until they come back up. I guess she knows that they're not supposed to be under water?? Not sure on that. It happened again tonight when the TV was on. Someone was swimming and went under water and Avery pretty much panicked until they came up for air. It's very cool to see Avery develop each day. Lovin' it.
More pool time.
I cleaned out Avery's closet and came across this travel swing that we used in Texas last summer. Needless to say, it's still sitting in our living room because Avery likes to use it for her baby.
In true girl fashion, Avery thought she needed a purse on her arm in order to feed the dogs. We need to work on the matching concept a bit more ;)
This is how Avery keeps a purse on her arm when she's busy doing something else. Hey, it works, right?
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Friday, August 7, 2009
Weekend in the Lou
A few weekends back we headed to STL for a couple days. We had no set plans which was great- just gave us time to catch up with family and relax. Aaron and I even managed to squeeze in a date night.
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