We are excited to announce....

Avery is going to be a big sister this summer!!! I am 13 weeks pregnant and all is well so far! We got to hear the baby's heartbeat this morning and all sounded perfect. We are very excited to have been blessed with another summer baby and one due just 19 days before Avery turns 2. Yes, mommy is going to have her HANDS FULL and Avery will have a huge adjustment to make but we feel like we are giving her the best gift ever.....a brother or sister:)

Baby #2 due July 22, 2011

Sunday night fun in the tub!

I think these pictures speak for themselves!!! Avery LOVES Bathtime!

Nature Trail with mommy and daddy!

This morning mommy had the idea that we should get out of the house and go to the River Trails Nature Center. We had never been before so we didn't know what to expect but it was a fun morning. I saw lots of animals and then I got to play.


Me and Dada
Seeing the fish for the first time

Touching the different skins of animals

Mama and Me!

Checking out the bee hive with the thousands of bees inside.

My one and only smile for the camera picture:)

Ants!!!

Mama and me again checking out the turtles

Bones of some animals.. I was more interested in the acorn I found.

Trying out the play area.. This was a foxes den.

Dada putting on a puppet show with the Ducka Ducka...

Playing with the animals

Girls just wanna have FUN!!


And more fun...

Fishing with dada..

And now... fishing by myself. I caught a real big one too!

Avery takes on Gymnastics class!!

Today I had my first gymnastics class with mommy. I had such a great time running around, climbing and even working on my jumps. At first I wasn't sure about this as you can see in the first picture.. Mommy had just told me that we were going to go to class but I was pretty content playing with all my new toys from Xmas.

Once I got there I wanted to hold mommy's hand for the first 20 minutes or so but then I warmed up and I was all over the place exploring.

Santa Came!!

Walking in to find that Santa found Meme and Papa's house....

Wow, lots of toys and lots of snow!

A sing-a-ma-jig!! How did Santa know?

Mommy showing me all my stuff in my stocking...Notice I have ONE of my babies in my hand. I don't think I put them down the whole day.

Meme helping me fix my baby's headband.

I got about 50 balls in a bag and I LOVED taking every ball out of the bag by dumping them and then putting on the net...

A Little Peoples Farm..

YEAH BALLS!

Unwrapping a few gifts. I was actually into the unwrapping for about 3-4 rips and then I was on to the next thing.

Huh, you talking to me? (notice baby's...now we have 2 but I assure you Santa and Meme and Papa gave her more than just 2)

Christmas 2010 in Springfield.

Avery Grace- 16months

Christmas Eve with Mama and Dada!

Getting ready for 4:00pm Church at Blessed Sacrament...

A little later in the night... santa had come and mommy took a picture of it for me!

Making snowballs at Meme and Papa's!

This year mommy, daddy and I went to Springfield for Christmas. Actually mommy and I stayed an extra week to enjoy the company. I had such a great time with everybody. Here I am making snowballs inside with Papa and Meme on Xmas Eve day. I was determined to get Meme or Papa to take me outside to do it but it was so cold so Meme had the idea of putting some snow in a bowl and then letting me play inside. Great idea!!!

Papa showing me how to make a snowball
Feeling the cold snow.. "I think I like it"
Meme giving me a snowball she made

Of course there was time for some taste testing too!

"Now you try Papa"
Happy Snowball Making 2010