Did you know???

Avery is

20 months old

today?!

We can't believe how fast she's growing up,

and how she's her own little person now.

We love it!

Some fun things about Avery

that we don't want to forget:

She loves to push her pudgy little fingers into my belly....

she doesn't quite get to be 'soft' yet.

She started folding her arms during prayer,

but now does it when she's upset.

It's funny.

She LOVES books. She loves to be read to

and loves reading them herself.

She gives my belly kisses, and

points and says 'baby'.

She's OBSESSED with sweeping,

and she's a real woman,

she can multi-task.

She's also obsessed with my wallet

and lining up my cards on the TV.

She's great at making goofy faces to

make us laugh.

She also loves climbing her

30 lbs

body on my belly to give me great big loves.

She loves to color, and takes it very seriously.

She's been singing to herself lately, but stops if she sees you looking at her.

She can make tons of animal noises, it seems like she learns a new one

everyday.

She usually loves nap time and bed time. If she hears the microwave go off,

she says, "BA BA" (bottle) and runs to her room.

She loves when daddy comes home.

She screams "SCOTT", I think she got this from me.....

She loves her Na-Na's. She knows where we're going when we turn on to

grandma's road.

She loves looking out the windows and looking at birds, but she gets really mad

when they fly away.

Every time there's a random noise, dryer buzzing, noisy neighbors, ect.

She'll stop whatever she's doing and say " What's that??"

We're finally getting out of the stage of sticking every thing into her mouth.

She lets us know when she's poopy.

She loves apples.

She loves dipping food into sauces.

She loves to make us laugh.

She rolls her eyes.

She LOVES nursery, she's never noticed when we've left her.

She sees pictures of herself and says "Me!"

She loves looking at herself in mirrors, she

knows she's cute.

She has a great memory, there's a new tradition we have to do when

we leave Scott's parents, and she makes us do it every time!

She gets into the pantry and brings me cans of food, one at a time. But after a few I make

her put them back, and she's pretty good at doing that too.

She's such a sponge, she repeats almost every 1 syllable word,

today in the car Scott said "Oh wow." And about 2 seconds later, she said it.

She can either wake up really happy or really grumpy

from her naps, even if she's slept the same amount of time, I

never know how its going to be.

She LOVES Elmo and Curious George. She'll bring the

remote to me and say "Elmo" or "George!"

She acts like she's talking on the phone.

Every dark haired girl we see, she thinks is my sister, and FREAKS out

when we don't stop to say hi.

She's OBSESSED with '' A-RA" (my sister), we've had to either call

her or Skype, just to satisfy Avery's craving, it's CRAZY.

She 'helps' me with laundry.

She loves giving kisses, and has to kiss both cheeks, your forehead, your nose and your lips, by the end, you're soaking wet, but we love it.

There's so many cute things that Avery does that I want to be able to look

back and remember.

WE LOVE HER!!