Halloween

Here are the few pictures of our Halloween. Avery no longer sits still long enough for a picture and while I was trying to get her to hold still my camera was dying....ah the drama of a camera! Paisley was of course a princess, she was the little mermaid and Avery was a lady bug, I decided she had to be some kind of bug since we call her "buggins" most of the time:) We went to my moms for our traditional chili dinner then came back to our house where we went trick or treating with Tyler's side of the fam. That was fun for both kids at first, every time Avery got a piece of candy in her bucket she would say mmm mmm. Then the girls realized how cold it was when we were on the other side of the neighborhood and decided to just cry until they were home and warm. Overall it was a fun day.

Happy Birthday Avery!!!

I can't believe it but Avery is 1 years old! Her birthday was Saturday the 24th. Avery is such a sweet and spunky little girl! I have noticed her transition from baby to toddler in just the last few days. She is so much fun! Avery knows what buttons to push to make her big sis angry, which is funny to watch:) She has taken a few steps, but has not taken the plunge to just walk already! She gets so proud of herself when she does take those steps from the table to me, or whoever she is walking from. Avery is 100% her daddy's girl, in her look and in favorites. If Tyler is in the room you will not see her with anyone else. Tyler absolutely loves this too! Avery knew everyone was there for her birthday and she was soaking all of the attention in, she is not shy, like some would be in the spotlight. She loved opening her presents and eating(playing in) her cake!

Things Avery is doing at age 1:

*Points to things and tries to name them

*Points to what she wants

*Stands on her own

*Throws good tantrums

*Screams louder than any baby I know:)

*Mimics Paisley's dancing and singing

*Plays patty cake

*Can go up and down stairs

Avery's Words:

-pup pup(puppy)

-mama and dada

-baba(also means binki)

-ah dah(with one hand in the air, means all done!)

-mimics the dog barking

Avery's stats:

18 lbs(10%tile)

29inches long(65%tile)

17.8inches head(55%tile)

Precious moments

Tonight putting Paisley to bed was something I just had to write down so I can remember these moments when she is a teenager and has me pulling my hair out:) I think we take for granted how much kids listen and learn from us, though sometimes when we talk to them they may be focusing on something else. Now I can't take all the credit(nursery) but I must say I had a little tear in my eye.

After saying our prayers:

Paisley: Wow, that prayer was really long, we shouldn't say that long of prayers.
Me: But Heavenly Father loves it when we talk to him . And he and Jesus love you!
Paisley: Ya cause jesus died so that we can live.
Me: Yes he did(tear)
Paisley: He also died for rudolf, but I don't want him to die cause he would be sad
Me: Oh OK(don't really know why rudolf got into the mix...maybe cause she has started watching Christmas movies already!)

Anyways, this little girl has me so amazed a lot of the time, she has such a strong sweet spirit that I know has helped me in a lot of cases, she is a little sweetie and I love her!

Summer wrap up

Summer has come and gone so fast! This summer was fun, we swam at least once a week. Paisley absolutely loves the pool- she is a little fish. She also started dance this summer with her cousin Paige, she continues to dance and couldn't be more excited to go and dance every week. We also got a puppy this summer, her name is zoey, although she isn't much of a little puppy anymore, she has grown so big! Paisley likes her a lot, depending on the day:) We went boating and camping- camping with a crawler wasn't too much fun, but we managed and Paisley enjoyed every minute of playing in the dirt! I forgot my camera when we went but Paisley is so brave and loved riding on the tube, and as for Avery, she absolutely hated her life jacket! Summer is gone but we are ready for the change, one of the nice things about living in Utah!

What is the fascination?

What is it with kids and putting things up their nose? I will never understand that. Today while Paisley was "taking a nap" She decided to try something....She came to me in the office and said that something was in her nose, automatically I picture something wedged in her nostril. I look and nothing is there. Then I notice she sounds a little nasally, so I panic thinking what in the world is in there?! In the mean time I was on the phone with my mom who told me to just call the doctor, then she says to tell Paisley to blow, so she does and out popped the rhinestone that was on her barrette. I hope this isn't a phase of putting things up her nose, I hope it is out of her system. We will see, stay tuned for next week on what's up Paisley's nose:) After all is said and done, me and my mom got a pretty good laugh out of it!

Buggins is 9 months old!

Wow, in just three more months I am going to have a 1 year old! Avery is the happiest little baby around, she is so much fun. Every stage I get to with her I think I would not mind if she could stay this way forever. Buggins is a little nick name we have been calling her since she was just a couple of months old, Tyler told me the other day he thinks Paisley thinks it is her name because that is what we call her most of the time. She is getting so big, she has been crawling for over a month now, she does this army crawl thing, it's cute but I know she can crawl on her hands and knees she just does the army crawl much faster, so that is what she sticks with. She has 4 teeth, 2 top and 2 bottom, she is getting 2 more teeth right now and is a little cranky with teething, but not bad:) She can pull her self up to stand and this picture is what I have been finding when I go in to get her out of bed, is her little smiling face peeking over the edge of her crib. She has a cheesy grin that she shows us all the time. She LOVES table food and HATES baby food, but what 9 month old doesn't? She absolutely hates her car seat, and is a joy to drive with...we have to plan longer car trips around nap time so she sleeps or she would seriously scream the entire ride. We are just waiting for that 1 year 20 lb mark so she can sit forward like everyone else. She weighs 16 lbs which is the 9% for babies her age, and is 28.5 in long which is in the 83% for babies her age...tall and skinny still. She loves to watch kids run around and play and tries to jump out of my arms to join them. She knows the word "no" and will shake her head when someone says it. She absolutely loves water, she screams to get in the tub whenever Pais is in. She and Paisley have been taking their baths together now and they both could stay in for hours if I would let them. Lucky for us my mom has a swimming pool we go to quite often so my fishies can swim:)

We are so lucky to have such a healthy happy baby, and don't know what we would do without our little buggins, we love you so much ave!

My cute little girlies

So we finally got their pictures done! It only took us 8 months. Avery did not want to smile at first, but after the lady got out a stuffed bear, she decided it was OK. The only problem is when Avery smiles, she moves her entire body in excitement, so it was hard to get a picture of her without her hands moving in front of her. The entire experience was exhausting but well worth it, and I think I got some cute pictures out of it:)