1st half of Summer

It has been so nice having the summer off with the girls (well most days). Some days are incredibly rough with a 3 year old and a little girl that is a new walker.  Although we are on a pretty good routine, which is very helpful. The girls love going to the gym while I workout. It is nice to have some "me" time. They also are going to daycare once a week to play with their friends and to give me some time to run errands, have appointments, etc... We have gone to the park with friends and also Nate and I had the chance to go to San Diego to visit some friends while the girls stayed with my mom. They had a blast and we enjoyed our time away =).  Crazy to think summer vacation is coming to an end, but looking forward to the month of August...lots of changes coming our way!

If I take a picture of Avery, Reese needs a picture too =)

The Perrine Family stopped through Spokane to visit

Avery LOVES her granola bars

A little science fun at the park

yay for sunny summers

Audobon park in the big fireplace 

Avery does like to eat.....once in awhile

Reese loved her swim lessons

The swim lesson crew

15 Months

Avery is 15 months! She has had some big mile stones these past couple of months. She got her first tooth (around 13 1/2 months) and started walking....finally! =)  Since I have been home for the summer, she has become a lot more needy and likes to pull on my pant legs and say "up please" and gets mad if I do not pick her up.
Loves- being outside, playing in the play kitchen with her sister, milk, attention, blowing kisses, signing more and please (constantly), walking, sleeping, foods (most fruit, pasta, and dairy)
Dislikes- certain foods (most vegetables unless mixed with fruit and meat), being left behind, the doctors, having her diaper changed

15 month stats: 18 lbs. 14 oz. (3%) and 30" tall (35%)  We sure do love our little peanut
(My phone broke, so I lost a lot of pictures =()

Loves sitting on the counter

Refused to have me feed her, so this is the end result

Loves going to the park!

3 and 1 year old photos

Our friend Mike is always amazing at the girls' pictures =)

Easter

Happy Easter! Reese is getting to the age where she enjoys the Easter baskets and Easter egg hunts. We had a nice brunch at Nate's parents house and then had an Easter egg hunt. Reese was sure that there were Easter eggs way up in the tree...turns out they were just pine cones =)

On the hunt for eggs

Our little family =)

pointing at the Easter eggs in the tree (pine cones)

The cousins

Enjoying being outside

sisters =)

Avery is 1

Where has this year gone. I cannot believe Avery is 1!  Our little toothless, petite one year old has been such a joy for our family.

She loves her family, attention, her big sister, her dog, bath time, sleeping, her bottles, playing peek a boo, sugar, and climbing stairs.

Her dislikes: being left in the dust, meal time (no surprise because she is only about 17 lbs.), sippy cups, and getting her diaper changed.

She loves to eat some times, but its not high on her priority list. If she could live on crackers she would be golden. She has her days where she eats well, but mostly it is just a few bites here and there.  Avery has tiny feet (wearing 3-6 month shoes) and is in 6-9 month clothes. She is very active and always on the go, although she is not walking on her own, she will cruise along furniture and walk with her walking toys and walk holding onto your hands, but immediately drops to the floor and crawls when we let go.

Happy Birthday Avery! Looking forward to our next adventures over the next year =)

April 16, 2014 to April 16, 2015

Reese picked out Goofy for Avery

Loved the tissue paper

yay for sippy cups...now if Avery thought that too

Avery's new chair

Big sister posing