happy birthday!

james' birthday was friday. he had to work and i was out of school so avery and i made him (and the other guys on his shift) cupcakes and cookies.

avery likes to help in the kitchen.

i told her we were going to the fire station to bring daddy cookies. she said, "daddy fire station" all day after that.

we stopped along the way and bought him a balloon.

the cookies were a hit, they were gone in about 30 minutes.

avery was afraid of the fire engine so we only got a picture of her with james. she wouldn't let go of him, or go near the engine.

on the way home she was talking about the fire station, the fire man, and the fire truck.

it was a fun day! happy birthday james :)

zen wednesday - book review

saying avery loves to read is an understatement. if she had books and no toys, she would be fine. she definitely has favorites and james and i joke about avery's "book of the week." she will read the same book over and over for days to the point where she will finish the sentence. she would prefer to have someone read to her, but she is happy flipping through the pages on her own.

i am pretty sure she comes by it honestly. i love to read and she has come with me to book club a number of times. it really makes me happy that she loves books so much. i decided to share some of her favorites over the next couple of weeks, or whenever one i like comes along.

please pass on books you think she (or i) would enjoy. it gets tiresome reading the same 2-3 over and over when she has a bookcase full!

right now, the book of the week is

or as avery calls it..."cookie mouse"

her favorite part is when the mouse decides to draw a picture. she also likes to find the mouse on each page and shout "cookie" every time we say it.

teacher note: this is a great book for teaching cause and effect or sequence of events :)


we read cookie mouse at least 2-3 times a day and each night at bedtime. don't worry, this is not the only book she is in to right now, it is just at the top of her list.

she actually took the book to bed with her on saturday night. how could i deny her?

peanut butter

avery has a new love. pb-spoon. translation: peanut butter on a spoon. in the morning i would give her a spoon of pb while i made her breakfast. it has morphed into her wanting a bowl of pb to eat with a spoon. no need for toast anymore, and forget the banana.

more pb spoon please mama.

welcome to the world reid!

reid allaire remington was born on march 28, 2009.

we were in austin for the big day and got to meet baby reid when he was a few hours old.

congratulations to mommy and daddy, jenny and jer! we love you.

avery got to meet her new cousin and said "hi baby weed."
we are so happy that he came into the world healthy and happy. he is a very sweet baby and we were blessed to be there his first few days.

for more info - check out their blog

big changes for the big girl

once we found out that newbaby was a girl, we decided that avery and newbaby could share a room (or at least we would try) so that means avery got a new bed. the first night she kept saying "i want da o-der bed." by the moring she was saying "avery's bed" and jumping off of it over and over so i would say she likes it.

so far she has slept all night in her new bed and still cries for us in the morning to come get her. also "boo yike it" and if that is where boo is sleeping, that is where avery is sleeping!

another big change for avery is no more pacifier. she calls it "pass" usually as "boo-pass" when she is sleepy and wants them both. she has not had pass for naps at daycare since august, but would still want it at home on the weekends and every night. we decided spring break we would say bye-bye to pass.

i have heard of many ways to get rid of pass. we decided to snip the end off so that it didn't work. we did that to 3 of them and then hid all the others. when she was getting ready for bed, she reached in to her crib and pulled out pass. without even putting it in her mouth, she looked at me and said "pass broken." i said, hmm try this one. she took it and stuck her finger in the hole and said "dis pass broken." we still let her sleep with it and try to suck on it anyway. she took longer to get to sleep. a few nights later she stopped bringing it in bed with her, it just stayed on the floor for a while. she still said "boo-pass" then she would say "pass broken." now, more than a week later she doesn't even ask for it :)

It's a...

GIRL!!!

we found out on tuesday that newbaby is a baby girl! we are so excited. we told avery that she is going to have a baby sister. when she says it, it sounds more like "baby scissors." i am due august 18. now we just have to decide on a name...any suggestions?

Spring Break

this has been the BEST spring break ever! the weather has been perfect and we have stayed busy every day...but not too busy. i was not that great about taking pictures everyday, but here is an idea of what avery has been up to!

avery had fun playing with her cousin annabelle over the weekend.

on monday we went to the zoo! avery loved the monkey's. they were so active, swinging, running and playing. it was really great. she also liked the flamigos and bugs. she was not very impressed with the cheetah. unfortunatly the rest of the world was at the zoo with us so we did not get around to all of the animals.

avery pet an armadillo

on tuesday avery and i met friends at the park for a picnic. avery played with kiley, keesja, julianna and sophia while jacquelyn, jennifer and i sat on a blanket and got sunburned! avery had a good time catching ladybugs with keesja.

the rest of the week, avery and i went to MoMe yoga with christina and her little girl, addison. we also went to the galleria to play another day with friends. we checked out a lot of playgrounds too. we were outside almost all of the time she wasn't napping. we even started a little graden. avery loves to water the plants and move the dirt around.

blowing bubbles

playing with chalk

watering the garden

it was a long week!