Avery signs and signs

Avery's favorite song is "It's Raining." She likes to sing it and sign it at the same time. She got a little silly at the end so it is not the whole song :).




I am a teaching sign language classes this summer for babies and toddlers! Let me know if you are interested and I will get you the details.

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i got this

This baby thing is easy.

crawling

standing

crawling

standing

the sprinkler

Avery got a sprinkler for her birthday from Aunt Taylor. She was ready to go outside and play before 9am. As she says, "I'm so exciting!"

We set it up in the yard.

Avery put on her own sunscreen.

Then she sat on her towel and drank some juice.

She did not like getting wet.

She ran through once...maybe twice.

Then she got an idea.

Now she could check the strawberries.

I put the sprinker in the garden. At least we could water the tomatoes.

Avery did some quality control

and found a ladybug.

Avery LOVES playing in the sprinkler.

Carly Crawls

May 10, 2010

Carly started crawling on May 3 with two little scoots and one big stretch. We would try to put toys out in front and she would just lay down and stretch as far as she could. She is much more efficient now. I love how she has her legs tucked under and her toes touching. It looks just like she is doing balasana (child's pose) in yoga. By the end she is out of breath. That was a lot of work!

happy 3rd birthday avery jane

For Avery's 3rd birthday, we did an "animal art party." This is the first year that she has been super excited about her birthday. Starting in February with my birthday she would ask, "Who's birthday next?" After that was Reid, then Daddy, then finally Avery!

When I asked her what kind of party she wanted she said "an animal party." What kind of animal? "wi-i-ld animals!" She was so excited to have her friends come over. For weeks leading up to it she would talk about a little friend from school or the neighborhood and say. "He can come to a birthday at my house." When people asked what she wanted for her birthday she would say, "Cookies!"

The weather was perfect, which is a good thing because we would not have all fit inside the house!

We had different areas that kids could paint rocks,

watercolor, do sidewalk chalk and sidewalk paint.

We had hamburgers, hot dogs and of course cupcakes!

We also had a lion pinata!

Avery liked her presents...and all the cards with stickers :)

Reid got in on the present-opening action.

Daddy took a little nap while Carly played.

Avery had a little party at school during snack time. She gave each friend a cookie lollipop and then showed pictures of herself from when she was a baby until now.

We are so proud of our big girl!

still here...

yup...still here. just livin. life is good. more to come.

carly's milestones

Little Carly is getting big! The last "update" I did was at 3 months so we have a lot of catching up to do. I can't even believe it is April already!

4 months
Carly stated eating rice ceral for the first time. I started making her food and so far she loves anything on a spoon. The bottle is a different story!

Avery like to help feed her and scoop the food off of her chin.

She was Baby Jesus at the Christmas Eve Service at our church. Avery was the Donkey, I was Mary and our friend Wes was Joseph (James had to work.)

Her stats at 4 months: length 24 3/4 inches (75%) weight 11.9 lbs (10%)

5 months

Carly was baptized on January 10. It was really special because our friend Noah was baptized on the same day and Matt (Noah's Daddy) was Carly's Elder sponsor. Rev. Fran Shelton baptized both Avery and Carly.

Calry started rolling over and then a few days later she was sitting up. She also got her first two teeth. It was a big month!

6 months

This was a rough month for little Carly Girl. At her 6 month check up she was down to the 5% at 13 lbs. and the Dr. was concerned. She has a hard time taking more than 1-2 oz. of formula at a time so we were referred to a speech therapist for a feeding consulation. She found that there was nothing physically wrong, but she possibly had silent reflux or an aversion to the bottle. We tried a lot of different things and started adding extra calories to her food and bottles. She is so calm and happy all the time, you wouldn't even know something was wrong. Maybe nothing was, but she made it very clear when she was done, she was done!

Carly loves her big sister. She is just so interested in watching Avery's every move. She cracks up when Avery gets in her face and says "Haaa-ppyBaby!" We went to vist Baby Reid in Austin for my birthday. Good times!

7 months
She is not so interested in crawling, but loves to roll around on the floor. She laughs a lot and likes to pick up toys to examine them. She is starting to not like it when Avery takes toys from her.

Carly is eating (and sleeping) better. She has tried a lot of new tastes and textures. She really likes yogurt with cinnamon and sweet potatoes.

We took a family trip to Angel Fire with Aunt Jenny, Uncle Jer and Baby Reid. We had so much fun playing in the snow. (more to come on this trip, you know, someday)

She is just so quiet and content. She is happy to be outside (although she does not look happy here.)

8 months
She says "mama" when she is really upset. It sounds like "ma-ma-ma-maaaa" so I don't really think it counts as a first word, but she is getting there! She also started getting her top 2 teeth. That makes 4! Her favorite toys are her piano and the leap frog musical table. She is still pretty quiet most of the time, but with the new teeth coming in she is blowing rasberries all over! Her appetite gets better all the time, too. She feels more meaty to me, so we will see at her 9 month check up if all this eating has paid off!

...whew