Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Baby Jail

At two days till she was 10 months old, Avery started walking on her own. She would take about 20-30 steps on her own. Then she would fall but it was a really good start. She had been walking round the table and couches for a while but now she was really starting to take off. Now at almost 11 months old she is a pro at walking. She can turn and she is working on how to stand up with out hanging onto anything. She also is a master of the stairs. They are her favorite toy. She will stand on them and yell at the top of her lungs! Then she climbs to the top and waits for us to go and get her. I am going to try to get a video on my camera so I can post it. She knows how to go down stairs too. She will walk over to the wall and step down holding onto the wall or the banisters. So now she can go into Paul's room anytime she wants. Before she would sit on the top stair and yell at hm till he went and got her. Now she walks in whenever she feels like it! LOL I have this book case that I am going to paint, but for now it is sitting in my corner. She loves playing with it. She will go and do her thing and she loves it. I don't know what she will say when I actually get around to the project and it is not there for her to play with.

Bragging...

Me and my sweet chicken! That is what my granny Tuttle use to call us.... Chickens and it just stuck.
I hope no one finds me being too overly cocky but I just think that I am lucky to have Avery as my daughter and I am so very proud of her. The people who read this I hope know that I am not trying to make her sound perfect because everyone knows I have days when she drives me crazy. I just wanted to spotlight her and some of the things I love about her!

She has such a cute little body! I love giving her a bath and watching her chubby legs kick in the water! She loves baths and showers! She also loves running around the house naked! So far she has only peed once on the floor! She is becoming such a big girl. She is not a baby anymore! But she is not yet a toddler. I love watching her figure stuff out. She is really smart. She has a big head so she better put it to good use. LOL She just got her big girl car seat and now weights enough to sit facing forward! She does so much better in the car now.
Avery love her aunts and uncles! When Paul comes home from work the first thing she does is go straight for his room! She loves playing with him and just being with him. It is so cute to watch them together. Paul will make a very good dad one day. Kristy will be Avery's Barney watching friend! They will sit at the computer and watch Barney and sing together. Avery loves to sing and had ever since she was a new born. Scott is the one who plays actively with her. I tried to come up with a word that sounds better than rough. My mom hurt her foot so she had a wheelchair at her house. Scott would push her around for hours pretending to be a taxi. She loved it. She also loves going out on the tramp with the kids! Her favorite is Shelly. I am not sure why but she loves Shelly so much! The way she looks at her is so sweet because it is with true love! Well I think I could go on and on but I will stop there!


Julie Martha Rawlins

Sometimes I feel like tapping into my Martha Stewart side! Davids mom had given me raspberries to make jam with and it turned out so yummy. My aunt and uncle have a apricot tree so everyone thought it would be fun to make apricot jam! The only problem.... No one but David would help me pick the apricot. I had to tell everyone the story of the little red hen! LOL So I went to my grandmas house and we followed the directions. It tasted real good but it was more like syrup. So I guess we made apricot syrup nit jam!

ZOO

So it was like a month ago that we went to the zoo! Kaylin and I headed up there in the morning and stayed for a couple of hours! I am not sure if Avery knew what was going on. I would point to the animals and make their sound, but she just looked at me like I was dumb. She had fun just riding around in her stroller. I got a way good work out. The hills at the zoo were pretty bad! I just had to laugh because I felt like my legs were jello! Obviously that tells me something and I so don't have any excuses not to work out! Avery was brave and sat on the fake alligator. I thought that she might think it was real and get scared but she did good! This is at the end of our trip. I think they were both getting tired and ready to leave! I love looking at the animals! I think that I might of had more fun then anyone else!
We took more pictures with Kaylin's camera but she could not email me the pictures. Bummer! We were watching a live show with the cheetahs when Kaylin booked it to the bathroom. I hurried and followed her thinking that she was sick. It turns out that Easton got sick and had a little case of the runs and it got all over the side of her shirt! But me being such a prepared mom LOL had some oxi clean in my diaper bag and it totally got the poop out!! So I am a fan of Oxi Clean! After that we were standing still looking into some cage when I had this horrible pain in my foot! I kicked off my shoe and almost started to cry! I had gotten stung ny a stupid bee! I t hurt so bad! Kaylin grabbed a penny because she read somewhere that the cooper would take away the sting. It worked! We took some pictures with my foot by the bee but it was with her camera. All in all it was fun and funny! I defiantly want to make sure that we go to the zoo at least once a year! It was a good work out and we had some good laughs!

Sunday, August 10, 2008

Happy 24th of July!

In Utah the 24th of July is big for us! We headed up to Paradise to have fun with Davids family! We went to a place called Celebration Center. It has go-carts and mini golf and a few rides. All seven of us went putt putting! I came in 3rd place (Not to shabby) It was really fun but HoT!
So Becca finally talked Al into going on two rides with me! It was so much fun! It shot you up and then on the way down it you were facing down! I totally would love to do it again! Also Al was cracking me up. The things he was saying were so funny! I think he was more scared than I was!
Avery was such a good girl. She just sat in her stroller the whole two and a half hours! Then she decided that she wanted a nap!
This ride was like the pirate ship at lagoon! But way way faster! It was a blast and once again Al was hilarious!
The next night Byron (Davids dad) took everyone out to a really nice restaurant! My water had a lemon in it. We gave it to Avery and she loved it! But after like five seconds she got the funnest face! We tried to get it on camera but this was the best I could get!
This trip was really fun. I don't have a good picture of the last ride that I went on. It went straight up in the air then dropped you. It was such a thrill!

Swimming Fun!

Avery likes to swim, but she likes playing on the side more than being in the water!
Learning how to crawl! And looking cute in her swimming suit!

We love to swim! Our condo has a pool and we have been like fish! The other week Kaylin and her family came over to swim with us! Avery liked sitting out on the edge better than being in the water!! It was fun watching Easton jump into the pool. I can't wait till Avery is old enough to jump to us and learn how to swim!

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

A little this a little that...

This is Avery's new trick! She is always sucking on her feet. Well more like her big toe. I turn around from the passenger seat and this is what I am always seeing lately! Shelly has been gone for a week and a half. She calls me almost in tears because she is afraid that Avery has a new best friend! Paul and Tracey are always telling her that they are the new "Shelly". For anyone who does not know Avery is in love with Shelly. She sometimes will not even come to me if she has been with her for a long time!
Avery loves when I take her picture. When she is doing something cute,I pull out my phone to get a picture. She stops and smiles! Little stinker.
Davids Parents and Uncle Al came up and we went to lunch. Avery was digging the bread stick and Uncle Allen!
Ya I finally have a picture with her teeth in it! Now her top teeth can be seen under her gums. I think they will be here soon! Also last night Avery feel asleep in her crib. I think it was harder on me than her. She cried but I was able to rub her back and she feel asleep after about a half an hour. It was so to listen to her cry. But it was one giant step!!!

My little rocking chair!!





So a while ago we were up at Davids parents house. His mom has a rocking chair that is Avery's Great Grandparents. It was amazing seeing Avery in it. She loved it. She sat in it for fifteen minutes and had a ball! I loved how she acted almost grown up. But it is more amazing because I think that it is almost 100 years old!

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

My new Decor!

I put up my first vinyl saying last week. One on my wall and one an Avery's. I love them! I can't stop! LOL We pout this above Avery's changing table. It has a saying under it . I know that it is hard to read! It says... Soft as a whisper so precious and sweet, tiny perfection from her head to her feet. i thought it turned out good.

I put this in my kitchen. It is all from the Quilted bear. I love that store. I really think I could spend thousands of dollars! My goal is while the kids are with my dad I want to get all of my decorations up. I think I am also going to redo my room. But first my bathroom needs to get finished.

Happy 4th of July!

Our Forth of July was soo much fun. It started out with going to a bunch of fairs the weekend before! I love walking around looking at the different booths. We took my brother and sisters and just had a blast. Scott and Shelly got cute little frogs! I bought Avery a new bow!! One the actuall forth, David got up and made a yummy breakfast!! I had bought this dress for Avery before she was even born. So I have been waiting a long time to dress her in it! I thought she looked like a cutie pie! We did fireworks with my dad side of the family. My grandma Tuttle, Aunt Gina, Linda and my dad. My dad was in town picking up the kids to take them back to New Mexico. It was fun hanging out with my dad for the forth!
All of us together after we did fireworks! My uncle Buddy took the picture. He hurt his back and ribs so he could not move! But the good news... he was a great picture taker! It was nice to spend time with my Granny Tuttle!
The next day we had fun shopping while boomer went golfing twice!!! We went to Ikea and Quilted Bear! I bought some fun stuff for my house! We ate lunch at Cafe Rio! I love that place! Avery even loved it! It was a real good trip. He took them back for almost one month! I miss them! But it is always good to have a break!

Sunday, June 29, 2008

Family Reunion!

Last week we left for our Peterson side Family Reunion!!! We went to a place called Happy Jack Arizona! We left early on Thursday morning. It was almost an 12 hour drive!! It was a little long but really fun. On our way there we stopped at the Glendale Dam. It was cool because my grand parents, over the years watched year after year them building it. This was outside the building. We dipped Avery's feet in the fountain because it was HOT outside! Welcome to Arizona!!! Just to let you know all of my pictures got out of order and I don't know how to fix it. Sorry I will just explain each picture!
This is just a picture of part of our drive. We made lots of twist and turns and had really beautiful scenery to look at. It was not just a straight and boring drive. On the way there everyone was happy and exited to get there. Avery did sooo good. We had to stop four times just for her. (poopy diapers) I think that was her way of telling us she needed to stretch! LOL
My mom took a lot of naps with Avery. It was hot with no A/C so she said it made them tired! It was a good excuse at least! Ha Ha
This is Cassie. She is 7 years old. She was sooo cute because it was the first time she met Avery. She went around saying how excited she was to have a new cousin. She also loved holding Avery. Her and her sister. Along with everyone else. Avery did good but got annoyed with everyone and just wanted to be with me, boomer, Shelly or my mom.
Avery with mamas shades on! Opps same picture!
On the way there it was only my threesome family and Shelly and Scott! Believe it or not they did not fight!! So it was nice and peaceful. We jammed out to some Toby along with many others!
We had a big dinner and breakfast the next morning. All of my moms brothers and sister were there! We had about 69 people. It was good to be with everyone! My uncle Keith does this trick with all of the little kiddos!!

This is Peyton. I know that is not how they spell her name, but I don't know their way of spelling it. Sorry!! She is TWO days older that Avery but her mom got her the same day Avery was born!!! It was a really neat story of how she was adopted. So that is really special to me! We both got our girls on the same day!
Boomer, me, and little chicken slept in tent!! We were truly campers. Yes, Avery did good and yes, she slept all night!!! That is what everyone has asked!! LOL
Me and my Grandpa dancing! A very different kind then what I am use to! Not bumping and grinding!!! A guy came to the lodge and sang all sorts of songs! It was a blast, everyone dancing and having fun!!
Just playing with Grandma having fun!

This is were it was not fun!! The way home. Everyone was tired and dirty! We had seven people in our car. It was a little smoochy! Avery was getting really restless. On the way up I was able to nurse her while she was in her car seat. But there was no room to do that on the way home!

This is me going crazy Scott was crying. Avery was crying. Kristy was crying. Mom was sleeping! Me, I was about to pull my hair out! LOL But we made it safe and sound, with no one dying!
This was mt favorite part! Horse back riding! For what ever reason I love riding horses! I got to go twice. The first time was just Shelly and me. The second was me, boomer, Paul, and Tracey! Both times were funny and made great memories! I wish I had a picture of Tracey. She was absolutely funny!
Strike a pose!!!! OK so I may not look like a cowgirl but I sure felt like it!
Me and Shelly heading off for our ride!