Avery ~ 1 Year Old

I can't say it enough........this year has gone by so fast! Our little Avery bug doesn't seem so so little anymore. We still need to take her to the doctor for her 1 year check up to get all of her stats, but when we weighed her at home she was 18 pounds. I think she is similar in size to what Allie was at this age. I put Aves in her front facing car seat today and she was all smiles! So cute! She looked so tiny in her car seat.
I think Avery enjoyed seeing everyone at her birthday party, but she was really tired. She didn't even want to open her presents. Big sister didn't mind helping her out though! After opening presents we went straight to singing "Happy Birthday" so Avery could eat her cake and go take a nap. She was very content while eating (she downs anything in sight) but she was having a hard time keeping her eyes open. Thank you everyone for cards, gifts and happy birthday wishes!

Avery @ Columbian Park on 8/14 ~ her b-day!
party time!
opening presents

playing with cousins

Things Avery is doing now:

• walking! (she's been taking a few steps for a while, but really started taking off while we were in Indiana)
• added "papa", "oh", and "uh-oh" to her vocabulary
• knows how to be so totally cheesy ~ she's such a ham
• dance (when you're holding both of her hands she'll bounce and twist likes she's dancing)
• sits facing forward in her car seat
• loves talking on the phone
• is a great mimicker
• trys to color like her sister
• eats anything and everything!
• climbs
• this isn't something that she is doing, but something unique about her.....her curly locks!
• I think she's going to have crooked fingers like her momma (Sorry Aves)
• she will hold up one finger to say she's one every once in a while