1 year old!

Avery turned one last Friday.  I can't believe it has been a year already.

What a crazy year it has been!   

 I took her to the Dr. on her birthday (mean I know), and she now weights 16 lbs 1.5 oz and is 26 1/4 inches tall.  She is still small for her age and a little behind with some things, but she has had a tough year... so we won't hold it against her! Despite everything she has been through, she is doing great. We couldn't ask for a happier little girl. Seriously, she is awesome! We love her so much and are happy and grateful to have her in our lives.  She has taught us so much in such a short time.

She was a little sick that day, but perked up just in time!
(we all have a bit of a cold right now)

She got a little set of 3 cute little books... 

 She even started to get into the unwrapping a little.

...and she got a fun Walk and Ride toy to help her learn to walk,

she just wanted to ride.

 

The adults cake...

 

...and Avery's cake!

The memory ran out on the cell phone video before the

supposed cake bash, it didn't turn out to be much of a bash... 

You want me to do what?!

I'm not sure about this, it is kind of gross.

 Ok, maybe it's not so bad...

We hope you had a happy birthday Avery,

we hope you had as much fun as we did!

Great Grandparents and the Zoo

Last weekend we made a trip to St. Louis for one of Rand's cousin's wedding reception. We went to the zoo that day with Rand's uncle and his family that live out here with us. G-ma and G-pa Day also flew in from Utah and met us at the zoo, so Avery got to meet some of her Great Grandparents for the first time. We didn't take many pictures at the zoo. It was super hot and fairly humid that day, so none of us were really into being in pictures. The only animals that Avery acted interested in were some of the monkeys and the penguins. The penguins were inside and nice and cold. The exibit was really up close, you could have easily reached out and touched them. She loved seeing them swimming, splashing, and walking around. She clapped and smiled and made little noises back at them. One of them splashed her a little with some cold fishy salt water. That kind of startled her for a minute, but then she was right back to watching and clapping.

This is the only picture we really took at the zoo

Cooling down and having lunch after the zoo...

A few days later Rand's Grand parents drove our way and stayed at his uncles house for a few days. We went up one evening and Avery got to spend some more time with her Greats...



Avery's first Birthday was this weekend, so check back a little later for another post with tons of pictures...

Six years

6 years ago today this was the best thing that ever happened to me-

I love you Hillary

-Rand

Swimmin!

I have been meaning to post for a while, so these are a few weeks old.

We had been wanting to take Avery to the pool, but she is still taking a medication that makes her skin extra sensitive to the sun. Our good friends invited us to their little boy's birthday party at the pool. It was the perfect time to take Avery because it was in the evening, no sun!

Hat, shades, suit, ready to go!

She was a little unsure at first because the water was a little cold, but she warmed up to it and was splashing around in no time.

Then last weekend we finally busted out the little blow up pool in the back yard.

Tasting every fish in the pool

and then tasting the pool

She loved it!