What We've Been Doing...

Happy Mother's Day to me! (and Merry Christmas and Happy Birthday, Anniversary, Valentine's... you get the idea)Avery has been hanging out with B when I go over there to work. They are the best little friends... most of the time!
See how much they love each other!
We've been looking for bugs, mainly rolly pollies, but ants will do too.
We've been on a safari in the mall.
We've been goofy.
We've been hiding.
We've been playing in lots of dirt.
It is just so much fun to get messy!
We've been caught red handed...
counting Daddy's change in the corner of the closet.
We've been helping Gma and Gpa Adams move...
hard work! Thank goodness for Dad's strong muscles!

Baby 2...

What are you?

Boy or Girl?

What's your guess?

Okay so this won't be as much fun since all the family knows.

We are HAVING...

Better call to find out!

APRIL!

Avery and I spend two days a week at my aunt's house. I go to make a little moolah and Avery goes to play with her best friend (sometimes enemy) B. They are so cute together. My favorite is when I catch them in their own little world just giggling together. We had to give them candy to bribe them so that is why their cheeks are bulging... but still cute.Avery LOVES her daddy. They have so much fun playing together. I have no idea what she was doing in this picture but apparently it was cute enough to document!
Avery and her crazy afterbath hair. Look how long it is getting! Who would of thought?
This is Michael's best nap ever. For half of the nap Avery's arms were wrapped around Michael's neck. Avery of course woke up at the sound of the camera.
Easter! We went up to Idaho and participated in the Adams' family easter egg hunt... Michael came out as one of the top money winners! Yay!
Here is little Miss Avery in her little Easter dress. We had a hard time taking a picture, and believe it or not, this was the best one.
Cousins! Avery loves them all and the attention she gets from them (most of the time).
Avery showcasing her LOVE for dandelions or "wowas". Don't mind her mismatching outfit, we were about to go swimming.
Avery looking cute- first time I put her hair in the famous "fountain" hairdo. I loved having it out of her eyes!
Michael's graduation... before walking... don't mind the big belly, it just suddenly came out of nowhere and is getting bigger and bigger and bigger...
Cute little Miss playing while we were waiting for graduation to start.
Michael with Grandpa and Grandma Brimhall. Thanks for coming Gpa and Gma! We love you!
We are so proud that Michael graduated... well almost ;) Give us 5 more weeks.
After graduation we went up to Idaho. Avery is on the trampoline with the Adams' girls. She loved spending time with them, especially on the trampoline.
Avery accompanying Grandma A on the piano. She really had fun with following Gma A around and helping her out. Thanks Gma for letting her!
So that was April in a nutshell! So exciting! May should be even more laxed... especially for Michael, which means we get more time with him, YAY! We LOVE Daddy!

Ruff!

Avery now barks like a dog not just pants like one and it is so funny! She was in her bedroom when we heard her yelling and we walked in and realized she was just barking.

Favorite Things:

Avery: Dandelions. She will see one and freak out until it is in her hand. We have quite a few patches of them right outside our apartment and I think I pick all available flowers but the next time we walk out the door there is more. I am glad I am not the one fighting the weeds, and I'm glad they make Avery so happy.

Carly: Warm, sunny 65 degree weather days. Perfect weather to be outside, not too hot and definitely not too cold.

Michael: Snow expected this late in the season (much to my dismay). He gets to use his last ski pass and have some fresh snow. I will be at home crying because of the frigid cold when it should still be warm and 65. Stop teasing me weather!

3 Things:

1. I have an amazing husband. For the past 9 weeks I have been a complete slacker in the cleaning, cooking, looking decent departments and he has not complained (much). Instead he has cleaned, cooked or put up with my slacker cooking (like tonight we had grilled cheese and tomato soup), and tells me I'm beautiful or only makes minimal jokes. What a guy. If I can remember how crappy I feel in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy we will only have 2 kids.

2. Avery is a terrible eater. Terrible. She used to eat anything and everything. Now vegetables are a rarity in Avery's diet. She used to eat broccoli but now nada. She'll eat fruit, well most fruit. She'll eat cereal. She'll eat bread and peanut butter. But if she sees goldfish that is all she wants. What do I do? I know I need to be patient and keep trying to give her veggies and such but how do I make her healthy till she starts eating them? I do give her a multi-vitamin with flouride. But I want something better. Patience, I know.

3. What are healthy, easy meals? I don't always have the energy or want to cook, especially because of all the smells but quick meals would be great. Ideas anyone? Please.

Avery vs. Chicken Broth Can

I was hurrying to get ready to go to my aunt's to clean, and I got into the fridge and Avery decided that she needed to be in it too. So instead of fighting her I just let her look in the fridge and went on making sandwiches while talking to Lacey on the phone. About 10 seconds later I heard Avery scream and turned around and saw Avery on the ground with a can of chicken broth. I guess she carried it and tripped and Avery got this:The can didn't even have a dent so I guess the can one. After to calls to grandmas to figure out what to do, we went to the pediatrician office and they looked at it and agreed (thanks goodness, I felt like a paranoid first mom) that Avery needed stitches. They put some numbing gel on it and then bandaged it up. She HATED it but finally fell asleep.
She got a 20 minute nap in and then they woke her up and strapped her down! I was surprised that she didn't freak when they strapped her but it was a different story when the doctor came up and rubbed iodine on her cut and then put sterile over her face so she couldn't see. Add the nurse holding her head down to one side and she was absolutely not having it.
I wanted to take pictures while the doctor was stitching but I felt insensitive to pull out the camera as my daughter was screaming her head off. I was afraid that my doctor wouldn't be too happy about that, so here is the post-op :) (hopefully this is the closest to post-op we will get)!
Here is the two little stitches! 15 months and stitches... what a mom. Look at that sad little tear on her other cheek.
She has been a little more sensitive today but other than that she has been mess-making, story-telling, (stuffed)puppy-loving, chia-excited Avery. Thank heavens for modern medicine.