Bye Bye Pacifiers!

Well, we finally did it. We said goodbye to the pacifiers! Yes, it is plural because Avery had to have two with her when she would sleep; one in her mouth and the other that she would hold in her hand. It's hard for me to explain in words how much Avery loved her paci's (sp?), you just had to see her with them! We were both scared of how this traumatic experience would go, but we set a date a couple of weeks ago, and promised ourselves that we would stick to it no matter what.

Last Monday night, the Paci Fairy visited the Dial house. Avery seemed excited about the idea and didn't hesitate at all when putting them into the gift bag. It wasn't until she was tucked into bed that she realized her precious pacies were gone. Well, after a few nights of tears and heart wrenching cries for her paci (from both Avery and mom), we have finally had a few tearless nights. Yay!!!



Oh.......the innocence. She had no idea what was really coming, poor girl. She had already put one of her pacifiers in the bag before we started recording.

It was a rough night, but all smiles the next morning.

"Next time won't you sing with me!"

I know I'm a biased mother, but I just think that Avery's ABC song is so cute!

Exploring Colorado Springs

On New Years Eve, Dustin's parents drove out here to make a suprise visit to see Avery. She got so spoiled with having 100% attention, all day long, from both Grandma and Grandpa. They spent a few days out here so we got to show them some of her favorite things to do in the area and visited some new places too. One of the place we visited were some old Indian cliff dwellings at the bottom of Pikes Peak that have been renovated and preserved. It was pretty neat to see how creative they were and how much they could do with so little.

Snow Angels and a Snowman

Our biggest snowstorm of the season, so far, came about a month ago. It snowed all day long and we got around 10 inches of snow in just one day. The next morning was beautiful; bright blue skies and the sun was out. So, we decided it would be a great day to take Avery out to make her very first snowman! She had a blast! Here are a few pictures from our day out.

A little snow angel

SNOW!

This is what we woke up to this morning; a thin blanket of beautiful white snow! We have been trying to prepare Avery for the snow (since this will be her first real winter) by telling her how much fun it is, how we can go sledding and make a snowman. So, when she woke up this morning and I showed her the snow outside of her window, she didn't want breakfast, she wanted to go outside and play. She was so excited to go out and see the snow until I opened the door and she felt that cold winter breeze. I should have bundled her up a little bit better, but I didn't realize that it was going to be that cold either.

After breakfast I really got her prepared to go out and have some fun in the little bit of snow we had. I'm not sure I'm ready for this, but, bring on the snow!

Trick or Treat!

Here is our little trick or treater! We had our ward trunk or treat Wednesday night and then went to a couple of houses in our friends neighborhood Halloween night, so Avery was pretty good at saying "Trick or Treat" and holding up her pumpkin by the end of the week.

October

This month has been a busy one, but we've been busy having fun! At the beginning of the month we packed up and headed back to Southern California. We spent a couple of days at Disneyland, visited some of our L.A. friends, and Dustin attended a C.E. course while Avery and I had fun at the pool. It was great spending time with good friends and Avery had a blast at Disneyland. We were both amazed at how much she remembered it. She loved the Dumbo ride, Winnie the Pooh, and the Carousel (which she named the Caro-horse).

We also spent one afternoon at Seven Falls here in Colorado Springs. Dustin was a trooper and carried Avery up all of those flights of stairs! When we got to the top of the waterfall we did short hike and enjoyed the beautiful scenery and Fall air.

Two weekends ago we packed up the car for a quick weekend trip to St. George to spend time with the Dial family. We had so much fun and wish that we didn't live so far away. The boys went golfing, the girls did some outlet shopping, we visited snow canyon, ate way too much good food, played rock band, and stayed up late playing games and visiting. Avery had a great time being with her cousins especially playing with the "big girls". This trip ended way too fast, and before we knew it, we were driving back home again.

This past weekend my brother and his cute wife came out to visit. We love having visitors!! We played Make A Million, watched college football, and went to Garden of the Gods. My poor brother also had some dental work done, so Lindsey and I got to check out the Castle Rock Outlets.

So, that has been our crazy October. I can't believe that we will be dressing up in costumes at the end of the week and then the month will be over!