A Day at the Beach

On President's Day we went to one of our favorite places; the beach. We went with some friends up to a place just past Malibu where you can hike to these tide pools. It's still too cold to get in the water, but the starfish and sea urchin seeking was great.

A duck says "Quack"

Babies do the cutest things until you get out the camera. We have been trying to capture some of Avery's new words and animal sounds on video for quite awhile now. Well, this one will have to do. It is amazing how much personality and energy are contained in these little bodies.
AAaaaaaahh, parenthood!

Ta Da!

Avery has been climbing onto everything lately. I was able to get a picture on this one.

Snow Angels

I think that it snowed almost everyday we were up in Utah and Idaho. Avery wasn't too sure about the whole "bundle up and go out in the freezing cold" idea. Dustin and I loved having a white Christmas and all of us enjoyed getting to see family and friends.

Grandpa & Avery

Christmas with Mickey

We celebrated Dustin's last week of school by going to Disneyland. I love Disneyland at Christmas time! They get it all decked out for the holidays. Avery got to meet Mickey Mouse, Pluto and played around in Minnie's house. Her favorite ride is "It's A Small World". She was saying "wow" and pointing at everything! She also enjoyed Jungle Cruise, Winnie the Pooh, and Buzz Light Year.

This is the dishwasher in Minnie's house. Avery loved it, and could have watched it all day long.

Avery's Photo Shoot

Avery is always on the go and sometimes her little legs move faster than she can! Last month it seemed like she would get a new bruise, bump, or gash each week. One would finally heal and then, crash, a new bruise would emerge. We finally had a week free of bumps, so we had Avery's one year pictures taken. Here are a few of them.

This is one of my favorites

The photographer had to snap fast. Avery didn't sit still for long.

Our Little Lion

Last night was the Halloween Trunk or Treat at our church, so we got Avery all dressed up in her lion costume. At first it was a struggle to get her to keep the head piece on, but as soon as she saw herself in the mirror and saw that she was a lion, (Avery loves to pick out lions in her books), she didn't touch it for the rest of the night.

We were also a little bit worried that she would have a hard time walking with all of her "new hair", but that didn't seem to bother her either. She had a great time seeing all of the other kids in their costumes and dancing to the music.

A Ferocious Roar!

So you can get the whole effect of the costume