Oliver,Spencer and Avery

While we were in So.Cal. this past weekend, we stayed with Carrie and Bill, and of course Oliver and Spencer. Avery was a bit overwhelmed with the dogs at times, but she really did enjoy and love them. She is definately an animal lover-especially dogs. We had a great time with Carrie,Bill and the boys! Bill and Carrie made a yummy lasagne on friday night when we arrived;John and Marsky joined us for great evening. We also went up to John and Marsky's house on the way out of town on Sunday and had a wonderful brunch there. We had such a nice weekend.

Baca boy's house, aka Disneyland!!

Ok, so most of you know that Avery calls Mickey Mouse, "baca". So, this weekend we went to baca's house again. Avery kept saying, "baca boy's house mommy" Dang she's cute. Anyway, Disneyland was all decked out for autumn. It was beautiful. Avery was a little shy at first with Mickey Mouse, but warmed right up and had so much fun giving hugs and kisses to all of her favorite characters. It rained a little the day we were there, but it was still a perfect day. The crowds were low, so that was nice. We did wait in line to see the new "Finding Nemo Submarine" ride, but that was all we really waited for. We can't wait to go back again :)

Brother or sister needed, please

We have decided we want to add to our family!! This picture is from a year ago, but that is still like Avery today. She needs someone to play with!! Well, of course she has Mommy and Daddy and her friends and cousins, but it would be wonderful for her to have a sibling. The first words out of her mouth in the morning are: mom, play kids?...ok, she also asks for yogurt and if Daddy is at "yerk". But, she just loves to be around other kids. We knew we would want to have more children, and now feels like the right time. We love Avery soooooooooooooo much!! Every day it gets more fun with her. We would love to have a new baby to love also. Please pass the word around...we want to adopt again. Adopting Avery was the best thing that ever happened to us. If you know someone, who knows someone, who knows someone, who knows a girl that might be considering placing a baby for adoption, please let her know about our family.

Beach bums

For the second weekend in a row we headed to Santa Cruz and enjoyed the cooler weather. Why haven't we done this more?? It's been great. Avery makes friends and plays in the sand...although, she has been a major daddy's girl since we got back from Utah, so she makes Johnny go with her everywhere. She'll see kids to play with, but Johnny has to go play with them too! It's cute. The other day, she asked where Daddy was, I told her that he was at work, she then says, "me work too!" Anyway, back to the beach story, the only thing bad about it is the cold showers they have to rinse off in afterwards. Avery hates it! But, as you can see from the pictures, she was filthy, so we had to do it.

Growing up so fast...

Our little girl is now in a toddler bed...so sad to take the crib down. The bed is so stinkin' cute though, it made it easier. She likes to set her babies up in/on her new bed. She is taking to the bed fairly well...we are still adjusting. She is just such a climber that we were getting worried she was going to hurt herself in her crib. So, here she is, growing up, way too fast.

Say hey, again

We were able to go to another SF Giants game last night. We went with a guy that Johnny works with-Steve, who also brought his son Dustin (13). Dustin was so sweet with Avery, and Avery took to him right away. He played peek-a-boo with her in the car on the way there, colored with her as we were waiting to have dinner and entertained her the whole night. It was a great break for me!! Avery ended up falling asleep in his arms around the 8th inning. Before she fell asleep, she said, several times, just as we had practiced,"Go Giants!"...it came out, "go science", but it was still so cute. We sat close to the third base line, so here is a picture of Barry Bonds warming up.

too cute!!

Ok, just some snapshots that I had to share cause they are too cute to keep to myself!! Could she be any cuter?? She was in a funny mood...ok, I had given her some chocolate chips to munch on...I'm starting her young to be a dark chocolate fan. Looks like it makes her happy too!