The shears came out!

For Avery's first haircut. I kept thinking that I might be able to just let it grow, and that did prove true for a while. But, when I had to constantly put it up for it to look even remotely decent, it became time. The sides had started to grow and it made the back look even worse, uneven and ready for a trim.

So we heading out for a trim, visiting a salon one day and heading to a salon the next. Avery did GREAT! She could not have been better actually! She had some toys, a fun little push button chair and even was so good when she was laying on the hair washing station.

Concentrating, what is going to go on next here in this weird place?

We think the end result is pretty darn cute - but we would have thought that haircut or not! Bye bye baby locks :)

There is no denying it!

This girl LOVES the water!

This is day ONE of swim lessons and she couldn't wait to get in the water, nor did she want to get out. We didn't sign her up for session two not knowing how she would like it, big mistake. Thankfully we were on a waiting list and they added a class for the month of August. Yesterday in the awesome heat of Seattle summer was another lesson, check out these smiles!

Catching on pretty well to the "reach and pull" method of getting these little ones to move their arms in the water.

After denying her all summer long of a sno-cone (only because Mommy and Daddy rarely carry cash - REALLY that is the only reason!), but yesterday she got one... and loved every bite of that Strawberry goodness!

Our baby is TWO!

After a hiatus from blog updates, perhaps we should post again. Modern technology makes it so easy to keep up with people, but so hard to keep up with so many spots to update. Our online gallery, Facebook, my friend journal and here. Now is time for here!

More to come, but Avery just received her birthday present today, her first bike!

Thankful

We're doing posts in my other journal this week of what we are thankful for, and today I said Avery's voice! This is what I wrote actually: Today I am thankful for my dear daughter's voice. She is waking up from a nap right now, and I just hear her talking and going about her world. As she learns more and more words and expresses herself to us, it is such a delight to hear her little being open up and communicate. She is a talking, laughing, expressive joy and I can't believe I get the pleasure of having her in my life! So, while this is not her talking it is a video that does not need editing! Enjoy seeing this little life!

My first Presidential Election

And it is an Obama win! Mommy and Daddy were celebrating with friends and champagne.

Busy, busy BEE!

Avery was a busy, busy BEE for Halloween and looked great!

Here she is after the daycare parade where we all got drenched, but she has her determined little speed walking face on! Outta my way people!

We headed over to our friends for an Annual Halloween soup evening and since Avery loves dogs, she immediately gave Ozzie a hug, who was also a bee for Halloween. As was his little sister Caelin, Avery's friend.As we headed out and hit up a couple of houses in the neighborhood for trick or treating, Avery thought the decorations were better then the candy and here she is off with someone's pumpkin.

The next day we had a potluck with our PEPS group and you can tell the kiddos were nothing less then thrilled to be in costumes and have their picture taken.

Oh, a Pumpkin Picking we will go!

It could not have been a more beautiful day for such a fun fall adventure. We headed out this morning to pick pumpkins for the porch, (or really, was it for the photos?).

Another family had found the perfect spot to get some fun photos, so we promptly took their spot when they were done and this is where Avery had the most fun. She loves to "bounce" on her chair at home and took to doing the exact same thing on these pumpkins.

The tractor kept dropping people off and was noisy, and while it might look like she sees a field of pumpkins ahead or something, she is running in the OPPOSITE direction of the pumpkins, towards the tractor!

Apparently, dirty pumpkins taste good? Our friends joined us and Avery and Caelin had a fun time being carried around in their wheelbarrow.

Hopefully the day and the weather brought these same smiles to everyone else's faces! This must be what they say when it is so fun to have kids, you do all the great things that you probably wouldn't do without them and get to have fun too :)