Harvest Time

Since we've been pretty lucky around here with not a lot of rain we wanted to head out to the Pumpkin Patch before there was lots of rain and mud. Today proved to be a perfect day for it!Miss Avery sat right down and was pretty excited about seeing all the pumpkins to choose from! Part of the experience is taking a tractor ride around the pumpkin patch if you want, once we got on she had a great time, but was a bit timid about this random vehicle with bales of hay for seats.

There even ended up being a great picture of Mommy and Avery together, this is such a rarity.

Couldn't leave one out without Daddy taking Avery for a "ride" in the wheelbarrow!

And, make sure you listen to the girl in charge here!

She found several pumpkins, but this one she could carry and was on a mission to get it into that wheelbarrow for safekeeping!

And is SO happy with herself for this, such a cute, proud little smile!

Last ride, this time with pumpkins in tow!

Giggling Girls

Avery and neighborhood friend Hailey have been trying to enjoy the last nights of light, warm temps and good times at the playground before fall and rain really, really happen. These giggling girls are about a year apart, but darn cute together!

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.