Today Miss Avery turned 16 months old! I bet some of you are wondering what the heck happened to her 14th and 15th month post...well, the answer is that Florida happened!! We were having WAY too much fun to blog. While in Florida we got to do so many great things...we got to stay in a really nice condo in an even nicer condo complex, we got to dig at the beach just about everyday, we went rock-hunting everyday (Avery LOVES rocks) and we got to go swimming a few times although it was a little chilly and windy in FL to do too much swimming. We also got to go to some baseball games, we went to a cool park where we went on a little train ride and then rode a bicycle built for six! We went out to lunch on Sanibel Island and then looked for shells on the beach. We got to go to the circus and we went to a nearby zoo where we also got to ride on a boat. We went to our friend Gabby's 2nd birthday party and learned how to drink out of a straw for the first time (Avery had her first juice box at the party)! We also got to spend time with lots of great visitors (loved our movie nights with Mia and Ella) and we got to make some new and really fun friends (Sean, Abby, Charlie, John, Teddy, Gabby, and Jack)!!! I even had a REALLY fun girls night out on St. Patrick's day! Poor Mike worked his tail off in Florida while Avery and I got to do all the fun stuff...sorry Mike :( When we came home Avery acted like she had never laid eyes on Dunkin (also known as Duckit to Avery) and screamed in excitement "doggie, doggie" when she saw our pooch. Also, when I took Avery into her playroom she exclaimed "WoooooW like she had never seen her playroom before...it was pretty cute. While in Florida, both of Avery's top molars broke through and the bottom ones are now well on their way. Avery has also gone from walking to running, running, running and climbing...gulp! I took Avery to the MD this past monday and she has grown to 29 inches(22nd percentile) and is 18.2 lbs (1st percentile) so needless to say she is still a petite little package but is packing quite a personality in that little body!! According to the Doctor, babies Avery's age typically have a vocabulary of about 10 words but Avery has about 40 words so she is ahead of the curve on that one! She is also starting to string words together like Thank you Mama and Hi Duckit (Dunkin). I know this all sounds a bit braggy but I am using this blog as Avery's baby book and well okay, I am a proud mama too!!! My favorite is that Avery always says Please for things (Peas, Peas..is what it sounds like but it is awfully cute). Just a couple of days ago the dog sneezed and Avery said "Bless you" to the dog and then called me "honey" Also, Avery and I were hanging out (okay if you must know we were in a fitting room at the store and I was dancing like a crazy person to the music) anywho...Avery was laughing at me dancing and then started yelling "nuddles, nuddles"...it took me a second to realize what she was saying but then I saw that she had her fist clenched and reaching out to give me "knuckles"...too funny my 15 month old initiating Knuckles!!! She also does "cheers" with her sippy cup, and now says "hug" and gives me (or the dog) the biggest most scrumptious hugs!!! I could go on and on about all the little funny things she has been doing and saying, this is a REALLY fun age!!!! I have included a few pics from the last couple of months....a highlight reel so to speak so please enjoy!! Smooches to all!! Love, Sandi xo
