Merry Christmas!

Up to your ears in trash!

While doing my daily internet surfing I came across an article on this guy that hasn't thrown garbage away for a year! Crazy huh?! Well it has basically changed his life and changed the way he does things (trash wise). I personally think its a little overboard since he kept even the things you could recycle. It got me thinking because it is crazy how much trash we go through every week! And our neighborhood doesn't have recycling so its bad.  Anyways take a look at his blog! Click HERE

My new little Niece Lily

Last night we finally got to see my little niece Lily. Our family was free of sickness and germs so we headed over to visit. Avery absolutely LOVED her! She was so interested and kept saying, "aww baby cute!"

Playing in the snow

All excited to play in the snow. Little did we know Avery wouldn't be smiling a bit later.

Avery's little patch of grass.

Avery, Jenna, And Taylor

Yesterday me and my neighbor decided we should take the kids out in the fresh snow. Avery had never been so we ran over to Target to get all the gear. She picked out her boots and was so excited to play with her friends.  We got home and got all ready, went and met our friends outside and BAM I find out Avery is petrified of walking, touching, anything with snow. YIKES! She screamed the whole way to the hill behind our house. Screamed while I made her try sledding down the hill and hated me the rest of the time. Only wanting our neighbor to hold her. We finally went to the bottom of the hill and the only way she would stand on her own was in an area that was cleared of snow. Hopefully next time she will be ok with it!

Sleepy Girl

Avery is struggling at taking her naps and decides a lot of the time to NOT nap. (Which drives me crazy!) She is slowly getting back into the groove but this picture we got when we drove home from Chris's dads house. She hadn't had a nap yet and she fell asleep in the car which is not the norm for her. Chris carried her in and she didn't budge. We didn't really want her to take a nap since it was 6:30 and she would be up all night if she did. Chris laid her down on he love sac and she still didn't move. Penelope cuddled up next to her and Avery slept for 30 min. What a miracle!

Black Friday

Our normal tradition is to put up our Christmas tree the day after Thanksgiving (Black Friday) and I do all our Christmas shopping that day. I usually gather all the ads for black friday and head out early in the morning to hunt down all the deals for Christmas. This year was a bit different and we well me ended up putting up the tree the next week and Chris went out (ON BLACK FRIDAY mind you) for me and gathered up ALL our Christmas gifts. And the Christmas shopping was done! Can you believe it!? And all by my wonderful husband! Thanks Chris! Now every morning me and Avery come down stairs and she insists on turning on the christmas lights. She LOVES the christmas tree and is doing really well at not touching it which I am VERY surprised at.

Thanksgiving

Avery's HUGE Thanksgiving meal... She didn't even try any of it. What a shame!

For Thanksgiving we had my mom and Chris's mom over for the big feast. This year we went easy since I was really sick and ordered take out from Mimi's Cafe. It was sooo yummy! We had all the traditional yummy food even pumpkin pie and there was no slaving away in the kitchen. 

behind behind...

Sorry for the lack of posting but yet again I have become very sick and can't shake it of for some reason. Two weeks later and still sick. YIKES! (oh and I can't hear out of my right ear hurray!) So here is my attempt of updating out blog even though we haven't really done anything exciting except sit at home. Here is a cute picture of Avery on her Barbie 4-wheeler she got for her birthday. At first she was terrified of it then she warmed up to it and rides it everywhere!

My big girl

I can't believe how big Avery is getting! She is the cutest thing ever! Yesterday we went out and took pictures with Averys cousin Danica for our little tutu business adventure. It all started back when we did tutus for my sisters baby shower we had such a good response to that. My other sister was invited to a craft fair and sold a ton so we are in another this weekend. If it does well we may have a real tutu business. We will see what happens.

Avery's Birthday Bash

We had Averys birthday party last sat. and it was so much fun! We had tons a balloons everywhere along with all our friends and family. Thanks to all that came and celebrated!

We had pin the tail on the donkey and a pinata. It was hilarious because it took so long to break open the pinata and all the kids were so patient waiting for all the candy to fall out.