Standing!!

Avery has been standing on her own alot lately. No where near taking her first step, but we thought we'd try to get a couple clips of her letting go and standing on her own. If she has a fun toy (or piece of paper) in her hands, she sometimes stands alone for a minute or two just playing with it. Right up until she realizes she's not holding on to anything and promptly sits down!!

Happy Easter!!

Here's our little Easter Bunny...

Avery finally got dressed, and we went out for Easter brunch...

Avery had so much fun going through her Easter basket. Grandma Connie and Grampa Bob sent her the crazy looking duck to the right which sings the Chicken Dance song (confusing...), and she loves it!!

Then we had a Easter Egg Hunt....
And we colored some eggs too. Avery got to inspect each one...
These 2 passed inspection...
Happy Easter!!

Happy St Patrick's Day!!

Avery celebrated today in her favorite shirt which Uncle Al sent her from Ireland. She also got to go out to dinner with Sunil, Bethany, and Sarah (who is also from Ireland), and had a nice green dinner of broccoli. Yum.

Happy Birthday Trot!!

I think this is our first non-Avery post. Today is Trot's 3rd birthday! After being really freaked out by the candle in his birthday 'cake', he enjoyed his present (a new bone made of recycled materials)! Our little boy is growing up so fast...

Swim Class

Avery had her last swim lesson of the Winter session this weekend. As a special treat to end the class...the babies got to go on the slide a couple of times. Avery LOVED it!! She's really looking forward to the Spring swim classes now!

Trip to Arizona

We just got back from a weekend trip to Scottsdale, Arizona. We met up there with our friends from Illinois...Brooke and Todd and their daughter Parker, and Ben and Brandy and their daughter Madison. The girls are all just a couple of months apart so it was so fun to see them together.

We got in late Wednesday night, so this picture was taken the first thing Thursday morning when the girls all met for the first time...
We had beautiful weather, so we were outside a lot. Here we are out on the trails by the house we stayed at...
And here are the dad's pushing strollers in downtown Scottsdale...
The mom's took the babies to the Zoo...
Here is Avery's traditional photo in front of the elephants...although the elephant is not in focus at all...

Avery got to wear her favorite monkey dress...which is clearly made for shorter babies...
We cooled down the hot tub to a bath water temperature...the girls loved it!!!
And so did Avery's mom...
And dad...
The guys got to do a lot of golfing...

And we hired nannies so that we could all go out to dinner one night like old times...
Avery was the oldest...and therefore a big bully. Here she is stealing a toy from Parker...
And no, Brooke and I did not plan for Avery and Parker to have matching outfits...but it was a crazy coincidence that we had dressed them in those outfits on the same day without knowing it!
The girls got to play together one last time before we had to leave. Luckily we came back to great Portland spring weather, so we are not too sad to have to leave the desert. But I do miss the hot tub!!

Avery update

Avery's friend Delaney had her 1st birthday this weekend! Here’s Delaney right at the point where the sugar high started to kick in…

And here is Avery celebrating…

Avery is so creative...she’s already finding new uses for things. Here she is playing underneath her exersaucer…
This is Avery's new favorite pastime…taking all the toys out of her basket and then climbing in…