6 month pictures

My friend Kera from high school (and college) is a great photographer and I asked her to take Avery's 6 month pictures.  Kera and I were actually high school yearbook photographers together (oh the memories)!  She and her husband and cute baby Crosby came down one Sunday afternoon and she took Avery's pictures.  We had a fun time visiting and of course trying to get Avery to smile!   

 I saw this idea on Pinterest (of course) and wanted to try it out.  I think it turned out super cute!

Thanks to Stacie for the cute ruffly skirt!

I love this one!

 Kera had this cute little sweater and long socks passed down from her husbands family and wanted to try it out.  I love her chubby thighs!

 We made our way outside and got some more cute pictures!

This is Kera's little guy Crosby.  He is so cute and it was funny to see the two interact.  Avery is giving him the fish hook while he is trying to get her flower!  Love it!

Thanks Kera!

Elephant

Avery was an Elephant for Halloween.  She looked oh so cute in her costume!  When she would be in it she would get so hot though (long shirt, tights, head thing and big puffy coat, I can't imagine why!?!).  We went in our backyard one night and snapped a few pictures of her.  As you will see she was definitely more interested in the pumpkins (which were grown in OUR garden!) than having her picture taken. 

Yum yum!

Flying elephant over dads shoulder!

Fall Fun

A couple weekends ago we went on a Sunday drive.  We drove to Snowbasin and back and saw all the pretty leaves.  I had to sit in the back seat with Avery because her first tooth had just broken through the day before and she had a terrible runny nose!  So I was the wiper of the nose (lets just say when she sneezed . . . a lot came out!).  Once we got to Snowbasin we walked around for a minute.  We found a pile of leaves so we put Avery in them and snapped a few pictures.  

She had a nice little nap on the way home!  I love fall!

6 Months!

It is here . . . . Avery is half of a year old!  

6 MONTHS!  I can't believe how quickly time is going!  Each month I think, "oh she is so much fun I love her little personality I want her to stay this age forever."  But then the next month comes and it just gets better!  She is rolling like crazy and will get up like she wants to crawl but only scootches (is that a word?!) backwards.  She sucks her thumb sometimes and we got her giggling like crazy the other night (I am still working on trying to post the video.  Blogger isn't liking the format it is in!)  Her first tooth broke through on Saturday.  She has been a little fussy and has had a crazy runny nose the past few days.  But for the most part she has been handling it pretty well!  We went to her 6 month dr. appointment on Tuesday and she is doing well.  She weighs 15 lbs. 13 oz, and is 26 1/4" tall.  Her head is right on average too at 16 3/4"!  She had a high hemoglobin test come back but the dr. didn't seem too worried.  We are going back next month to get it checked again.  

We love this little bug and are so happy she came to our family!  (My mom would always say that to me and so now I of course always say that to Avery!)  There were too many cute pictures for me to whittle them down so you get to see a lot of this cute girl!

She is completely obsessed with stuffed animals!  One day we were down visiting in Mapleton and my niece Tessa got a new puppy stuffed animal and she was showing Avery.  Avery just squealed with delight and grabbed it with both hands and attacked it (like she is doing to this sheep!).  So when we got home I had to get out all of the stuffed animals we were given as presents and she has been having a blast with them!  Who would have known?!  I wonder what other things she would like but just haven't thought to give her?!

Love her hands in this.  So proper!

"Mom . . . you are taking SO many pictures of me!"

Mini Reunion - Avery's Firsts

My brother Adam had some work in Utah he had to do a few weekends ago so he brought his family up from Vegas with him.  (Well minus Rylee, she didn't want to miss school and her soccer game!)  Friday night we drove up the canyon and had a fire and roasted hot dogs and marshmallows for smores.  Avery was completely mesmerized by the fire and that was her first time up a canyon with a camp fire.  She loved it!  Here are a few pictures from the night.

Abby and Chad

Avery and Grandma

Tessa and Emmitt

Micah, Maren and Avery

"I can't stop looking at the flames!"

Micah, Miranda and Hatee

I think Avery is trying to look around Maren to see the fire!  haha

Grandpa and handsome Noah

Little rugrats that kept running around the fire and getting into trouble!

A guy in my parents ward has a little mini train in his backyard so we went over the next morning to ride the train!  It was pretty fun and the kids loved it (and the men thought it was pretty cool too!)

I like this picture with Nate in the background . . . creepy. . . haha

Chad won for the longest legs riding the train!

Jeremy had to have a turn

Along with Grandpa

Avery wanted a turn too, and thought it was pretty cool!

First time on a train!

I didn't ride the train, I just watched

Then we went bowling!  The kids had so much fun and Avery loved just watching everything that was going on.  This was Avery's first time being in a bowling alley.  One day I will have to tell her how Shanell and I took a bowling class for two semesters at USU and how one summer I was in a bowling league.  I know, it was pretty awesome!

Yeah for fun little mini vacations that we don't have to go far and spend a lot of money!