Amazing the Difference ONE Year Makes!!!

Our Little Girl is all grown up. Words cannot describe how much we love our little Avery. She is soooo much fun and really brings such joy to our lives. I thank my Heavenly Father everyday for blessing our family with this amazing little girl. Avery turned ONE last week! It's hard to believe that a whole year has passed by since the moment Avery entered the world and our whole world changed. She has changed so much in the last year, and I'm afraid I'll forget some of the really cute, funny, and frustrating things she does.. so I thought I would list a few of our Avery favorites...


Avery Favorites:

1.) She's our little monkey (and yet somehow we call her Frog). Avery uses her feet like none other to do anything and everything. It is hilarious watching her read a book while she's lying on her back.. using her feet to hold the book and her hands to turn the pages.
2.) Tummy Time.. Guess again Mom. She hated being on her tummy. In fact she hated it so much that she learned to crawl, or I guess scoot, on her back before she ever figured out how to do it on her tummy. Avery would be on her back and use her feet to push herself around without being able to see where she was going.
3.) Her Noises. Ryan and I have often said how we wish Avery would never learn to talk and always just make the cutest little noises that she does. The "ooohhh OOOOOOHHH"  noise is a personal favorite and is often used when she's talking on the phone. The "Ga GA GAAAA!!!"  noise when she sees something she likes or is excited. And the AHH AHHH AHHH noise she makes as she crawling in a hurry on a mission of some sort.
4.) Avery loves being Outside! Ryan always takes her outside first thing when he gets home and she LOVES it.
5.) Miss Independent... Avery for the longest time did not eat from a spoon because she did not like being fed.. she wanted to feed herself. So, after much frustration, we gave in and let her feed herself. But how do you get pureed baby food into a baby without a spoon??? We found the solution. Dip the gerber puff snacks in the food first, then setting it on her tray for her to grab and feed herself.

6.) All Smiles..Avery is such a happy and friendly baby. She loves attention and always stands on our laps at church to give everyone in the congregation behind us a big bright smile and some of her very cute (but sometimes very loud and disruptive) happy noises. She has so many friends at church because of it. 

Our little Bookworm in the Car...

And here's a fun pic with Dad