Cuddle bug

After bath time Avery always says "rock a baby". That is code word for mommy to bundle her up and rock her. We sing rock a bye baby, row, row your boat, I am a child of god and twinkle little start. These are just a few of her favorite songs. I love that she still will let me hold her like a baby and cuddle..its my favorite time of the day. I will take these moments whenever I can get them because I don't know how long it will last. I love my sweet baby girl.

Friend Christmas Party 2010

Sunday the 12th we had our annual friend Christmas party. Our friend Shauna was even able to join us after being gone for 10 years. We started the night off with a yummy dinner and catching up on each others happenings. While we enjoyed some adult time the kids had fun playing and watching shrek.

What cute kids we all have!!

Brett was being festive with his snowflake turtleneck and all. You can always count on my hubby to spice up the party.

We can't go without doing our annual white elephant exchange. The presents just keep getting better and more creative. Gaby and Ben always have the funniest gifts and this year they didn't let us down. Each of her gifts had a scary porcelain doll, and all of us girls had the privilege of getting one. By the end of exchange all of our cheeks hurt from laughing so hard..good times.

While we were enjoying our game the boys had a little fun of their own. They had dumped all the bins of toys on the ground..fun huh?? Marci had a cute little story for the kids that went along with a little gift. They loved there yummy little candies that were wrapped inside. We topped the night off with a yummy dessert and a few more laughs before everyone had to go. Thanks everyone for coming its always a blast!! Can't wait til next year.

Daddy's beard

Brett starting growing out his beard for his part as Joseph in our ward Christmas party. I was hoping he would shave it, but now he has another purpose to grow it out. The boys are doing an ugly mustache contest for Christmas eve, so I have to live with it for a few more days. As you know I love Brett with a gotee, but this beard thing is getting out of control!!

Its so long that he is now combing it..Avery loves combing daddy's beard and is pretty entertained by the whole thing. Not only does she love combing it she thinks its pretty funny too. The other day I see them in the living room giggling and having a ball! She thinks its funny when the comb gets stuck in his beard. Well at least someone gets to enjoy the beard because I sure don't. To make matters worse Brett now wants to grow out his hair. I sure hope someone can convince him to cute it (hint, hint).

Play date with Daxton

Every morning when Avery wakes up she asks to play with friends. She is one social little girl. Last week we had a play date with Daxton, and as always they had a blast. These two are so cute together and have such fun personalities. They both are so full of life and have the most contagious laughs.

Avery found one of Daxton's binkies and wouldn't let it go. She doesn't even have a Binky, but for some reason she loves them. We had such a fun day. Thanks Angie for having us over we can't wait til next time.

Shopping

This year I decided to start a tradition..shopping with the Muir girls. We started the day off with lunch at kneaders and then we shopped til we dropped! I got alot of my shopping done which was nice, but we had to have a little fun in between.

Thanks girls for such a fun day! Can't wait til next year and maybe we can even go bigger...say shopping in New York City!! A girl can dream right?? (Debbie was there too, but we couldn't convince her to join in the pictures.)

Christmas tree

I always get excited about Christmas and want to get the tree up right away. We started the night off with a trip to Brett's favorite place to eat Five guys..Yummy! Then we came home and started on the tree. At first Avery loved helping and then before you knew it she was making her own little bed on the chair. So she spent most the time relaxing and watching us do it all.

She finally got up and helped us put the decorations up. She was such a big helper and the tree turned out awesome! She loves the tree and asks every morning to turn it on. And the most surprising thing is she doesn't even mess with the decorations. She just loves looking at the beautiful tree and so do I. I just love this time of year!

Jabber mouth!

Avery has been talking like crazy lately! The last few weeks I have been documenting some of the funny things she says. Most of the time she surprises me with the things she says, and Brett and I both look at each other and say where did she come up with that. I just love her cute little voice and the way she says it. I just wish you could all hear her. I just love this age so much and the new things she comes up with everyday. Here are some of the fun things she is saying:

Oh my!

Good job mommy

Thank you

Excuse me

Don't want it

Oh crap!

I want a smack (this is for fruit snack)

baby Jemmah (Jennah..has a hard time saying her m's)

Is always taking to Annie and asks her how she is doing. Gives her kisses and hug..so sweet

I love her fake laugh

Listen to me

Look at me

Please

Watching me

I can't

I did it!

Watch this

When she hear a baby crying she says" come here baby (with her hands out) I hold you.

Asks everyone she meets " How are you doing?? and when they ask her how she is she says "Its me"..so funny!

She is always turning and circles and says "mommy I getting dizzy."

She is always putting on my necklaces and says mommy "I pretty." Look at my pretty dress. She also loves to pretend she is sleeping and one of her favorite places is the stairs. She gets all cozy and says mommy look at me..I sleeping. Everyday I love to see what words she will come up with. She is just growing up so fast!

She is putting sentences together and its so fun to see her communicate what she needs. And most of all so nice for me that I can understand want she needs. She now tells me when she is hungry or tired. She is such a little smarty pants!! I love this age!!