Friendly girl!

I was loading groceries and Asher into the car and turned around to see Avery waving and saying "hi!" to every car passing by. I watched for a minute and it was so cute to see how excited she got when people would smile and wave back! Such a fun age! She's such a sweet, friendly girl! 

17 months old!

I can't believe my sweet babies are almost a year and a half years old! They are getting too big too fast! They are so much fun and we are enjoying them so much. It's so fun to see their little personalities coming out. Here's what they are up to at 17 months...

Avery is my sweet and a little bit sassy, always busy, always running, and smart little girl. She is babbling a lot lately and always trying to figure things out, like the way buckles work. She's always copying and mimicking what we do. And she loves animals, especially dogs. Her new thing is if she sees something she is interesting she gets an excited look on her face and says "oh!" so clearly and excitedly. She loves her binkie and I love how she gets her bunny binkie and lambie stuffed animal and cuddle up with them when she's tired or wants to relax. She loves to give kisses and when Cory or I ask for one she walks up and tilts her head up so cute to give a kiss. She is very tall and thin and petite but surprisingly has a very good appetite! Most meals she eats just as much if not more than Asher and he's always been a pound or two ahead of her in weight. She's such a smart little thing and I'm amazed at the things she understands, like when I sit down to change Asher's diaper and realize I need a diaper or wipers I can ask her to get them for me and she knows to go to the basket and get them and bring them back to me. The first time I asked her to do this was a  couple months ago and I was so surprised she actually knew to do this. She's a little second mom to Asher sometimes and will go get his bottle off the ground or his teddy bear and take it to him when he's watching Barney or something and she thinks he needs it. It's really cute. She knows where her head, nose, tummy, mouth, etc are and has been playing peek a boo with us for awhile. Her wave she has been doing for probably six months (she started waving really young) is so cute. She waves her hand with her hand perfectly rotating at the wrist, like a little parade wave. I've never seen a baby wave so gracefully. She loves her daddy and will say "dad!" very clearly, calling it out throughout the house. She's also got a little stubborn streak and has started throwing little tantrums when she doesn't get what she wants!

She is such a sweetheart and we couldn't love her more!  

Accidental crib switch

I just put Avery and Asher down to sleep in their cribs and after a minute of both of them looking at me with confused little expressions realized I had put them in the wrong cribs and given them the wrong favorite stuffed animals. And they weren't even dressed alike, Avery had pink pjs on and Asher had blue ones, yet I put her in the blue bed and him in the pink one. I haven't done that since they were newborns. I must be tired!

Once I got then situated in their right beds I snapped a picture of I snapped a picture of each of them, and the flash kind of surprised them. I love that look they have as they are laying there getting tired and sleepy, and I think it's so cute how they hold their bottles and stuffed animals. They won't have bottles much longer so I want to remember how they looked, my sweet little babies.

Love them both so much!

Good big brother & learning to color

The babies are learning to color! They both are interested in coloring and try to do it when they can get their hands on some markers or crayons. Avery is especially interested in it. Luke is such a good big brother and sat with her, helping her color this morning. He is so patient and sweet with her as is such a good helper!

Twinning

I came around the corner to find these two little sillies lounging in their chairs with big smiles on their faces. Such a cute sight! And yes, they love hanging out in their diapers! 

Thankful

After being super sick last week I'm so grateful to be outside with my kids enjoying the sun and just to be out and about driving today, picking up carpool and dropping books off to the library. It's the little things!

Asher's hair trim

Giving Asher his first little hair trim! I hate to say it but I feel like the trim took him from looking like a baby to a little boy. Every time I look at his cute little face I'm surprised how grown up he looks. I just love his dark brown little eyes, the way he raises his eyebrows up, and his inquisitive little look. He babbles a lot and a lot of what he says sounds like a question... "huh? "Duh?" Or "Zow" and "wow". He's such a little boy!

During his hair cut Avery kept patting her head like, "Mom, don't forget mine!" But, there's nothing there to trim! :) But I didn't want her to feel left out so I pretended to do a little trim to her too. She is so funny and doesn't miss a thing. She's very smart and wasn't about to miss out on anything, including a hair cut!