Growing Up

It's so hard for me to believe that Avery is 3 and Jack is 7 months already. I look back at pictures and it's like, where did all the time go? Avery is always saying such grown up things and Jack is talking up a storm saying dada and mama (not at us, but still) with lots of other sounds and is about to crawl. He can sit up, is always smiling and loves his sister (sometimes the feeling is mutual).





Look at those legs, I love those legs!!!

Family Walk

Last weekend was Chris's first Sunday off since August so we decided to go to Black Hand Gorge for a nice walk in the woods. It was cold but nice to see all the leaves changing colors.





On the way home Avery decided she HAD to wear her scarf and hat, not that she would wear it on the walk.

Check-Ups

We took Avery and Jack for their 3 year and 6 month check-ups last week.
Avery weighed 43 pounds and was 41 inches. The doctor said if you lined 100 kids up her age she would be taller than all of them.
Jack weighed 19 pounds 15 oz and was 26 1/2 inches.

Birthday Weekend

Avery celebrated her third birthday last weekend. We started the weekend with a large box of presents sent from her grandparents in Arizona and as you can see she was very excited and so was Jack (he liked helping and the box). Then on Saturday Avery came down stairs to find a pile of presents and a new bike (thank you great-grandpa). She really liked the bike and sat on it most of the day. Lucky for us the bike has a bell that she also rang ALL DAY LONG! The other present that she seemed to really enjoy was a Cinderella dress that we bought her. She wore it on Saturday, Sunday and Monday (I finally demanded to wash it) On Sunday was her party. This year after much thought she decided on a princess party. When she woke up from her nap she came down stairs and found the house decorated and my cake that I made her, a castle cake to go with the princess theme. She had lots of fun at her party playing with all her friends and family!

Avery and Jack

With Chris shooting all the Ohio State home games (and the one in Cleveland) we have been really busy and haven't had time to post, so here is a bunch of pictures all at once. (Check out Chris's Ohio State blog at www.crookphotography.com/buckeyes) I will have to post Avery at dance class later, but she loves going!!

Here are Jack and Avery getting ready for Grandpa's house, Avery wanted to wear her fairy outfit this day.



Last weekend we took the kids to Dillon park and Jack and I enjoyed the evening playing on a blanket while Avery and daddy walked on the beach and played on the playground.




Avery loves to wear "night gowns" to bed, which means one of daddies t-shirts.



Jack can roll and scoot just about everywhere, here he make his way over to some of Avery toys. He had his eye on the tree house for weeks.



We are still working on potty training Avery (it has been a LONG HARD road), on this day she wasn't wearing a diaper or underwear and her pants wouldn't stay up.



We started giving Jack baby food a few weeks ago and the first picture sums it up. He always has that same face the first spoon full of food and then he can't get enough. He is a rather messy eater, maybe it's the boy in him.





A very busy mommy.



"Can I have a taste?"

Summer Pictures

I found these pictures in on old camera that we took over the summer. We don't use the camera that much because we have a new one and actually let Avery have the camera some times. She took the last picture of Jack in the highchair. She is starting to get pretty good.

It's hard to believe how little Jack was and how much he has changed, he will be six months old tomorrow!




Kidsville in Zanesville




Car wash at Grandpa's on a hot summer day.




Avery the photographer.