Parade

We went to a parade on Saturday. The weather was perfect and Avery really enjoyed it! She mostly just sat there quietly, but cracked a few smiles. When she is really into something, she is very serious.

Daddy had to walk her up and down the sidewalk before it started.







Watching a parade is serious business!




They were throwing stuffed animals and Avery took quite a liking to her little purple bunny.






Of course she had to have a little taste of a sucker :)



It was a great day!

16 Months Old

At 16 months old, Avery:

-wears size 12-18 and 18-24 month size clothing and size 4 shoes

-wears size 4 diapers

-can sign more, eat, milk, daddy, cereal, and baby

-says "ball", "hot", "Rio", "dad", "mama", "bob", "baby", "eat"

-likes to go down the slide by herself



-is finally on all table food (except some veggies).

-still likes her milk in a bottle at nap time and bed time. We're getting rid of that sometime around 18 months.

-loves the movie Rio. She sings "Ri Ri Ri" and dances to let me know she wants to watch it.

-can show where her hair, eyes, nose, ears, mouth, teeth, hands, belly, belly button, and piggies are.

-has 11 teeth: 4 top front, 1 top molar, 4 bottom front, and 2 bottom molars. The other top molar is poking out a little!

-loves to brush her teeth

Trip to Massachusetts

We went to visit Brendan's family in Massachusetts August 23rd through the 29th. Avery got to see her Aunt Kitty, Auntie, Uncle, two cousins, and her Grammy & Pepere! They hadn't seen her since her birthday in May. We had a great time! Unfortunately, we didn't have such a great trip home. We left the day after Hurricane Irene, and part of I90 was closed. The trip is supposed to be 9 hours but it turned into 17 hours! Traffic was moving slowly winding through small towns. Considering she was in the car for that length of time, Avery did amazing! Here are some pictures from our trip.



Playing on the slide with Pepere


Avery & her two cousins. They had a great time together!



Avery & her Grammy at the beach in Newport


She LOVES the beach


Hanging out with "Aunt Kitty" (my best friend)


My incredibly handsome Nephews!