The Cookie Cutter experience

Avery got her first hair cut. And as always I forgot to bring the camera so I don't have any pictures of the actual event. A friend of ours has a daughter Avery's age and we have been talking about getting their hair cut for a long time now. So she found a place that specifically does kids cuts and made appointments for Avery and Lily at the same time. Avery surprising did really well. She was able to pick out a movie to watch and so she sat their the whole time just watching the tv and playing with the steering wheel of the little car she was sitting in. The hardest part of the whole experience was leaving because Avery was having too much fun playing on the slide they had there.

Before

After

Avery's best pose

The funniest part to me was the girl cutting Avery's hair wanted to style it she put moose and hair spray in it and then even blow dried it. She was also giving me tips on how to do Avery's hair and saying that I just need to scrunch it every morning while blow drying it and that will keep it curly. As if I blow dry Avery's hair every morning or something. I didn't notice till we got home but she totally gave Avery a Utah girl hair style, its kinda funny. But of course Avery looks adorable, as always, with her new hair cut. And it looks a lot better today without the crazy style.

A much needed update!

So I think I have proved I am the worst blogger ever seeing as it has taken me four months to finally post something new. Part of the reason I never update is because I am terrible at remembering to bring our camera with us. So I will update everyone on the past four months of our lives with only one picture.

• We had a fun filled Canadian Thanksgiving. They celebrate Thanksgiving in October so our friends got together for an early feast.
• Andy had a birthday! He turned 27.
• Avery was Minnie mouse for Halloween. This is one time I actually had the camera.
• We planned a move to Arizona and then it fell through. :(
• We had a very quaint and relaxing American Thanksgiving by ourselves. It was actually a perfect weekend and we had a lot of fun.
• The first snow of the season. With that came a lot of frustration because my car's balding tires constantly slip and slide and get stuck in the snowy mess. Grrr!
• An unexpected and exciting pregnancy which resulted in a miscarriage. :(
• We celebrated our 3 year anniversary!
• To Andy's demise, Stargate Atlantis (his favorite tv show) went off air. This was a very big deal to Andy and thus needed to be included.
• Took a trip to Arizona for the holidays and for Jeff and Andrea's wedding. We had so much fun with our family and Avery had a blast with her cousins.
• We didn't celebrate the New Year. I'm not against celebrating 2010 and actually New Years is one of my favorite holidays to celebrate. However, Avery and I flew back to Utah on December 31st and after our busy and fun filled trip to Arizona we were all so tired that we ended up going to sleep at 8:30. But I enjoyed the much needed rest and ended up sleeping till noon the next day.
• Avery got sick with pneumonia. It was scary but she got over it quickly. I think it was a result of her playing all day and into the night at Grandma's house. But I think she would say it was worth it.
• Avery has started talking a lot more lately.

And that brings us to February and we are officially updated.

Playing at the park

Going to the park is an everyday thing for Avery and I. So I thought maybe I should bring the camera and take some pictures. Lately Avery is very camera shy though, so it's hard to get any good pictures of her. Whenever I have the camera out she refuses to look at me or the camera. I kinda have to sneak up on her. But here are the pictures she let me take.

Avery with her Dad

O.K. this post is for Rachel because she is always telling me to post something. I guess I'm not very good at this blogging thing seeing as my posts are about a month apart each. But don't worry Rachel told me the error of my ways.

I just like these pictures of Avery and Andy. They are watching Gabba together then reading a book together. The first one is my favorite because they have the exact same expression on their face. It is funny how much they look like each other.

Finger Painting Fun

Avery finger painted today for the first time. It got a little messy but she had a blast! Thank goodness for non-toxic, washable paint.

Avery Walking

I tried to send pictures of Avery's first steps but for those of you that actually want to see her walking here is a little video.

Update in pictures . . .

So here are some random pictures of the past couple months.

Here is a picture of when we went camping. Well I guess I should say a picture of our almost camping trip. It's kind of a funny story. I'll have to tell you sometime.

I just like this picture. I told Avery to smile for the camera and this is what she did.

I'm so excited her hair is finally long enough to put in pig tails. I don't know if you can really tell but they are there.

Here is her cute little pony tail.