i was editing a session late night and when i got to the end there were pictures of avery. bonus! these are from 2 weeks ago at the petting zoo!

some days i feel like my life is so boring. other days i think i could be a reality tv show and actually have viewers. today is one of those days. it started out nice. we had breakfast, played a little, met daddy for lunch, and visited the animal adoption shelter. we make it home and i go to straight to the bathroom. because i'm pregnant of course and thought i was going to be pee in my pants! :) well, i made the mistake of throwing my stuff on the kitchen table. avery pulled the chair out, climbed on the chair and had proceeded to drink over half of my coke. of course it was right before nap time. so i start cleaning off the table and the house alarm starts going off! avery was so scared and laid on top of the table. part of me laughed because it looked like a cop just yelled at her to get down. of course i pick her up and she is clinging on tightly. luckily i have the alarm company on speed dial because this isn't the first time. i'm trying to call and avery won't let me put her down. the sheriff hasn't showed up yet so i'm hoping they got the message because after the first time they charge you! she's finally asleep now. too bad i can't have a drink! ;)

update: because our new ridiculous neighbors refuse to park in their own driveway they were blocking the road and the school bus had to continuously honk their horn so someone would come out and move their car. grrr!

i'm taking some pictures tonight and avery is coming along so maybe i'll snap a few of her! :) but in the meantime here is a cell phone pic of avery eating her yogurt this morning. she ate the whole thing without a drop going anywhere else.

here's a shout out to aunt allison at ucla! she's looking left-handed too!

we are pretty routine around here when it comes to naps and bedtime. i put avery down for her naps and daddy puts her down to bed. we usually read books, then i say goodnight, put her in her sleepsack, turn off the lights and daddy rocks her a little while she drinks her milk. he puts her down awake and she goes to sleep. we both go straight to the kitchen to grab our treat (because we deserve one after we get her down) and settle in the couch to watch our shows. i put avery to bed for the first 15 months or so but then we switched. it was a nice change and i enjoyed the little break. but, once a week or so mark is out and it's just us girls. avery is a total daddy's girl and i think we both needed last night. she never said dada and when he left she said buy bye. so we did things a little different. instead of reading books i turned off the lights and we rocked and i sung to hear. despite my horrible off key voice she kept asking for more. she eventually fell asleep in my arms. instead of rushing downstairs to watch the bachelor i decided to just hold on tight to my sweet girl. we probably rocked for about an hour until mark got home. of course he thought she was sick or there was something wrong with her. i realize my days of rocking my sweet girl to bed are numbered. she won't be in a crib forever and in 6 months our bedtime routine is going to change again. there is something so sweet about her being so comfortable in my arms and just falling asleep and then proceeding to drool all over my shoulder. i took a lot of mental pictures last night for her looking up at me just smiling!

i can't turn my back for one second these days!

she thinks she's funny

so these photos are now over a week old but you get the picture. :) plus, i wanted to document. at 15 week the baby is the size of an apple.

that didn't last long

so tomorrow i will be 16 weeks! this is the part of the pregnancy i probably go a little crazy. in the beginning you feel sick which is awful but you are reassured you are pregnant and the little one is healthy. then, you start to feel better. which is great but where is the reassurance? i need to feel my baby kick! once again i have to put my trust in God that everything is okay and it's out of my control. but, i can't help it that my mind starts to wonder if that jump avery just did on my belly caused something to go wrong. not to mention, i'm not really showing despite the 7 pounds i've gained. every pregnant woman's dream, right? today there was a lady who was talking about how she was pregnant. i could tell but wasn't going to ask. once she announced i inquired when was due and she is just a couple of days ahead of me. i told her i was pregnant too and she looked at me and then my belly and said really? this was the third time this week i've gotten a look of disbelief. luckily, i took a picture of when i was pregnant with avery at 16 weeks and realized i look the same. *sigh of relief* we go to our 16 week check-up tomorrow and i can't wait!!!

with avery. 16 weeks

baby boy. 15 weeks and 5 days.

guess who's 20 months old today!!! to celebrate avery got to watch cartoons while i cleaned out the fridge. of course that only last so long before she was going bananas inside and into everything! i tried to clean her stroller and she climbed into the shell. i tried to clean the highchair cover and she was hanging on the tray. and naturally she was trying to get into the trash! her vocabulary is really starting to grow! her new words for the week so far are buh-bye (we used to say it but stopped), mine, broccoli, and oh boy.

my husband rocks! we got a babysitter and took me out to dinner! he never even read my previous blog post!

i took some pictures of avery today in her new outfit from grandma gaye! let's not wait until friday to enjoy these!

this was about picture #10. her telling me she wants to eat!

no i did not pose her!

she was really into it!