New Video

Hey gang,

Here is a new video of some things Avery is doing.... there will be a couple of these since we have WAY too much footage to put into one video! Enjoy!

Mom's Wedding

Oregon, as expected, was a whirlwind of a good time. Pretty much the second we arrived in Oregon the festivities began and didn't stop until literally hitting the airport on Monday (and boy are we pooped!) But we both agree, it was a great trip. Avery was able to meet and play with her new cousins and they loved eachother! Maia is one of Roger's Grandchildren who is two weeks older than Avery and the two of them loved playing together (not to mention giving lessons to one another, Avery taught Maia how to eat cheerios and more importantly, Maia taught Avery how to crawl, for real!) Avery's first moments of crawling on all fours will forever go down in history on her Grammy and Grandpa Rog's wedding day. Here are some glimpses of our trip, as we mentioned, it was a fantastic time. Oh, and we couldn't be more happy for the newlyweds!


"womb-mates" getting their nails done...


We took over the whole nail salon, it was a great time.


the process...



The "Old Church" in downtown Portland where the wedding took place.




The happy couple!


The church had quite the organ (although it doesn't even compare to BellOne)


This is a good one of us girls!



Rehearsing....





Playing....




All the girls had matching outfits...Avery is quite the model:)


Some of the handsome guys in the family!


That's Meg...


Our little family all dressed up!


The newlyweds with their 4 BEAUTIFUL grandgirls....



Avery playing with her new cousin!






Cutting the beautiful cake!


Jim stealing a dance with Nana


Right before we put Avery's pj's on...she was so cozy with nana!


Daddy trying to put the baby to sleep...she wouldn't have it. Didn't want to miss out on the party!

We're working on some updated videos too...stay tuned and feel free to leave comments:)

April and Some...

Wow times flies and this thing never seems to get updated! April is gone and we are already in May...rapidly approaching Avery's first birthday, ahhhh! She continues to grow like a weed down here. She's still saying "mama" "dada" "baba" etc. but has recently added clapping her hands, blowing kisses (although a messy process where she sticks her hole hand in her mouth before releasing it) and eating pretty much anything (had a quesadilla at Chipotle the other night!). We've been trying to take her in the pool a lot to get her used to the water and so far she's doing great. After making her back float and dunking her she gets really clingy which is rather cute. Here are some pictures of what's been going on!


This was a party where most the bluefield girls got together to wish chon (aka erin) and her husband farewell as they left to be missionaries in Brazil. It was a really great time of fellowship and prayer to send them off, and of course, Avery was the center of attention.


Auntie Cori came to visit for a night and us girls met up with a co-worker and her 5 year old daughter Ella for some swim time...really Avery's first introduction to the pool besides when she was a newborn.





As you can see by the wrinkly feet we were in there for a while but it was a very great time, and got us ready for our trip to Palm Springs a few weeks later!




These are pictures from Mother's Day...our first one! It wasn't everything we had hoped for (due to a series of uncontrolled events) but we had fun as a family and laughed a lot.


Here we are in Palm Springs at the Indian Resort...such an amazing time! I know Avery doesn't quite look like she's enjoying herself in this picture but she did...once again we're with Ella. Our time there was a much needed mini vacation...I spent most of it in an air conditioned conference room learning really great stuff! (it was a SCAPHON conference: southern CA association of pediatric hematology and oncology nurses). Andy was a total trooper and took care of the baby and Ella at times. We went in the pool (it had a sandy beach!) all three days (and nobody got sunburned!) and ate a lot of yummy food.

This week we're off to Oregon for Kathy and Roger's wedding, looking forward to seeing the Oregon folk! Love to all!

Sorry it took a little while but here are Avery's professional shots! Grandpa Rog has copies of all of them as do we so if you want copies...contact one of us. ALTHOUGH...Kathy did order a bunch and she may have ordered you some so maybe talk to her first??? Love to all!

More Visitors!

Well Andy just left to drop off Grammy and Grandpa Rog! We had an absolutely great time with them visiting and continue to feel very blessed to have Roger joining our expanding family. Both Grammy and Grandpa Rog were completely enamored the whole weekend with the baby...in fact they refused to sit in the front seat because they wanted to sit with Avery. Our time together included eating sushi, taking lots of photos, church, shopping for suits for Andy, a yummy homemade dinner followed by both oreo balls and cookie dough truffles as well as getting Avery's picture professionally taken. We all had a good time and look forward to our trip to Oregon in 5.5 weeks!


This is Avery's new favorite toy...we probably all spent a few hours around it!


This is Avery's new favorite bunny (thanks to grandma judy on Easter!)


Grammy reading Avery her nighttime story



All she wants are glasses till you put them on her face!



Grammy, Grandpa Rog, and Avery.


Singing the abc's to Avery in spanish!


The chefs!


She's a good eater!

I tried to upload the professional pics that we took but they're not quite working..we'll have to try again later! stay tuned!