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Saturday, January 25, 2014

Avery is 15 months!

It's hard to believe that our little Avery is 15 months old already...next thing you know she'll be 15-years-old!!!  Avery is an awesome kid with the best sense of humor!  She seems to be moving right along developmentally (although I do frequently have moments of panic when I think she is lagging behind).  This morning we sat and came up with a list of words that Avery knows without us having to prompt her and thankfully the list was much lengthier than I had thought.  

Some of the things Avery say are:

dada, mama, Riley, Avery, squirrel, Otto, baba (which she says for both bottle and Babcha), Grandpa, bird, ball, hot, up, pop, bubbles, uh oh, please, bath, apple, flower, rabbit, all done, hi and bye bye.  There are more but I think you get the idea.

Some of the things she does are:

she nods yes and no (although we're still working on the appropriateness), getting off the couch by herself, knows some animals sounds (but loves the sheep, pig and monkey most), listens to one step directions really well, eats even better, crosses her arms and says uh huh when she doesn't want something, and DOES.NOT.SLEEP!!!!!

Avery naps well most of the time and falls asleep well.  But, she wakes in the middle of the night and struggles to get back to sleep on her own.  Let's just say Jeremy and I lack more sleep now than we did when she was an infant!  We're a very tired family.  She has 7 teeth but with the way she eats, you'd think she had all of her teeth!!  

Avery follows Riley and tries to do a lot of what she does.  It's adorable - of course that is unless Riley is trying some daredevilish things that she shouldn't be doing.

We're loving Avery's sweet personality and watching her get better with her words and learning new things everyday.  We'll head to the doctors in 2 weeks for her 15 month appointment.  Can't wait for her stats!!!

Now for some pics of our growing girl!





Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Oh hey there January...

Wow, January is just flying by us!  We're more than halfway through and apparently we've been keeping busy!  Where has the  month gone???

Let's see...

Typical Syracuse weather has given us plenty of snow and new this winter are VERY cold temperatures.  Riley has had ZERO snow days but 2 days off due to the wind chill being waaaaaay below freezing. 








We went to go see Disney on Ice: Passport to Adventure.  It was an awesome show!!  Riley and I had a blast and can't wait to bring Avery with us next year.




We've done lots of hanging around because cold temperatures have us not wanting to go out!  (How many more weeks until spring???)





And best of all - Keira, Aunt Jenny and Juh-Juh came to visit this past weekend.  While we stayed home all weekend our girls had tons of girl time (including playing in the snow)!!!







So what's in store for the rest of this cold, gray, snowy month - (1) keeping warm,  (2) keeping warm and (3) did I mention keeping warm?!?!

Friday, January 3, 2014

It only took 14 months...

...for our poor Avery to get her first real sickness.  We have been extremely lucky in the illness department with little Avery.  On Wednesday she was cranky and off balance.  Wednesday night into Thursday morning was a nightmare!  She slept terribly and would wake up screaming and was not able to be consoled.  Jeremy took her to the doctor's on Thursday and sure enough, poor Avery had an ear infection. (I'm sure it doesn't help that she has 2 teeth coming in at the same time too).  So one trip to the doctor and a round of antibiotics, our baby is on the mend.  Thankfully Gramps and Juh-Juh were still here on Friday and stayed home with her and Riley.  

Avery seems to be doing much better already!  We're hoping this will be our one "sick" visit to the doctor's this winter.


Christmas Part 2/New Year's

Last Sunday we had a second Christmas here after Gramps and Juh-Juh showed up!  We did presents, had dinner and dessert.  The kids made out like bandits again!!!















We celebrated New Year's with Gramps, Juh-Juh, Uncle Matt and Aunt Laurie.  Riley picked out a special New Year's outfit (clearly, all on her own) and helped make snacks for the night.  Riley and Avery both fell asleep before midnight, but celebrated the next day!








Here's to 2014!!

Tuesday, December 31, 2013

A Year in Pictures - 2013

This year was nothing short of awesome!  We made it through our first official year as a family of 4, parents of 2 little girls and without any major bumps in the road.  Life is pretty good.  

January 2013 - Avery was a mere 2 1/2 months when we rang in 2012.  We still weren't quite sure what kind of kid she would be.  Riley was still a Pre-kindergartner at Holy Family and we were all adjusting to life as the 4 of us!

February 2013 - Avery celebrated her 1st Valentine's Day.  We enjoyed snow from good old Nemo and overall just managed to ride out the rest of the winter.


March 2013 - Avery took her very first trip to the zoo.  She loved the meerkats.  Riley loved showing her baby sis around.  We also celebrated Easter at the end of March.


April 2013 - we baptized Avery at Holy Family.  She was one gorgeous little girl!  Riley joined t-ball and loved it!


May 2013 - It has been decided that both our little ladies love being outside.  Beginning in May, we sucked in as much sunshine as humanly possible.  I was able to celebrate my first Mother's Day as a mother of 2 sweet little ladies!  Riley also had her very first dance recital and rocked it!!!



June 2013 - Riley graduated from Pre-K and sailed through her kindergarten screening.  We were so incredibly proud of her.  Avery helped Jeremy celebrate his first Father's Day with 2 daddy's little girls!!


July 2013 - We enjoyed ourselves this summer in the yard.  We did lots of swimming, rolling around in the wagon and riding bikes.  Riley went to summer camp every day at Holy Family.  She loved it so much we're sending her back next summer.


August 2013 - Avery started her 1st day of daycare (and thankfully did awesome).  And our first born celebrated her 5th birthday!!!  Our girls were just growing before our eyes!


September 2013 - Riley is in kindergarten!!!!!  She rides the bus, brings her lunch and has homework!!  Big steps in the Clark household!


October 2013 - Riley and Avery took part in several fall activities.  Riley ran her first "fun run" and Avery Parker turned 1!!!  Avery had a nice pumpkin themed birthday party.  The girls celebrated Halloween - Riley was Sofia the First and Avery was a little lamb.






November 2013 - Thanksgiving at Gramps and Juh-Juh's was a blast.  Good food and great company!

December 2013 - Santa was so good to our girls.  They both had a really great year!!!


We're ringing in the New Year with Gramps, Juh-Juh, Aunt Laurie and Uncle Matt.  We love that we get to start the New Year with some of the people we love the most.  We hope everyone has a happy and healthy 2014!!!!!!