Thanksgiving

We had Thanksgiving dinner at my Mom's house. She makes

so much food if you go away less than stuffed it is your own fault. Jami, Robert and kids were there as well as Clint and Everett (Corinne had to work) and Grandma Betty. We took some pictures for our Christmas cards and had fun watching the kids play. As it was also my birthday Mom put the candles in the pumpkin pie. Everything was very yummy. We came home and put the kids down for a nap they were worn out from all the excitement and food. I had to cook a turkey in the evening so that we had lots of turkey leftovers at home for soup, sandwiches and whatever else. It just isnt' the same if you don't get all of the leftovers.

Here is Clint with his blue eyed boy. Everett is getting so big. he weighs more than Avery by at least four pounds already!

Cade was fascinated by the washing machine today and so Avery, Cade and I watched the washing machine go through an entire cycle. Avery and I didn't find it as interesting as Cade did, but we hung in there with him. Cade even wanted to do it again, but I had to draw the line. On to new things!

Here we go again!

Avery is discovering what fun a roll of toliet paper can be and just when I had Cade safely over that! She is so determined to keep up with her brother. She also recently figured out how to stand up without pulling herself up on anything. Cade likes to make fun of how Avery walks. It is very funny to watch his imitation of Avery walking.

Cade and Avery

Cade and Avery have matching coats and I thought they looked pretty darn cute in their camo so I had to get a picture for the blog. Avery had us all up very early this morning, 4:30 ish. Yuck. So she took two pretty good naps today and Cade took a four hour nap. Made for a nice day. I got a lot of laundry done. Rance got some outside work done. All in all a nice weekend. Yesterday was early Thanksgiving with some family as my Aunt Linda and Uncle Dick had some family passing thru so that was fun, of course Rance was busy watching Cat-Griz so he skipped out and it was during my kids naptime so they were a little crabby, but I had fun visiting with everyone, then when I got home I left the kids sleeping in the car while I cleaned the kitchen and swept floors.

Avery

Avery had some serious bed head and her Dad couldn't resist taking a picture of her looking so cute. Check out her wild hair!

Avery has discovered the tupperware drawer and does a very good job of strewing all of the bowls and lids all over the kitchen floor. This is great because it keeps her occupied while I try to get something done, then I take thirty or so seconds and throw everything back in the drawer when we are done.

Just playing around.

Tickle Avery!

Cade likes to play tickle Avery. He will tickle her all the while shouting "Mom tickle Avery, Dad tickle Avery, Tickle Avery. He thinks it is a great game and Avery just giggles until she is tired of the game.

Crazy Hats and Crazy Hair

Avery had some wild hair after getting some of her dinner in it. She is very bsuy these days walking and crawling all over the place after everyone. She is so proud of her new abilities.
Cade thought this container made a great hat and wore it all evening.

She's a walker!

Avery has really wanted to walk for quite some time now and finally she is! She has really liked the little bit of independence she gained from being able to crawl, but still really wanted to walk. Today she was in the room with me while I was putting away clothes and the next thing I knew I was watching her walk across the room. So I took her out to the living room and she started walking back and forth between Rance and I. She is still a little unsteady but is gaining confidence. Now she can really take some good spills.. yikes! She walked clear across the living room several times today.

What a beautiful day it was outside today. We took the kids out this afternoon and had some fun. We think we figured out where we are going to plant our garden next summer and discussed some more plans for what we would like to do to the yard when we have more money.

Bathtime even funner!

Avery sits up well enough now that her and Cade can be in the bath tub together! He thought it was pretty all right and she loved it.

At last, a pony tail!

I went outside with Avery to show Rance her pony tail and couldn't resist a quick shot of the two kitties sleeping happily on their hay bales. I was excited to get Avery's hair into a very small pony tail on top of her head.

Catching Up

My computer recently was consumed by an evil bot and so I neglected my blog for awhile until the bot could be properly disposed of. A bot is some type of computer virus in case you didn't know. Look how grown up my little boy looks in his jammies!

Avery is quite proud of herself these days as she is crawling all over the place and pulling herself up. She had a doctor appointment recently. She weighs 15 lbs and 15 oz and is 28 inches tall. She is in the tenth percentile for her weight and the 75th for height. Tall and skinny just like her brother and her Dad!

Halloween

We dressed the kids up as little skunks this year..they were our little stinkers. Notice Avery's tail in the picture with her Dad

Cade was impressed with the whole getting candy process. He wasn't very big on saying trick or treat, but he wanted that candy!

He really hated getting his hair painted, so we ended up skipping any face paint.