The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly!

Avery got her first war wound a few days ago. She gets into her own little world now that she can walk and she was babbling to herself and not paying attention to where she was going. Sure enough, she tripped and Wa Bam! Smacked her head on the corner of the wall creating an instant goose egg! As the seconds passed and the thing began to grow and grow, I thought for sure an alien was going to pop out of it! I picked her up, popped her bink (binkie) back in her mouth, grabbed her blanket and in a few minutes she was just fine. Back to babbling and walking around in circles. It's amazing how resilient kids are! I figure there's bound to be more bumps along the way & you know me...document EVERYTHING...the good, the bad and the ugly!

Good Old Vitamin D

Since the weather has been becoming more enjoyable, we've been taking advantage of the parks in the Tri Cities. When I'm at work, Jesse has been loading Avery up in the stroller and taking her for a walk down to the nearest park. Being cooped up all winter long, there's no surprise that Avery LOVES being outside. At first she wouldn't wander beyond the boundaries of the blanket. The grass was icky feeling on her feet as you can see from the picture.

But with a couple trips to the park she soon came around when she realized the whole world is her playground now.  

Now that she can walk, she's everywhere. Here's a video of her cruising!

Can't believe she's 11 months already. Next stop, her 1st birthday!

Winners Circle

For those who may not know, I entered Avery in a Parents Magazine "Kid of the Year" photo contest. It was more for fun just to see what place she would get but on the 2nd day of voting she was #1 so I thought I'd take it more seriously and get my Facebook friends involved in the voting. After a long week of non-stop voting, asking people to vote and checking the website EVERYDAY at 8am, 9pm and midnight (because those were the times the votes were updated) to see if Avery was still #1, I was disappointed to see that when the voting closed, she was #2....BUT, I just got an email from Parents Magazine saying the votes were verified and Avery DID get 1st place and they would be sending the $250 prize shortly! I was shocked so I had to check the website and sure enough, she was 1st for week 17!

What a great "day after Mothers Day" present!

On an equally exciting note, Avery has begun to walk! She took her 1st few steps 2 weeks ago but I FINALLY got it on video yesterday! I think her personal best is 10 steps but she's practicing!