From a Baby to a Big Girl

Avery Claire's hair had gotten so long and stringy and hard to manage.

I've been thinking about a hair cut, but was seized with a fear like I've never had when thinking about making a change to my own hair.







We bit the bullet today and got a sweet lady from church to cut Avery Claire's hair {since the holidays are just too busy to find a good time to get our favorite hairstylist, Uncle Mike, to do it...who by the way, is having BIG birthday today! Happy Birthday, Mike!!}

She went from my sweet little baby...


into my sweet little big girl!!







I really, really love her hair. It's really precious.
And she still has her sweet, round, baby face, right?




And just to ensure her big girl status, we painted her nails last night.

Lazy

We spent a very lazy day today. I guess we're gearing up for a very busy week ahead.

Silly girl


Shouldn't you have breakfast for supper when you haven't even gotten out of your pj's all day?


Avery Claire went from one pair of pj's to the next. {That is her baby's paci. She was being silly. She is still doing an awesome job of keeping her paci in her bed!}




And then changed again after she continued to "Hulk" out of this button-up top.

'Round Here

Avery Claire is into emptying out her bookshelves and sitting among her books while she looks at them.




We are learning about giving...sometimes toys are not for us!


Mama's even had to go timeout.


Avery Claire {who loves a chooo choo} watched a little of The Polar Express last night.



And our winter cough has arrived in full force, so we've taken to bribery to get her to sit still for a breathing treatment.



I'm slowly figuring out the new machine...

Our girl is as stinkin' cute as ever...don't you agree?

Ornament 2011

Every year, I give Dusty an ornament that relates to him/us...It's usually sports related. We wanted to continue that tradition with Avery Claire. This year's ornament is "shoes"! She loves it!






Daddy's ornament this year was an ESPN ornament...just as fitting for him as shoes were for AC!