Happy Easter

Luke 24:46-47
46 Then He said to them, “Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day, 47 and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

Toys {and lately}

These days, it's so fun to see the things Avery Claire enjoys playing with. We seriously laugh and laugh at our silly girl. She really does play with her little "house" and her kitchen and her "normal" toys. It's so interesting to watch her play and see how she just instinctively knows what to do so much of the time. And what she doesn't know, she picks up on so quickly. These little minds truly do soak it all in!



One of her favorite things to do lately is play with her Easter basket and eggs that Aunt Sheila and Uncle Larry sent her for her birthday. Thanks, Larry and Sheila!! The paint is (I promise) worn off of some of those eggs. Even though we spend half of our night hunting down the missing halves of Easter eggs, I think we'll be doing it all year long because she loves it so much.



She absolutely loves to put things into bags, baskets, cups, anything she can fit something into. She spent at least one hour last Sunday playing with these two bags. Tia dropped some clothes and shoes off for Avery Claire, and after we emptied the bags, she put a few things in her bags and carried them all around the house, all by herself. It was too funny and so precious!
(We have a quart of Similac Sensitive left if anyone needs it!)


She loves to play ball. One of her newest words is "ball." The "ll" isn't very clear, but she points to the ball and says "bah," so that's obviously what she's saying. She likes to throw it and likes to sit in one of our laps so we can help her "catch."




This little corner is one of the places Avery Claire goes to hide. She gets really quiet and stands there and we pretend not to see her...until she decides to shake the table and make everything on it teeter-totter around - another of her favorite things to do.

She has become soooo vocal. She can say da-da, bye, bite, hi, hey, ball...and she's finally saying ma-ma regularly!! But let me tell you, she never stops "talking." She jabbers 90-to-nothing. We have no clue what she's telling us, but it's hilarious.
I'd love to know what she's telling Nana in this picture.

She loves to lean against something. Look at that little belly - isn't she the most perfect thing you've ever seen?

And she's such a good Mommy. She carries her baby around. She wants it to have its bottle, but can't figure out how to put it in the baby's mouth by herself yet, so she needs help a lot with that. But, oh how it warms my heart to see her be so sweet and pat and kiss her baby....soaking it all in, right?
I think I can safely say that by the time she has a real baby of her own, she will be done with her paci days!



She has taken over Daddy's pillow. She likes to lay down on a pillow and we tell her "night-night." Then she pops right up and goes to play. But she doesn't like Daddy to lay on the pillow and will do whatever she can to get his head off!


And she might take a minute to explore his face and mouth.

And guess who ROCKED to sleep more than twice this past week? If you know Avery Claire, you know why this is a big deal. The child has never.ever.a.day.in.her.life. rocked to sleep. She fells asleep two nights in the rocking chair with Mommy {ignore the ready for bed Mommy} and once for a nap with Nana.

On a somewhat bittersweet note, the bottle rack has been packed away. Last Friday or Saturday night, I fixed Avery Claire a bedtime bottle. She put it down and walked over to her sippy cup from earlier that day. That was my cue that she's ready to be done with the bottle. I was a little sad, but it's nice not to have to wash the 19 parts of the Dr. Brown's bottles and use the drying rack.

Thanks to the Grannies

Because the county school system's spring break was this week, Avery Claire got the week off of daycare. Because Mommy and Daddy couldn't take off all week with her, we casually mentioned it to "the grannies," and we got offers we couldn't refuse. Nana came Sunday night and Mema relieved her Wednesday.



They played and played. Both Nana and Mema claimed Avery Claire was an angel. She really is a very happy, sweet little girl, especially when you cater to her every whim, right? We'll be sure to leave their phone numbers for Mrs. Teresa and Mrs. Brittany next week.

Thanks, Nana and Mema, for taking days off to spend with our sweet girl. We appreciate it so much and Avery Claire enjoyed every second. We're so very blessed to have you and so is she!

Zoo Poo Souvenir

Isn't Avery Claire's zoo souvenir shirt cute? You may have noticed it in the last post.

Look at it closely...

Yes. Those animals are pooping. I promise I did not see that in the gift shop. If you know me, you know I would not buy my child a shirt with poop on it. I saw the cute animals and grabbed it. And it clearly says on the receipt "Animals Pooping Onesie."

This will officially be a sleep shirt.