We Have a Walker!!

I'll get right to the good stuff...Avery is officially walking. She, of course, waited until just after her party so she wouldn't feel pressured to show off in front of everyone. She took her first steps on Wednesday after her party (April 7). Of course I didn't have the camera ready, and of course, Jeremy wasn't there. She doesn't like to perform on demand, so it's taken me until today to get it on camera. Here's a little video of the newest walker.

In additon to honing in on her waking skills, Avery's been spending her time testing out her new birthday toys. She loves her wagons--both of them. We've tested them out several times, and all the kids in the neighborhood are jealous.

If you look close, you can see that on this day Avery also got her first ever fat lip. She was crawling on the tile with a toy in her hand and slipped. Luckily she caught herself. However, she used her face to do it. It was her first blood injury and her firt fat lip. Jeremy and I decided to postpone bedtime for a little bit and test out the new wagons to help make up for the injury.

The warm spring weather has been keeping us busy playing outside. We love to frequent the local parks and even just our backyard. On this day we went ove to a little park near Jackie and Jason's house. We had a great time visiting with them and breaking in the new playground equipment.

We have also been spending some time playing with Avery's cousins. There are just so many of them at such close ages that it so much fun to get them together. We went to Tyler's house last weekend to have a little BBQ. Avery really liked Madyson and Haley's little Powerwheel. She's not quite tall enough to push the pedals (I'm not sure that she would know how to do it even if she was), but she really liked it when Jeremy would push her around in it--not an easy feat i might add.

They also have a little park just down the road from their house so we walked there. Avery loves to slide. She's not quite to the point where she can go down by herself, but she likes to try. We can't wait until we have a little play set in our own backyard. I'm afraid we'll be outside all the time.