Merry "Mono"...I mean Christmas

Seriously, who knew that a 2 year old could get mono. But leave it to our girl to go above and beyond any run-of-the-mill illness. She woke up Christmas morning not feeling so well, but since the doctor two days earlier had told us she probably just had "Strep" and to give her ibuprofen and amoxicillan. Luckily, the ibuprofen helped her "rally" through opening presents (the most fun morning I can remember). But by 9:30pm, and a temp of 105.4. Jas and I were pretty convinced it must be something more. Sure enough, a trip to the doctor the next morning and a blood draw, our peanut was diagnosed with good ole "mono," that's right, the 'kissing disease,' dad's still waiting for her explanation on this one. But after resting a few days and more antibiotics, she was back to her 'sassy-self.' HOORAY!

Tree-Hunting

What a super-cold adventure this turned out to be. Bbrrr, snow! Avary just could not decide which tree she wanted to bring home. The first tree she settled on was about a foot and a half tall, apparently she wanted to put the star on top all by herself. Instead, we later all agreed on this beautiful noble. Avary 'helped'dad saw it down and carry it to the truck. She was so proud of herself.

Moses Cousin

How cute are these two together? I guess they are 2nd cousins? Our little family went East for Thanksgiving and to help Stuart celebrate his big 3-0! It was a large gathering for Grandma and Grandpa's house, but it was to the brim with love, cousins and a dog (or three). And who knows maybe one of these days G and G will have a new, slightly larger home on their lake property.

Trick-Or-Treat

I know I am partial...but is she the cutest starfish you have EVER seen? Don't blame her for her goofy costume, it was her mom's first attempt at sewing. Not too bad. She had a ball...she especially liked passing out candy to the trick or treaters at our door (unless they were scary, then mom got the honors).
Oh and since this is our family blog, I should report that Jason got his deer. A nice 3 X 3 over in Cle Elum, on opening weekend. He was very happy with his "kill." I will spare you the pictures, although if you come over, expect Jason to corner you with them (my fair warning).

Small Delay...

So, obviously not as quick with the updates as I had hoped, but as I am sure you all know, life gets BUSY. Seriously, November...Already? Anyhow, here is a picture, as promised, of Miss Avary in Auntie Sheryl's wedding...is she not the most beautiful bride, not to mention her adorable lil flower girl.
And a picture of Avary's mom and dad, because we had yet to put dad on our "family" website. Handsome, isn't he?

Garden Girl

So I may be brain-washing Avary a little...she can identify the majority of the flowers in our little garden. She is a nut. We are outside most days, enjoying some dry weather and she is such a 'help' with watering our flowers.

We let loose about 500 ladybugs in our garden to help control some the the ahpids we have on our roses, and looking for 'y-ady bugs' is her new favorite thing. Here she is getting up close and personal with one.

Here is a picture of her with her best-friend Kane riding on his "oomba" as they call it. They are quite the pair. Very loving one-minute...then pinching or hitting the next. They give us quite the run for our money, but they are good buddies.

And finally here are Jason's girls having way too much fun with some "Pop Rocks." Remember those? They make Avary laugh so hard.

We are looking forward to seeing everyone at Uncle Brian's wedding next weekend. Here she goes Flower Girl-Fourth Time. Oh and by the way, she made it down the isle at Auntie Sheryl's. It was touch and go, but she made it on her own. Hope to have some pictures soon to share. Sheryl looked beautiful and Avary was pretty cute at her side.

I'm Two!!

WOW...Two Years Old! We had such a fun day. We started off with a very fun family breakfast...Fruit Kabobs! Perfect for a fruit-loving two-year-old! Then we went to the Puyallup Daffodil Parade. We were not expecting it to last for 3 hours, but saw so many fun things...although clowns and pirates were not a favorite. Then, after a nap, we went to Grandma and Grandpa's house and had dinner and Birthday Cupcakes. Thanks to both Grandma's and Grandpa's, Nick, Ryan, Brian, Beth, Wyatt, Don, Janet, Brandon, Emily, Stella, and Jack for sharing in our girls very special day. We love you all.