merry christmas

i got a new camera for christmas. nevermind the blury arm (i think chad actually took this one). avery didn't care to open the presents but he did like playing with them.

this is avery's stocking, my grandma made it for him. she is amazing and has made everyone in our entire family one, each one is different. and actually she has had to make mine and my brothers and sisters a second time because they had gotten lost in a move a long time ago. i remember they used to be shortest to longest according to age. jaica's the oldest and hers was the shortest and kynna is the youngest so hers was the longest. luckily for me i am second to youngest so mine was pretty long too. i love our stockings it is my favorite thing to get out at christmas. so thank you grandma i appreciate the talent.

this was going to go in avery's stocking but it was a little bit big so it was just on the floor in our room and it is the first thing avery spotted when he woke up. i love how excited he is in this picture. he would have been so happy just for this one present.

el numero uno

avery is officially an entire 365 days old as of the 23rd approximately 7:45am ish. we had quite the family party for him. he was a bit taken aback by everyone singing happy birthday to him. then he devoured an entire cupcake minus a few crumbs. delicious, he loved it. avery is not walking yet, which is okay i don't know if i am ready for him to be that big yet. he really likes his dad these days. he will cry sometimes when chad walks away. and sometimes when i hear chad getting home we will hide from dad. avery thinks it is hilarious and almost gets too excited to handle the anxiety. he likes to throw things around his favorites are his tiny socks and the laundry but anything will do as long as he can move it/sort it/throw it. his best friends are danger and lola except when they eat his graham crackers out of his hand.