proud new owners

of a rusty, most likely lead infested, cracked old tire, coolest tryke ever! lets just add this on to our project list. although if we want it fixed up before avery and davis both out grow it, we will be bumping it straight to the top of the list. we are actually going to aim for christmas. so my new obsession is tracking down the replacement tire we need. other areas of interest: swimming, napping, popsicles, watching movies. davis is now fully mobile and crawling/starting to pull up on things, chunky as ever, and has count them, 4 tiny teeth.

easter

easter came and went so fast. i had too much fun buying stuff for the egg hunt and went overboard on the candy. whoops! next year i will stick to the game plan of toys or outside stuff for the basket and maybe only one piece of candy per egg. avery ate his candy as fast as he(we) found it and ate too much! he stopped hunting for eggs once he had the candy from one or two of them, so we ended up picking up the rest. thankfully, next year he will have some competition with davis and his cousins.

in memory of...

oh avery! getting so big and always making us laugh. you got this scooter for your birthday and walked along side it pushing it so seriously and refusing to let us try and help you ride it. then one day you come scooting by down our hallway. and now you are a full on hard core scooter riding kid. and your love of head gear is the best!
R.I.P. scooter (it broke), don't worry bud a new one is on the shopping list.

baby blues!

those are some blue eyes, i think i have my lovely mother to thank for those. she has the prettiest blue eyes ever! i am sure they will be melting the ladies hearts in no time, but for now they are working wonders on me.
thanks grandma!

nothing new

avery is his dad's shadow. where chad goes, avery goes. he especially loves to "do work" with his dad. unfortunately for chad there is no way avery's toy tools do the trick when there is such real man tools to be used. plastic hammers, screw drivers, etc are for babies. so it makes for fun productive work when chad has to fight to be able to use the hammer or a dolly with huge trash can.

sat mornings

this is how i have been spending sat mornings lately. waking up before the sun and going to run at south mountain. crazy! when we get there it is still dark which makes for a safe run down a dirt road to the trails. the first time i went i just kept thinking "how and why are people jogging here, someone is going to break an ankle" (most likely me). no broken ankles yet, just one fall by yours truly and a strained muscle for lisa. i like south mountain, but not so much the actual running part. i like seeing the sun come up, the variation in the trail keeps the run interesting, and "makes you strong," -lisa. my favorite spot is when we come around on the mountain it overlooks the golf course and you can see out over the city. my pictures aren't that good, but there have been some really pretty sunrises.

two years old and a date to the park

did you know it is a holiday when avery has a birthday? chad took the day off just for him. we took avery on a date to freestone park to ride the train. what more would a 2yr old boy want? you may not be able to tell in the pictures but he was so excited! and maybe a tad nervous.

we could have skipped the train ride for this car and he would have been in heaven. he sat there forever pretend driving it and loving life.

then we put in a quarter and...

you apparently also become a man at the old age of two. (see below)

we fed the ducks. played on the playground and headed home with a sleepy boy.

chad=avery's favorite, me=not jealous
well a maybe a little jealous.
Happy Birthday Avery!