Here's a video interview I did on Avery yesterday for her birthday. A lot of her answers surprised me! I thought her favorite food was pizza, and favorite show was bubble guppies, but little do I know! Haha I can't wait to see how these answers change over the years. And when she grows up? She wants to be a drummer and a mommy!
I can't believe this kid is 3!! In a lot of ways she is still a baby. She sucks her thumb, is overly attached to her buppies, and loves to carried, rocked and snuggled. But she loses that babyness little by little each day, and it's very bittersweet!! It's so fun to see her grow up, and I couldn't be more proud of the young lady she is becoming, but will soak up all the snuggles I can get while the gettin is good!!
This past year she has grown up a lot as she became a big sister, and what a great big sister she is!! I love the way she she just adores Jonah and will do anything to make him smile or laugh. She is gentle and patient even when he rips her hair out saying "no, no buddy!" In her sing-song voice. She lends her buppy to him when he's fussy and sings for him to cheer him up.
As sweet as she is, she can be just as naughty, especially the past 2 months or so. We officially have a threenager in the house. More tantrums than ever, and such sass! She will deliberately do the opposite of what you tell her, just to see your reaction. She's a sighing, shoulder shrugging, eye-rolling, smart-mouthed delight. Dinner is a nightly battle to get her to eat, and if she didn't have a nap (which is becoming more often than not lately) bedtime can be a nightmare.
Some unsung milestones we have finally reached, POTTY TRAINING! After a year of bribery, regressions and our house probably smelling like pee, we are out of Pull-ups completely! She's wet the bed a few times and still has an accident or 2 per week, but they are getting fewer and further between.
Spitting out the toothpaste. Learning how to rinse and spit,she can now use big girl toothpaste!!
Fine motor skills: working on writing lines and letters, and cutting. So proud of her learning to write her name!!
Lying. Not exactly something to celebrate, but the cognitive ability to know the truth will get you in trouble, so you better change your story.. Well that's something I didn't expect so soon! "The toilet paper unrolled the whole thing by itself, mom!" Mmmhmmm
When you fall asleep during a fit. Haha
But sassy or sweet, she's hilarious either way! A lot of the funny stuff she says may be embarrassing to her in the future, so I'll leave it off the World Wide Web, but here's some other silly things that made us laugh...
Me: what's your favorite store?
Avery: target.
Me: what's your next favorite store, the really big one, with all the big stuff? (trying to get her to say Costco)
Avery: prolly Oak-a-homa or something
While walking into Walmart to exchange diapers-
Avery: what is this place?
Me: Walmart.
Avery: (screaming in the store) I don't love Walmart I love Target! GET ME OUT OF HERE!!
That's how we all feel, sweetheart.
Jon and I leaving for a date:
Avery: can I come?
Me: no baby, it's your bed time. We will be back later.
Avery: you mean it's a date?! I want to go on a date with daddy and you stay here!
On high fives:
"No do it again. BAM it this time!" (Make it loud)
At her aunt's wedding:
Avery: (whispers during vows) is that true love?
Me:yeah!
Avery: true love, forever, from this day?
Me: yeah, isn't that exciting?
Avery: yeah. I'm going to be the bride and marry my true love too!
Thank you Disney!
She says funny stuff daily, but these were so cute!
Originally for her birthday we had planned to go to San Antonio and take her to Sea World instead of a party. Well after going to everyone else's birthday parties all year she was definitely curious about her own. So of course she got to have a birthday party too. We had to do it in the middle of the week because the rest of our weekends in October were booked. I'm glad we did, because due to a hurricane and storms across the state our trip has been postponed. while that is a big bummer, our house has exploded with pink and a princess everything!!
We love this little girl more than words can say. So blessed to be her parents and watch her grow into such a beautiful being. She brings us such joy, and grey hair, but mainly joy!
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