Walking..

..yes, she's a walking girl..more photos to come:) Love this little button, she's just growing up so fast..

Jam Session

From last month..just playing and singing in their room..Finn loves to make up songs and sing them..if I remember right this session was a lot of songs about 'sharks in the water with teeth', and 'monster in the dark room'.

If you need to feel cool...don't worry, that's what baby sisters are for. Cheering gleefully for each song.

Ten Month Well Check

Thankful for another good 'well' visit to our pediatric dr. Avery is right on track for her growth and milestones..She is 31' (98%) and 21 1/2 lbs (75%) and she still is in the 99% for head size..She takes after Finn I guess! 

Some other new Avery things: 

-gives kisses 'mmmmm, mmahhh" 

-repeats 'love you' back when i put her to bed..sounds like 'yay yoo'

-really enjoys to pester her brother...and LOVES when he pays special attention to her. This is more frequent with Addie out of the picture each morning of the week. Each morning that he is home and Addie is not, he makes very sure that I know that he will be greeting Avery first when she awakes from her nap and only then may I bring her down..She LOVES it.

-she is continuing to experiment with walking, but has yet to really take off. We are mostly seeing her 'spider' crawl..which is on hands and feet and so fast that it is seriously scary at times.

Summer Evenings at the park

Yep, we do this a lot during the summer..but usually never bring a camera and just get to have fun..Here's one night from a few weeks back that the camera made it to our neighborhood playground. The kids never tire of visiting this playground, Avery is no exception..she loves the swing and taking in all the action of her older siblings. Soon enough she'll be full speed in the mix.

Being Spiderman, what else?

Our cute crawling girl

Finn's First Day..

He had his first day last Friday..If you are thinking he had his first day of preschool last year, that's not quite accurate. Last year Finn was in a 2/3 year old pre school class that was more of a play class at those ages..FInn was just 2 1/2 and the only pre-reqs for that class were to be potty trained, play well with others and listen to adults..This year he is in a true 2-day/week preschool class for 3 and 4 year olds. He is SO stoked. He came out of Miss Anna's class jumping with excitement as it had been the same classroom that we had dropped off and picked Addie up from a couple years back.."I had so much fun mom, I'm going to school just like Addie did!" Oh, how I love him..Its a little bittersweet how these kids are growing up..but we are excited to see him grow in this next endeavor!

Our Life Now..

Our life has been busy for awhile now..and just got busier with the kids starting school. It seems silly to think that life is busier with them gone for a portion of the day. The fact remains, with half day kindergarten and Finn's Thursday/Friday morning classes..We do a whole lot of running around town and getting woken up early from our naps. I decided that once a month that I would take photos of our day..mundane everyday sort of happenings. The kids are growing up so fast, I just don't want to forget this fun time in our life.

I'm doing good about keeping my camera charged and with me all the time since I am on call for a birth..so I figured it was a good time to start a new personal project! 

Our day started at 8am...Bath time for one crazy haired little boy.  (well actually mommy's day starts at 5 everyday to do photo work..we have a strictly no computer policy for awake kid time hours around here, makes for a very long day!)

9am..DONE, three kids bathed and dressed and ready for Addie's school drop off

 10 am..Avery's down and FInn and I are doing some coffee and game time. Finn and I use this time to play games or read together each day.

11:18 am..we snuck in a shortie run, have finally been getting to run again now that Addie is in school...no such thing as a triple BOB you know. 

11:50, Avery destroyed Finn's puzzle, and we are off to pick up sister

1:30 Addie is home and had lunch and is now telling me all about her day at school ..."run, run as fast as you can..can't catch me I'm the gingerbread man"...she had a good day:)

2pm..Avery is happily playing in sister's room...

 And she likes to show off how she can walk...

 5pm..someone is up from their afternoon nap and ready for mommy snuggles..(and this is where dinner madness starts and my camera went forgotten)

6:45..bedtime bottle...G'night! 

Ten Months

Avery had her ten month birthday last week..here are a couple pictures of her from the past month, just playing around the house.

She is continuing to grow and change so quickly..Some highlights:

-Gives kisses

-Says "hi" and "dog" in addition to all the words that we mentioned in previous posts. My favorite of which is still "all done"..she even says this when she finishes up nursing

-stands without pulling up and takes unassisted steps

-love, loves, LOVES to bug her big brother

Kindergarten

We have officially entered the school-age years..Addie had her first day of kindergarten last week. It is both sad and exciting to see how quickly she is growing up. 

The night before school she and I had a shopping trip just she and I, and she picked out her first day of school outfit boots and all. Daddy stayed late the first morning of school and we all grabbed a starbucks on our way to drop her off. 

I'd say I did pretty good getting just a little misty eyed considering there was a mom next to me sobbing. Addie did great and honestly didn't see what the big deal was..afterall, she's been going to school for awhile, she doesn't see it as any different. 

She came home from her first day so tired that she immediately asked me for a nap even. I was dying to hear all the details but let her get her nap first. She woke up completely silly and wouldn't give many details..at least she's still our same silly girl.

The Evergreen State Fair

Sunshine, animals, ride and fatty foods...yep, we did it all at the fair. The kids had a blast riding rides and checking out  all the sights. As always, it is quite a rush to see and do as much as possible...and we did our best..except for Avery who slept through much of the fair on Daddy's chest! He was ever so gracious to have Mom do rides with the big kids since last year I was carrying Miss Avery and not allowed to ride pregnant!

Everyone was take with the horses

Pony ride! Finn preferred to wait for the roller coaster ride..he had already done pony rides at the Forest Park and could care less about doing it  again so soon.

Next year, baby:)

Yep, the kids loved the horses so much, we visited them twice!

They picked out bubble breathing dinosaurs as a souvenir!