7 months old... and other things!

Hard to believe that another month has gone by and Avery is now 7 months old! We have had a very busy month preparing for and celebrating Christmas twice already with family. The kids are super excited for Santa to come next week and to hopefully get a glimpse of Rudolph. Owen told Maddie yesterday that he saw him on the roof of the mall... I think he was trying to make her jealous. Avery is growing like a weed though I think she is still the most petite of the bunch. At her last visit she weighed 15 lbs 7 ounces, but was 27 inches long! She is not crawling yet, but I bet she will be next month. She gets up on her hands and knees and rocks back and forth and is becoming more daring about reaching for things that are out of her reach. Here are some (quite a few) pictures of the past month. Enjoy and be sure to check back after Wednesday to see Owen's birthday post and video! Happy Holidays!

Helping choose and cut down the tree

Decorating the tree

Emmitt, our Elf on the Shelf


Maddie's Christmas wish list. It is addressed to Santa and Emmitt since Emmitt took it with him to the North Pole one night!

Christmas at Nonnie and Papa's

Just playing...

Such a sweet face!

Checking out my new ball popper!

Excited about his new race track!

Cole sound asleep on the floor after tearing his bed apart in a tantrum...


Owen's swimming lessons

Cole at Owen's swimming lessons


Maddie wrote out all the words to Jingle Bells... I'm not sure why, but she did a good job!

Maddie in her 1st school music concert!

1/2 a year...

I can't believe that half of a year has gone by already and Avery is 6 months old!!! It just doesn't seem possible. She is a wonderful baby and just loves everything! Her brothers and sister make her laugh all the time and she has become fascinated by the cats the last few days! She has mastered sitting up and scoots around the house on her belly, getting into all sorts of tight spaces! I think the hardwood floors will slow her down a bit when it comes to crawling and walking... at least I can hope! I guess we've been lax about taking pictures this month but here are just a few of our goose. Enjoy!

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween 2011!

5 months and Fall Time Fun!

Another month gone by so quickly and Avery is 5 months old! She has had an exciting month. A few days after she turned 4 months old I put her down on the ground, expecting her to fall right over- but she sat up all by herself- a whole 1-2 months earlier that any of her siblings! Also a few days after she turned 4 months old I decided to let her try some baby food, again not expecting her to do well with it- she gobbled it right up and looked at us as if to say "you've been holding out on me"! Here she is, from 4-5 months old... our "Baby Goose"!
Also mixed in are some pictures of all the kids having some fall fun!

Playing

Watch out guys... I cat sit up!

Pumpkin Land

Maddie on the zip line

Pedal bikes in the rain

"I love Daddy's mashed potatoes"!

Baby Goose

Playing in the leaves.

What a cutie!

cute kids

Ready for school pictures

Avery's 1st pumpkin!

Squash!

Sweet girl!

4 months old

It's hard to believe that Avery is 4 months old already! She is such a sweetheart (or "Babyheart" as Cole calls her). She is going to daycare 2 days a week now and liking it, except she still won't take a bottle. I guess she's got her mind made up about that one. She likes tummy time now and loves smiling and laughing at the kids. She's a pretty easy going baby! Her latest thing (that hopefully doesn't last too long) is to wake up in the middle of the night and talk to us for 2 hours or so...
She recently went for her doctors appointment and weighs 12 lbs 8 ounces and is 24 1/2 inches long!
Here are a few pictures from this past month.
enjoying my tummy!

Hurricane Irene

hanging at the beach

supervising apple picking

till next month...