Oh It's Fun To Be One!

I can't believe Mr. Kason is ONE!!! Time truly does fly bye. We went to Columbus Sunday afternoon to help him celebrate and I'm glad the weather cooperated for his party his mommy, daddy and sister threw for him. The sun didn't let me take any quality photos :( I hope Janna has better ones that I can steal from her site :)

Check out his facial expression!

Check out his WILD hair!

Daddy smashed Kason's hand into his cake........."It's my party and I'll cry if I want too!"

Nice!

Cute photo of his cousins watching him eat his cake!

Avery managed to get out of the pool long enough to "supervise" the opening of gifts!



Pop-Pop, Uncle Josh and the Birthday Boy!


Avery LOVED the pool that was there.

Playing with a new friend.

Going down the water slide.

Testing out Kason new toy!

"Hello....." Kason did VERY well motoring around on his new Quad!

Mimi and Pop-Pop with all their grand kids....sorry Pop-Pop I guess you don't show up on film ;)

5 mins. into the drive home....zzzzzz...but woke up after one to many hills that get your belly. She said "Daddy, I don't like that...be careful!" She's a hoot!

Hot Summer Days

Avery thought that was sooooooo funny a froggy was in the pool. Still talks about it and how Pop-Pop got it out.


"This is delicious!" Yes Jonna taught her that word :)


My cool girl!

She loves her water table and yesterday I put pea gravel in it and loves that too!

Typical Avery pose, Bottle in mouth....hand in hair. Yes she still takes a bottle!!! I'm hoping since Josh will be gone for a few days over the 4th that I will cold turkey with the bottles...say a prayer for me :)

Avery being silly today with mommy's sunglasses on!

New Things I can do and say...........

Avery went to the her Pediatrician on June 17th. I kept telling her she was going and that she will get shots but then will be all better. On the way up she said "I don't go to the Dr. I all better....k!" Ahhhhh. Of course she remembered exactly where we were going even though she hadn't been there since her last check up which was 6 mos ago...she didn't forget....cried and then she didn't even need any immunizations then...yea! She was 26 lbs. 3 oz and 34 1/2 inches tall! Dr. Strong said by age 2 they want them to say 20 words and 2 word sentences....I said she's been doing that since age 1 and he said "Oh yes she's a chatter box!"

New things I can do and say in the last 3 months:

21 months:
*Your comprehension and understanding of things is just amazing! You just get it!
*Your balance is still unbelievable
*You understand what hiding is :)
*You like to take showers
*You know where your cheek is and ours too
*Your memory is amazing!
*You tell me what you don't like to eat (and the list keeps getting longer :(
*You can climb up the steps and go down the slide by yourself
*You know what a puter (aka computer) and keyboard is
*You compliment people saying "I like your shirt, I like your pants, I like your shoes..."
*Whenever you say good bye to someone or something you also say "see you tomorrow!"

22 months:
*You can sing your ABC's but you always forget y & z
*You sing so many new songs and still love singing and dancing
*You try and pull your feet and skin on your cheeks off!
*You tell me "I so happy!"
*You go down the steps the correct way
*You say "Look at me" when you are doing something you want us to see
*On May 2 you counted to ten like you normally do then said "11, 12, 14 :)
*You can roll your hands

23 months:
*You say "um" and "how about" when I ask you questions
*You say "I can do it" or "I can't do it"
*You like to say "Hooray!"
*You tell me "I so cute"....and well you are :)
*You can turn the water on at the sink in the bathroom
*Your tenses you use in sentences is amazing
*Your sense of direction is unbelievable!
*You know if you eat a frozen go-gurt to fast you get brain freezer (aka brain freeze!)
*Your are a little repeat!

These are just some highlights your speech and comprehension for a now 2 year old is just amazing and hard to keep track of all the things you say! You are just like a little person to us who makes us smile, laugh and yes frustrated at times but we love you so much!

Stillwell Stompers Jeep Club

Our jeep club had a trail ride/camp out this weekend and so we thought we would take Avery on her first Jeep Trail ride........

Not too sure at this point driving down the road to get to the woods...she kept saying "uh-o my window"....we had all the doors off!

Now she's thinking this isn't bad....

Adam and Bev Chraporwicki

Jarod, Tab and Grady Hawkins....that is our old jeep that they bought.

Snack time!

Daddy and Avery climbing up a rock.

"Is it my turn to take the wheel??!"

"Wee this is fun! We went up a steep hill fast and she said "do again" and loved talking on the cb radio! She's a hoot!

I'm so glad Avery loved it......since that is her daddy's passion!

Lots of mud holes.

Make a new friend....Grady Hawkins (he's almost 17 mos).

Ahhhh so sweet!

Playing with Mimi.

Avery loves to jump...jumping out of our old jeep.

zzzzzzz...heading home so Avery can take a nap before we head back down for the cookout.

Avery is thinking...hey that's MY toy....because it was.

The grill master! Those burgers and hot dogs were yummy!

Playing some cornhole.

Avery just being Avery :) Miss happy-go-lucky!

Awwww I love this picture :)

What a beautiful day it turned out to be! Clouds were so pretty.