Avery: 21 Months Old...

Our feisty, little girl is now 21 months old.  Avery is strong-willed and seems to get more opinionated by the day.  This girl knows exactly what she wants and lets you know it.

 

Avery is saying lots more these days and getting much better at communicating.  She seems to understand pretty much everything we tell her or ask her to do.  It's really just a matter of whether she wants to follow instruction.  Meal times (specifically dinner time) has proven to be a battle of wills here lately and is wearing us out.  Kensley is eating much better these days, but Avery is boycotting eating most days.

Despite not being a great eater, Avery still loves soda and begs for a drink of ours whenever we have one. She also usually wants to try whatever we are eating and prefers to eat from our plate rather than her own. She isn't much of a veggie eater so we usually struggle to get her to eat much.  She does know what "treat" means and requests one often.

She threw a fit until we let her hold her own ice cream cone.

 Lately Avery has been obsessed with Tinkerbell or "Bell" as she calls her.  She asks multiple times a day to watch "Bell" on TV.  She has grown accustom to our nightly routine of baths, pj's and watching Tinkerbell before bed.  She comes down the stairs every night saying "Bell, Bell, Bell".

 

We ended up turning Avery's carseat around this past month.  We know we're a few months away from the recommended time frame to turn her around, but car rides with her were getting rough.  She loves facing forward and being able to watch movies in the car with big sis.  She's our little backseat driver and can often be heard telling us to "go, go, go" whenever we're stopped at a stoplight, etc.

First ride facing forward

Aves still loves playing with big sis and wants to do everything like her.  We can almost guarantee whenever Kens does something, Avery will follow suit.  We plan accordingly for gifts, food, etc. and usually buy in two's. 

Playing doctor

Avery loves playing with her babies and tells us multiple times a day that they "poop".  She also enjoys playing kitchen, dress up and with her little people.  She still loves to dance and sing.  Avery loves to FaceTime and doesn't understand why we can't "see" everyone we talk to on the phone.  She requests often (usually daily) to call Papa or Ashy by bringing me the phone and saying their name.  Avery also enjoys going to her class at church and says over and over on Sunday mornings "church, church, church".  Aves is still also very attached to her paci's...dare I say more so than Kens was at this age??  She can often be found sneaking her paci's out of her crib and big sis is usually assisting her.  Whenever she snags one, she is quick to come show us...saying "ook, ook" with a paci in her mouth.

Hiding in the bathroom...doing her business.

Avery is still our snuggly little girl.  She often requests "ole me" whenever she wants held.  She gives the best hugs and is pretty attached to us most mornings.  She is especially snuggly whenever she gets in trouble...thinking she can charm her way out of it, she gives us a sweet look and a big hug (this is typically what happens right after she gets scolded for hitting us).

Me with the princesses...these dresses are usually worn at least once a day.

Happy 21 month birthday, sweet Avery!