Avery: 2 Years Old!

Avery Leigh is 2 years old!!!

 

I honestly can't believe our little peanut is already 2!  I still look at her and think it's not possible she can be this old already. She is fully of personality and adds so much to our family!  I know I say this all the time, but we think she is so funny.  I am sure it's partly the age as almost everything she does (outside of tantrums) is cute and entertaining. 

This is her fake pouty face that she breaks out a lot!

She is talking so much more and stringing lots of words together.  As most kids this age, she has her own "version" of words which we know pretty well.  There are often instances when we look to Kens for help with translation!  Avery has the cutest little lisp when she says things like sissy, kiss, etc.  I told Jeremy that I hope she keeps it forever as it's so cute...however, probably not so cute when she's 16.

Riding the Merry-go-round...she was so excited and talked about the horsey that went "up down, up down."

We've been talking lots about her birthday and how old she is going to be.  The only thing she really takes from all this talk is knowing that lots of family will be in town for the party.  She often lists off who is coming by name.  We ask her often how old she is going to be at on her birthday and her response is always "Big Girl".  It's really cute and I was able to catch a short video of it the other day.

Aves is still quite the singer and is usually humming some sort of tune she's made up or a version of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.  That seems to be her favorite song these days and she belts it out in the car, at the dinner table, etc.  She also loves the "Pat the Bible" song that they sing in Sunday school at church.  She likes to carry around a book (or bible as she calls it) to have us pat as she sings her pat the bible song.

She found this paci in her toys and loves it.  And yes, she's still obsessed with her paci's.

Aves is still our great sleeper and seems to know her limits.  She rarely fights sleep and often will ask us for "nap" or to go "nigh nigh".  She is going to be around 7:30 pm and usually is up anywhere from 6:30 am - 7:00 am (depending on how quickly we get her out of her bed).  Our girls are going through an early wake up period right now and it's almost always guaranteed that by 6:30 am someone is awake!

Telling me her shirt has her name on it.  She must mean "princess".  :)

Size wise, Avery seems to be able to wear a wide variety.  Her wardrobe for this summer is unbelievable as she has Kensley's old 18-24 month and 2T summer clothes in addition to some 12-18 month clothes that still fit her from last summer!  She wears size 6 shoes, however they are slightly big still so we're hoping they last through the summer

Love this cheese face!

Some of her favorite things include: playing outside, going to the park, bike rides in the trailer, playing with her babies, swimming, etc.  She also still loves to play with big sis and is usually right behind her following instructions.  She seems to be in a picky eating stage and most of the time we have to beg her to eat.  We use bribery a lot with her and her favorite foods all seem to be sweet!  Her favorite foods include: donuts, orange juice, french fries, ice cream, bread, yogurt, grapes, mac and cheese, goldfish crackers and waffles.


Loving her birthday cupcake!

Happy 2nd Birthday, Avery Leigh!  We love you!