This weekend our friend Kenny was showing Asher how to make an origami crane and a paper football. Asher looked across the table and told Kenny ”Thank you for preparing activities for me”.

Asher: What day is today?

Mom: Thursday

Asher: No it’s not.

Mom: Yesterday was Wednesday, so today is definitely Thursday.

Asher: Well, when I looked out my window this morning it didn’t look like a Thursday.

Over the last couple of weeks, Avery has started giving JR some extra-special attention. As he walks in the room she lights up, points to him, and says “Dada”! When he picks her up she gives him a hug and rests her head on his shoulder with the most content smile I have ever seen. It is the sweetest. On Wednesday she fell asleep on his shoulder while he was on a work call. It wasn’t even close to nap or bed time. I guess she was just that comfy. The next day, Asher jumped into JR’s lap and was hugging him when Avery started fussing and frantically rushed over to join in. Jealous? Then, while we were playing in Asher’s room, Avery brought over a picture of JR holding Asher when he was born. She said “Dada” and kissed his photo!

This is our conversation on the way home from the zoo today…

Asher: “Can we go see Santa next Christmas?”

Me: Sure

Asher: “I want to ask him if he will show me his workshop. Do you think he gives tours?”

This month Avery has gotten her first tooth (two actually), taken a few steps on her own, learned to pull herself up onto the couch, and figured out how to climb/crawl up stairs. She says Dada, Mama, Asher (sounds like Adn), all done, and up. Avy loves taking walks in the stroller in the morning, splashing in the pool, and pretending to read books. We can’t wait to watch her eat birthday cake next month!

We had a great weekend at Taste Addison. Asher spent Saturday night at the treehouse with Gramma and Grampa, so we took Avy to the festival. We had great beers from BJ’s, Sherlock’s, and The Londoner.  JR had an awesome sampler from Texas de Brazil and I had some tasty Indian Korma and Samosas. We ended the night with Bailey’s Paciugo. Yum! On Sunday we picked up Asher and headed back for more. Asher ate an entire funnel cake on his own while JR and I sampled more goodies.  We got to hear the Dallas Wind Symphony Swing Band but we missed Train. Avy had a blast people watching and tried to jump in the fountains with Asher. I’m sure she will be right there with him next year!

Oh wow, this has been a fun month! In the last few weeks Avy has learned to say Mama, Dada, and Bubba. It’s just SO sweet! We used to only hear Mama if she was really upset, now we hear it all the time as she sings Mama, Mama, Mama. So sweet! Avery has also bec0me so mobile this month. She can get just about anywhere she wants, she can even scale walls to get to Asher’s room or the kitchen. This week she finally realized crawling gets her around a lot faster than cruising from object to object. She wants to play in any water she can touch, so the hot tub is a favorite right now. Avery still has no teeth, but I’m assuming one will show up any day now. While Asher plays in his new sandbox, Avery sits next to him picking up a handful of sand and dropping it into her lap over and over. She loves to read books and flip through the pages kissing any babies or cute animals she can find. At church this week she kept trying to kiss the 1 year old boy playing next to her. I wonder how many times a day I kiss her and Asher?

I LOVE going to the Arboretum every Spring. The tulips! The weather! The sun! Thank you Gramma for getting us in free with your membership every time we visit.