All About Avery

This weekend was all about Avery! We wanted to spend some good quality time with her before her brother shows up this week. The weekend started off well with taco night! One of mommy's favorites, but-she must have known it was a special weekend because-Avery actually ate her taco and tried her rice!!  She never does this, she even ate her fair share of chips and salsa:) Earlier in the day, we had Subway for lunch after my dr.'s appointment and the tiny little girl ate every single piece of turkey and cheese from her 6 inch sub, including a lot of the bread and some of the cucumbers/lettuce on it (along with strawberries and sunchips). I was so excited that she was eating so well:) Saturday wasn't too eventful as I wasn't feeling really great. We ran a few boring errands and Artie worked in the yard a little. Sunday ended our weekend with a bang! We got up and I got to watch some tennis (the Madrid Open, one of the clay tournaments before the French Open that starts next weekend!)...then we got Avery up and headed to Dunkin Donuts-our first trip there (they just built one close to our house). We didn't know what to expect because we never eat donuts, so we didn't know how Avery would like it. She loved the munchkins (donut holes) and ate like 3 by licking all of the icing off! I was also surprised to find that she loved their hashbrowns! We did discover that we need to put trying a highchair at restaurants to and end because the second Avery sees one she screams her head off-guess she's just too big of a girl for those silly things! After breakfast, we headed to the park. Normally, we hit up the park by our house, but since this was a special day, we took Avery to a different park across town that's by the zoo. She had an amazing time, and even though mom pooped out and had to sit in the car, daddy made sure that she had a fabulous time! We got home in time for me to watch some more tennis (this always equates a good day to me!) and have lunch before Avery headed to naptime. Artie worked outside some more and I finally packed my bag for the hospital! We ordered a cheese d-lite from Papa Murphy's (the best pizza, yum) and some breadsticks (whole wheat) from Papa John's-took me right back to the college days:)!! Avery adores this pizza and gobbled it right up before we headed outside to finish the day with some playtime in the driveway with sidewalk chalk. It was such a nice weekend spending so much time as a threesome...however, if you notice there was no mention of Spencer's room-poor kid, maybe one day his room will be done:)!! 

We look forward to the arrival of our second, and final, child Wednesday-though I'm very anxious about the surgery and leaving Avery. I'm not looking forward to spending 4 days in the hospital, but out of all the hospitals in Fort Wayne (we have like 4 main ones!) the one I will be at has the best food:) The next post will more than likely introduce our newest member...so stay tuned!!

Wow mommy! This taco is pretty good!

Ooh, I just love chips and salsa:)

Avery has developed a love affair with dum dum suckers! There is a gas station close to our house that we always go to... Artie usually always takes Avery inside with him, even if I'm in the car too, and the people in there know Avery and love her so they always give her a sucker:)

What do most moms know? That a diaper box can serve as one of the best entertainers for kids! Avery spent the weekend filling this diaper box with the toys from her toy bin and anything else she could find-if you lost something, first place to look is Avery's box!

Enjoying hashbrowns at Dunkin' Donuts!

Licking all of the icing off of her munchkin...she had the frosting all over her face, shirt and hands. She kept asking for a 'T' (her word for tissue) because of the icing on her hands-she hates having anything sticky on her hands!

Avery's first time on one of these things! The park by our house doesn't have them:(

Tackling the dino slide...

Trying so hard to climb up this rock wall...she couldn't quite do it because it was a little too steep for her, but she gave it her best!

Her first time down a twisty slide-she thought it was the greatest thing:)

Some swing time was enjoyed, of course! Most of the time she was swinging, she was pointed up and saying 'sky'!

Oh, the love of sidewalk chalk! She ended up picking out mostly the pink colored ones!