Zoo-hoo

It's getting a little hard to recall what goes on in a week with my mushy brain these days.  I tell ya, I don't know if it's having to watch after a toddler this time being pregnant, but I can't remember anything.  Seriously, ask my husband, who I'm sure is getting irritated.  He will say something or ask me something and literally, the next second I have forgotten it.  Anyhow, the days are filled lately with routine-which can be nice, also monotonous.  Avery helps throw diapers away, make her bed, washes her hands, loves to brush her teeth (I think it's because she gets to stand at the sink now instead of being held!)-basically, she's becoming more independent and helping with everything!!  The free time-oh, there is no free time right now because every second we have not doing everyday things we are trying to get the house clean and baby things ready-Spencer will be here in 30 days (or less!!).  Here are some pics from the week...

I went to check on Avery one day this week after hearing some commotion-she climbed in her stuffed animal bin and was happily reading-must be comfy with all of that stuffing!

While daddy got ready to mow the yard, Avery was introduced to side walk chalk-she also loved chasing her shadow:)

Wow, what's this-grass!!!  Hopefully, no more snow this year-unfortunately, we have a million dandelions...Artie put down some weed killer (after Avery played in the grass of course) and hopefully it works!

Hello Miss Avery, is that a vegetable in your mouth??  OMG, I couldn't believe it, I had to take a picture.  I put a cucumber in front of her just to see what she would do and she ate it!!

Avery discovered great grandpa's Jeff Gordon car while on a recent visit and really loved it!!

Peek-a-boo...playing under great grandma's walker.

So, we made it to the zoo opening weekend like I had hoped-and it was a success! One of the first things we did was take her on a pony ride.  I love horses and hoped that Avery would too-she was the happiest girl on her pony, Sadie. For an 18 month old, she looked like a pro.  She had never been on one, but once she was put in the saddle, she grabbed on, petted (and tried to kiss her horse) and kept herself steady.  It was amazing watching her love the ride while other kids much, much older than her were having meltdowns about getting on a horse!!

Taking Sadie for a spin. The people that worked the pony ride were even impressed that such a little girl could hold her own with the horse (I'm a very proud mama)!

Of course we had to hit up the carousel-this one was way faster than the one at our mall so it took Avery a few seconds to relax.  Once off the ride, she cried because it was over-she also did that with the pony ride, so we decided no more rides for the rest of the trip!

Gettin' some love from the goats. They were just her size and she was in heaven running around petting all of them.

For some reason, she loved the behind of this particular goat-maybe because it was eye level from standing on a log...

Checking out the sharks with daddy. She followed the little girl to the left around while looking around the aquarium-the little girl wasn't as thrilled with her follower.

What's that over there?  Oh, the penguins!