Jingle Bells

One of our favorite times of year is here... Christmas! Berlin and I are really enjoying learning and singing Christmas songs, decorating, making candy, shopping etc. You can see here that we loved putting up our tree! Grandma was here, too, so it made it extra special. We are looking forward to coming to Iowa for Christmas and seeing our family!

Love, Avery and Berlin

Gobble! Gobble!

Happy Thanksgiving! We wanted to share with y'all what we are thankful for...

Avery
Trains
Halloween
Candy
Drinks
Mommy, Berlinee, Grandma, and Daddy!

Berlin
My family
Cake
Puppies!
Balloons

Hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Love, Avery and Berlin

Birthdays and Milestones

Hey ya'll!  I just turned 2!!!  I know, it's hard to believe I'm all grown up now.  I had a great day.  I had a birthday party with a few of my friends.  My parents kept it small, but I'm a shy little girl, so I barely spoke a word while anyone was here.  I take after my Mommy in that respect, ya know? 

With my birthday being here and all, I realized I haven't told you much about my milestones.  I've accomplished a lot for a 2 year old!  I'm talking in sentences.  Actually make that conversations.  I know my ABC's, I can count to 20, I know about every toddler song there is to know... for instance I love to sing Itsy Bitsy Spider, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Frere Jacques, Row, Row, Row Your Boat, Happy Birthday, and now I'm really into Christmas songs.  Let it Snow, Jingle Bells, and Jingle Bell Rock are my favorite!  Daddy and Avery sing along with me, too.  It's pretty awesome.  Mommy tries to sing along, but she doesn't know the words and tries to make them up, but Avery and I set her straight.  I also love to jump on the coach, fall backwards, and chase after my brother!  He's awesome!  Have I mentioned that??  I'm also walking up and down stairs, drinking from a cup, and can use a spoon and fork.  I also know my full name, but as you can tell from the video below, I'm not giving it up that easily. 

I had my wellness appointment today.  It went very well.  My doctor is super nice, and she is really impressed with me.  Thought you'd want to know my stats... I'm 24 lbs, 12 oz and 35 1/4' tall.  In other words, I'm tall and thin, as I've always been and a healthy little girl.  I also got my flu vaccine today, so hopefully I won't be a sicky poo this winter!  My doc did think I'm getting a tiny bit of an ear infection, but hopefully it will pass.  Thanksgiving is coming up and I want to be well! 

Well, I should go.  I'm exhausted from all the excitement of my birthday weekend.  I'm really looking forward to Thanksgiving.  My grandma is coming and I'm excited to see her!  I'm also very thankful to have such wonderful friends and family like you.  Happy Thanksgiving!

Hugs and kisses,
Berlin

Girl Talk

Family Fun Night

We went bowling for the first time last night, and man was it fun!  The bowling alley is totally set up for kids with bumpers and a kid's ramp, so we had fun and scored big too!  Our first game, we were just getting in the groove, but by the second we were rockin and rollin!  We even beat Mommy and Daddy!  By a long shot!  We love family fun nights... can't wait to do it again!  Maybe you'll come visit and join us next time?!?  Hint, hint.

Lots of love,

Avery and Berlin

Halloween

I hope you all had a fabulous Halloween!  We sure did!  We were very excited to have our first Halloween in our neighborhood.  It's pretty much all families in our hood, so there was lots of kids out and lots of candy to hand out!  Avery was a pirate and Berlin was Abby Cadabby.  It was kinda chilly out, so we bundled up, but it didn't matter.  We got the treats we were after!  We came home with our bags full, and tired eyes, but we were so excited it didn't phase us.  Halloween is shaping up to be our favorite holiday.  Can't wait for next year!

Love,

Aves and Berlin 

Soccer

 My team: On the top - Coach Lindsay, me, Gabe, Hudson, Luke.  

Bottom - Camden, Bradley, Gavin, and Kingston

My official soccer photo

Hello fellow sports fans!  I am excited to share that I played my first season of soccer this fall!  It was a lot of fun.  We played for the Franklin YMCA, and I was lucky enough to have some of my friends on the team, plus I got to meet and make new friends.  Camden, Gavin, and Kingston were all friendly faces!  At first, we were all kinda scared and didn't know what to do, but each game we figured it out and played great!  I even scored a bunch of goals through out the season.  Mostly I loved hanging with my friends and of course, running!  Mommy says they need youth cross country, and hopefully someday they will.  In the meantime, I am happy with soccer!  I think for the winter, Berlin and I will be taking swimming lessons at the Y.  We didn't have time for it this summer, and Mommy says we need to learn how to swim!  I'll keep ya posted on how that goes.

Talk to you soon!

Avery

Big Girl Bed

 Berlin's crib

Toddler Bed!

Hey all!  I made a big transition a few weeks ago.  I officially graduated from my crib and into a toddler bed.  It actually wasn't that big of a transition.  My crib converts into a toddler bed, so really it's the same bed only a little more open.  Mommy and Daddy were wondering how long it would take me to get out of my new bed, and so far I'm not doing it.  Can you imagine?  I have all the freedom in the world, and I stay in my bed.  My parents think I'm awesome.  I wait until they come in my room to get out.  I'm just a content little one.  I'm sure I'll get sick of waiting for them at some point (because they do take their time after all), but for now I'll stick with my routine.  

Catch ya'll later!

Hugs and kisses,

Berlin