Happy Birthday Berlin!

"On the day you were born the Moon pulled on the ocean below, and wave by wave, a rising tide washed the beaches clean for your footprints....."

We created a special montage to celebrate Berlin's first year on Earth. Check it out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0To_TgwXt4
You can also view it by clicking on Berlin's 1st Birthday in the Birthdays box to the right.

Dancing Queen

Growing, Growing, Growing!

So cute and sweet

Cuddling up on the coach

My own gymnastics class

Eat, eat, eat!

Time out

Hi everyone! I thought I'd give you an update on what I've been up to lately. I am a growing boy! The other night I ate a chicken breast, 7 fish stix, vegies, a fruit cup, bread, and half an English muffin with pumpkin. I was hungry! For breakfast, I eat as many nutragrain bars as I can get my hands on, and I chug down my milk. And my pants are at least an inch too short. Of course, they fit perfect in the waist now. That's pretty typical for me.

I'm doing really well at daycare! My Mommy went to parent/teacher conferences a few weeks back. I'm reciting my ABC's, singing songs and nursery rhymes, and counting with my fingers (in English and Spanish). I'm also very friendly. I'm friends with almost everyone, and they say I'm the alpha of my peer group. What can I say? I'm cool!

My potty training is improving, too. I nap with no pull up everyday, and am using the big boy potty full time. I am also starting to sleep overnight with no pull up. I'm 50/50 on overnights, but ya gotta start somewhere!

I'm just a typical 2 year old, loving life! Hope you are doing well, too.
Love,
The Aves

Happy Halloween Spookies!

Berlin and Noah

Avery's first house

Gang of characters

B and Dash

NEMO!

Lil Lady Bug

Daddy was an army man

Hi everyone! We had a great Halloween! How bout you? On Friday, daycare had a party to celebrate. We decorated cookies, had a costume parade, carved pumpkins, read books to our families, and more! It was fun. On Halloween, we went over to my buddy, Gavin's house for trick or treating! Gavin and I ran to every house and scored some candy! I LOVE candy! Berlin even got in on the action. She was very determined to walk up to the houses and pick out candy. She did great! She is walking so well, it's amazing she is only 11 months old! Next year we will be running house to house! Can't wait, cuz my candy is almost gone :(

I'll post again soon!
Love,
Avery

More Walking!

Here I am walking more. I know the video is a little dark, but it's worth watching to the end, I promise. I have improved so much! This video was shot 2 days ago, and I've even improved since then. I love walking!! I can't stop doing it, I even am trying to stay up later at night so I can walk, walk, walk!

Enjoy!
Love,
Berlin

Pumpkin Patches

The swing was one of my favorites

Berlin calls the chickens

The goat sucked on my finger! It tickled.

CHEESE!

Pumpkin!

Mmmmm, coke!

I did it! I went through the tunnel.

Tractors are fun.

Riding in style

Hey everyone! The past couple of weekends have been very busy for us. We went to 2 pumpkin farms!! The first was Gentry Farms, here in Franklin. It was BIG! There was lots to do, including a corn maze, petting zoo, hay ride, a really cool tractor playground, and my favorite, the tire swing! We had a great time! Last weekend, we went to Walden Farms. It was a bit further away, but still fun. They had a lot of the same stuff, but I still had a good time! We got pumpkins, too, and now have a little mini pumpkin patch at our home.

Berlin had a great time, too. She flirted with her future prom date, Dash (who just turned 1, time flies!) and walked around a lot. She has really figured out this walking thing! She used to insist Mommy or Daddy hold her hand all the time, but now she does it on her own. She walks all around our house. Everytime she takes off, she says "Bye bye!" Where's she going?? Everywhere now!

Hope you enjoy our pictures at the pumpkin patches!
Love,
Aves

Ms. Walky Walk

Here's a little taste of me walking! This video was taken a few days ago, and I have improved already. There's a couple of things that keep me a little wobbly... 1. I want to run! I don't care about the order of things :) and 2. I get so excited I lose my balance! When I calm down, I walk really well. Just last night I walked all the way from my room into my brother's room all by myself. My Mommy wishes she had her camera ready, but by the time she got it, I was tired and wanted to go to bed. I'm sure she'll catch me again. It's not like I'm gonna stop!

Chase ya later!
Berlin