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

Pre-School

Hi everyone!  Guess what?!?!  I'm a pre-schooler!  I started this fall, and am having such a great time!  My teacher's name is Ms. Melissa (I call her Ms. Lissa).  She was my teacher when I first started in the 2 year old room, so I was excited to have her again!  My classroom is called the Grasshoppers, and it is very cool.  My friends John David, Liam, and Ava are with me, and my best buddies Aydan and Kingston are right next door.  We do all our circle time, group activities, and outdoor play with each other.  The curriculum is pretty stringent, but I am thriving and learning a lot!  I have math class, science, art, reading skills, Spanish, and even recreation class (PE).  I'm learning to write my name,  recognize words (there's many I can read now), and I have been practicing a lot.  By the time kindergarten rolls around in 2 years, I will be prepared!!

I'm sorry for not updating the blog as often.  We have had so much going on that I haven't had much time to sit down and update you all.  I will try to be better!  My Mommy and Daddy put up lots of pictures on Facebook, so be sure to check them out, too!

Lots of love,
Avery

My First Race!

Hello everyone!  I ran my first race this weekend!  It was a 1k Fun Run for the Franklin Classic benefiting Mercy's Children's Clinic in Franklin.  I had a great time!  I was a little distracted by all the cool stuff around me (police cars are awesome!), but I finished the race, albeit without one of my shoes.  I'm not sure what my time was, but Daddy thought under 6 minutes.  Pretty good for a little guy.  Mommy also ran her first race, too.  She did the 5k and finished it in 33 minutes!  It was her best time so far, and she is very proud of her accomplishment.  I hope Mommy runs more races, so I can run, too.  You know me, I love to run!

So I will have some exciting blog posts in the next week or so.  I officially started pre-school (can you believe it?), and I start soccer this week!  Whoo hoo!  Pics to come :)

Hugs and kisses,

Avery

Avery & Berlin play chicken!

We had an interesting time in our neighborhood this weekend.  Three chickens were wandering around our front yard, and Daddy caught it on video!  He thought it would be fun to make a video out of it to share with all of you!  I hope you enjoy it! 

Love, Avery & Berlin

Lil Fishies

Hello there! As you can tell, we've become little fishies this summer! Aves has been afraid of the water until now. He put some water wings on his arms, and poof! He gained some confidence and swam across the pool about 100 times! The video of him jumping off the diving board is his very first time! What a brave big bro I have! I had a blast with Daddy. He threw me in the air as high as he could, and I LOVED it! I kept saying, "that's funny, Daddy! Do it again!" And so he did. Hee hee, the water is fun!

Talk to you soon. I'm exhausted from swimming.
Love,
Berlin

Home Sweet Home!

Hey ya'll! Don't know if you heard, but we moved! Mommy & Daddy bought a house in Nolensville, which is right outside Nashville not too far from our old home in Franklin. We are loving it! Although I keep asking when we're going back to Avery's house. My parents keep telling me this is my new house. I call it "the big house". We do have much more space than our cramped apartment, but we're very quickly getting used to it. I even have room to run when it's raining outside. You know I love to run! I'm taking some time getting used to my new room. I didn't have curtains up at first and the trees were freaking me out! Mama installed curtains, so I'm a much happier boy and not getting up all the time. Berlin adjusted very quickly. She just goes with the flow.

Here's a few pictures. Come visit us sometime!
Love,
Avery