Off She Goes

It's official: Avery has mastered the stairs. I have caught her several times halfway up, and once she made it all the way up and was happily entertaining herself in the playroom by the time I figured out where she was. I didn't think we needed two baby gates (we have one at the top of the stairs) but maybe we do!

Plano Balloon Festival

This weekend we went to the Plano Balloon Festival. The weather was great and it was a lot of fun! We sat with some of our friends from Mom's Club. We sat right near the launching field where we saw all the hot-air balloons got aired up and then took off.

Gymboree!

I took Avery to her first Gymboree class today and she loved it! She crawled everywhere and was very interested in what was going on. It's for 10-16 months so the activities were great for her age. It's a little bit farther away than Little Gym, but I couldn't find an LG class that met on Tuesdays or Thursdays (when Aidan's in MDO).

Children's Museum

Today we went to the Children's Museum with some friends from Mom's Club. They had a really neat area just for curious toddlers like mine. There was a water play area, a miniature farm, nature area, and even a place to dig for dinosaur bones. Aidan loved it, and so did Avery...although I think she'll like it a lot more when she's older. Definitely worth a trip back someday!

Peek a Boo!

Today we had a "Hurricane Party" and had Uncle Cody, Aunt Amy, and Cousin Sage over to hang out and play the Wii Fit. Hurricane Ike turned out to be nothing but rain and a little wind all day. Avery is crawling everywhere now, and this is her funny new trick. I really think she wants to stand up and walk because she does this yoga pose where she's on all fours.

Sic 'Em Bears!

This past weekend we went to Waco to hang out with the Brookses. On Saturday we went to campus and saw the Baylor Bear! He (she?) has a newly-built habitat that was really cool. Marcus and Daniel took the older kids (Katy, Hannah, and Aidan) to the game that evening while Jenna and I took James and Avery to Olive Garden :)

Back to School

Yesterday was Aidan's first day back at Mother's Day Out. I can't believe how much he's grown (the second picture is from his first day last year)! He is still going to our church, but is in a new room with new teachers. He did great and didn't even blink when I left. This picture is kind of staged, because I didn't take it until after he got home. Please pardon the runny nose, he and Avery have both come down with yucky allergies.