1st Birthday Party

Our baby girl is one! We celebrated her first birthday at the house with family and close friends. Averi had such a great time and seemed to know it was her special day! Mommy made one mistake....getting a cake with red icing! Lesson learned. As you can tell, she enjoyed the cake.

One year photos

I took Averi to get her picture taken for her first birthday. It took two sessions, but we got some good snapshots! Here are a couple of them. Can you believe how fast she is growing?!

Outdoor Fun

Averi is officially walking now, so we have been spending more time outside. Our cousins were gracious enough to give us this outdoor set they had out grown. Averi climbs in and out and enjoys going down the slide.

We wanted to get a picture with Averi in some bluebonnets this year. We did not have a good opportunity to get it in the "wild", so we settled for one in the backyard with bluebonnets we planted!

STEPS in the right direction!

Averi has taken her first steps! She can take about 4 and then will fall down. She is pretty good at standing and can stand up from the floor by herself. Some of her other accomplishments include no longer taking a bottle and eating table food at daycare. Mommy no longer has to pack her a lunch!

P.S. Check out her hair!

"He has risen."

Easter morning we went to the Sonrise service. It was the perfect time for us, since Averi is such an early riser. Here she is in her Easter dress sitting beside her bunny Easter basket.



Averi had her first Easter egg hunt at our Aunt Joan and Uncle Curtis'. I had been "practicing" with Averi at the house, so she would know what to do for the hunt! She liked picking up the eggs but did not want to put them in her camo basket. She preferred to play with them.

Spring Break

We spent our Spring Break in the San Antonio area. Keith had a conference on the Riverwalk most of the week. Luckily, it was the week of my Spring Break, so Averi and I could join him. The week had a lot of firsts for Averi! We stayed at a hotel most of the week, which I was a little nervous about. However, when we arrived at the hotel we were upgraded to a suite, which was a hugh blessing. We had lots of extra room for Averi to play and sleep. We also got to see lots of family, including Aunt Britt, Uncle Drew, Cousin Hunter, G2 (Grandma Ross), Poo-pa (Grandpa Ross), Grandma Monk, Grandpa Monk, and Great-Grandma and Grandpa Foster. Other firsts for Averi included getting in a pool, going to the park, and having her first sleepover without Mom and Dad!

Yee-Haw

Averi and I went to the livestock show today with our cousins! Here are some of the highlights.



I wanted to get Averi a cowgirl hat, but she would not leave it on her head. I did get a quick snapshot though!


This is in the petting zoo. Glad he did not spit on us!



We took this picture for daddy!