Twick O Fweeting at Daddy's Office

We made the long trek up to Daddy's main office for some twick o fweeting ( Avery's approximation) fun.  We scored a big load of candy, had some yummy snacks, and received a goody bag.  Avery didn't want to dress up as Tigger at first-she wanted to be a kitty cat.  But, with a little Mommy magic, she was soon on board.  She hopped around and said, "Hello buddy boy!"  Abby was a Tulip Fairy and oh so precious!

A Trip to the Seaside

Our family took a much needed weekend away a few weekends ago.  We found a darling little cottage by the sea that we rented for the weekend.  It was great!!!  Everyone had their own room, it was stocked with toys, snacks, movies, On-Demand, a pool table, the beach was 100 feet away, and it was only an hour away from home.  We had such a fun and relaxing time as a family.  I'm hoping we can make it an annual event.

Avery playing with the toys on the beach.

Avery & Daddy on the paddle boat!  Fun!!!

Avery's shell collection.  Thankfully she only took four home!

Abby liked the beach too!

The Third Annual Meyer Family Pumpkin Patch Extravaganza

 

This year we had to find a new pumpkin patch to visit, because the one we used to go to is now 2 hours away.  We had fun, but our old patch was so much better!  This one didn't have any animals or a pumpkin cannon and everyone and their cousin was at this one.  Next year we'll find a super fantastic one.

So, taking a family picture these days is an interesting feat.  I don't think we have a single picture of all four of us smiling.  We'll see what our Christmas card turns out like!  Here's the saga of trying to get a perfect family pic.  As you can see, we have one main culprit.

 

Every pumpkin turned into a seat for Avery!

Daddy and his "little darlin'."

Photo Shoot at Grandpa & Grandma's

So, once again I'm apologizing for not
posting for so long. Here's the latest on our family. Abby is now fully mobile (read crawling like a speedster) and a total Mama's girl. This makes it really hard to get much done during the day, but also so sweet to have someone love you so much. :) She loves playing with all toys (much to her big sister's dismay). Avery's sentences continue to get longer and more complex. She loves telling you all about the world around her and makes observations that astound me. She also is quite the little parrot, so we've quit saying things like, "Shoot!" and "Dang it!" because they sound awful coming out of a 2-year-old's mouth. My two favorite sayings she's picked up recently are, "Sure do!" and "Whoa, that close!" We're working A LOT on sharing, especially with her sister. This is a really fun time with both my girls and I'm loving being a mommy of two.
My dad's quite the photographer and while we were at my parent's house in September, he took A LOT of pictures of us. These are just a few.
What a sweet little Abby Doodle! She sure does love her Mommy.

I'm a happy girl as long as my Mommy is holding me.
Oh, look-a rock!!!

She's such a big girl!

This is the face you get when you tell her to say, "Cheese!"

Prunes & the Puyallup Fair

Our poor little Abby has had some trouble going potty since starting solid foods, so daddy picked up some prunes the other night. Surprisingly, our picky eater (yes-she hates avocados now and apples and merely tolerates rice cereal and bananas) liked the prunes and eurika! they worked. These next two pictures demonstrate just how quickly Abby can go from happy to very unhappy. They were taken one right after the other, maybe 5 seconds apart.

Happy!!!
Unhappy!!!
Yesterday we went to the opening day of the Puyallup Fair with some of Avery's best buddies. Despite what it looks like in the pictures, Avery REALLY loved the rides. She also went on the carosel, a tiger roller coaster, visited the petting farm, had her first elephant ear, and saw her first parade. It was a good day and she gets to do it all again today because Grandma & Auntie Megan wanted to take her as well. Lucky girl!

Latest Pics

Marshall built our puppy, Gracie, a dog house. Avery loves playing in it too! She helped Marshall paint it and ended up painting Gracie as well!



We recently became members of the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium. Here's Avery feeding the goats in the petting zoo. Her favorite animals at the zoo include the walrus, beluga whales, & sea horses. She's always sad when it's time to go home.
Little Miss Abby (or Abby Doodle as she is so fondly called) is starting to crawl, says "dadadadadada,"and is as difficult to read as ever. She's like a Lamborghini-goes from 0 to 60 in seconds. She has super happy moments and super unhappy moments. A dear friend told me that she thinks Abby will be a world leader because she knows what she wants and will accept nothing less! At her 6 months check up she was 15 lbs 6 oz and 25.5 inches long-just slightly above the 50% percentile on both height and weight.
Believe it or not they both REALLY like each other! Avery likes to hold Abby's hand, give her kisses, and play with her on the floor. No one can make Abby smile like Avery does. Abby thinks Avery's the best! Wouldn't it be great if they always love each other this much?!

We love Veggie Tales (from a distance only though)

Avery has had a Veggie Tale obsession for quite a while now. I think Larry the Cucumber qualifies as her first crush! We heard the characters were going to be at a book store not too far away, so we had to visit. Apparently, Avery was not at all impressed. In fact, she was really scared of them! She would wave from a distance, but would start to cry when we got closer. After about 45 minutes, she warmed up enough so we could take a picture, but I had to hold her and she still was scared. And after all that, the person who took the picture didn't wait until we were in focus. Oh well! I still had fun at least! We're going to Veggie Tales live next month-hopefully we'll be far enough away that she'll enjoy it. :)

Abby's first meal & other random pics

Well, I swore up & down that Abby would not be eating solids until she was 6 months old. True to Abby's nature, she had other ideas. Daddy thought she looked mighty interested in his avocado, so he gave her some. She was mighty upset when she only got one bite. She ended up eating 1/3 of an avocado. My little baby's growing up! (BTW, I only have 2 more weeks to go until she's 6 months, so not too bad.)



Hey! I'm talking to you!!!






What a smile. :)






Avery, with our chocolate lab puppy, Gracie. (Who, by the way, is sooo much bigger than that now!)






Stylin'!






Yummy avocados!

Hello Again

Hi everyone! Sorry it has been so long since the last post. We've had a lot going on in the last few months. Most of you probably already know, but Marshall's mom unexpectedly passed away on July 1st. We are so glad we were able to see her and for the girls to meet her just a month before her death. We are confident that she is with Jesus now and is completely whole. We love you Mom/Grand-T!

Avery's Brush with the Law

Things are definitely getting more interesting in the Meyer Household the older Avery gets. This morning I was upstairs putting lotion on Abby after her bath. I had the gate across the stairs and Avery was running around upstairs playing with various toys. I then heard the phone in my bedroom beeping like it had been left off the hook. I went to investigate and sure enough Avery had been playing with it. I put the phone back on the receiver and went about my day. We went downstairs and I got Avery her breakfast and I started nursing Abby. Then the doorbell rings. It's about 8:30am and I'm wondering who could be at the door. I figure it's probably a solicitor and go on nursing Abby. (She can be a fussy eater, so when things are going well I don't dare disturb her!) After I'm done nursing Abby I go to the door to see if whoever it was left anything on the doorstep. Imagine my surprise to see a police car sitting in the driveway!!! Apparently they had received a 911 call from our house. When they tried to call back to check on us the line was busy, so they sent an officer out to make sure we were ok. I assured the officer we were fine and that somehow my two-year-old had dialed 911. She suggested I give Avery a toy phone to play with instead of a real one. HA! Avery has several toy phones, but the real ones always win. Anyway, I think I'll be moving all my phones out of her reach.

It's Avery's 2nd B-day!

We had Avery's 2nd b-day party on Saturday. She is obessed with Veggie Tales, so we threw her a Veggie Tale party. She had a blast! It's hard to believe how quickly time has gone and how grown up our little girl is. We are lucky to have such a sweet, funny, smart, and loving little girl as our daughter. We love you Avery!

Trip to Texas and Oklahoma

We visited Marshall's family in Texas and Oklahoma a few weeks ago. It was the first time they all got to meet Avery & Abby. It was a really special trip. Avery loved getting to play with everyone's dogs. Here she is with Marshall's cousin, Marcy's dog, Daisy.


Here's Avery and Marshall's Grandma Meyer






Abby and Marshall's Grandpa Upton
















My two cute girls!

Abby & Marshall's Grandma Barb





Marshall & his brother, Zech


The whole fam-Zech Jr. (our nephew), Arianna (Zech Jr.'s sister), Zech Sr., Stephanie (Zech Jr. & Arianna's mom), Abby, Lindsey, Grand T (Marshall's mom), GG Jo (Marshall's Grandma), Marshall & Avery.


Zech Jr & Avery giving hugs.



Zech Sr. & Zech Jr.