Waving

We've been working on waving with Avery for a while and at first she was either just picking up her arm, or just moving her fingers with her arm down. Now she can do both at the same time!!

Visiting Santa

Avery got to visit Santa at the mall over the Thanksgiving weekend. She wasn't too sure what to think at first, but the photographer was able to snap one of her smiling.

Avery has always liked to coo and make noises, but now she has really found her voice and is almost yelling. She's our little drama queen!

Thanksgiving

Avery's first Thanksgiving was filled with a lot of "firsts" for her. We went to Aunt Karen and Uncle David's house for Thanksgiving dinner, and Avery tried her first bite of mashed potatoes, tried to drink from a sippy cup, and got to swing on the swing set. I recently found out I have celiac disease so now I have to be careful about everything I eat. Not only can my food not contain any gluten, it also can't come into contact with any food that does. But thanks to my wonderful mom, I was able to still enjoy a yummy Thanksgiving dinner. She made special stuffing, gravy, greenbean cassarole, pumpkin roll, and I even my got my very own pecan pie!!

Relaxing with Poppa, and hanging out with Grandma Jimmie

Trying out the new shopping cart cover

This is a video of Avery's favorite thing to do. She'll do this even without food in her mouth, but she thinks it's the funniest when she gets food all over the place!