All About Avery..

Purple pajama party!!

So what did the tooth fairy do for Avery's first tooth? I happened to have this cute note card in my stationary stash, so here's the note that was under her pillow when she woke up, along with $1.00 and a page of cute pumpkin stickers (they were put on the note later on). Thankfully she has no concept of money, so she thought she was rich with her $1.00 bill. She very proudly put it in her piggy bank. Both this note and her tooth are now safely tucked away in her baby box.

I can't believe how grown up Avery is getting! She's already named her first future child. Are you ready? "Violetta" will be my first grandchild, and it must be pronounced properly too. "Vee-a-letta", and by the way, my grandma name is going to be "Mammy." I honestly do not know where she comes up with this stuff, but it keeps me smiling. She is such a little momma at heart, and it is so sweet to see how she gently leads her flock of sisters throughout the day.

She had her last soccer game on Saturday, and although she really improved throughout the season and she tried her best, she really did not like soccer. She told me very matter-of-factly that she would like it if she never had to play soccer again. She told everyone that she was going to do dance instead of soccer now. I'm hoping she "gets" dance a little better than she did soccer! It's so funny how God works... I am absolutely thrilled at the thought of her being a little ballerina or gymnast, even if that is the furthest thing in the world from what I would naturally have chosen for her to do. I have had so much fun researching the different dance classes around town and seeing all the fun things she will learn. I can't wait to see where it is she finds her niche.

So along with dance, she has recently began caring very much about what she wears. I guess I'm lucky I've made it until she's 4.5 before she's started caring b/c I know alot of little girls care much much earlier! She has been so laid back up until now and put on anything I chose for her, but lately she has only wanted dresses, no jeans, no pants, no leggings, just dresses. So I took her to the resale store to see if we could find a few cute dresses to satisfy her, and this is the dress that caught her eye. She had to have it. I would never have chosen it myself, but she loved it, so I paid $8 for it and we took it home. She LOVED herself in it. And I must admit, I have begun to love it too, if only because it is so "her" right now. It is bright neon yellow/green with a tie around the neck and a big pink flower pin on the side. Here she is before church this morning in all her glory:

These cowboy boots on Tatum are the single greatest joy in my life whenever she wears them. She wears them with everything and it makes me so happy to see them on her cute little self. Tatum is just plain cute. There is nothing you can do about it.

Here's the girls in their bunk beds!
















Tatum is not allowed to get in Avery's bed, so sometimes Avery gets in Tatum's bed to snuggle.
















Tonight I got to witness Brian, the Tooth-master, at work. After brushing her teeth, he & Avery were looking in the bathroom mirror, just wiggling the second loose tooth around. Then he told Avery to scream & yell, and as she was enjoying hearing herself scream he yanked her second tooth out of her mouth! I thought to myself, that is genius! My man has skills! So here she is tonight with her TWO bottom teeth missing.





























The adult tooth from the one that came out last week is already peeking through her gum and my goodness, is it crooked! I guess we better start saving up for braces!

Laney is doing great too, I just don't have any pics of her to post right now. (Mom, could you send me the one of her in her Rosetta costume??) I need to get a picture of her toothy grin because it brings tears to my eyes, it is so cute. She is almost 10 months old and standing up on her own. She took one step by herself a couple days ago, so I think it won't be long until she figures out how to walk. Today when I told her "i love you," she said "i luv" very clearly. I'm not lying. I so wish I had it on video. She lights up our day and gives me more reasons to smile than I deserve.