Will. Catch. Up.
This was just Avy after she woke up from her nap. She insisted I hold her and fell back asleep in my arms. Then woke up and grinned when I took her picture. Funny little lady! (3/16)
Oh and this video I took because Gareth's laugh kills me dead.
Tuesday, March 17th, I woke up and thought I was going to die. I was so sick. I'm really not sure what it was still. But if felt like the flu, just not quite as severe. Josh was a gem and stayed home from work to take care of me.
After I took many, many, many naps Josh decided it was time to teach Traegan how to ride a bike with no training wheels. We went and got a picnic and then headed to the church parking lot.
Avy just got a new bike. It was a bonus Little Mermaid bike that Jason and Noelle found in their attic and gave to us. Huzzah! Free bike! She was SO EXCITED (and completely fearless) to ride her bike!
Then there was Traegan. He was TERRIFIED. He did okay, but he was freaking scared.
He wore his wrestling shirt... to make him feel brave. Yep.
He got better, but we decided we need to put the training wheels back on for a minute while he learns to petal better. He isn't very good at that so there is no point in taking away the wheels yet. We just don't really ride bikes that often. We need to!
But Avy jumped every chance she got to have a turn. And while she couldn't REACH the pedals, she was thrilled to death to try.
Oh how I love her!
(Thanks to Noelle for letting us borrow a tiny helmet last minute).
I like her. Peanut butter and jam face and all!
And that was about all the pictures I took. Mostly I laid on the blanket and tried not to die.
Wednesday I was feeling much better. Yeah! We did our normal stuff and then headed to the doctor for well child checks later that afternoon.
Best story ever?
So I walked in at the exact same time as another mom and her little one. She checked in first and then went to the waiting room where she sat on the little kid couch and got her little dude playing with some toys.
Once we got checked in and walked into the waiting room, Traegan walked right up to her and said, Hi! My name is Traegan. You can go sit by my mom and talk about mom stuff."
Facepalm. It was a little awkward for a minute. Oh well. Thanks Traegan.
Gareth was practicing his standing in the waiting room.
Avy was practicing her duck faces in the exam room. Wow.
Stats!
Avonelle 3 Year Stats:
Height: 36.3 inches - 43%
Weight: 26.5 pounds - 7% Go figure she's still tiny huh?
Gareth 9 Month Stats:
Height: 27.25 inches - 15%
Weight: 17 pounds 2 ounces - Less than 3%
Head Circumference: 44.2 centimeters - 16%
So Gareth has caught up (or down rather) to my other tiny children. He is moving SO MUCH more now and therefore not gaining weight as fast. But he is still only about 10 pounds and 10 inches smaller than Av. Ha!
And while we were in the exam room waiting for the doctor, Gareth learned a new trick. It was awesome!
Later that night we headed to Maddox for Josh's Grandma Dixie and Grandpa Kents's birthdays. We had almost the whole extended family there and it was a blast. The kids LOVED being with their cousins.
I think Avy ate nothing, but the ice cream, but that's normal for her.
It's always nice to get everyone together. We had fun!
Then on Thursday when Noelle and I picked up Traegan and Owen from Kindergarten, they started talking about the program that night.
For weeks Traegan had been starting to tell me about something they were practicing at school and then stopping abruptly because "it is a surprise". I was worried I was going to miss whatever this thing was because he wouldn't tell me about it. Well I totally would have if they hadn't let it slip a bit that afternoon.
So even though we had NO idea what was happening, we filed into the school that evening after hurrying and taking Avy to dance.
Traegan and Owen were so excited. Clearly.
Basically they did nothing. They clapped their hands in their seats a few times and then at the end of the slideshow they went up to the front and clapped. It was hilarious how confused they were. At least they were cute!
And just because he's cute and follows me wherever I go... even in the bathroom. (3/21)
And Sunday we got to watch Jason and Noelle's boys for a while while they went to visit family in the hospital and then go to Jeremy and Julie's and have a birthday party for Kylie. Fun fun. More family time with cousins. Our kids LOVE it!
And there's a few more days. :)