I think Cleo is very thankful for a nice day inside, since her water bowl is completely frozen solid. Are you kidding me? This is Texas? I am not cut out for 23 degrees at 11am. 
Thank goodness Heidi the Highlander can stay firmly parked in the driveway today. While I love my job as a nurse, it is VERY scary when I work on days like these. I am expected to be there no matter what. I said many prayers for the ladies that drove in this morning, hopefully everyone made it there safely and night shift got home okay, too.
We are enjoying a cozy warm day inside. I hope you are all doing the same. Even water babies and church are canceled!
#1-His smiles
#2 That baby boy has no bottom so his pants all scoot up to his arm pits. It is too cute and always makes me smile and think of my Papa.
#3 His curiosity. Even just sitting in a chair provides so many new things to look at and learn about....like socks!
#4 The wiggle worm syndrome. Avery wiggles and squirms all the time. It is so funny to watch him worm his way to the next thing to explore.
#5 How Avery eats his "bites." It is too funny to watch the 
Mission organization reared it's ugly head at our house Sunday. I LOVE to organize. 
Since the prince may have had to bring a water hose into the house in College Station to put out a fire I started one time.... I thought this made since. So, I moved all the chemicals that used to be here on the bottom shelf to the top and put all the top shelf linens and paper products down low. 
Does that gut say undersized to you? Let me tell you squeezing those chubby little legs into the super tight reusable swim diapers for 2 layers was interesting. I don't envy girl moms squeezing chubby legs for tights on Sunday mornings.
The teacher for our class was Miss Jean and you can see he thought she was great. We really liked swimming in our boats, too. This little girl, Gabby, was the class stand out. She had water babies last fall and can already swim 10 feet underwater!
Avery thought it was so cool when we did all our stations especially the one on the step where he got to play with the rings.
We also got to swim around to catch all the balls... huge fun.
Most importantly, Avery got to splash and splash!
I spent half of the class trying to hear above his squeals and look around the splashes to see what else the class was doing. 
To end the class he got to float on the square float and wave (another of our new tricks) to all our new friends. We had so much fun and were sooo tired when it was over. He actually slept through lunch at Chick Fil-A in his carrier, he hasn't slept at a lunch in his carrier in months. If you have water babies in your neck of the woods... GO!
We definitely need a wall of mirrors for the kid, he is his own best friend. We needed very little entertainment at the doctor's office Tuesday even though we had to wake up early to go. The little prince is still on the little size when it comes to weight, only the 5%, I think his gut lapped over his diaper begs to differ. At 16lb. 15 ounces he is quite the little bruiser. He was in 45% for his height, so he does have that to brag about!
I was very proud when asked at the doctor's office to say YES! When asked if Avery can pull up. This last weekend he decided pulling up and really crawling far were worth the effort. I love watching him pull up to things because he grunts and groans like he is lifting 500lb. I am thinking we may finally have to bite the bullet and invest in a video camera. I also love how he starts with his feet so far out and slowly works them closer to whatever he is playing on. 
And because Avery is now the super Army crawler I am getting a lot more of this little sass-a-frass smile, and a lot of man cleave since his belly pulls his shirt down. When he heads towards the things he shouldn't I call his name, he turns his head very slowly... flashes this smile.. and takes off as fast as his little self can go... can you believe it?? 
We are going to have to talk to Avery about gentlemanly behavior especially in your jammies, he got a little frisky with his pal Maggie. 
Luckily Daddy was near to remind him to be sweet and keep his hands to himself.
Sarah was a great hostess, and I will always love her because she drinks as much DDP as I do and no water! My kind of girl. 
Brooke was a ton of fun, and kept us entertained all year. I am guessing I am in trouble for these pictures since I waited to bust out the camera until about 11:55 when we were all pretty deliriously tired. John, Michael and Matt weren't willing to pose, are you surprised??
I could tell that I was one year older when these little darlings rolled us out of bed at usual time and I was sucking wind from staying up chatting until 2:30. But they are worth it and so was the fun with our friends. I love this picture because I think it is so telling of Avery's love for Katie and David, he is perfectly content to sit and watch them play and they are always sweet to let him watch and throw him a bone of attention when he needs it. 
