Hopping Down the Bunny Trail!

To kick off our two week celebration we had dinner with Dave's parents to celebrate his dad's retirement.  Avery was just interested in grabbing their faces!

Having such a large family sure has it bonuses...like celebrating Easter two weekends in a row!  The weekend of Palm Sunday, we spent the afternoon with Grandma Johnson since we would not see her at Easter.  Avery even got to wear her new skirt!

I wish I knew what Avery's expression meant!

Laughing with Auntie Robyn

Lucas, Avery and GiGi

Grandpa and Avery both took a nap!

I didn't have to work on Good Friday, so Avery and I went home on Thursday night for the weekend.  Grandma and Grandpa and her aunts sure were excited to spend some time with Avery!

How exactly will I get this in my mouth?

Lucas was more interested in dying his fingers!

"The Look"

Easter morning was more like a second Christmas!  Avery got three Easter baskets, and not one was from the Easter Bunny!  She got one from Grandma and Grandpa, Auntie Ashley and Auntie Robyn!  Lucas got to hunt for eggs in the backyard and then would continue to dump the basket out!

This year we spent Easter with the Carrion side.  Debbie and Dan cook an amazing dinner including ham, lamb stew, and plenty of delicious sides!  Everyone is there, so Avery got to see a lot of her relatives that she doesn't often see.

Snooches from Auntie Ashley!

Such a happy baby!

And they're off!  The annual Easter egg hunt!

Finding eggs with Daddy

My godmother and I

The Carrion, Glacinski and Antfellners.

I love that their expressions are very similar!

Finally, we headed out for our long drive home!  Avery was sound asleep before we were even 10 minutes away!

By the time we arrived back home, she was ready to eat and party in her brand new Easter bib and bunny ears!  Hope everyone had a lovely Easter!

It's a Sunshine Day!

Avery turned 8 months old on April 5!  Here are a few pictures of our growing baby! I am including many pictures from our little "photo session" because it was becoming a bit more difficult to get her to sit still!  She also seems to want to play a bit more with her Buckeye bear!  

I love this face!  She looks like she is questioning
why he is on her chair!

After our picture time, we went and spend the afternoon with Grandma and Grandpa Glacinski!  They sure were excited to see Miss Avery!

Being silly with Grandpa!

Kisses from Grandma

Baby Hat!

I think it is safe to say, spring has arrived!  We took full advantage of the beautiful weather this weekend and spent some time outside.  We visited a garage sale (not a very good one, but we are excited for the garage sale season to begin) and got some paint so we could start redoing our bedroom.  We also took Avery to the park for the first time since she was only a couple days old- Look how little she was!

Thankfully, she was far more alert this time around and seemed to enjoy her time playing.  Our first stop was the swing, which we were not too sure how she was going to react.  I think she liked it!  

And then she was done...

Next we were off to the slide.  Of course, Daddy went down with her!

Daddy's Little Girl for sure!

After about 30 minutes, we made on last stop at the swings and headed home.  

Another exciting event that took place this weekend was we gave Avery her first taste of the little Puff snacks.  We were eager and anxious to try these since they were made with rice flour and that was the one allergen that was not tested for.  Everything went perfectly!  Not a single reaction, but we did have the Benedryl and Epi pen ready to go!

We chose banana flavored hoping this would help with the unfamiliar new texture and task at hand.  We thought Avery would be a pro at this since everything goes in her mouth these days, but not the puffs.  Thankfully, we were eager to lend a helping hand! 

First taste:

Second time around...much happier!

After eating a little bit of peas, carrots and banana, I was excited to get this picture because you can see her two little teeth.  Hopefully the other ones are coming soon.

With such a busy day behind her, she literally feel asleep in her highchair.  Just a quick little catnap and then she was up and ready to play again!  Very typical Avery!  

We have taken some really cute pictures and one adorable video (at least we think so) of Avery so I thought since she was napping, I would take advantage of this and post for all to see.

At some point in the last week, we gave Avery an old diaper box and our new computer box.  Now, I am sure all parents will agree, but these are her new favorite toys!

We also took full advantage of the really nice weather yesterday and played outside for a bit.

Have a great week!