Now That "Winter" is Done....?

If you had asked me a month ago how I felt about the lack of snow this year, I would have told you that I was a bit sad and disappointed.  First, I was really looking forward to Avery being able to play in the snow.  Second, who doesn't love an impromptu snow day in the middle of the winter months?  However, I am so excited with all the nice weather we are having!  It has been really nice to get Avery outside and she is loving it.  From the moment we get home at night until she goes to bed, she is outside.  The weekends are the same thing, except she wants to be outside as soon as she wakes up. 

We have had some visitors during this lovely weather too.  Avery has really been spoiled with all of the attention she has gotten lately.  The first weekend of March brought a visit from Auntie Ashley!  All Avery could talk about the days leading up to her visit, was how excited she was for "Auntie Asslee" to get here.  Yes, that is what she calls her. 

Then, the following weekend, my mom and dad came to visit.  Again, the weather was beautiful, so we spent a lot of time outside including a trip to the park!



Waiting for Ga and Papa to get here



Also, Normal has a great little downtown area that we walked around in on Sunday.  This is also where the video below takes place.


 

Hi Ladybug!



Unfortunately, Avery is quite strong willed and doesn't love taking pictures, or posed pictures anymore, so we didn't get any pictures with my parents....this time.

Avery has recently become very excited about trains and airplanes....do we have an engineer in our future?  ;)  Luckily for us, there is a train station in Normal that we can go and visit.  So, while my parents were here, we took a quick trip up to watch a train come in.  The point at which she yells for my dad, or Papa, just cracks me up!  Enjoy!

Then, only a few days later, Dave's parents came into town to visit.  Of course, we were outside again!

Trying to scare Ga and Papa

 

Playing Peek-A-Boo



Now, I know she appears to be all sweet and adorable.  We see it too, however, we have begun seeing the tantrums.  I am talking, run across the room, lay down on the floor, kick legs, cry and then peek to see if we are looking at her- which we are not because we are too busy laughing in the other room.  This tantrum happened the other night, outside.  She was angry because I wouldn't let her have my camera at that moment.  I sure am glad I didn't because I got to document this instead!  :)

Poor monkey, he never saw it coming.

Avery's new pets...yes, there are 2 of them.

Love from Bloomington!