Nammy Comes!

Doug's mom Nancy was able to pay us a much anticipated visit last week. We had a great time kicking back by the pool, visiting the Goodyear splash pad, feeding the ducks at Estrella Mtn, shopping, and just spending time together. Averi loves her Nammy and has even mastered saying "hi, Nammy" to her. Its so cute. :)
This is Averi teaching Nammy how to put on lip gloss:

"see watch, you do it like this"

These are my kids. Okay maybe only one of them is mine but the other two are cute too :)

The ducks were VERY friendly if not too much so. You could feed them out of your hand and practically pet them. They were adorable but maybe a little too agressive when it came to getting that yummy bread. It wasnt until after taking this picture when I realized that the duck was totally pinching Averi's hand. They did it to me too and it doesnt really hurt but I am still surprised that Averi didn't cry. Zooming in on the picture proves how much skin it really got. That little bugger!

And here is the same duck yet again harassing poor little Averi. haha. No wonder she didn't really want to feed it. Smart girl.

I didnt bring Averi's swim suit or anything so I just took her shorts off at the splash pad. Here she is getting used to the idea.

Getting a little drink...

Now she is actually enjoying it and splashing around a little :)

EASTER

The day before Easter I took Averi to an Easter egg (candy, actually) hunt and festivities at the Peoria Sports Complex. She was pretty intimidated by the amount of kids attending and was petrified of the Easter bunny but she did have a little bit of fun :) This is her getting her Easter bucket down to eat the candy from it.

Good morning Easter Sunday!

Sunday night we went to Estrella Mtn Ranch where there is a beautiful lake and winding sidewalk. We fed the ducks (straight from our hands!) and took a stroll along the lake. It was gorgeous and completely relaxing.

TRI

Our friends managed to talk Doug into doing a sprint Triathalon with them in Litchfield Park over the weekend. He won first place! Okay maybe not but he did finish without dying which definately deserves props! He even admits he had fun doing it and I had fun cheering him on and watching the kiddos.

We were trying to teach Averi to say "I love you" the other day and for some reason it always comes out as "I know". Haha. I guess I will take that.

On Saturday we went to a petting zoo that was INSIDE a mall. There were goats, piglets, bunnies, chickens, and even a donkey and a sheep. Averi was in Heaven! She really could have stayed in there all day :) Then we went on to see the Easter Bunny and that she was NOT so thrilled about. I figured she would be nervous but she was truly terrified! Looking at the bunny though, I cant say I blame her. He was cute but just the whole concept of a human-like giant rabbit is a little freaky.

See the look of terror on her face? She was not about to go near him.

Indians, Pies, and one naughty girl

Last week we went to a Indians spring training game at the ballpark by our house. It was a little colder than anticipated so we didn't stay for the whole game but we had a fun.

Averi is unfortunately going through a "difficult" phase where she enjoys throwing tantrums over nothing (from what I can tell, anyways) and is just overall a lot less easy to please. I sometimes find myself thinking "what happened to my easy laid-back baby girl?" Many times she will fight me about getting into her car-seat and I will have to force down her little hips while she is screaming just to get the buckle on. Here she is in the car all happy because she thinks I am not going to make her get in her seat. :)

I just thought she looked cute here because she looked like she was posing while eating her lunch.

We had a ward party on Saturday night. Doug participated in two competitions, both of which involved dessert food. Here a pic of hime trying to blow a bubble out of gum hidden in a pile of whipped cream. He also did the dessert eating contest and almost threw up. :)

A beautiful rainbow after a rainy weekend.

Tiny Gymnast

We were getting Averi ready for bed last night when Averi all of a sudden started doing somersaults all on her own. She has also been extremely flexible since birth so we are convinced that she is going to be a gymnast. She will now do them on command and thinks she is pretty awesome!

Utah trip!

We got the opportunity to go see Doug's family in Utah for a few days and get a big family portrait taken. We had such a fun time seeing everyone and catching up. Unfortunately Averi caught the bug I had just gotten over and she threw up all over the plane. Luckily it was right when we landed so it could have been much worse! It was only a 24 hour bug so she got over it quickly but then passed it on to Doug so he was sick Saturday night/Sunday. Makes me realize how much we take our health for granted. The pics turned out really cute I think. We are such a good looking family! :)

Averi still wasn't feeling 100% from being sick and hadn't gotten her nap yet so she was bawling throughout the whole secound round of pics. She is never very cooperative with pictures though so i went in with mediocre expectations :) What cute cousins Averi has!

We still cant find the camera but I got a few shots on my phone...

Some of us girls wen to a couple stores on Monday. Here is Averi sitting on a chair at the Quilted Bear... turns out it is a pretty cool store!

Averi warmed up to Josh pretty quick and fell right asleep in his lap during a basketball game. so cute.

I was able to go down to Provo to see my neices Kylie and Brooke. It was so fun to see them and catch up on things. We had a blast at the mall just being girls. Then I went out to lunch with my good friend Mikell which was fun, as always.

I was SOOO glad to be back to warmer weather so I took Aves to the pool in her adorable new suit. I just wanted to keep hugging and kissing her because she just looked so darn cute! :)

Catch Up

Our camera came up missing a few weeks ago so that is my excuse for not making any new posts. But we do have a few pics from Doug's phone. This is what we have been up to...

We went to Averi's friend Braxton's birthday party. He had a bounce house which Averi loved despite being overdue for her nap. She held her own preetty well for being one of the smallest ones there.

Ran a 10K with Whitney.

Went to the street fair and took Averi on the jumbo slide and tea cup. We got a few smiles out of her on the tea cup ride but she was stone-faced the whole ride on the slide. :)

Took Averi to the pool for the first time this season. She had fun despite the cold water.

Went to the U of U vs. ASU Rugby game and met up with Doug's long time friend Blake who is the head coach for Utah.

Take note of Averi's hair in this video :)