Last night I decided that Avery desperately needed a haircut. Her hair wasn’t very full or long, but it was pretty unruly and uneven. So this morning I took her to a kiddie hair salon. She has been to the
Avery’s first haircut



Last night I decided that Avery desperately needed a haircut. Her hair wasn’t very full or long, but it was pretty unruly and uneven. So this morning I took her to a kiddie hair salon. She has been to the

…and all I got were these lousy T-shirts. (Actually, these T-shirts are awesome!) My sister, Karen, recently returned from 10 days in Prague, Vienna and Tábor (Czech Republic), where our great-grandfather was born. Karen is our family’s official genealogist. So while


With two retired school teachers as her grandmas, we’re never short on people helping Avery get ready for school by practicing some school skills. One of those skills is the ABCs. Avery has been working on the ABCs a lot


Avery loves fish. In fact, “ish” was one of her first words and one of the first animals she recognized in books and other pictures (like on the Long John Silver’s sign!). So we gave her “Finding Nemo” for Christmas

All of the people in Avery’s life have been teaching her several classic children’s Sunday School songs. Here she is performing Zaccheus’ Song (minus a few words and phrases!): In case you can’t understand Avery, here are the lyrics: Zacchaeus

For a long time, Avery has been an expert at telling you the sounds animals make. She knows that cows say “moo,” monkeys say “ee-ee” and cats say “meow.” But there’s one cat in her life who doesn’t say “meow.” Aunt

We all know that Avery is 2 years old. Even Avery knows that. But just this week, she started showing two fingers without any help. She’s very proud of this milestone, as you can see below:

While watching the Colts game yesterday (well, the Texans game since the Colts forgot to show up), Avery saw a referee announce a false start and make the signal for the penalty. With no prompting from me, she immediately turned