Avery loves the purse Aunt Karyn gave her for her birthday. Here she is wearing it as a hat - her new favorite use for it! :) SO cute! She also loves her "Big Girl" chair. Every day she sits in it about 50 times.

The best concert EVER!

15 years ago they walked away - and I am SO happy they decided to come back! Sarah, my sister-in-law, and I went to the NKOTB (New Kids On The Block) concert in Tampa Nov 2nd and had a BLAST! Even Baby Hall was dancing the whole time! :) Out of all the concerts I have been to, this one has been the best. If I wasn't 28-29 weeks prego, I would have danced and sang the ENTIRE concert! Ahhh - I can't stop talking about it! Anyway, since Avery couldn't come with us, Sarah bought her a souvenir. 2nd generation "Block Head" in the making. :)

28 weeks prego

Yesterday I had my 28 week appt. All is well with the baby and I which we are glad to report. I had to take the glucose test and passed just fine. Above is one of the ultrasound pictures taken. One side is her profile in 2D and the other is her in 3/4D. Though she was being pretty cooperative, the umbilical cord was in the way most of the time. This caused us not to get a very good 3/4D picture. Luckily, I was being a guinea pig as my Dr just got this new machine. So, I am sure I will be getting others done in the future. He actually wanted me to come into the office last Saturday when he got it, but I was in Tampa at the Neil Diamond concert with my mom. :) As I made my appt for the Wed before Thanksgiving, I realized how close we are to meeting our little one. I will start going every 2 weeks and then it's every week. Wow, I guess we should be finding that perfect name sooner than later! ;)

Well, as most of you know, it was Halloween yesterday as well. Since I ended up being at the Dr's office for about 5 hours (my appt and then I went back about an hour after so the Dr could play around with the 4D), we weren't going to get back in time to "Trick or Treat." She did wear her pumpkin costume to the Dr office though! To be honest, I really wasn't worried about "Trick or Treating" since Avery, being almost 13 months, doesn't really need the chocolate (though Mommy and Daddy wouldn't have minded it!) and she seemed too interested in her little sister anyway. She loves to watch the screen during the ultrasounds. Anyway, a few weeks ago Avery had her 1 year photo session and we got a few done with her costume on. Once I get them, I will post them so you can see. We hope everyone had a Happy Halloween!

Please be sure to take our Name poll while you are here. It will be up until Nov 9th. Thank you!!

Random pictures from this month

First time trying to feed herself rice cereal - I think we will wait to try this again!


We found out Avery loves horses when my friend, Mike, and I went on a pumpkin patch search!


"Look at all those pumpkins!"


Avery sat down for all of 2 seconds to get this picture.


This was one of my favorite pictures Mike took on our little adventure.


"Which one should Uncle Mike get?"


Avery LOVES sports! Here she is watching the Rays beat the Red Sox!


This is her "new" smile - she loves to show off her teeth now!


She kept asking for a lemon at a restaurant, so I gave it to her. This is the face she made, but kept sucking it! Daddy loves to eat lemons, so she must be taking after him. :)

Avery looks SO big in this picture! She has mastered sucking out of a straw. In this picture, she is fully enjoying her favorite thing, Daddy's homemade smoothies with fruit, yogart, and peanut butter! Below is a short video of Avery's new favorite game - kicking a balloon like a soccer ball. I think she wants to grow up to be like her Aunt Karyn - a professional soccer player! Her laugh is too die for as well.

Avery's 1st Birthday!

Wow, I can't believe Avery is 1 already! It's so hard to imagine!! Anyway, her birthday party went well. Friends and family came over and we had a wonderful time. Thank you for those that came! It was really nice as Brian's sister, Karyn, and her son Stephen also came in from Seattle as a surprise on Avery's birthday. It was a great week getting to see them and see how Stephen has grown since we saw him in May. Avery did wonderful with him, which makes me feel much more at ease for when she gets to see her little sister in January. Which, BTW, we have NOT found a name yet. LOL, it is MUCH harder this time around. I swear we have gone through atleast 50 names and just can't find the perfect one. So, we will keep you posted.
Here are some pictures from Avery's birthday. One of these days, I will get some pictures of Avery eating her cupcake from Brian's mom as I was busy dealing with her and Brian was video taping. Enjoy!

Brian and I when we were 1 yr old!

Avery's new "baby leash" - the camera! ;)

Avery helping Daddy put together her new 3-in-1 bike
"Weeee - thanks Daddy for putting this together!"

"Yes, can I help you?"

Avery's new Disney Princess "Big girl chair"

"I love my cousin Stephen" w/ Aunt Karyn and Aunt Sarah

"Stephen, at my party you have to wear a hat."

"I'll help you stand just like me!"