spring-time fun...and lots of pictures :)

avery and i went to the store yesterday to get zane a card and some flowers for finishing his presentation to the dept. of education at work...avery picked out the most colorful flowers and was having a hard time not ripping them apart while we were strolling through the store. zane got home from work, read the card, saw how beautiful the flowers were that avery hand-picked and then we let her go to town!

luckily, none of the petals really got in her mouth, and she had a blast destroying zane's present :)

avery with her newest and best friends ever. they'll always be there for her...

i think we'll have to start stocking the changing station with toys and goodies for her to play with...trying to put on a new diaper when her feet are all over the place--as close to her mouth as she can get them--is a challenge.

and then...today we got outside for some MUCH needed fresh air and warmth in belmont :) my parent's are still down in myrtle beach, but i had some things that we forgot to pack up when we left in a hurry last saturday. anyway, avery got her first real feel for grass. she was frustrated that she couldn't pull the new "toy" closer to her, so we didn't spend too much time off the blanket.

we got to see meghan before we hit the road, and since avery is usually in tears when someone else comes into her space and doesn't look like mom or dad, we tried a new trick. meghan slowly got avery used to her being there and once she seemed comfortable, we put avery on her lap facing out, thinking she might not realize who was holding her if she was looking at me. it worked for a while and we got a picture of them together with no tears! (she looks mad in the picture, but was actually really enjoying herself!)

hopefully everyone around here got to enjoy the nice-ness outside and anyone who's far away got nice-ness of any kind :)

ps, can anyone tell me why sometimes you can click on a picture to make it bigger, and sometimes you cant?? i do nothing different when i post them!?