Happy Birthday to our sweet Avery, our little ballerina! Today is your special day! We are so blessed to celebrate 3 fun-filled years of watching you grow and blossom! We love you, angel and look forward to celebrating many, many more birthdays with you!
You are full of smiles all the time! This picture shows how truly happy you really are!
Your birthday lunch after church... When we asked you where you'd like to eat, you said "hamburger." So we went to Fudrucker's- not a regular place for us to eat but we thought we'd try something different than our usual places. When time to order though, you decided on grilled cheese and fruit.
Your huge birthday cookie, Marilyn Monroe style!
Our pretty 3 year old, growing so tall!
After lunch we took you to Toys R Us to pick our your birthday present!
You picked out Barbie and her horse!
Mommy and Ashlyn with the birthday girl!
All about Avery:
1. The first feature you notice when you see Avery is her huge, sparkling grin! Most of the time she is all smiles from ear to ear, when she is happy and even when she is being mischievous! The only difference is her head is a bit cocked which is a dead giveaway when she has been up to something.
2. She LOVES her big sister, Ashlyn (pronounced by Avery as "Ashwyn"). She immediately looks for Ashlyn the minute she gets out of bed.
3. Avery loves music and loves to sing. She often requests whatever song she is in the mood for while driving in the car... most recently is the vacation bible school CD and Taylor Swift. Many of Avery's favorites are a reflection of what Ashlyn likes as Avery really looks up to her big sis, ie: Taylor Swift!
3. Avery loves dolls, stuffed animals, blankets/loveys. She sleeps with no less than 5 stuffed animals or dolls and at least 3 blankets. She must choose the blankets as well as which order they are laid down to cover her up.
4. Avery loves clothes and shoes. She is quite particular about what outfit she wears and prefers to pick it from her closet herself, panties and shoes also. She may not always match or even be dressed for the current season, but she is proud to have dressed independently. She also usually makes sure to have a bow for her hair.
5. She is quite independent, or so she thinks. "I want to do it myself" is one if her favorite and most used phrases.
6. Avery doesn't walk- she runs and bounces everywhere. She's a ball of energy.
7. She is still a cuddle bug. She loves to sit and cuddle in my lap, loves hugs and kisses and likes to be held a lot. I love it too!
8. Favorite show: Little Bear, although is usually content with watching spurts of whatever Ashlyn is watching
9. She loves pink and purple. Loves all things girls, including princesses and ballet.
10. One of her nicknames is stinker... she is quite mischievous and is not concerned with the consequences. Going hand in hand with that, she is headstrong. She does what she wants, when she wants. She is quite familiar with "time out" at home and at school. She usually shrugs this off.
11. She can be a bit shy or reserved at first meeting or in large groups. But with people she is comfortable with she is very engaging and playful.
12. She loves to help in the kitchen, cook, clean the dishes, empty the dishwasher
13. She is messy! She leaves a trail of activities everywhere she has played and it doesn't really cross her mind to put her things away. She must get that from her dad!
