Outdoor Fun

Avery's mamaw and papaw got her a sandbox for her birthday....she wasn't too impressed when mommy sat her in the sand as she said "it dirty".....she seems to be adjusting to the feeling of sand between her toes.

Busy girl....

Our JD girl getting ready to take her tractor for a spin...

"You think my tractor's sexy???"

Finally the weather has warmed up enough to start getting all the outdoor toys out for the summer....

Best part of a warm afternoon....Popsicle break!

Avery got her clothes wet playing with the dogs in the water....this is what happens when you are scrawny with no meat on your bones to keep your wet pants up....she was running after her daddy and her poor pants kept slipping lower and lower :)

Birthday Preparations

Avery had a great birthday week.....she loved all the mail and packages that she got in the mail.

A special package from Charlotte, NC. She was a tad bit excited to open Aunt Ashley & Uncle Pete's present.

Pretty happy to get a new baby doll and cute little bassinet. Thanks Aunt Ashley and Uncle Pete! We missed you this year but was happy to get to skype with you!!!

She is quite the little mommy in the making :)

Helping mommy in the kitchen.....little miss did a great job helping make treats for her big birthday party!

Happy Birthday Baby!

Our big birthday girl!!!!

Avery got a kick out of everyone singing to her....

And then she REALLY wanted to drive the tractors on the cake afterwards. :)

Kale was telling her how to do it.....she appears to be taking his advice very seriously!

Intense present opener.

Peanut got her first real "pretty" from mommy & daddy. She has started loving to play in mommy's jewelry so it was time she started to get some bling of her own!

She was just told she had "ONE more present left to come open".....

and she spots it!!!!

Our little John Deere girl got her first ride on tractor. She is in 7th heaven :) Thanks to everyone who helped us celebrate Avery's 2nd birthday. It has been an amazing 2yrs and we couldn't love life more with this beautiful little girl if we tried. Happy Birthday Baby Girl!!!!

Let the Birthday Week Begin!!!!

Avery's birthday week began today with a trip to the Indianapolis Zoo. She just spotted the first animal exhibit.....

The seal is always a hit!

Petting the sharks was lots of fun too....

Such a good daddy.....she is the apples of his eye as he is hers :)

"Bye fishie!"

Avery got a kick out of the penguins....they are such active little things that she thought they were quite funny watching them eat then dive into the water.

The Polar Bear....quite possibly the meanest, deadliest animal on the planet.....

and she loved him!

Avery's 2010 favorite at the zoo....

Yeah, not this year! She was terrified of the walrus. She cried and for the next 20 minutes all we heard was "I scarwed".

A great Mother's Day had by mommy and her very special daughter :)

The Meerkat-

another of Avery's favorite of the day. She was all about waving at them and they seemed intrigued by her as well.

NOT her mother's daughter here!!!

We got to see an elephant getting a bath! She was so cute the way she laid down so the keepers could scrub her down.

She thought this was pretty cool!

Little butt got to pet the gentle giant.....just made her day since her animal of choice for the past couple of months has been elephants.

This child LOVES, LOVES, LOVES a carousel ride!

She hoots, hollers, giggles and squeals the entire time the ride is in motion.

The giraffe's are so neat and you can get so close to them!

We got to see a baby too :)

Where can we get one??

Another baby....a baby baboon!

"ooooohhhhhooooohhhhh ahhhhhhahhhhhh"

Two peas in a pod :)

Daddy's girls :)

And she just figured out the ride moved! Apparently we could have saved ourselves a drive and just went to opening day at Indiana Beach. This child loves anything that moves and a double bonus-this was a train!

She was into the dolphin show this year....she focused a lot more and really wanted to swim with them too. I am sure her Aunt Ashley would gladly share in that experience with Avery some day!

The Grizzly Bear....Avery's other favorite of the day. "All done!" Heading to the gift store where she got to pick out a stuffed animal of her choice from the day.....she chose a Polar Bear. What will the next trip to the zoo bring for us?!?!?! Enjoy the start to your birthday week baby girl. Mommy and Daddy love you oh so much!