More new skills...

Not sure if I have mentioned this or not but Dad taught Avery how to knock and she loves doing that on doors, books, any hard surface. It is so cute how she will knock and then look up at you with a big smile! Yesterday she mastered the art of turning on and off light switches! She has been trying for so long she lets out a squeal each time she does it. She also managed to push the "giggle button" on one of her favorite books. It is a button on the last page of the book that you can press through a hole in each of the pages that makes a giggling sound that she loves. Luckily for us, she gets bored with that somewhat easily.

shoes and more!

Avery loves her new bib and shoes! Thanks Grandma and Grandpa Rounds! We even think we heard her trying to say shoes the other day. She also found a way to get her foot in one of mom's shoes and loves to walk around with it!

Crazy hair!

Kenya is making our hair do some weird things! Mom's hair is getting poofy and wavey. Avery's hair is getting longer and can be crazy at times, especially after naps like this picture shows. You can see a bit of a "Trump" like wave going on. :)

Dancing with Daddy!

Daddy taught Avery to dance! As you hold Avery simply hold out your hand and say "hand" she will put her hand in yours and as soon as you start to dance around she laughs!

Just because she is the cutest thing EVER...

Yea for Rain!

Kenya is having a bit of a drought so when we had rain the other day it was a very welcome treat! Avery enjoyed looking at the rain from our balcony and even tried to climb out into it!

All by myself!

Avery has become a pro at getting on and off her little truck, though sometimes she doesn't get the whole facing forward thing.

She is getting so big!

We went to a local pediatrician here for Avery's well-baby visit and are proud to announce that she is 17 pounds and 8 ounces! That was more than I was expecting, though it still keeps her right below the 5%. After we got home I realized the doctor didn't measure her height so I tried to and came up with 29 1/2 inches. Not sure how accurate that is but it goes along her growth curve so I am guessing it is close enough! :)

A few days ago we went to a great "home" store and got some adorable bedding for Avery, thanks Grandma and Grandpa Rounds! While in the store I was looking around at all the cute stuff while Avery and Taylor hung out in the kids section. He was showing her a stuffed dog and she said "ruf ruf"! Yesterday she was playing peek-a-boo using a door and every time she would come out from behind the door she would say "peeh"! So cute!

She also has advanced to the stage of being a climber! Avery was playing in the living room area we have for her blocked off with some of our footlockers. Taylor was busy working on his computer and I was in her room. Taylor turned around to check on her the same time I was walking back into the room and she was standing on top of the footlocker! We are working on other ideas to keep a Avery safe zone in our house without having a tall stack of footlockers.

Karen Vineyard Church

Today we visited the Karen Vineyard Church. Karen is the part of town named after Karen Blixen, the "Out of Africa" lady. It was great to be in an expat church for a Sunday and we really enjoyed the ability to put Avery in the nursery and be able to worship together, at least for 30 or so minutes until we could hear her cries from across the courtyard! :) She handled it all really well and took a great 3 hour nap when we got home! I love that she had her name on masking tape on her back, it was such a nice touch from "home" I made Taylor take a picture of it, glad he puts up with me! Avery's face in the other picture is getting to be more common.
On another note...Avery is getting so busy these days that it is rare to be able to get a shot of her face. If we do get a picture with her looking at the camera she starts to laugh or squeal and we end up with a very cute picture like the one on this post.

African "robeez"

These are great indoor shoes! They are a lot wider than her other soft soled shoes but have the length we will be needing any day now as her feet keep growing! I was so glad to stumble across these at a fancy schmancy mall near by...and on sale no less! :)