And she is really off....

Avery Walking! from Taylor Martyn on Vimeo.
side note- check out the rug she walks on, it is a recent purchase to make home feel more like our home!

First New Year's Eve "Party"

Not so much a party as a bath and silly giggle time before bed. The pic of Avery acting silly shows off her top two front teeth. She also started to really walk today! Just in time for a new year! The video is almost done uploading and should be up soon for you to enjoy!

Here is a better view of her new toy...

Here are some better pics of her new walker/ride on toy. It even has a storage compartment for "all your neat little toys". The box describes the toy as "Lovely, Funny and Easily" and it has "four wheels drive". Ahhh, I love wording on items over here. Sadly that is how we will be with Arabic for a long while. Our Avery is such a smartie that she quickly learned how to back up and do three point turns to get out of situations when she walks into walls, piles of toys or anything else that might be blocking her way!

Merry Christmas to all and to all....

...I guess it is still day time for most of you but you get the gist. Here is a better family photo from Avery's first Christmas! Hope you all had a peace-filled day reflecting upon our Savior's birth. We are so very grateful for our loving families who gave us amazing spiritual heritage. Merry Christmas!

New skills..

Avery actually kept her 1st Christmas bib on while eating today! She loves sitting on Dad's shoulders and rubbing his head. She just today started making the bbblllbbblllbbb sound and using her fingers to move her lips to make the sound even more funny.

Avery's Christmas Present!

Looking at the pics I was sad to see that none really show off her toy very well but I don't think anyone will mind that the shots are mainly focused on Avery :) Here is her new toy walker/rider that she loves! I will try and get a wider shot that shows off her new toy more.

Her Christmas finest!

Avery put on her finest Christmas outfit to celebrate to birthday of our King! If you look close at the closer shot you can see that Avery got her wish of her two front teeth (or at least the tips) for Christmas

Avery's first Christmas morning!

Avery was very generous in her gift to us this Christmas. She slept in until after 7 am! Here is just a quick glimpse into some family time on her first Christmas!

Well, we tried...

Who can blame her for being scared of a person in costume, I sure can't! At least she got a cool toy to distract her afterwards.

No autographs please...