Avery vs. The Leaves

Our day increased with activities....so I thought I would share some more. We decided to go outside after snack time and play in the leaves with Avery. She helped dad rake them up and then decided to play in them. She also enjoyed throwing nature at Rio.....acorns. She also thought they were for her to eat. We advised her that she isn't a squirrel. Dad and I also threw acorns to see if we could get them to hit the road. Dad accomplished this......so Avery of course had to do it also. She decided to walk AAAALLLLL the way down the hill next to the road and then throw it. Once she got down there, she decided they should go on a walk. She then proceeded to come back inside where it was warm and put her coat and hat back on because she took them off outside. That makes sense, right??? It does to a 20 month old....Happy 20 month Birthday Avery!!! She celebrated by climbing on the back of the couch and loving on Rio. Sometimes she thinks she is a dog/cat.

Packing and Moving

Today we went and moved most of our stuff out of our office. Avery helped and this made her very tired. She came home and took a nap. When she woke up, she finished watching the Kentucky game with dad and ate some pizza. Kentucky won their first game of the regular season!! Patterson must have been slowed down before by the 'fro. Here are some pics of her hanging out with dad. Not a very exciting day at the Parker household.

Halloween 2008

This is to go back and tell about Avery's halloween this year. We started the festivities by going to our church for the annual Pumpkin Patch. She had a good time, but wasn't totally awake. She got to go down the bouncy slide, which ironically was not that bouncy unless you made yourself bounce down it. She also got to ride a pony....she only went around halfway. She really just wanted to pet it.
On the day of halloween, we went to her party at school that afternoon. She got to dress up with all of her friends and have LOTS of sugar and treats. She found out she really likes Totinos Pizza Rolls! They played with each other and had a good time. We then changed her out of her costume and went out to Mimi and Papaw's to trick or treat. It was pretty cold, but we changed her back into her bee costume after dinner and headed out to get some candy. Last year was good because she was small enough to be held or ride in the stroller. This year, she wanted to walk to each house. This took a while so we only made it to about 4 houses. She wasn't really sure what it was about anyway. She would walk up and stick out her Hello Kitty basket and look at them. We went back and changed her back into her clothes and she handed out candy to the other girls and boys. She LOVED this!!! We eventually had to just go sit on the porch because she didn't want the kids to go away and got upset when we closed the door. She was not so sure about the scary ones, but she liked putting the candy in everyone's bag.

Getting Ready for Thanksgiving

Today is the Friday before Thanksgiving and we are preparing to go to Smyrna, TN to spend most of the week with the rest of the Parkers. We will head up Tuesday afternoon and come back sometime Sunday. We are really excited because Joann and Grandma will be coming in from Kentucky and we haven't seen them in quite a while. We are also looking forward to it because it will be a nice long visit and not a quick in and out.

We are both going to be starting new jobs the Monday after we get back. Drew has taken a position to run Hixson Family Chiropractic and will be starting training for about two weeks. I will be going to work at Mia & Maxx Hair Studio as a hairstylist (finally!!) and will go in to observe and help out until my TN license comes in. We are really looking forward to all of the changes coming up and can't wait to get started.

Avery is now 20 months old (atleast will be tomorrow). She is trying SO hard to talk. She understands alot and communicates with us very well, but still can't get all the words she wants out. She is starting to learn Spanish now at Tree of Knowledge. She is now a butterfly and will be in that class until she turns 2. She is learning more sign language also. She knows thank you, please, eat, more, go, hungry and sorry. She loves to give Rio treats and have him sit....and also tell him no when he is not doing what he should. She had her Christmas pictures made last weekend and will have some more Santa pics made Dec. 4 at school. We will see how they turn out. She actually liked him this year. She told him hi and gave him a hug!