I think she was watching Sesame Street before lunch.

Excuse her hair in that second picture. I hadn't fixed it yet. I made some toast earlier in the morning and left the butter dish out. That was a solid stick of butter. I heard a pounding noise coming from the kitchen and found Avery mutilating the butter.

David's hurting pretty good because of that virus. Poor guy. I'm so thankful Avery didn't have it as bad as he does. Hopefully it'll go away soon.

Alpine Loop

David and I got up on Monday and decided to take a mini road trip. We went on the Alpine Loop which starts out in Highland. You go through the American Fork Canyon and end up over by Provo. I think it's just a 20 mile loop.

During the drive David gets achey and tired. I had to drive home. When we got home he and Avery napped for a long time. He had a fever Monday night but when he got up for work on Tuesday he said he felt better. When he got home yesterday he told me he was still kind of achey and that his throat had been killing him. We went to the chiropractor and out to dinner and after, I told him to let me see his throat. Barf. It was covered in spots. So he went to the walk in clinic.  He said the doctor was like "yes, it definitely looks like you have strep" and did a swab but it came back clear. The doctor noticed some spots that kind of looked like zits that David had just been telling me were weird because they weren't zits. The doctor said it was probably some virus. Threw a prescription at him, told him it would probably clear up and sent him on his way. David came home mad. I told him to go back up there and ask to see another doctor. David also didn't tell the guy that he had these blister looking things on his hands.

So David goes back up there and in the mean time, I'm remembering that Avery had this rash around her mouth last week. She ran a fever on Wednesday and was pretty miserable that afternoon/evening and then Thursday I think it was, this red rash popped up around her mouth. I had pointed out to David that it wasn't the normal rash she gets sometimes. It was really red and almost looked like sores. At one point I thought she had a sore on her tongue but I couldn't tell. She also had a few blistery looking things on her hands...maybe it was only one hand, I can't remember. I had thought maybe she had hand foot and mouth disease but she never got anything on her feet. She did have sores on her butt that looked like what was on her mouth but I thought it was from something she had eaten that was irritating as it came out.

While David was at the doctor I started googling images of hand foot and mouth disease and it looks just like what Avery had around her mouth. When I read on it, the said it can cause sores on the butt too. David came home with no new info. I showed him the pictures and everything he has, looks like the pictures. Avery's is all cleared up. So I'm about 99% positive that she had it and gave it to him.

Lovely.

Our Camping Tale

First off, as usual, before we even left we were having issues. I mentioned the wheel bearing problem. David got that fixed and then before we left he noticed that we had a bad tire. Avery was not being herself. We decided to pick up a tire on the way at Wal Mart. The Wal Mart near our house has a parking lot that is like a parking garage and we didn't want to park there so we figured we'd make it to Brigham City, to their Wal Mart. On the way, David decided we should try Harbor Freight in Ogden to see if they sell trailer tires and they do so we decided it'd be better to stop off there.

Two miles from the exit we hear this "psssst" sound but it sounded kind of like a plastic bag. So, I was looking in the bed of the truck to see if a bag was loose. At that time someone drove by and pointed out our tire was blown. So, we pull over and David unhooks the trailer and stays with it and Avery and I rush to Harbor Freight. Oh, and Avery had been fussing pretty much the entire trip. We run in to get the tire and we get back in the truck and I can't get it to start. I keep trying and it won't start. I call David and tell him but then it magically started. So Avery and I high tailed it back to the highway. I get back to David and I pull the truck in front of the trailer and he points to the front of the trailer and what is right there? A tire. It wasn't in the greatest condition though so we felt better with a new one. David gets the tire on and we're on our way.

As we're driving to the nearest exit to get gas, David says he forgot the tire on the side of the road and he doesn't want to leave it. We get gas and get back on the highway to get the tire. We realize the hood of his truck is unlatched so he tells me to remind him to close it when we get the tire. We both forget and we're driving down the highway when we realize we forgot, so we pull over again.

A few hours later we finally make it to the camp site which was in the middle of NOWHERE. As we were driving into the forest (Caribou Nat'l Forest) the signs are all broken and you can tell nothing is kept up by the forestry people. I was like "who goes here when the forestry has even forgotten about this place?!" Anyways, Avery and I sat in the Brackin's warm camper while David, Austin and Carson got our pop up trailer set up. Wouldn't you know the heater didn't work? It was cold. I don't know the last time I was that cold at night. I was not happy. We all slept in the same bed. David and Avery took up the whole thing while I *kind of* slept half way off the mattress and surprisingly never fell out of the camper.

It basically rained the whole time and was in the 40's. We went on a 4 wheeler ride at one point before it started raining but it was sucky too. I couldn't get the 4 wheeler out of gear and then it crapped out on us so we had to turn back.

Avery fussed the entire time except for Sunday she woke up in a good mood. We ended up just heading home. It never felt so good to be home. Avery was an animal when we got home. I don't know if she was so excited to be home but she was just running circles around the house. We rented some movies and relaxed.

I'm going to create another post so this one won't be so long. That was pretty much our camping trip. We were cold and wet the whole time.

Cherry Creek Camping

Look at that little butt!

Crazy!

A view of our camp site.

David with Avery and Carson behind him.

Avery and I about to go on a 4 wheeler ride.

Avery fell in the mud. She was not happy. At all.

Another view of our site.

Trace, Avery and Dayne.

Our pop up camper we brought was to the right, behind the trees.

Well, the camping trip didn't turn out like anyone hoped. There were about 12 adults and about 8 kids, I think.

I'll write about it tomorrow.

Camping

We are going camping this weekend! I'm not sure if we'll leave tonight because as usual, we're having complications. We are borrowing a friend's pop up camper and the guy mentioned to David that he had let another friend borrow it and the guy had replace the wheel bearings or something and told David he might check them. Well, the situation is worse than expected so David is going to talk to the guy and we'll see what happens.

I'm super excited to camp with a trailer! I hope we can still take it!

A nerve in my back is pinched which is annoying because I just went to the chiropractor on Tuesday. Last night I could barely get up or walk without looking like a crippled old lady. Of course Avery didn't want to sleep last night, at least not in her bed so she sat in the rocker with me and it hurt so bad to get in and out of the chair with her.

To say that her night time sleeping issues is getting on my nerves is an understatement. A big one. I go through phases where it drives me nuts, then not so much but right now it's back to driving me nuts.

I think Avery will love camping. Like all kids she loves being outside. I went and bought her new shoes yesterday and they make her feet look humongous. Some lady at this metal store told me last weekend that she had big feet and asked if we had any tall people in the family...

It also looks like rain outside and it's cooler than it has been. Typical for camping for us.

Hopefully I'll get lots of pictures of her first family camping trip. I'm so excited!

Car!

I've been watching the classifieds like a hawk trying to find one of these cars for Avery. Yesterday I got on and there were 2 and I was bummed because I had no car to get one. When David got home one had been sold and so I called on this pink one and the lady said someone was on their way to pick it up.  I was annoyed...I wanted one for Avery so bad :) A little later in the evening the lady called me back and said the person never showed up and if I wanted it I could have it! Yay!

Avery loves it. I brought it in last night and she sat in it in the living room and ate her snack before bed. She wouldn't use the door on it so she kept climbing in the window. She'd climb in, sit for a second and climb right back out...over and over again. I can't wait to take her out in a while to play with it. I always wanted a little car like this so that's probably the main reason I wanted Avery to have one...

David got his truck tagged and so I have my car!!!

Nature is trying to harm my daughter...
People in our neighborhood feed peanuts to the blue scrub jays. These birds then drop the peanut shells wherever. There's a shell on my front porch now that I've got to go clean off the chair. Thankfully our neighbor was kind enough to tell me they had put some out on her porch so I could keep Avery away from it.

Avery loves the boy next door. She gets so excited when she sees him and he always runs over to her and she loves it. There's a gymnastics place that offers classes for 18 month olds (with their moms) that I'm going to see about enrolling Avery in. You can try the class out and see how you like it so I'm going to set that up today. I think Avery would love it.

Tomorrow is her test for her hearing.

She had her speech therapy yesterday. The first official one and Avery had to work and she quickly got tired of that :) The lady left a lot of papers with ideas on working with her. Her fine motor skills always impress me. The therapist brought a Mr. Potato Head and Avery could put the parts in the holes with such ease. Haha made me proud :)

Well, since I have my car (this is the most exciting thing ever right now) I've got to get ready to run some errands and maybe make a trip to the park!

Random Pictures

I was cleaning the kitchen and found Avery sitting at her table :)

We went for a walk and I have never seen succulents growing anywhere but a pot.

Flowers from the back yard.

Avery's new table.

Another back yard flower.

Front yard flowers.

I've noticed since the end of last week that Avery is starting to be more responsive when you ask her questions. She now replies yes or no...not always the right one but she is responding. This makes me happy!

It's going to be around 90 today and it's hot. So glad there's no humidity!

Weekend is Over :(

I'm sad the weekend is almost over. Saturday evening our neighborhood had a carnival so Avery and I went. David stayed home to work on some stuff on his truck. He got inspected and the only reason it didn't pass was because a piece of rope was holding his battery down so he had to go by a kit. Then when they inspected it, they put his emergency brake on and it sticks and the only way to make it unstick is to take the wheels off. So, he had to do that and then run up before the place closed to see if they'd pass the battery and they did so he can finally get it tagged and I can have my car back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Avery and I got invited to go to Silver Lake tomorrow but I passed so that David can take my car and go get the tags for his truck. Avery has speech tomorrow too. At least I can report a new word :o)

Avery has reached a stage where she is nuts. She doesn't listen, especially when she's outside. Time to buckle down and make her mind :(

Our neighbor brought over a blow up seal that you can hook your hose up to and water sprays out of the nose. I can't wait to hook it up for Avery. I also bought her a sand and water table from the classifieds yesterday. As with everything, I thought she'd love it but she doesn't love it as much as I'd hoped. I only have sand in it now. I think when I put water in it she'll like that.

Avery for the last 2 nights has slept HORRIBLY. I mean, after the 3rd and 4th time I've been getting up, I feel like I'm about to blow a gasket. Talk about wanting to freak out. David's frustrated and there's nothing he can do. He sat up with Avery and I last night because he felt bad for me :) I know she's cutting her canine teeth so I don't know if that's it but I even gave her medicine before bed last night and it made no difference. So...I don't know what's going on. I mean she's never been a good sleeper but geez.

I'm super bummed that I forgot about the eclipse tonight and missed it :( 

Oh well. 

Excited for a new week and what's even better is that it's a short one since Memorial Day is coming up!!!

I better get off here. I'm reading a new book called The Good Earth for the book club. I like it. I like the last book I read better but I can't remember the name of it. That's sad...I just read it.

Bubbles!

Avery said "bubbles!"

Finally a word besides hi and bye. Woot Woot! She did say tree once the other day :o)

She brought me her bubbles last night and said "bubbles". That warranted a few bubbles to be blown. Then, she said it a few times today. Maybe, just maybe it's about to happen...talking!

It's Friday!!!

I am in love with the pink of this flower. I think it's sooo pretty.

Sprinkler fun!

This is Helga. She's a Swedish (I believe) type cow. She's so furry! She has a son name Dexter and he's furry too.

My attempt at taking a picture of Avery's mouth after eating Chic-Fil-A.

I love Fridays! I love the anticipation of the weekend. I love having my family together. It makes me happy :o)


So on Wednesday, Avery and I met our neighbors at This is the Place and had a good time! It was much more fun for Avery than the zoo. We rode a train, which Avery loved, to this little village they have. It has original pioneer buildings (and some replicas) and volunteers dress up like pioneers. You can go into the blacksmith shop or the barber's shop and watch them work and they'll give a speech. I would have loved to go through the cabins and houses they had but Avery was being a little...unruly :0) Plus, it was a lot of walking and I didn't have her stroller and I was tired of chasing her and tired of carrying her. 


They had baby animals. I think Avery's favorite were the baby turkeys. She'd follow them around. One even bit her which startled her but she got over it quickly and was back after it. She got to see baby chicks at different stages and boy did she want to get her hands on one! I would let her though because she wasn't gentle enough. She saw baby goats, pigs, sheep, ducks. She saw long haired cows, oxen and I can't remember what else. She loved it though.


Then yesterday, she had speech. The therapist came to our house but she didn't really work with her, she just wanted Avery to get to know her. This program is an educational based one so they want to educate David and I. So she suggested coming up with family goals for where we want Avery to be. Um...this part annoyed me. You are the professional, you tell me where she should be. So every goal we came up with such as reading to her, the therapist says and how long do you want to read to her? Um, you tell me what is a good amount of time. 15 minutes a day? 30 minutes a day? She asked me how many words I want her to be saying in 6 months. Well, how many is she supposed to be saying in 6 months? I mean isn't she the one who is supposed to be telling me where Avery should be and what we should be doing to get her there?


They're only going to meet with her twice a month. The therapist said that speech delays are really common. Just in their east office they have over 500 kids being seen for speech delays. She said we need to work on imitation with Avery as it is a pre cursor to language. We also need to hold the objects near our mouth when we say the name so she can see our mouth move.


I asked her if it was typical for kids with speech delays to show no interest in repeating words and she said yes. So, I asked if one day they just start showing interest and she said yes. We'll see how this goes. Hopefully Avery will catch up sooner than later.


Avery decided to get up at 6 am this morning but she's been in a great mood so it hasn't been bad. Although she was up 4 times last night. I think her canine teeth coming in are bothering her so I finally gave her medicine at 2 something since it was her 3rd time up since 12 something. She slept until 5 something, went back down and was up at 6. I wanted coffee but had put vinegar in my coffee pot yesterday and forgot about it. So after I spent most of the morning trying to clean the vinegar out of the coffee pot, I made a cup of coffee and well, I'm pretty sure I didn't rinse out all of the vinegar. I tried Dunkin Donuts coffee last time and it was amazing. This time I got sucked into buying Folger's caramel drizzle...the name enticed me. Ugh! I will never go back to Folgers! I'm a Dunkin Donuts girl now :o) I can't wait until I'm done with this bag of coffee!


Well, time to get off here. That's what's happened the last few days around here! Have a great weekend!

Cache Valley

This weekend we all went back up to Cache Valley for our family pictures. As we were coming through Sardine Canyon I told David it felt like we were going home. He agreed. I haven't been back up there since right after we moved and that was about 8 months ago. When we were driving through the canyon it was like a breath of fresh air. When we came out of it, it was like you could relax. The traffic was less and everything was just slower. It's amazing how fast you get used to things whether it be the faster city or the slower more rural life.

I'm thankful that I have found out that I can be happy either place. There are things I love about the city but there are things I love about not living in the city.

I liked Preston. I liked Hyrum and I like Salt Lake. I think however...I might, maybe, just a little prefer the smaller town life...

Wow.

Wait, I'm already questioning that statement :)

But I do miss Cache Valley. I miss the drive between Logan and Preston...so pretty. I miss driving the back roads. After our pictures in Franklin, we went up to Preston and took some back roads and didn't see another car. Perfect.

Anywho, Avery is all beat up. Right before we were getting our pictures done, in the photographer's driveway, Avery tripped and now has a bruise in the middle of her forehead. She has a scab on the side of her nose and this morning another scratch has appeared. She has a bruise on her cheek from David pulling her on a blanket (which she fell off of). She has a scratch on the upper left side of her forehead from tumbling down our front steps yesterday. Then she had another spot where she hit her head on the steps again last night and her knees are all bruised up and she's got some minor road rash :)

I'm super excited to go see the baby animals tomorrow. Avery probably won't give a flip about the animals. She'll just be excited to be with people. Yesterday some school kids were walking home from school and she stood out there and waved and yelled hey as they walked by. I felt sorry for her standing there alone :( She needs siblings! Thankfully she's got the boy next door and I think we'll be playing more with the 2 boys 2 houses up. I think there's another girl 2 houses up but I'm not sure if she lives there or just visits.

I'm excited for Avery's speech on Thursday. I can't wait for her to talk! Please...no negative comments about how I'll want her to be quiet :)

Avery loooovvveeess Blue's Clues. She could watch the same DVD over and over and over. Sunday night we were watering the yard and Avery had her first experience playing in the sprinkler. I love her!

The weather is perfect, Avery is feeling good...life is good :) I'm so excited for summer!!!

Mother's Day

I have had a lovely Mother's Day. We got up and went to the zoo and it was perfect. It wasn't too crowded and the weather was beautiful with a nice breeze. I was hoping Avery would be more interested in the animals but she didn't care about them. She was more interested in people watching. David and I had a good time though and we were glad we went. Hogle Zoo is pretty nice.

We ran errands and had lunch. David is about to grill some burgers. It's just been a perfect day. I love evenings like this...it just feels good, I don't know how to explain it other than that. I love my little family. I love my little girl. She's getting to be such a big girl. I can't believe it..

Avery starts speech on the 17th I believe it is. Woot Woot! I hope we make some progress :)

We are going to a place called This is the Place! here in Salt Lake with our neighbors. It has a little pioneer village and they have baby animals there. I guess it's called This is the Place because when Brigham Young came into the valley that's what he said...or something like that. There's a monument there too.  I'm really thankful that I've gotten to know our neighbor and her little boy. Avery looooves to play over there. She loves kids. Every kid she sees she waves her hand and says "hey!" Today at Home Depot she ran up to some random kid and I had to pull her away haha silly girl.

We had our family pictures last night and I'm super excited we got them done. We've never had family pictures...in fact, I've never had them done--ever. I really hope they turn out decent! I can't wait to get them back. I hate the waiting period.

I'm hoping for a good week this week! I'm ready for things to be normal here :)

Friday!

Vroom! Vroom!

Must turn on all the lights!

Bubbles!

I'm hoping that we're past the diarrhea in this house! Avery hasn't had any today so I'm crossin' my fingers that it's gone and gone for good. I bought her some probiotics yesterday to see if that helps. This has been ridiculous.

We have our family pictures tomorrow and I will be so glad when they're over! It's so stressful to me trying to find stuff for us to wear.  It's been crazy. With Avery's diarrhea we haven't been able to go and shop for clothes. I always color my own hair and originally decided for a little treat for myself I was going to get it cut and colored by someone else. Well, then I decided to color it myself to save money and that was a mistake. My hair is jet black. I like my hair dark but this is a little too dark for me. And to top that off, my scalp is a little colored too...

And of course I can't find anything to wear for myself. I could shop all day for Avery but me? Not so much. Oh well, at least I'm getting them done!

So glad it's the weekend!

Speech

This morning 3 ladies came over to evaluate Avery since I had concerns about her speech. I am so glad that I did because she does qualify for services. Everyone kept giving the "she'll talk soon or when she's ready" talk but I knew she should be saying more or at least trying. I'm not concerned but I'm glad to know that now we will learn how to give her a little nudge.

This is where she falls on the testing scale (I guess is how you'd describe it):
Gross motor: 16 months (I asked about this and they said her running and throwing isn't as fluid?  
                      Whatever not worried about it at all and neither were the ladies).
Fine motor: 31 months (they were impressed by how well she could hold a pen)
Cognitive: 18 months
Receptive language: 13 months (considered mildly delayed)
Expressive language: 12 months (severely delayed)
Social/Emotional: 18 months
Adaptive/Self help: 18 months

They said the good thing was that she will look you in the face and watch your mouth move when you talk and that she is expressive...just not with words that are understandable. So hopefully those will help her move along a little faster.

The program is education based and will teach David and I tricks to help her talk. I believe someone will be coming to our house once a week. She will stay in the program until she tests out or until she is at a place we are comfortable with.

I am also going to set up an appointment to make sure her brain is understanding what she is hearing. If it's not, that could explain some of the receptive language delay. I think it does...I think she just ignores me half the time :0) They tested her hearing today and it was fine. Which I figured...again, I think she has selective hearing.

All in all, I am glad I went ahead and had her evaluated. She needs a little push to get to talking and now we can help her :0)

Homemade popsicles

I made some homemade popsicles and Avery loved it! Avery can't have store bought ice cream and I'm not sure how safe popsicles are so we'll be making our own! I plan on getting a homemade ice cream maker because we can't NOT have ice cream!

Well, it's the start of a new week which around here I'm hoping will bring good things. Things like diapers that have solid poop! Mondays are always kind of a drag but in some ways I like them because it's a new start to a new week.

Friday Avery threw up and Saturday and Sunday David was feeling puny. Hopefully everyone is on the mend. I think Avery is. Last night she was full of energy and was back to herself. She even slept the whole night. As in didn't wake up at all. Not once. Usually I consider it sleeping through the night if she doesn't wake up until 5 something. The 2 nights before were rough. Saturday night especially. David got up with her Sunday morning and took her for a drive at 6:30 so I could sleep. So nice! Then he came home and slept forever.

So obviously, we didn't make it on any road trips this weekend. Bummer. David worked part of Saturday too.

I'm happy to say that the new people downstairs aren't so bad. Had they lived here when we first moved in, our first 4-5 months would have been sooooo much better. The new people are quiet and nice. I apologized for Friday night when Avery was sick because we were moving around alot that night and early in the morning but they assured us that they aren't bothered by us and they barely notice us. Whew. I just feel bad because we have the creakiest floors ever and our living room is above their bedroom. I could hear them fighting on Saturday night though. I could hear the guy shushing the girl. Other than that usually I can't hear them too much. So I'm thankful that they moved in and not another couple like the previous tenants.

That's all I know for this Monday morning.

A Few Pictures

So, it's day 5 of diarrhea. This morning was soooo nasty! She's only had it once today so far. I wish this would go away. I haven't taken her to the doctor because I don't really think they can do anything for her. I'm keeping her hydrated and she is still eating, not a lot but is eating. Seems like she's eating less as the week has gone on which I would think it should be the other way around. She hasn't ran a fever either. I've heard that these viruses can last longer in little kids. I think I'll go to the health store and see what kind of stuff they have to see if we can kick this stuff. Avery is acting fine but she wears down easily. She didn't eat any lunch today and didn't even want to eat fritos. She'll be up and around acting fine and then just wants to sit around. In the evenings though she acts perfectly fine, David probably thinks I'm making it all up :o)

Our friends backed out on going to Zion National Park...
I don't know if we will go down anyway or just stay here.

I'm excited. I collected enough Huggies Reward points to get 200 photo prints :0) It's small reward but it makes me happy!

Avery rockin' her new sunglasses and new pj's.

Lovely ants...

I can't see you!

Well, I'm trying to plan out our dinner menu and I got tired of thinking about it but I better get back to it. No fun.

Spring

The sky is blue and the weather is warming up. The birds chirp outside of my window and earlier I could hear my neighbor mow his yard. I love this. I love the sounds of Spring! I can't wait until it's warm consistently.

Avery is going on day 3 of diarrhea. Which is sad because we missed a trip to Wheeler Farm because of it. Ugh. I wish it would go away. It's not too bad today but yesterday she didn't have any until after she woke up from nap. So, we'll see what the rest of the days brings.

This weekend we're maybe going down to Zion National Park for a day trip with our friends. However, they have given us no information on what is going on and I've offered to help plan and got nothing so I don't know what's going on. I guess I'm being stubborn but I feel like if you invite us somewhere, it's not my responsibility to bug you to get info out of you.

Well, there's not really anything going on. I haven't been able to take pictures because David took my camera to work and hasn't brought it back.

New Neighbors :(

Sometimes I honestly feel like I am more tired now than I was when Avery was a newborn. I'm sure that's not true but in the moment, it feels like it is :o)

I've basically been up since 3 this morning. Now, I'm sitting here drinking coffee and watching Avery eat her oatmeal with her hands.

Our new neighbors moved in downstairs over the weekend. I feel bad for them. They were given warning though, that a toddler lives above them and they chose to live here anyway. They lived in an apartment complex before and couldn't wait to get out. I have been wondering how this place could be better than that. They're a couple that just got married on April 13. I feel bad that I didn't try harder to get Avery to sleep through the night while we didn't have anyone down there. Oh well. They're a whole lot quieter than the last people but they had it out for us so they were probably putting forth effort to be loud. These new people have 3 cats...I can hear the girl baby talk them all the time. The guy seems to have allergies. Maybe the cats have something to do with it?? Maybe it's a cold but he sure blows his honker a lot and loudly. He also coughs this hacking gross cough. I cannot adequately stress how ready I am to be out of this house. I feel like I should be stringing a perpetual apology to them although we're doing nothing wrong. I'm sure they enjoyed David treading not so lightly all over the living room floor this morning at 5:30 (which is above their bedroom) looking for all of his pocket crap he carries around, then his hat...
I'm sure they also enjoyed hearing Avery half cry/half scream this morning too. I can only do what I can do. Hopefully they know that.

We were supposed to go to dinner at our friend's last night but Avery had diarrhea all day yesterday. Hopefully that's over with.

I can't believe it's already May! We have family pictures on the 12th. I'm excited about that. I'm going to have to ask the photographer to do a little photoshop magic on us!! I have been putting off having them done because well, I'm fat. I came across two articles not long ago though about how there's never a perfect time to get them done. That we'll always be putting them off until something else. One of the articles talked about a family of boys whose mom died of cancer and how they treasure those pictures of their mom. They're not concerned with how she looked in the pictures but are happy they HAVE pictures of her. So...we're getting our pictures done. We will be making the trek up to Franklin to have them done.

Avery has decided to join me at the computer so it's time to go!