Bye Bye lovely locks…

Okay, I am aware that it has been too long since I updated.  Sorry.  We’ve just been so busy up here.  And just for the record, I may be starting a new blog again…running out of space AGAIN!! Emily is going to teach me how to import the pictures differently when she comes up for Christmas, so this may be the last time I have to start a new one…we’ll see.  I will post a link to it in a new post here when it does happen, so everyone can follow to the new one without getting lost!

Chicago…

Two weekends ago, we went to Chicago to meet Todd’s Mom.  He hasn’t seen her in almost 18 years and it was wonderful to finally meet her!  She works for Hyatt, so we all stayed there in Chicago.  We spent lots of time talking, catching up (and when Todd went to a Guinness think, his Mom and I did a LOT of laughing/bonding)  We watched I now pronounce you Chuck and Larry.  Which, I will say, was incredibly stupid – it was the funny kind of stupid.  All in all, I would count the visit as a big success – a very emotional success!  Avery got to meet his Grandmom for the first time and they hit it off great!  I look forward to more.  Here are some of the pics…

     

He’s nothing if not a goofball!  Such a ham!

It was funny, Todd and I let our guard down for like a millisecond…and Avery managed to go into the bathroom at the hotel and within seconds, came strolling out with toilet paper from head to toe!  It was really funny.  He had this, “look what I made, I’m so creative” face on.

This was him being funny when we got home…

That next week, Avery had peanut butter and jelly for the first time.  I had tried in the past to give him bread, but he didn’t want anything to do with it.  I guess it was a texture thing (wonder where he got that from??).  Anyway, while in Chicago, Avery was very experimental with his eating.  He would eat anything and everything you put in front of him – including bread.  And ever since, he has been devouring everything that comes his way.  Anyway, back to the story.  He LOVED the PB and J!  He gobbled up that sandwich (or sandwaaach as Ben says) faster than I could make it.  He has taken to placing food on top of his sippy cup, then tilting it back off to hear the “plop” of it hitting the tray again.  He tried this with his sandwich and this is what came out.  I just happened to snap these pics at exactly the right second!

 

Milwaukee…

The very next weekend, my parents came to visit.  We had Turkey Day the weekend before because of my job.  It was a fast weekend, but a great one!  We spent all of Saturday (basically) with Mom, Dad and I in the kitchen making dinner.  It turned out great if I do say so myself.  Only problem though, is our kitchen was really only built to have a half a person cooking in there at the same time, so it was a little tight, but as they say, the closer you are the closer you stay.

Again, Avery devoured everything we put in front of him (even the turkey, which he claimed to hate before)! 

On Sunday, we went to church (which usually means that Avery is way late for his morning nap), but he was great in church.  Grandpa held him the entire time and he didn’t fuss at all.  He was squirmy like always, but a very good boy.  After church we got his FIRST HAIR CUT!!  We were a little concerned at how he would react, but again, he was great!  We went to a place in town and they had a little car that he could sit in for the event.  The woman who cut his hair was great, she followed all his wiggles and did a great job on his hair.  She was very patient, and Avery was a model little boy…

  Before… During… and the last little snip

I’m gonna get you……not if I get you first!!!

  goofy.

Look how tall and cute I am…

 

That’s all for now.  And I am going to steal Emily’s idea and request that you all “de-lurk” yourselves.  I am curious to find out who reads this blog…as Emily said I am aware of the tried and true…but I would like to know the others as well.  See how far this thing has traveled out in blog-space.