Avery's First Haircut

Avery had her very first haircut yesterday morning.  Yes, she's almost 2, and I had been dreading taking her.  I wasn't worried about her behavior, I just couldn't stand the thought of her hair getting shorter rather than longer.  Turns out all the worry was for nothing.  She looks absolutely adorable.  She only got her hair trimmed and layered a bit.  Her hair is now curlier than ever when it's wet!  Our only holdup was Avery did not want to sit in the chair, only the chair up front.  She would not sit on my lap either, so we ended up having to hold her while she got her hair trimmed.  She also refused to let the stylist put a cape on her.  Here are a few action shots at the salon:

Not sure what I was doing, but Avery seems very serious. 

All in all, a pretty successful first trip to the salon.  No tears, good hair cut, and plenty of crunchies to eat afterward!

Latest (and possibly last) Belly Pic

Monday, July 25, as I have mentioned in earlier posts, is our scheduled date for our c-section to bring baby brother into the world.  We have now found out our surgery is scheduled for 7 that morning, meaning we need to check in by 5 that morning.  This is all happening in Wichita, so Chris and I plan on being on the road by 3:45 a.m. the morning of the 25th.  Because of this early morning plan, I am pretty doubtful we will get one last picture of me being pregnant, so here's the latest pic taken last week.  I am 35 weeks with some extra chin in this picture. 

I hadn't realized how large I had gotten until looking at this pic.  At the last appointment, the doctor said he has definitely dropped since last time, but she's still betting on him being a big boy, so we'll just have to wait a few more days to see!

Fourth of July Weekend

Although it wasn't her first Fourth of July, Avery got to experience lots of new things over the holiday weekend.  We knew we weren't going to spend a ton of money on fireworks, and not just because Mommy doesn't like them.  We didn't want to overwhelm Avery with huge, loud ones and scare her for life (like Mommy is.)  We weren't sure how she would react to even the little ones, and felt it was best to play it on the safe side with several boxes of snappers, some small fountains, and the teeniest family variety pack we could find.  $20 later,  on Sunday, July 3rd, here was our girl testing her hand at the firecrackers:

Look at that form! 

Needed a squat break.  Realized her chair was only a few feet away on the porch so beelined  it over there.

Taking a break to look through the pine cone collection.

After a successful first evening of learning how the snappers work, we took her out again the night of the Fourth to watch everything else.  She was digging through the bag of goodies picking out what she wanted to do next!

Her patriotic outfit courtesy of Old Navy.

Holding a sparkler which I could not fit into this picture.

 Managed to squeeze it into this pic.



Very warm after a fun evening outside.  It felt like we kept shoving her drink into her mouth but we sure didn't want to risk her overheating!

More Pics

I will try to find time later this week for more updates on appointments and our latest adventures.  But in the meantime, here's a few of the latest Avery pics.

Avery "helping" in brother's room.  I don't know how she still fits in that seat!

 All dressed up with nowhere to go.  She has rediscovered her jewelry box.

We have finally gotten to the point where Avery gets to have plenty of special snacks.  This was a pudding night!  Chris and I have decided we think she gets more special snacks than we ever did growing up.