Magnolia Plantation

Happy 22 Months, Avery!!

Potty Training

Okay, first of all, apparently you can't take your eyes off of my child for 20 seconds because that is literally how long it took him to run into the bathroom and climb up onto the toilet with TWO supervising adults around.

Second, we are no where near ready to use the potty. Avery uses his training potty as a functional step stool, a lounge chair to stop and rest on when he is tired playing, or as a giant puzzle (he likes to take the pieces apart and fit them back together). And when you ask him if he needs his diaper changed (when it is VERY obvious that he does), he just shakes his head, says no, and runs away as fast as he can. As eager as I am to get this boy out of diapers soon, if there is one thing I have learned with Avery, it is that he will do things when he is good and ready to do them. And I totally respect that. :)

Middleton Place

Avery Phone Home

Avery helping Mommy pick out a new phone at AT&T.

Avery Phone Home

The Randomness of Avery Jean

It's easy to make a blog post following a particular event or when you have pictures that support a specific theme. The only theme to this particular post is that there is no theme...oh yeah, and all of these pictures make me laugh. :)

Note the title of this book. Hopefully, Mommy has not taught Avery the few choice words that are saved for the dogs when they are acting up...only time will tell. :)
Because every kid needs a box to sit in while he plays with his toys. Duh.

When one bowl on top of your head is not enough....

This picture would have been funnier as a video. Nothing is more hilarious than seeing your kid blindly walk around the living room while wearing a bucket on his head. To quote Avery verbatim: "Crash".

Who knew that you could entertain your child at a furniture store by letting him ride a giant plastic horse??

Hmmm...I think Avery likes riding "horsies". Perhaps it is his Kentucky blood. Too bad he is already bigger than most Kentucky Derby jockies, haha.

Happy New Year! 2011!

I'm not going to lie: the benefit of having kids is that you are no longer expected to stay up until midnight in order to celebrate the New Year. As a parent, you can say your "hoorahs!" after dinner with the kiddos and then hit the sack at 10pm without anyone judging you (hopefully). This year, we invited over Avery's buddies, Luke and Levi, to help Avery and the Sattelmeyer cousins ring in the New Year. We had awesome weather for the day...70 degrees and sunny! Ironic, seeing as how it had snowed only 5 days ago.

Simulated rock climbing??

Luke patiently waits his turn to demonstrate his mad climbing skills.
Thank goodness for the indoor slide (that takes up half of the living room, haha)!

Avery showing off his moves on the slide.


This is what four boys on one slide looks like....just a little bit of congestion!

Who is the genius who bought these extremely noisy and overstimulating clackers???

Avery is down with the clacker, but unsure about his New Year's "tiara".

Rockin' out the New Year's hat. Much more manly.

I think this poor dog was as tired and overstimulated as I was!

Happy New Year's!