Avery Turns Two!

Oh how we love our funny Avey Baby!She turned two in November, a week after Chloe turned four, so this post has been a work in process for a while now!  She has such a big, fun personality!  Avery is our morning baby and wakes up happy and energetic every morning!  It probably has something to do with the fact that she likes to go to bed early, and will even beg to go to sleep if we don't get her in soon enough.  She still takes 3 hour naps every day and has to sleep with her "Ribbit Blankey".  She still loves stuffed animals and will hug and cuddle them.  Her favorite stuffed animal is her puppy, which was mine when I was little :)  When we put her to bed we'll say "I love you Avery!" and she'll respond, "I love you MOST!"

Avery is obsessed with her shoes and wants to wear them all the time.  She will run in with her shoes and say "Soos on!" and if you don't comply, she'll throw a huge fit and throw herself on the floor.  She has turned into a little parrot and most everything she says is understandable, but if you can't figure out what she is saying, she gets REALLY frustrated and will, you guessed it, throw herself on the floor and have a huge crying fit.  She also likes to be dressed for the day and will say "My need my pants on mom!" or right after she gets out of the bath, she'll bring me a diaper and say "My need my diaper on mom!"  On the other hand, when we strip her down for shower time, she'll point to herself and squeal "My NAKED mom!!!" and do a funny little naked dance or run around like a crazy head.

Her favorite shows are Jake and the Neverland Pirates and Dora.  She'll run to me each morning and say"Show mom?  Jake Ne-land Pi-ates an Me???"  She knows the names of all the characters and tries to sing along with the songs.  Her and Chloe also love the new movie Frozen and like me to pull up the song "Let it Go" on Youtube and sing at the top of their lungs.

 She is still a major thumb sucker and is absolutely not interested in using the toilet.  In an effort to gain her interest, I bought her new princess undies, which she was excited about for a day, then asked to have her diapers back.  Every time we change her, we tell her she needs to poop in the toilet, and she'll pout her lips out and say nooooooo.

Avey loves to line things up in a row and have everything in it's place.  She lines her tub toys up on the edge of the tub and likes to put cars in a perfect row and just leave them there.  She's also a very good helper and likes to put things back, right where they belong.  She is also very sneaky and will find candy or snacks and go hide to eat them.  When I find her, she'll quickly hide her hands and give me an innocent look, or hug whatever it is to her chest and give a mischievous giggle.  She just has one of those faces that looks like she's always up to something, but is so dang cute and clever, it's hard to get mad at her!  She loves candy, but doesn't like most chocolate.  She'll put it in her mouth once and then hand it back and say "My don't like it".