Love This Life

Avery turned 15 months yesterday!  Woohoo    She has given us 15 of the best months of our life and I look forward to every new day with her.   When I go to sleep at night, I think to myself I can’t wait to see her smiling face in the morning.   I often not so secretly wish she could sleep with us but she has always slept in her own bed and I fear if I put her in our bed she will not get a quality sleep and might even end up falling out of our high bed.   I just want to lay and cuddle with her as she peacefully sleeps.   It’s hard to do that when she is laying in her crib     Happy 15th Months Avery! 

This past weekend, the highlight of the weekend for me was heading up to the (town deleted) to see our land that we are going to purchase.  I just like going riding and looking.  It’s a genetic thing I believe.  My Mom and Dawn love to do the same thing and my Mom’s sisters all do as well.  It’s fun whether there is a purpose or not.   At first, Avery wasn’t so excited.  She is not a fan of being strapped down in her car seat.  She loves to play and be active so I have a car organizer filled with little toys arms length away from me while I’m driving.   Each toy holds her attention anywhere from 2 seconds to maybe 5 or 10 minutes if we are super lucky.   She throws one down and I hand her another one.   A 30 minute car ride with a whining toddler can seem like forever but when we arrived at our destination, she was beside herself.   She loves being outside and starts laughing and squealing when you let her loose.  The lot is on the golf course so we let her run around.  As soon as she spotted the lake, she started running and laughing towards it.  She was so cute!  I hope to remember her expressions and reactions of pure delight at that moment.    I didn’t know her little legs could move that fast.   She definitely wanted to go swimming in the water.   After checking out and surveying the lot to make sure it was the right one for us, we headed to La Madeleine’s for a very late lunch, stopped at Wal-Mart for a quick purchase and came home for a restful evening.