Avery eating soup

Avery’s Latest Adventures

Avery is just hitting 11 months old.  We have not gotten the professional pictures done since his 9 month mark.  Which isn’t that big of a deal but we have been recording some of the cuteness.  Avery is a high energy funny boy. He loves to play, climb on his kiddie chair, play ball, and of course terrorize Braeden.

Mastering the train.  Avery has been working really hard at walking behind the train.  We have had a couple of wrecks but overall he is doing pretty well and obviously he is super excited.  He took about 10 steps behind the train yesterday.  Brent says he has seen him take two steps on  is own and he is getting more eager to walk everyday.  When we hold his hands he walks really fast.

There is not much that beats watching this kid feed himself.  When the spoon is not working fast enough he resorts to eating right out of the bowl.  This is a most normal occurrence which is why we go straight from dinner time to bath time.

                           Wow  Mom!  That is one big lion!

           Here I am in my 11month old glory just being cute as a button

                                          Peek a boo

            Here I am showing off the Dad’s handiwork on the pantry! Dad’s a little furry here but we still love him.

Santa Claus

Overall a great Christmas Day.  The morning started off with pillow pets from Santa and ended up with a nice dinner. Mom spent all day cooking while we all played with our new loot!

                                  Avery hugs his Pillow Pet Panda

 

                          Braeden shows off his stocking stuffers

 

                            It’s a white Day after Christmas!

            Snow in South Carolina is always quite adventure!Grandma and Grandpa whipped up a snowman in no time.  It must be their experience from the great north.  Never mind that he had a hot chili pepper for a nose instead of carrot.  I won’t judge since I didn’t have to build him:) The snow also gave us a chance to bring out our new wagon.  The kids are excited that we finally have a way to walk to the park again.  Now Braeden is knocked out and we are just enjoying some family time.

Christmas Eve …and A Small Glance at Everyday

On Christmas Eve all the grandparents arrived but as a tradition we open one present each with just us.  Here is Braeden eagerly holding tight to his first present of the Christmas season and you can’t deny Avery’s enthusiasm.  This kid has more facial expressions than I have ever seen.

It seems as if I am busier than ever these days. Avery is crawling, standing, and wanting to walk.  Braeden has more energy than ever which leaves me with a constant trail of toys to pick up, bellies to fill, laundry to fold, etc…..  The only reason I have time to update today would be that The Haller grandparents are entertaining Braeden and Avery is asleep.

Here is Avery 9months old.  He thinks he can just stand up anywhere.  When he tries he ends up in this muscle man pose which having no shirt on clearly demonstrates 

                         Braeden and Dad do their old man dance…

 

                          Braeden and Avery ride the laundry train

Busy, Busy, Busy

 

Saturday we took the kids to pick out our pumpkins.  Yippee can’t wait to put up pictures of our jack-o-lanterns.

               Buzz Lightyear and Sheriff Woody take on the town.

                                Check out these big blue eyes.

On Ronan’s birthday we all headed to chik-fil-a to celebrate with a little playtime and some ice cream cones.

Seabrook, Ford, Samuel, and Braeden check out the see-saw at the Duck Pond!

 

 

On afternoons when Braeden doesn’t really want to nap we usually do a little craft time which means more work for Mom but how can you turn the little fella down.  I promise we are not leaving Avery out of all the pictures.  I think I was just wearing him  all week.

The Adventures of the Haller Boys

 

Here are a bunch of pictures and a handful of words to go along with them.  I am not feeling particularly wordy or profound today so it is what it is.  I feel lucky to have had the time to post all of these.  We have a had a great couple of weeks and are looking forward to Halloween and Braeden’s 3rd Birthday.

                                           Muffins!

Braeden loves making muffins.  Today we had to make a special trip to the store for milk and ingredients for muffins. Here is Braeden enjoying the batter and Mom sneaking in a photo to prove her existence! 

Avery’s first big boy bath time.  He was  splashing like crazy and even laying in the water on his belly and playing.  He had a blast.  They both did!

Showing off my swing at Frankies Fun park.

Dad and Avery.  Avery does not seem to want anything to do with the stroller.  We have spoiled him with the carrier.

Braeden’s first go-cart ride! You can barely see him:)

Avery watching the big boys do their thing.

Mastering the army crawl

Hello everybody

Zonked after a busy day!  I have only posted a million pics of Braeden sleeping over the last 3 years but he is just so darn cute.  Lucky for the 5 readers we have I am not all that crazy about pics of sleeping Avery.  He is always hiding his face anyway.

Braeden reorganized all the toys.  Lucky for me!

Lovin my bike:)

Can you handle the cutest Buzz ever?  Boo at the Zoo ! We put Avery in a little skeleton sleeper we had left over from Braeden and called it good.

Avery is full of funny faces.  This is just one of the few.

So Boo at the Zoo was hit.  Great night with the family. This picture is a little whacked it looks like Avery’s head is on fire.  Brent was playing with all the camera buttons.