Easter

Is this not the saddest face?!!

Easter Morning! Trying to look happy this fine Easter morning!

This was Avery's first Easter and it was a lovely one! She was sick! How fun is that?!! A week before Jake had it and then Avery came down with it the Thursday before Easter. We have been quite lucky this winter in that this is only Avery's second time being sick. Yes, we love the runny noses and can't quite seem to escape that, but this is more congestion. I hate it when she is sick. Although, I will have to admit that I love that she cuddles with me. She is such a happy baby and tries to be happy between the coughs and wheezing. We left Avery with Jake's parents on Saturday so that we could pick out our little puppy and I felt like the meanest mom! When you were little and you were sick, all you wanted was your mom right? Your mom was the only one that could make life seem better. And I left. How rude! Now that it has almost been a week she is still congested but I think the fever has finally left us.
As a tradition, we always go up to my grandma's house and have an Easter egg hunt. Well, I left the two sickies home and went and hunted Avery's eggs and our basket by myself. I wished that Avery could have been there. She would have loved it. What do you do!


Avery is still more joy than I could ever ask for. She still loves the bath and is crawling like crazy all over. Her second cousin Reese comes over three days a week and she watches her like a hawk. She watches her walk and play and it amazes me that she will watch Reese and then go try to do it herself. Avery has also been a great eater! She loves dinner and loves to have what you are having! If I am eating, she always wants a bite! She is still a daddy's girl. With Jake trying to finish up his last few weeks of school and working late hours so he can go to Brazil for two weeks, Avery misses her dad and on the weekends she wants nothing to do with me! All she wants is her dad to hold her. I love that she has that connection with him. I can not get enough of her! How crazy time flies. She is almost 9 months!!