Tuesday, April 28, 2009

This one's for you Grandpa


Avery's thoughts are always entertaining and good for a laugh. I'm not sure why this thought came up because we weren't discussing raisins, but with Avery you never know where's his thoughts are coming from. Today while I was feeding Alia, this is what he says:
Avery: What doesn't Grandpa Davis like raisins?
Me: Some people just don't like them.
Avery: Oh actually it's cause he's just weird or something.
Lately everything he says has the "or something" at the end.

Friday, April 24, 2009

May 2002- April 2009


Sadly, Jade passed away tonight. He will be missed. He was the most gentle ferret I've ever known. I always called him my lap ferret because he was most content laying curled up in my lap.

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

September 2000 - April 2009


Blue died sometime last night with Jade at her side.

We will miss you Blue, you left us with so many fond memories.
1. You could jump so high- not normal for a ferret. We had to build our bed extra high because of you. I still have a hard time getting in it! We had to put furniture on bricks, put rocks in our plants,and cover baby gates with cardboard all because of your amazing jumping abilities.
2. You could drag things 3 times your size across the room. I remember when you were dragging grandpa's boots across the room.
3. You had an amazing ability to hide things on us. You hid Laura's Christmas gift and we didn't realize it until Christmas was over and Laura had no gift. You hid Scott's wallet and often stole socks that were left on the floor. At night I would always have to check your cubbie hole to see what new things you had acquired.
4. You let Jade know who the alpha ferret was from the moment he came home by dragging him around by his scruff for days. He saw you as his mother and is missing you!
5. You gave lots of kisses
6. You learned how to come when we clapped and called you.
7. You would roll over for a raisin.
8. You chased around and scared Venus even though she is an 85 pound black lab.
9. You managed to escape from your cage many times. The most recent being a month ago. I went to get Alia's car seat and screamed when I looked in it because I thought some animal had gotten into our home at night. I laughed when I saw it was you curled up sleeping.
10. You left us laughing so many times. Once we put tape over your cubbie hole and we chased you. You went running into your hole only to be stopped by tape!
11. You hid Venus' rope every time you came out to play.
12. Whenever we had guests you would climb through their things or try to climb up their pant legs.
13. You loved going for walks but hating being on the leash so I would carry you in my sleeve and you would poke your head out to look around.
14. You wore a diaper even though you looked ridiculous.

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Not so crafty

So here it goes, I have to admit it's a hard fact to swallow- Avery doesn't really like crafts. sigh. I LOVE crafts and he is less than fond of them. He will eventually do them, but they only hold his interest for a few minutes. Well, I think I found a way to hold his interest for a little longer, I just have to include outside elements.

We planted cat grass to help welcome spring


and learn to use scissors


Instead of a glitter craft, I used sand outside to make pictures with glue.


This is hanging on our fridge to help Avery to recognize his own name in print.

Monday, April 13, 2009

Easter


Avery was showing Alia some of the easter candy he found from his Easter egg hunt at Mom's


Easter egg hunt with our playgroup


Aunt Cassie


Great Grandpa Wunderlin


Mom and Joe and family


Dad and Deb and family


Aunt Amanda


Flying kites

Wednesday, April 08, 2009

Finally caught it....

Alia and I have many conversations and we share many smiles however it's so hard to catch these moments on camera. I finally caught her smile tonight...


And here is a video, sorry it's so long I was trying to get her to talk more.


Tuesday, April 07, 2009

Alia and Banana 2 months


Alia and Banana at 2 months


This picture shows her fun spunk. She kept using her head to knock herself over into Banana and then she would laugh.


Avery and Banana at 2 months. They are starting to look a little different now.

Wednesday, April 01, 2009

This could come in handy years down the road.....


Yes, that is my son sitting there trying to use my pump. I was nursing Alia and went to find him. When I saw him, I immediately started laughing. However he was quite frustrated because as he put it, "there's no milk in there Momma. I can't get any milk!"