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DULUTH!

This weekend we braved a long car ride with Avery and headed to Duluth to see Laura for her birthday and hang out with friends. I was nervous about the car ride because Avery usually has a hard time in the car at night. We decided to pack up and leave at his bedtime to see if he would sleep the whole way and he did! I can't say I like driving five hours that late at night, but to have a peaceful baby in the car is all worth it. We really enjoyed seeing family and friends in Duluth. We had a great game night at the Bums and the girls won! The boys even had to cheat to keep up with our brains and they still lost. Who cares if we don't know how much a ton is? We have great friends in Duluth and we miss them! Saturday was spent with the Davis Family- always a great time. We enjoyed a small walk in the woods which was nice because most of the trails around Madison aren't woods but fields. The drive home also went well, but we didn't get a very nice welcome upon returning home. Our furnace must have gone out on Friday sometime and the temperature in the house was 42 degrees! Our plants and ferrets weren't very happy. But don't worry, a guy came out at 2 am to fix the problem. He simply took a piece of sandpaper and scraped carbon off a piece of metal. That's the most we've ever had to pay for a piece of sandpaper! Oh, well at least I am typing this in a warm house while Avery sleeps peacefully.


Battle of the Sexes Game- Girls rule!


Playing with Sophia and Caleb


Jenny


Laura holding her favorite card from Scott and I


Our Walk

Avery and Banana at 7 months!

Must have been a smelly one

A Glimpse of a social life

This weekend was a busy one and I would have to admit that I loved it! Now that Avery is almost 7 months, he is able to do more things. We started the weekend by having Gaven over to spend the night. Avery loved having his cousin around and laughed at him constantly. I loved having someone entertain Avery! On Saturday we went to our first playgroup. It was fun meeting people in the Madison area. The fun part was having 8 babies all under 8 months "playing" together. Avery was pretty quiet and didn't interact much, but I'm sure he will over time. On Sunday, we went to church and Avery went to the nursery. It was the first time he was by himself and I was a nervous wreck! I don't think I heard much of the message today. Tonight we topped off the weekend at a SuperBowl party. It was fun being out past 7 pm. Avery missed his bedtime and he did just fine. I'm so happy that we can do more things now that he is getting a little older. I know we did a lot when he was little, but they were only short bursts because he needed to eat every hour and sleep after he ate! The best part of all of this is that Avery is a part of it. I love bringing him places and watching how he interacts with people. It is cool to see the world through his eyes.

String Bean

My little string bean! I love this sleeper because it makes him look so long and skinny, perhaps even a bit beany. : )

Look at me!

Avery has learned to drink from a cup! The only problem, he hasn't figured out how to set it down when he's finished. The cup of milk or water usually ends up on me or him. He has also taken to his Zwieback cookies. I think he is growing up too fast!

What a day to ski!

We thought we would take advantage of the nice weather and go skiing with Avery. I would say his first ski outing went well, although we didn't leave our own backyard!

The Davis Studio returns

We thought we would take advantage of the nice snowfall and take a six month picture of Avery.

Lost and Found

Found: One large, round, black giraffe.
If this giraffe belongs to you, we are really sorry.

Finally, enough snow to play in.

Now what am I supposed to do?


Check out my sweet ride!


Venus wanted to help pull.

Avery and Banana at 6 mos!

I can't believe it is already time for his 6 month picture. It was fun trying to capture this picture because he really wanted to interact with Banana this time. I think he wanted to try to bite Nana because his first tooth finally popped through.

Feeding 101

The rules of feeding.....



Eating with Dad. Open....Close....Swallow....Open....Close....Swallow



Eating with Mom. Food? Who cares about eating! This is way more fun!!

Davis Christmas and Laura's graduation

This past week we had a great time hosting the Davis Christmas and Laura's college graduation. Good job Laura! We passed our time by playing scrabble and trivial pursuit and eating way too much food.




Grandma and Grandpa Davis



Having fun with Grandpa- look at that smile!





I think we had enough food even though some were worried we wouldn't




Avery using his new life jacket




Venus opening her Christmas gift from Laura- she loved the sugar cookie bone!

Happy New Year!

Welcome 2007- We enjoyed the night in Milwaukee with friends playing games and eating too much food. Avery did a great job joining in. We put him to bed and then woke him up at 10 to head home and bring in the New Year with a toast.



Avery and Eva meet again!



What great friends



Our midnight toast at home- minus the actual toast.

Avery's Fashion Mentor

First Christmas

Avery enjoyed his first Christmas.



We were trying to get a nice Christmas picture by the tree but all Avery wanted to do was suck the wrapping paper off.



He wasted no time devouring his present.



He thought he was awesome because he was old enough to be pulled in a little wagon.

What a fun toy!

At church this last Sunday, Avery was playing under their activity gym. He really liked playing under it and started reaching and rolling around which is a great way to strengthen those muscles! While I thought this was a great toy, I wasn't going to buy it because he would only use it for so long. Well, when Avery and I were under the coffee table checking it out (don't ask), it occurred to me that I could make a homemade gym by taping toys to the coffee table. Well, it worked and Avery is enjoying his new toy.

5 month picture

Avery at five months

First Solid Food