Avery's getting bigger and more curious every day! She loves watching her baby Einstein DVDs and soaks up every minute of them. Right now we both have bronchitis and have tried to just take it easy. Avery's getting frequent breathing treatments to keep her little lungs open and seems to do fine with them during the day and only at night does she seem to fuss a lot with it cuz she's tired. I finally finished my bookwork for school and start my 600 hours of clinical at the University hospital! Yeah!!! I'm so excited and nervous. They have 20 operating rooms so, I'm gonna have my hands full! After two years of school, having a baby and all the fluctuating weight I finally made it! Not to mention all the stress and holidays in-between. Harley's trying to decide whether or not he's going to start doing a Conductors position again at work. If he does Avery and I will definitely miss him while he's away!

Can't wait for next Christmas!

Avery's excited for next Christmas already! Actually it's me who is excited! She's pretty festive, though! My parents gave Harley and I this Santa hat for Avery last Christmas when I was still pregnant! She wore it this year and I'm pretty sure it's not going to fit her next year so we're glad we caught a picture with it on her!

Christmas is here!!!

Here we are, Christmas day! Harley and I hauled all our presents into the car Christmas Eve and we spent the night at Dave and Suzanne's. This morning was a blast! We always have a HUGE breakfast after we open presents; ham, eggs, hash browns, toast, and freshly squeezed orange juice!MMM! Presents this year were great! It was a lot of fun for everyone to watch Avery's first Christmas. She sure got the hang of tearing open presents; and then trying to eat the wrapping paper! Harley and I got a new camera! Yeah!! Thank you to everyone for the thoughtful gifts you gave Harley and I. They were the most thought out wonderful gifts and it meant so much to us! We really felt the spirit of Christmas this year and the importance of wonderful family and friends.

climbing stairs

Avery climbed up the stairs today for the first time! It was pretty amazing. I can't believe what this kid is doing already~guess I shouldn't be too surprised since she will not hold still for a single minute!

Dad & Son

To the left we have Harley in action riding his '49 Panhead. When Harley and I started dating I had no idea how big of a deal Harley Davidson's were to this family. I should have given that his name is Harley, but that's beside the point. Anyway, the bike you see Harley riding he and his dad, Leo, built from scratch! Yup! Isn't that amazing! He and his dad worked on this amazing bike for almost 4 years off and on; pretty much any spare minute Harley and Leo had. My dad, Dave actually took this shot while they were riding down the street somewhere! Safe, huh! Ya, did I mention Dave has really only 1 good eye? That's another story. To the right is my father-in-law. He actually purchased his bike and as you can see he looks pretty dang good on it! Aren't they handsome!!!

Dundudun! Tackling The Stairs

When Avery is in the lower living room she gets pretty upset if you go upstairs to the kitchen! As you can see, she is now trying to get to wherever you are! I try to tell this girl, "Slow down! You got plenty of time for this!" I'm afraid with Harley's energy and both of our stubbornness we are in for it with this child! Isn't she cute!?

I don't wanna go anywhere!

Avery worked so hard to crawl into the car-seat, a place she would rather not be, that when she figured out it wasn't so much fun anymore...tears. Don't worry, we didn't leave her in there long; only long enough for the picture! She is everywhere & climbs on everything!