Gingerbread cookies

Saturday, we made gingerbread cookies. I have great memories of making giant gingerbread men when I was a kid, so I thought it would be a fun thing for us to do this year. Corbin was super excited to decorate the cookies, which kind of surprised me. I thought it would be me decorating all the cookies, while Corbin ate all the candy. But, Corbin spent quite a bit of time getting his gingerbread man just right. Decorating cookies was all he talked about during the day. It was definitely worth the big mess it made in my kitchen.

Corbin's cookie

Avery watched, and ate a cookie

Decorating for Christmas!

Visitors!

Just this last weekend, Clark's parents came to visit us. We love having family come to visit. We had lots of fun. We went to Garden of the Gods, took a few family pictures, Grandma and Grandpa took Corbin out on a date to Build-a-Bear, we visited Hammond's Candy Factory, went out to eat, and in general just had a grand ole time.

Primary program

Yesterday was our ward's primary program. Corbin was sooo excited for it. All day long, he was asking me when the primary program would start. Corbin did an awesome job saying his part! I was so proud of him!

cowboy and cowboy-girl

The other day we discovered that Avery really likes riding the rocking horse. Watching Avery ride the horse, made Corbin want to play cowboy. He put on a pair of my boots, and used Izzy leash for his rope. And he called me and Avery "cowboy-girls"

12 months

Avery at 12 months:

* Avery loves to cover her face with a blanket/clothes and then pull it down to play "peek-a-boo"

* When you give her a brush, she will comb her hair.

* Says "hi"

* Is walking!

* Loves to climb on top things: the love sac, the computer chair, toys, the exersaucer (she can climb all the way into the seat, and then she gets mad because she is stuck there), the dishwasher, and she can climb into her stroller. She started climbing long before she started trying to walk.

* Will fall asleep in church, but only if Clark holds her. She will not go to sleep for me.

12 month stats:

Weight: 18 lb.-------8%

Height: 29 inches---50%

Head: 18 inches-----60%

Avery is 1!

Avery turned 1 on 11/1/11!! A pretty awesome day to turn one, if you ask me. We had a little family party for her. Here are some pictures of the festivities.

When Corbin turned one, he had a "1" shaped cake, so I made it for Avery, too. Who knows, maybe it will become a tradition.

Avery LOVED eating the cake and ice cream!! She ate a big piece of cake, in no time at all! And she fussed until I gave her half of my ice cream :)

Clark and I gave Avery a baby doll, and a stroller. She likes to feed the doll a bottle. But she thinks it is a lot more fun to climb on top of the stroller, rather than walk behind it. I wasn't too surprised. Avery is definitely a climber.

Happy birthday, baby girl! I love you, and I am so happy to have you in our family!!

Halloween

Carving the pumpkins we grew in our backyard

Corbin LOVED playing with this skeleton toy that he got from Grandma and Grandpa G.

We went trick or treating at the fire station. For a while, we were the only ones there, and so we basically got a personal tour. The firemen were really nice. I think Corbin asked them to open every door and cabinet on the fire truck.

trick or treating!

Avery is the red angry bird, and Corbin is the king pig from angry birds. I made the costumes using this tutorial.

Avery walks!

Avery took her first step on Friday, October 28th! She can now take about 5 steps at a time. I'm so glad that she waited for us to come home from Costa Rica, before she starting walking! I would have been so sad if I had missed seeing her adorable first steps. The videos below were taken on Sunday, October 30th.

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