The Henderson Family

the kiddos!

2012-01-26T15:54:00.002-05:00

Avery and Sarah love making funny faces.

Why is it so hard to get a good picture of 3 little kids? This is the best one we got out of so many taken!

James' Blessing Day

2012-01-17T13:52:00.003-05:00

James was blessed on Sunday, January 15th!

James

2012-01-10T15:21:00.002-05:00

Here are just some cute pictures of James from the past month.
He has started to smile and every day it is a contest to see who he smiles the most at! Mom usually wins!

Funny sneeze!

San Antonio Zoo

2012-01-10T14:57:00.002-05:00

While in San Antonio we went to the Zoo! The highlight was of course the hippos! James was sleeping while this picture was taken and I was not willing to wake him up for a family hippo picture.
Those are hippos behind Avery and Sarah.

We also had fun riding the train outside the zoo!

Sea World

2012-01-10T14:53:00.003-05:00

Over Christmas we went to Sea World in San Antonio! We got to meet all the Sesame Street characters!! Avery and Sarah both loved it!

SANTA!

2011-12-12T13:14:00.003-05:00

I know you can't tell from these pictures, but Avery was so excited to see Santa and loved sitting on his lap and Sarah was scared to sit on his lap and really didn't want to!

Sarah's Second Birthday

2011-12-12T13:07:00.002-05:00

Happy Birthday Sarah!

One of her favorite presents was this huge bottle of bubbles!

Bitty Baby training potty! Now she and her baby doll can be potty trained together!

4 generations

2011-11-28T13:43:00.000-05:00

Here is James' 4 generation picture!

A few more...

2011-11-13T20:49:00.002-05:00

You can't really see in the photo above, but Avery and Sarah are wearing "Big Sis" shirts, and James is wearing a "Little Brother" shirt. Thanks Carters.

This photo doesn't make clear whether James or dad was using the orange pacifier on Chris' shoulder.

Sarah's jealousy hasn't quite set in yet.

Grandma Blake's eighth grandchild!

Mimi's twelfth great-grandchild!

James David Henderson

2011-11-13T20:33:00.005-05:00

In the above photo, James is wearing a vintage Georgia Bulldogs shirt, so vintage that it's the same one Chris wore over 27 years ago...

James was born Thursday, November 10 at 4:33 am! He weighed 8 lbs 15 oz and was 22 inches long! He and Hannah came home from the hospital today, and both of them are great! Hope you enjoy the photos, and more to be posted!

Funny Sarah

2011-10-11T09:42:00.001-04:00

Sarah has gotten really good at making funny faces! Here are some of her most recent attempts!!

Bike Riding

2011-10-11T09:36:00.003-04:00

Christopher's manager at work has an 8 year old girl and we have become the recipiant of her hand-me-downs! She gave Avery her old barbie bike! It is still a tad big, but we enjoy watching her try. We went to the middle school and had the girls ride their bikes around the track! After we rode around twice Avery decided to run around the track once. She was actually faster running around than riding around the track!!

Baby Blanket

2011-09-18T13:10:00.002-04:00

Christopher left us this weekend for a 2 day scout leadership training campout! It was a true toss up as to who was less excited for him to go. I am glad to report though that he had a better time then he thought he would. While he was gone we girls were left to our own devices. I thought we would be able to go out and do somethings, but Avery got sick Friday and left us homebound. So Saturday I made a baby blanket for our baby boy who should arrive in 2 months! I have made a lot of quilts and blankets and have spent a good amount of hours behind a sewing machine, but this is the first blanket I have ever made all by myself with no one next to me! I finished it in about 4 hours.

Drum Roll Please...

2011-09-13T08:32:00.003-04:00

I finished Avery's cross-stitch stocking last night! It only took me 40 days to complete it. Of course I did nothing else but cross stitch for the last 40 days. I now just need my mom to come and turn it into an actual stocking! Avery thinks she is going to get to wear it on her foot! We are one step closer to being ready for Christmas!!

Our Girls

2011-08-02T12:47:00.002-04:00

Sarah has started smiling on demand. She is very cute and very willing to smile for the camera. She has a pretty funny smile though and usually can't keep her eyes open while smiling.

Avery thought it would be fun to sleep in her lego bucket. She curled up and fit right in!

Our girls are very into lego towers right now. Avery likes to build them up to the ceiling and knock them over. It is a lot of fun for them!!

Sarah's Black Eye

2011-07-12T19:08:00.003-04:00

Sarah had an unpleasant meeting with her play table on Saturday. She lost the battle! This was her black eye on day 1.

Black Eye on day 2

Black Eye on day 4

She now has great street cred!!!

AT Hike

2011-07-12T18:54:00.004-04:00

Christopher took a big group of boys hiking on the AT the first week in June. This is all of them at the beginning. Notice how clean their shirts are and the smiles on their faces!!!
My brothers, Malan and Hansen, came out to Atlanta to go with Christopher.

They hiked 42 miles in 6 days and rafted 8 miles. This is their view from the top! They were above the clouds.

Now notice how dirty their shirts are!!

This was the sign at the end of the hike!! They made it the entire way and Christopher can't wait to go again next summer!!

Memorial Day

2011-06-16T10:42:00.004-04:00

For Memorial Day Weekend we went to Mexico Beach, Fl. We spent our time on the beach. Avery loved it! Her favorite part was the sand. She would pour it all over her body and make big piles of sand to jump into! She had a blast and could have never left!

The reason there are no pictures of Sarah on the beach is because she hated it! She cried the entire time and hates the sand. We hope she will grow out of it.

Here is Avery's sun burn/really cool tan lines she got while down in Florida!!On the last night there we went to watch the sunset! It was gorgeous! Avery and Sarah had fun running up and down the boardwalk.

Avery's 3rd Birthday!

2011-06-16T10:24:00.002-04:00

I can't believe our little girl is 3 years old! She had a great birthday and has loved all her gifts. She actually got into opening presents this year and really liked picking out her cake flavors!
Avery really only likes the icing. I think next year I will just get her a tub of icing and I will eat all the cake!!

She got bubbles from her Grandma Henderson and Lito!

Grandma and Grandpa Blake gave her Toy Story Legos!

And her Dad gave Avery her favority gift! A fishing pole. She loves to practice over our balcony.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

2011-06-16T10:04:00.004-04:00

After Ober Gatlinburg we went to the Smokies! Christopher really wanted to see a bear, so we drive around the loop the park has until we saw a bear. Lucky for him we saw 4 bears!

This is a baby bear that we caught running across a big open field. It was very cool to see.

We also spent some time in a little stream. The water was freezing, but Christopher made us all get in. The girls screamed of course. We had fun finding cool rocks and playing in the water for awhile.

This is Avery's real reaction!

This is Avery's reaction as a result of a brib! Half Smile!!

Ober Gatlinburg

2011-06-16T09:35:00.003-04:00

Ober Gatlinburg is usually a ski resort, but when there is no snow they turn it into a summer park. You can ride the ski lifts and look out at the view!
Avery enjoyed the ski lifts much more than I did!

You can ride down the mountain on their alpine slide ride! It was a lot of fun and Christopher was by far the faster rider!

There was also a play ground at the park. The girls loved playing in the ball pit! Sarah couldn't get out of it, so Christopher had to go in and get her.

Avery and Christopher playing half a round of mini golf. Avery was not too interested after about 8 holes. She is a natural though.

You could also go ice skating at the park. Christopher insisted on taking Avery. She was actually looking forward to it and wanted to go right up to the point when they got on the ice. Christopher loved it!!

We ended the day riding the carasol. Avery loved it and Sarah screamed through the entire ride. Which resulted in Christopher and Avery riding the again and again and Sarah and I sitting on the side watching.

Chattanooga Night 2

2011-06-16T09:28:00.002-04:00

I wanted to go back to Hillbilly Willy's for dinner again, but Christopher wanted to try something new. So we went to Good Dog. It had good food, but didn't come close to J-Dawg's in Provo.
After hotdogs we went to a minor league baseball game. The Chattanooga Lookouts!

Avery got a baseball shirt. Both the girls really enjoyed it! I don't think the people around us would say the same thing though.

The highlight of the game for Avery was eating ice cream out of a baseball hat and then getting to play with it for the rest of the game!

More animals...

2011-06-16T09:22:00.002-04:00

Alligator
Sea Turtle

Nemo

Shark cage that Avery was too scared to get into!

Really scary looking crab animals that made Avery cry!

Chattanooga Day 2

2011-06-16T09:12:00.003-04:00

We woke up early on day 2 and went to the Tennessee Aquarium. It is huge and we spent hours looking at all the animals.

We first saw the sting rays. Avery was not thrilled about the prospect of touching them.

Sarah though couldn't get close enough to them.

We went to the butterfly room next. Sarah thought they were very cool and grabbed at everyone she could see.

Avery loved the butterflies also. She even wanted to hold and touch them.

Day 1 continues...

2011-06-16T08:59:00.002-04:00

After the railroad we went to a monument/park in Chattanooga were the Trail of Tears started many years ago. Usually their is water running down the steps to indicate the tears, but it was too cold. So instead Avery had fun running up and down the steps without water.

That night we went to dinner at Hillbilly Willy's Bar-B-Q!!! It was amazing! I loved the food and if we ever go back to Chattanooga we will eat there every night!!!

After dinner we went to Lookout Mountain which over looks the entire city. It was fun for Christopher and I to see, but our girls didn't love it!

Down the road from Lookout Mountain is Chattanooga National Military Park. We walked around for awhile and saw all the cool cannons, but the highlight of the park was getting to watch a guy propose to his girlfriend! It was so cute and I wish we had taken a picture.

Family Vacation Day 1

2011-06-16T08:51:00.002-04:00

Day 1 started with a trip to the Tennessee Valley Railroad. It was a blast and the girls loved riding a real train.

This is the actual train we road.

We road a couple of miles and then got off the train. We were able to see how they turn the train around on a big turn table. Then we got back on the train and road it to the station. It was a lot of fun!

Avery and Sarah's favorite part was hanging their heads out the window and feeling the wind in their hair.

Easter

2011-06-16T08:39:00.002-04:00

Avery and Sarah loved Easter this year. They both really got into hunting for eggs and loved eating all the chocolate. Here they are in their Easter dresses with their Easter bunnies!

Sarah loved looking for eggs and even did pretty well at it!

Avery was the funniest Easter egg hunter. She passed up every single hard boiled egg and only picked up the plastic ones with chocolate!

sarah's smile

2011-02-14T10:08:00.003-05:00

Sarah wanted to show the world her 2 big front teeth!
She loves to smile!

She loves to smile more while eating because really nothing makes her happier than eating!

Avery

2011-02-14T09:51:00.004-05:00

Here are just some of the pictures we took of Avery over the past month... Avery loves to play house. She puts the mommy and daddy at the table and then sets up the babies to eat with them.
Here Avery made me follow her around with the camera and take pictures of her and her doll!

Avery was showing Dad that she could hold up her doll with just one hand just like Dad does to her. You will also have to forgive her for her smile.

After Avery got into Aunt Leah's lipstick!

Avery's first real haircut!!

Cowgirl Avery

This picture is for Great Grandma Blake and Grandma Blake. Avery is going to be a great sewer one day! She already has the look down!

Standing

2011-02-14T09:45:00.002-05:00

Around the middle of January Sarah started standing on her own. Standing was very scary for her and she only stood when we made her do it!

Here is her second attempt.
Sarah has now perfected standing and moved on to walking!

Merry Christmas

2011-01-04T12:34:00.003-05:00

This year for Christmas we slept in til 8:30. It was great! We had a fun morning opening presents and playing with all our great toys! Here are a few pictures of our morning. Santa brought the girls tutus!

Avery got Toy Story 3.

My best present was the Mavericks Cook Book! It really has my name all over it. In fact I got 2 copies, one from my parents and one from Christopher! What a great presents!

Go Mavs!!

Mimi got the girls cute matching princess outfits!

Santa's Visit

2010-12-27T10:04:00.000-05:00

Our girls did great this year sitting on Santa's lap! Avery was so excited to see him, she ran down the hallway and waiting very impatiently in line. She kept saying, "I want to see Santa"!

This was our first attempt!

And this was our second! I don't know why Avery was even excited for Santa to come to our house. Poor Santa.

Sarah's First Birthday!

2010-12-20T19:38:00.000-05:00

Sarah turned one on the 10th and so we invited some friends and family over for a party. Sarah (really Avery) opened her presents and then she ate a lot of cake. She loved it! I took some great pictures of her and then when I went to blog them something happened with the memory card and computer and all the pictures were deleted. So I was very sad and cried. I did not want Sarah to be one of those kids who did not have pictures to document her life's milestones. The next night we did her party again and ate cake again. Sarah did not complain. I kind of took a lot more pictures the second time around. I hope you appreciate all these pictures because we worked hard for them!

This is Sarah's high from sugar face!

I hope yall felt like you were experiencing Sarah eating her first birthday cake with us!

Cute Avery

2010-11-11T10:43:00.000-05:00

We have been working on Avery's picture taking skills. She has actually been more willing to smile lately for the camera. She will even ask me to get the camera and take pictures of her sometimes!!

Here are some of her recent efforts!

Potty Training - Daddy Style

2010-11-11T10:36:00.000-05:00

I look back at some of my old pictures and think what was I wearing. I think these two pictures are going to be some of those for Avery. We were trying to potty train her, so she did not have any pants on. It was cold that day, so she had a long sleeve shirt on. We had also just recieved some hand-me-down clothes and in the bag were minnie mouse slippers, which of course Avery insisted on wearing all day.

When Christopher came home and saw Avery sitting on the potty he joined in and tried to help Avery enjoy sitting on her toilet more by giving her a Calvin and Hobbes book! It actually worked in getting Avery to sit for longer, but not in getting her to actually go to the bathroom in her potty.

Peak-A-Boo

2010-11-11T10:32:00.000-05:00

Sarah loves to play peak-a-boo! She can even say it now. Christopher brought home a plastic fireman's hat and for the rest of the night Sarah played peak-a-boo with it. It was very cute!

Peak-a-boo!

Our New Home

2010-11-11T10:05:00.000-05:00

We moved into our new apartment at the end of September. It took about 2 weeks to get done most of the unpacking and about the next 6 weeks to get those last 5 boxes unpacked and put away. I don't know why it works that way, but it does everytime...atleast for us.

We love our new apartment. It is almost twice as big as our old apartment in Provo. My favorite part is my huge walk in closet and Christopher's favorite part is his Man Cave that he has been able to put all his manly things in.

Avery loves having more room to run around and Sarah still does not know the difference.

You walk into the apartment and see this.

To the right is the dining area.

Then there is the kitchen and pantry and laundry area.

To the left of the computer table is our living area.

The door on the far left is the door to our bedroom, bathroom, and closets.

The door to the right of the computer is the door to the girls room and bathroom.

Off of the living room we have a nice balcony that Avery rides her bike on.

Outside our front door is Christopher's man cave!

Mickey and A Cheerleader

2010-11-01T13:11:00.000-04:00

Avery is now a huge fan of Halloween. She mastered saying trick or treat! We went to the ward truck or treat party on Saturday night. I walked her around to all the cars and loved fulling up her basket with candy. Once we were all done she kept asking all night if she could go to more cars. She got so much candy she could not even life her bag by the end of the night.

Avery dressed up as a UGA cheerleader! Don't worry we already got a lot of flack from ward members about it not being a BYU cheerleader costume.
Sarah dressed up as Mickey Mouse! Avery was very jealous!

Pumpkin Carving

2010-11-01T12:19:00.001-04:00

This year for Halloween we decided to get two pumpkins. One for Avery and one for us!Christopher got really into the carving of the pumpkins. He found a couple of cut-outs and traced them onto the pumpkins and then got special carving tools and cut them out!

Avery especially liked seeing Mickey Mouse on a pumpkin!!

Best picture of Avery ever taken!!

Grilled Pizza

2010-11-01T11:53:00.000-04:00

Joe and Katie babysat this past weekend for a man Katie works with. He took his wife and two older kids to a football game and left his two youngest with Joe and Katie! They have a 7 year old and a 3 year old. They invited us over to grill pizza and let our girls play with their girls. It was a lot of fun and the pizza turned out really yummy.

The great added bonus of the whole experience was that the husband just happens to be the CFO for Carters! Their home was amazing!

They also had the Fox Sportsnet Southwest channel that the Mavs games come on!! So I got to watch the Mavs game in their theatre room!!! It was totally awesome!!!! Dirk was lifesize!!

Grill and Quilt

2010-11-01T11:43:00.000-04:00

Christopher left his old grill in Utah, so the first thing he wanted when we got our own place again was a grill. It is much nicer than our old grill and Christopher has had fun braking it in!!

Amber and I started a quilt in the summer, but just finished it this past week. It was a lot of fun sewing! I am glad I finished right in time for winter!! Mine is the yellow one and Ambers is the brown one.

Hillcrest Orchards continues...

2010-10-24T16:34:00.000-04:00

Christopher made Avery go on this moving swing ride. Avery hated it and Christopher loved it!

The best part of the orchard was the Apple cider we bought. It was so amazing. It was like drinking a fresh apple! So good!!!

We also had a turkey leg for lunch there! It was yummy, but not as yummy as the apple cider!!

more petting farm!!

2010-10-24T16:21:00.000-04:00

This is my favorite picture! Sarah's face is the best!!

Those poor chicks!! They were not the same after they met Sarah!

Hillcrest Orchard's Petting Farm!!

2010-10-24T16:09:00.000-04:00

The highlight of our Saturday was the petting farm at the orchard! Both Sarah and Avery loved it. Avery followed all the animals around and Sarah had no fear when given an animal to hold. Avery liked the chicks and the goats the best.

Christopher caught a chicken and tried to get Avery to hold it. She was a bit timid and decided to just pet the chicken.

Sarah on the other hand just went for it. She was very fasinated with the eyes and wanted to touch them. The poor chicken!! She also liked the hard red part on the top of their heads.

Avery followed the goats around and tried to pick every single one of them up. She was not successful and none of the goats wanted to be her friend in the end.

They had a bunch of baby chicks and both Avery and Sarah loved them. Avery held one and so did Sarah!!! Sarah also pulled a lot of feathers out!!

My favorite part were the 3 little kittens. We had to wait 10 minutes to hold them because they were taking naps, but it was worth it. Avery liked the kitten and I even got her to say that she likes cats more than dogs by the end. So that was a great bonus!!

Hillcrest Orchards

2010-10-24T16:03:00.000-04:00

After Burt's we went up the road 10 minutes to Hillcrest Orchards. They grow the best apples in Georgia. Normally people can pick the apples, but because of a dry season we weren't able to pick any. That of course did not stop Christopher from getting Avery to pick some.
She was proud of her little apple. And she added to her collection by picking up a bunch that had fallen on the ground.

Christopher also got Sarah up in the tree. She could not get any apples, but she liked looking at them!

Burt's Pumpkin Patch

2010-10-24T15:48:00.000-04:00

On Saturday we drove up to north Georgia and went to Burt's Pumpkin Patch. They had huge some of the biggest pumpkins I have ever seen in my life.

Sarah really liked being there and was happy to pose for some pictures. Avery we had to bribe with some yummy pumpkin bread.

We talked Avery into trying to pick up some of the pumpkins. I thought it was pretty funny and she tried very hard, but could not even move it a little.

We had a fun morning there and were excited to pick out some pumpkins. We ended up getting a big pumpkin, an Avery size pumpkin, and a Sarah size pumpkin. We will show you those when we carve them!!!

Cute Sarah and Avery!

2010-10-13T17:15:00.000-04:00

Avery and Sarah

2010-08-25T10:24:00.001-04:00

Avery got into her grandma's mascara in Dallas and put it on her one eye and all down her left arm. She did a pretty good job for her first time!

While Avery is about the least photogenic child, Sarah loves the camera and has a great smile!!

Summer Vacation

2010-08-25T10:09:00.000-04:00

The girls and I left Christopher for 2 1/2 weeks this summer and went to visit my family. Here are some pictures of our adventures!

Here we are at the Red Brick House in Nauvoo!

We went to the Louisville Slugger factory!

Here we are 630 feet in the sky! Avery loved being at the top of the Gateway Arch and Sarah hated it!

New pictures of Collin

2010-07-28T14:18:00.000-04:00

Memorial Day

2010-06-08T13:02:00.000-04:00

On Memorial Day we went to the Braves game with Amber and Stephen. It was a lot of fun and the Braves won!! Before getting to the game we ate at The Varsity. Very good hamburgers and hotdogs! Avery liked their hats too!

Go Braves!

After the game we stayed around for a bit and watched the Beach Boys perform.

Avery, Sarah & Collin

2010-06-07T20:34:00.001-04:00

Christopher amusing the babies

Best Buddies!

More Photos

2010-06-07T13:56:00.000-04:00

There are more posts on the Blake Family Blog for your viewing pleasure.

Mercer

2010-06-07T13:45:00.000-04:00

It is at the corner of Lenox Rd. and Phipps Blvd. in Buckhead.
It is across the street from Phipps Plaza.

This is the building Christopher and Stephen will be working in!
It is the Two Alliance Center

Florida and Surfing and Kayaking

2010-06-07T13:35:00.000-04:00

Avery and Sarah!

2010-04-14T22:58:00.000-04:00

Avery is very excited to be an Atlanta Braves fan!

Sarah can now roll on to her side. She has too big of hips so she can not make it all the way to her tummy, but she is getting there! One of her favorite things to do now is roll to her toys!!

Sarah's Blessing Dress Pictures

2010-04-07T22:24:00.000-04:00

We took pictures are Target today in Sarah's blessing dress. She looked very beautiful and can't wait to show off her dress to her grandma and grandpa!!

Collin: Easter Weekend

2010-04-05T16:04:00.000-04:00

2010-03-22T14:27:00.000-04:00

Congrats on the job offer Stephen! We can't wait to live near y'all!

Sarah

2010-03-10T12:34:00.000-05:00

We have been trying to get Sarah to hold her head up like Collin. She can only do it for a few seconds and gets tired of trying quickly. Here was her best attempt.

These are the cute panda bear pjs that aunt brenda and uncle brad sent us for Sarah!

On Monday Sarah got her 2 month shots even though she is now 3 months! She did fine actually getting the shots, but cried for the next 24 hours. She also gave us a little bit of hope sleeping through the night 2 weeks ago, but all that good work has now gone out the window. She is now consistantly waiting up twice a night.

She is getting really big and can't wait to meet some of her family at the end of April!!!

Few More Collin Pictures

2010-03-06T15:37:00.001-05:00

Few more pictures taken on 3/6/2010.

Collin: 2 Months Old

2010-03-01T12:38:00.001-05:00

Collin is now 9 lbs 3 oz. and 22 inches long (up from 7 lbs 8 oz 20 inches at 1 month & 5 lbs 13 oz 19 inches long at birth).

LOOOOOVES his swing!

Reaching for things

Holding his head up pretty well!

Collin is a thumb-sucker... only when he can find his thumb!

This is Collin meeting his GREAT GREAT Grandmother. She turned 100 in February!

Naming Everybody

2010-02-26T20:10:00.000-05:00

Avery has learned everyone's name in our household. Although she knows that Chirstopher is daddy, she still continues to call him mommy from time to time.

cute girls

2010-02-25T11:10:00.000-05:00

Sarah's funny face

Avery loves to plug her ears...especially when Sarah is crying.

Avery's Valentines Day balloon.

Avery tries to be a really nice big sister...only sometimes does she crush Sarah.

Collin Loves Snow!

2010-02-12T18:18:00.001-05:00

2010-02-07T17:59:00.000-05:00

Congrats Michael on becoming an eagle scout!! What an accomplishment!!

Avery

2010-02-01T11:45:00.001-05:00

Avery and I spent our Saturday painting our nails. She was very good and stayed completely still while I painted them. She loves looking at them and everytime she takes off her socks she is surprised that the paint is still on.

Avery loves to drink the smoothies Daddy makes with a straw!

Avery has finally mastered sleeping in her big girl bed. She likes it and will freely climb in it. She also will not get out of it until the morning. The bed is a lot bigger than her crib, so she is still trying to find the best and most comfortable position to sleep in. Every night we find her sleeping in some new and funny place!

Aquarium

2010-02-01T11:40:00.000-05:00

Last week Avery, Sarah, and I went to the Aquarium with our good friends Lacey and Alex. Avery loved seeing all the fish and called them all Nemo. The last tank we went to actually had a Nemo fish in it and she spent 5 minutes talking to him through the glass. It was very cute. She loved running around the place and playing in the sting ray tank water.

Silly Avery and Daddy

2010-02-01T11:33:00.000-05:00

Avery's favorite time of the day is bedtime. Only because that is usually the only time of the day that she gets to spend time with her dad. Christopher and Avery will play in her room everynight before bedtime. Most of the time Christopher tries to get Avery to do something really cute on camera. Here are the fruits of his efforts!

Collin: 1 Month Old

2010-01-27T16:05:00.001-05:00

bath time

2010-01-19T11:12:00.000-05:00

Bath time goes a lot better now that Avery can color the walls of the tub while getting washed!!

Look Mom...no hands!!

2010-01-19T11:10:00.000-05:00

Just a knee!

Smiles!

2010-01-19T11:06:00.000-05:00

Sisters

2010-01-19T11:01:00.000-05:00

They are already sharing secrets!!

Holding Hands

More Collin Pictures

2010-01-17T15:27:00.001-05:00

Collin: 2 Weeks Old

2010-01-13T10:56:00.000-05:00

It's hard to believe that Collin will be two weeks old tomorrow night. Time is flying by! Collin usually sleeps from 10 pm-7 am and only wakes to eat. He is awake much of the day. He has been a good baby so far and we have really been enjoying him! He gained 9 ounces in a week and was 6 pounds 5 ounces a couple of days ago. He sure loves to eat!

Made by Great Grandma

2010-01-09T17:56:00.000-05:00

Grandma Seibert made matching beanies and booties for Avery and Sarah. Because they were only still enough for one picture, there will be more to come!

It's official!

2010-01-06T15:52:00.001-05:00

Christopher was made three offers, two in Dallas with Towers Watson and Buck Consultants, and one in Atlanta with Mercer. Yesterday he accepted an offer to work with Mercer in Atlanta! He will start June 14th, and we are planning to move in May.

We are very excited, and he can't wait to graduate! 14 more weeks, 56 more days of class, and 134 more classes!

Collin Brent McKenzie

2010-01-05T06:56:00.000-05:00

First kiss.

Right after being born!

Coming home outfit.

First car ride!

Sarah!

2010-01-03T16:48:00.000-05:00

Sarah is growing so fast. She already does not fit into most of her newborn clothes. She weighed 9 pounds 6 ounces at her 2 week doctors appointment. She is a lot of fun to have around and so far a very good baby!!

Sarah has much more of her mom in her than her dad. She has large eyes, short eyelashes, a big mouth, loves to sleep, and is a great burper!!

Avery!!

2010-01-03T16:38:00.000-05:00

Even with a new baby in the house, Avery is still the center of our family. She makes sure of that.

Avery has discovered her bows!! Now that the baby wears bows, Avery wants to have bows in her hair...and always more than the baby has.

Avery is a true girl. She is obessed with shoes! She will try for hours to put her own shoes on and loves to wear around dad and mom's shoes. It is very cute and she is actually pretty good at wearing and walking in shoes 3x her size.

Only sometimes can Christopher talk Avery into playing basketball with him. She is very good and most of time makes more baskets than her dad.

Avery is never getting a real dog, so she will have to settle for the next best thing...a doggie towel. She now actually likes to get out of the bath!!

Auntie Leah taught Avery how to make a fish face. It very cute to watch.

Avery saying Capisce...which is Italian for "Understand?"

2010-01-03T16:25:00.000-05:00

This is the first Italian word that Avery has learned to say!! Christopher is very proud.

Christmas!

2010-01-03T16:01:00.000-05:00

We spent Christmas Eve night with our aunt and uncle and their family. The highlight of the night was Avery's amazing performance as the Nativity angel. Christopher and I were Mary and Joseph and Sarah got to be baby Jesus. It was a lot of fun.

Christmas morning was a lot of fun. We got to sleep in till 8am!! We spent the next 3 hours opening presents and playing with all of Avery's new toys. Avery loves her new dolly and always insists on the dolly having her pacifier in her mouth.

Santa brought Sarah a bouncer seat. Everyday it is a contest for Avery to see if she can get in and enjoy the seat without her parents noticing.

Collin Brent McKenzie

2010-01-01T15:53:00.000-05:00

Kate's picture of Collin!

Merry Christmas

2009-12-23T00:05:00.000-05:00

Daddy's Little Girl

2009-12-23T00:04:00.000-05:00

Things I've Crocheted For Collin

2009-11-06T16:32:00.000-05:00

I taught myself how to crochet from Youtube! I've been crocheting the last few days non-stop! I hope these will look good on Collin, and more importantly, that they will actually fit him!

Hope everyone is doing well!

-Amber

Avery's New Bed

2009-10-26T16:58:00.000-04:00

Avery's new favorite movie is The Sound of Music. She watched the puppet show scene about 15 times yesterday. It was very cute. She sat on the table and did not move the entire time.

Avery is now sleeping in her big girl bed. She has been a little scared and hesitant to move over, but she is warming up to it and has successfully taken 2 naps and slept 1 night in her bed. She especially likes the dog pillow she gets to sleep on.

Hannah

Avery being cute!

2009-10-26T12:58:00.000-04:00

Avery loves to play outside our apartment.

She makes the funniest faces.

Funny video of Avery

2009-10-25T22:34:00.000-04:00

Hannah posted a video of Avery on her family's blog. We highly recommend that you check it out.

Christopher

Collin's 27 Week Ultrasound (Amber's Ultrasound)

2009-10-05T17:52:00.001-04:00

Collin's Baby Bedding

2009-09-14T19:29:00.001-04:00

Collin's room is really coming along! We just received the bedding today. We've painted several things to match his decor. We don't need much more for him- can't believe he will be here in a few months!

The New Provo Park

2009-09-13T17:36:00.000-04:00

When Hannah and I were moving out of our first apartment 21 months ago, the city was starting to clear land to build a park half a block away. This summer they finally finished it, and because we only moved 2 blocks from where we used to live, it's very close! Avery and Hannah go there just about everyday.

Avery does the funniest things now. She is also talking a lot more. In addition to saying mommy and daddy, she can say doggy, cracker, uh oh, no, please, thank you (which you can see a video of on the Blake blog), baby, ball, and hi. She also knows how to say more and all done in sign language.

Collin's Furniture

2009-08-19T21:23:00.001-04:00

IT'S A BOY! (Amber's Ultrasound)

2009-08-06T13:25:00.000-04:00

It's a boy! Legs

3D Legs

3D Body

3D Face

We're Having Another Girl!

2009-08-01T12:24:00.000-04:00

Our daughter's profile

Our daughter's face

It's a girl!

Avery and food

2009-07-25T13:09:00.000-04:00

Avery loves when Dad watches her because to keep her happy, Daddy gives her lots of cookies!

Sometimes Avery does not like to eat. I thought all little kids loved cheeseburgers...I guess not Avery.

Teeth

2009-07-25T12:37:00.000-04:00

Avery is now the proud kid of 6 whole teeth!

She loves to show them off. All we have to say is Avery show us your teeth and we get this silly smile/grin. Boy is she cute!!

A Social Butterfly

2009-06-17T22:13:00.000-04:00

Avery now walks around and pretends to talk on the phone.

Avery being cute!

2009-06-17T17:22:00.001-04:00

Lately Avery has been very happy. I believe it is because she can now walk and go where ever she wants to. She even seems to be enjoying meal time more! Which is always a plus because this girl needs to gain more weight!

Hannah