Giving Thanks

I am thankful for my cabinet in the kitchen which kept me busy while everyone else was cooking our Thanksgiving meal!

I am thankful for Granny and Meemo who came to visit me on my very first Thanksgiving!

I am thankful for my little spoon that matches mommy's fancy silver so I can eat like everyone else!

I am thankful for my new Nike's that help me walk so much better and match my new outfit that Granny brought me!

I am thankful for the snow because I will have so much fun playing in it when I'm bigger!

And last but not least, I am thankful for my room so I can sleep after a busy day!

An Autumn Day in the Park

Last Saturday, the weather was perfect so we went to the park. We pushed Jackson in one of the swings for awhile, introduced him to the slide and made complete fools of ourselves by attempting to use the monkey bars. Seriously, I can't believe I used to be able to do that! I think Scott and I had almost as much fun playing as Jackson did. Scott is not going to appreciate me posting this picture of him but I just couldn't resist.

Supermodel!

One of our supermodels - Adriana Lima - visited last week. It was our location’s 10 year anniversary so she, our President, AVP and some other executives came out to NM. The news was there, the mayor, the chamber of commerce president and someone from city planning. The mayor declared September 6th Victoria’s Secret Day! Here's a picture. Bet you wish you were here!

Big Busy Boy

Last week Scott and I took Jackson to the doctor for his 9 month checkup and his flu shot. He weighs 25 pounds and is 30" long - 90th percentile in everything which means his growth is slowing since he used to be 95th in everything. He has four teeth - two top, two bottom - and he loves to clap his hands, make babbling sounds, click his tongue and feed animal crackers to the dogs (which he thinks is hilarious by the way). He is getting too fast for me to keep up with. He pulls all of the books off the bookshelves, pulls everything out of drawers - thanks Mom - and has figured out how to open cabinets. As I'm writing this he has made quite a mess in our office. At this point I'm still finding it kind of amusing that he'd rather make a mess with CDs, paper, books, clothes and whatever else he can get his hands on than the loads of toys he has to play with. He's so curious about everything and I'm amazed at what he has figured out already. I hope you enjoy these bathtime pictures of our brilliant, big and busy baby boy.

Halloween

Jackson, Libby and Major were all pumpkins for Halloween. I took Jackson up to work for a family event and then we met Christine and her girls Bailey and Mackenzie for trick or treating. They were "a goth mime" - Mackenzie and "a dead bride's daughter" - Bailey of course. We got home at around 8:15 and I actually got to give out candy! I've never been home on Halloween since we've lived in this house (three years) so it was exciting for me even though I only got one trick or treater and it was a friend's daughter. Scott said we got a lot of trick or treaters while we were out trick or treating so he didn't get any sleep because the doorbell kept ringing. Here's some pictures of our little pumpkins.

Our Trip to the Pumpkin Patch

Last Sunday, Scott and I took Jackson to the pumpkin patch in Corralles. They had a corn maze and at the end you got to pick your pumpkin, look at farm animals and go on a hay ride back to the beginning. I was a little disappointed in the fact that there were hardly any pumpkins left because I wanted pictures of Jackson with pumpkins everywhere but that's probably what we get for going the last weekend before Halloween. There's always next year.

The best part was watching Jackson swing in the park. I took a video of it with my digital camera because he giggled the whole time. My boys are so cute aren't they?

Mischievous

I was working in the office last weekend while Scott was sleeping. I had Jackson in with me since he likes to pull all of the books off the shelves and get into everything in the drawers. Well, I watched him crawl into the hallway and into the guest bathroom so I got up to make sure he wasn't getting into anything and walked to the kitchen to get some water. When I came back about 30 seconds later this is what I saw.

Welcome

Welcome to our blog! So, Regina suggested I start blogging about Jackson and all of the events in the Avery household so here it is. I hope you enjoy it! I will try to update it often so you can keep up with us.