One

Avery is one year old today. And her Mommy and Daddy cannot believe it. She is such a joy for us. She took her first few steps over the last week, including a few in Hagerstown during the Thanksgiving visit. One of her favorite things is spontaneous "dancing" (shaking her head and shoulders) when she hears any type of music.

Nosedive

Avery revealed some of her own power last night - catapulting herself out of the bathtub and landing forearm-and-forehead first on the floor. Slippery little sucker, but after a few tears, emerged unscathed and with good scores from the judging panel...

Go Gate

Avery gets the spirit...

Storm Photos

Wilton was socked on October 29. We lost power for five nights. Lost lots of tree limbs and a few trees. But some pretty pictures!

Halloween 2011

A Ladybug and Superman. Lots of fun trick-or-treating in town. We were postponed by a week because of the freak snow storm that CANCELLED HALLOWEEN! How spooky. Trev had as Superman with his friend Conor (Spiderman) and Matthew (Batman).

11 Months

Avery back in the chair at 11 months.

October

October was a blur of Pumpkin Festival prep and aftermath, travel for Daddy, Halloween, and the second big storm of 2011! Freakish heavy snow swept in on October 29, burdening trees that still held their leaves, and quickly began to snap and pop limbs and entire trees. We lost power for five nights. First night was chilly in the house, when we all slept on the first floor and listened to the wind and hoped that a limb did not come through the ceiling. The next two nights we stayed with the Toohills, which was very gracious on their part and very fun. We hit Trunk or Treat with them on Halloween. Finally we spent two nights in Tarrytown with the McLaurins, which is always a hit with Trevor and Avery. We made it back to our house on Thursday, finally.