February 25, 2009--Starting to cruise

Having been able to pull up on the furniture for awhile, Avery has now figured out how to walk along it. Her favorite thing is to walk along the couch to get to the cat.

February 25, 2009--Sometimes a basket is better

I don't know what inspired Addison to get into a laundry basket, but she looked pretty comfortable reading in it.

February 14, 2009--Visiting Springfield

For the long President's Day weekend, we visited Aaron's cousins in Springfield: Sara Elizabeth and Jason and their kids Samuel (3 1/2) and Lauren (1, three months older than Avery). It was great to see their house and let the kids have time to play together. Samuel had a lot of cars and trucks that Addison liked to play with, since we don't have many of those things at our house.

Avery and Lauren playing with one of Lauren's birthday presents.

Addison in a box, guarding some toys.

After lunch, we headed to Bass Pro.

Addison loved the waterfall.

Samuel and Lauren at Bass Pro.

With the younger girls in bed, Aaron read a bedtime story to Samuel and Addison.

February 11, 2009--Hanging out at home

After dinner, we get some playtime with the girls before they have to go to sleep. Addison likes to listen to music with Daddy on the iPod...
while Avery plays with her gumball machine. One is supposed to drop the balls in the top and push the lever to get them out at the bottom, but Avery is fond of pulling them out of the top as well.

February 7, 2009--Almost walking

Avery has been practicing walking while pushing the car at Grandma's house.

It's so funny to see her take off walking down the hallway!