Christmas

Oh what fun Christmas was this year!
Christmas Eve
Christmas eve was spent with the Graff family at Marlyn and George's house. ( I love this house! Beautiful view) The Graff Christmas Eve never disappoints! We had delicious food (ham, potato casserole (my favorite) cheese ball, rapsbery salad, Teryl's famous texas sheet cake) The evening was spent with Grandma presenting her year in review in the for of a book with the theme of  ducks. She even shared with us a few songs she had composed during the year. Very impressed!

Pictures to come!

We got through with the Graff's and went back to my Mom and Dad's and got a phone call from Nykell around 8:30. We were all super excited to talk with her. She sounded so great! We had a time limit of an hour. The time was well spent. Aevri wanted to talk to Aunt Kel the whole time and got pretty mad when she didn't get her way!

Pictures to come!

Christmas Morning
Jerico and I were so excited to have our first Christmas with Aevri.  I spent most of the month of December shopping for the perfect gifts for everyone.  We couldn't wait for Aevri to wake up and open her presents. My parents came down to our house at around 8. We had to wake Aevri up because we didn't want to wait any longer. I think I over did Aevri's gifts. She got : A huge pillow pet, a toy ride on horse, cookie monster, blocks, playskool CD player, clothes galore, curling iron, and a tooth brush. Guess what she liked the best? Not really interested in the toys. Her favorite things to do are still get in all of the cupboards, eat cell phones, and empty out her dressor drawers. Figures!

We heard from Chance at 10 am. We were suprised to hear from him so early. We hadn't even opened all the gifts yet! We were so happy to hear from Elder Graff and to hear that he was doing so well! We each talked with him individually and didn't do a lot of speaker phone like we had last time we talked. We are all so greatful to Nykell and Chance for serving a mission!

We were all super happy with all of our wonderful gifts. I got a new Cannon Rebel T1i! The best gift ever. Jerico got a new computer. Mom Dad and Morgan got a new laptop! Just what they needed so they can put the missionaries computers away before they break!

Christmas Evening
Great Grandma and Grandpa Graff came down on Christmas evening to have some fun with us. We had some homemade soup courtesy of Jerico,

Family Pics

I wanted to get family pictures to send out in Christmas cards this year. My cousin Sydney does a great job with photography so I asked her to take them for us. She is so great to work with. Her turn around time on the pics is so fast!! I hate waiting to see how shots turn out. Love her. Here are some of the family shots and some shots of just Aevri. I thought they turned out adorable.

Crawlin'!

August 22, 2010

August 28, 2010

Aevri is moving all over the place. I'm not sure I would exactly call it crawling.... but she definately is moving. She loves moving around to find all of her hidden toys and she even will try to get her kitty. She is too slow to get him but still has a lot of fun. She's getting pretty strong. You can tell in the pictures she is doing her baby push ups! WE LOVE YOU LITTLE MONKEY!!

Aevri's 6 month shots!

August 11, 2010

My Favorite

I think these pictures speak for themselves. Isn't she adorable!!! My friend Alisha Shaw took these shots. We had so much fun playing and taking pictures of Aevri. She loves being in the lime light!

Couldn't Resist

August 15, 2010

I love this picture of Aevri. She looks so adorable with her cute church dress on, messy hair, dirty, drooly face. I love Sundays when I get to dress her up. She actually is still pretty good at church. She has fun teasing the people sitting behind us!

Camping with the Winkel/Andersons

August 8, 2010

We got to go camping with Jerico family and his uncle's family. We went on Monroe Mountain by Koosheram. It was really cold. We had a lot fun fun hanging out by the camp fire, taking cover from the rain, riding four wheelers, playing cards, breakin open a pinata, eating birthday cake, eating lots of food, building huts, shoveling cow pies, fishing, unsnagging lines, playing horse shoes, and making hammocks. Needless to say we had a good time. Aevri loved camping. It's too bad our battery died the last night we were there. No battery = no heater. No heater= really cold. Really cold = sick baby!! Sorry Aevri!!

Aevri and her Daddy

Aevri and her cute cousins

Aevri's new pool

After swimming in Aevri's friend Briggs' pool, I decided Aevri needed on of her own. She loves swimming in her pool. She'll even get on her tummy in the pool (she's only taken a mouth full of water a few times). It's too bad we didn't buy it earlier!

Don't tell me this hasn't ever happened to your child

I couldn't figure out why Aevri was crying on the way home from the store. Well I guess I figured it out. It must have been for 2 reasons :)
1. She must have been tired
2. Oh and she had a giant head band covering her eyes!
Woops sorry Aevri. The headbands are totally worthy it. They are super cute!

July 26, 2010
Thanks to Grandma Sue Aevri doesnt have to use her extremely unsafe Bumbo on the barstool for her high chair anymore. I found her new high chair on line. I absolutely love it. I don't know what I waited for so long to get one! Aevri loves it to. Now I don't have to supervise her at all times while she is sitting in her chair!! Right now Aevri absolutely loves her baby food. She's eating a good amount of rice cereal and half a container of fruits and veggies! She laughs and smiles the whole time she is eating!

Old "high chair"

New High Chair!

Chubby Cheeks

July 18, 2010

I know I've blogged about Aevri's chubby cheeks before but this picture is absolutely priceless. It captures the hugesness of her cheeks so well! I love it. They are so kissable and squeezable. Aevri is sporting a little souvenior Jerico and I brought home from our little trip to San Diego. I had to go for work so Jerico decided to go along with me. He got to play at Torre Pines golf course. He said the course was amazing. We had fun hanging out around the town and doing a whole lot of nothing. It was hard leaving Aevri. It's so great to know that she was in good hands with my family. How lucky am I that I have such great parents that are always so willing to help us out!!!