Your moment of Avery Zen

Sorry about the dearth of blogging activity.  Avery and myself were sick for the past couple weeks, and with Daryl just starting a math class no one has had much energy for the blog.  We did go on vacation last month to Disneyland among other places, and some day those pictures will be posted.  For the time being enjoy this Avery picture.

Accepted!

We got home from our mammoth trip last night and found a special purple envelope waiting for us. Daryl was accepted into the University of Washington! Good times. While he wasn't accepted into the computer science program he can still get into the classes in the program as long as they aren't full and he pays a little more. Hopefully he'll get into a class okay. He's going to start things slow and take only a class a quarter, and then reapply to the computer science program. We'll see how things go, but we're happy for the time being.

Someone up there likes us

Daryl and I went to the dealership to get our new plates today, and found out that the engine had gone out on our old Mazda. It looks like we dodged a bullet there. We didn't realize that the car was that bad. We had even took it in to the shop to get it checked out just before we went car shopping, and they said just to make sure we get the oil changed frequently. Things just really worked out in our favor. I didn't even want to buy a car that day, and I even told the car salesman that. I guess he's regretting being a little pushy now. (Don't get me wrong we didn't take the first or even the second offer he gave us. We made him work.) It's just amazing when you're letting the Spirit work with you, and you don't realize that's even happening until later.

Avery and the Wii

As you can see Avery loves the Wii. Every morning we both get weighed using Wii Fit and when I get the balance board out she jumps up on it and starts to run in place. It's pretty dang cute. Sometimes I am in a generous mood, or need to do things like go to the bathroom or cook dinner so I turn the Wii on and give her the Wii controller to distract. This is the cuteness that results.

Mr. Kitty Would Like You to Have This

Don't you wish you're cat was this concerned about your welfare?

Thanks Aunt Joanne!

Avery got her Valentine's Day card from Aunt Joanne today, and she loved it. She read it and carted it all around her area and smiled when she got it. She especially enjoyed the part when she ate the card. That's right my kid eats cards and books. Thanks for remembering us Aunt Joanne!

THUNK

Avery climbed out of her crib this morning. Apparently we weren't fulfilling her baby needs quick enough. Fortunately she is no worse for the wear despite her action packed morning. I guess this is a sign that she's ready to be in big person bed.