how are the balls today?: avery turns 2 yrs old!!!

avery, a few minutes old on 4/30/09

my sweet baby is 2 years old?? how and when did this happen?! when i think about having her, it does seem like so long ago, but at the same time, maybe just last year. avery has gotten SO big these days. well, not physically, she is still just a little peanut, but she has matured/grown up so fast! she has to do everything by herself & just like her big sisters. she can talk SO well, and has for at least 6 months now. she is definitely the talker of the bunch! she loves to sing - right now any yo gabba gabba song, twinkle twinkle & abcs are her favorites. last month she started potty training herself...twice this week i have found her going poop on the potty all by herself. she no longer sleeps in her crib. has never tried to climb out of it, just refuses to go in it now. she wants to sleep in a big girl bed. she was sleeping in the guest bed in her bedroom, but we've now moved her onto the double bottom bunk with ellison. we find all 3 of the girls asleep on the bottom bunk all the time now, they love it! avery definitely has a big personality (as clint's mom says) and lets you know what she likes/doesn't like, and always knows what's going on around her, she is SO observant! actually, if i am ever looking for something, doesn't matter if it's my purse, kennedy's shoe or an earring, i can ask avery & she usually 1. knows where it is or 2. can go find it! but she is such a sweet, cuddly, smart, fun and expressive little tot. we love her to pieces and couldn't imagine how boring life would be without her. she loves her big sisters as much as they love her & it is so cute to see them together. so happy birthday to our awesome AVERY!!