Happy Thanksgiving!!!

So, tomorrow is Thanksgiving and we'll be out of town for the rest of the week.  So, I thought I'd write our weekly blog today.  :) 

This week, there has been a lot of positive, fun changes going on for Avery.  We bought a few new toys to attach to her jungle gym and she loves them.  Her newest one that has a mirror on it is fascinating to her.  We've also been reading her colorful children's books and she seems to like them, or at least she likes hearing silly voices from us.  But, out of all of these new toys and books, her favorite past time is watching this YouTube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jv_iVQdkuuM

Here are a couple videos of her watching that YouTube video.. you all have to tell me what you think of her hair in the first video. :P

So, she absolutely loves watching it and it's great that she does because I can actually get her to really strengthen her back and neck while she does tummy time because she tries so hard to see the video.  It's interesting and stimulating enough for her to not really mind being on her tummy and stretching/working out her back and neck.  :)

Her jungle gym is really fun.  Okay, it's probably more fun for mommy and daddy than it is for her because we like to interact with her and see her bat the toys around, watching her get excited when she realized she was doing that all by herself. 

Here are some pictures and videos of her batting the toys around:

There were a lot of toys on the gym at this point and she was overwhelmed.  I think she was also afraid of the new mirror, :P. I ended up taking a lot of stuff off and then she enjoyed it more. :)

Avery is doing great as you can tell.  We've recently started to try to help her take naps and sleep better.  That has been a process to say the least.  She is learning though and sleeping better now that we've started to help her learn.  :)  I recently was reading through a test that was made for parents to be.  This last assignment for people who are thinking of becoming parents rings very true in my ears now that I'm a parent trying to help her take naps: 

"Find a couple who already have a small child. Lecture them on how they can improve their child's discipline, patience, tolerance, toilet training, and table manners. Suggest many ways they can improve. Emphasize to them that they should never allow their children to run wild. Enjoy this experience. It will be the last time you will have all the answers."

Well, again, as I said in my last blog, I hope you all have a great Thanksgiving!  See ya next week!