Avery Stands!!!!

The past few days, Avery has been totally standing on her own. It started with just a few seconds, and now it has grown to about 20-30 seconds. She just stands there and isn't really sure what to do next! A few times, she has taken a couple steps, but not many. She is so cute to watch stand there! Here are a few pics of her in action!

Maybe it helps to have my shoes on!

Or I can use this as a a cane to help too!
Climbing in the refrigerator..her new favorite place to play!
Snuggling with Daddy after my bath!
If you look close, you can see her new little tooth on the bottom left (her left)!

That Daddy is so funny!

Conner's 1st Birthday!!!

Last Saturday we celebrated Conner's first birthday party! This is the first chance I've had to upload these, and have to use Cullen's school computer, so there is no editing on the pics, but they are still so fun! We had the best time. Conner is so much fun, and the party was great! It is hard to believe he is 1 and Avery will be 1 in a month! They have grown so fast it is amazing!

Playing with the birthday balloons!

Conner opening up presents..Avery thinks she might be able to help!
Conner and giving his new monkey a ride in his new truck! He had a monkey birthday party!
Bring on the cake!
Hmm..not so sure I want this cake...
Oh yeah...chocolate cake is the best!

Maybe had a little too much cake

Bathtime after the cake! Love the fingerprints on the tub!

Going for a wagon ride! Conner got the wagon from Grammy and Grandpa Bahn!

What the heck are these blue things around our waists??

Avery playing with Conner's new truck!

Retro Cullen and Jen!

Oh my gosh!!!!!!!!!!!! I was looking at blogs today, and one of the blogs I look at had this website, www.yearbookyourself.com on it. You can put in pictures of yourself, and put them on faces of yearbook pictures through the years! I have been entertaining myself all night while we sit here and watch the Twins. They were too funny not to share!!!! You must check out this website!

1960 - Smartie Cullen

1974 - Hippie Cullen
1988 - Jocko Cullen
1966- Bubbly Jen
1988 - Rockin the 80's look! (My head didn't fit the best in this one, but I like it!)
I think we would've made a sweet 60's couple!

Oh yeah..Avery stood for about 20 seconds tonight all by herself and took about 3 baby steps! We even had friends here that witnessed it. I don't think it will be long and we will have a walker!

Teeth..Sleep..and Chickenpox????

I haven't updated in about a week, and even longer for an Avery update so I figured it was time! We have big news in that she FINALLY has a new tooth!! It is officially through and everything. This is the first tooth for us, and she is a week shy of 11 months! Cullen didn't get teeth until he was 1 I guess, so hopefully she will be blessed with his teeth and not mine!

We were up celebrating our nephew Conner's birthday party last Saturday. He turned 1! It was so much fun. I planned to upload pics right away, but our power cord broke to our computer, so no new pics until that gets fixed..but then trust me, there will be lots! He is getting to be such a big boy, and we had a great time. On Sunday, we got a call that he broke out with the chickenpox! So we are nervously awaiting our sweet girl to get them too. They said this is a pretty good age to get them I guess. Maybe she will be lucky and won't get them, but it's doubtful. Conner is feeling better though, so that is the best news.

Avery is now officially sleeping though the night...or so we wish. Yes, our big girl still likes to get up at least one, and sometimes even twice a night. We've tried the cry it out, and about everything else we can think of, and she just likes to get up. She eats a little and goes right back to bed, so it isn't that bad, but Cullen and I are beginning to wonder if we will ever get more then 6 consecutive hours of sleep a night again. But she does go to bed great, which is wonderful. I figure she will when she is ready..right???!!! Oh well..she is her own little lady and we love her to pieces!

Other than that, she is just as busy as ever. I'm thinking it won't be long before we have a walker..I'm guessing right around her birthday. She can stand by herself for a very little bit, and hardly has to hang on to stuff. She motors all around! Her new favorite thing is to play in the refrigerator, and try to stand up in the bathtub. (Well she does stand up, so I guess it is that she tries not to slip and fall down!)It has been so much fun, and I can't believe she will be 1 in a little over a month. That is really all I guess. I will post some new pics of her when we get our new power cord in the mail..should be any day now. :)

Pretty Orelia!

So it's official..my friends have the cutest babies ever! I got some more baby picture practice yesterday with our friends Nick and Amy's little girl, Orelia! She was so cute and so fun. She is just two weeks old, and she was awake the whole time! So we didn't get the curly, newborn pics, but you get to see her gorgeous blue eyes, which is just as wonderful! She is such a pretty baby. Thanks for putting up with me and my picture practice. I know these aren't pictures of Avery, but I'm sure you all can appreciate a beautiful, newborn baby! Thanks again Nick and Amy, for letting me take these pictures. I had a blast!

So little!


LOVE LOVE the mad face!! (Yes, this was the last one we took!)

Sweet baby feet
Could she be any sweeter??

More Baby Kate!

We went down to Mankato yesterday to visit Jay, Angie, and baby Kate.  She is just the cutest thing.  I got to take some pictures of her and it was SO fun!!  She was the perfect baby model..she slept and was so cozy, and then opened up those big, blue eyes.  It was so nice of her to let me practice on her.  She is just so darn cute, it was hard to pick just a few to share.  Here are a couple... (sorry, they aren't really in order, can't figure that out on this mac)

Had to get one with those big, blue eyes open

Cullen, Jay and their girls

How cute is she???

Love the hat

Had to do the curled up naked newborn pictures

Babies and Piano!

Avery like to play before bedtime, and she recently mastered the stairs.  At the top of our stairs, she has discovered the piano.  Yea!!  She likes to press the keys and hear the noise!  She also sure loves her baby doll.  She takes good care of her, and only tried to chew on her sometimes!  On that note, I think we may finally have a tooth coming.  There is definitely a bump and something white on her bottom left, so hopefully we will finally have a tooth.  We've been thinking she's been teething for the last 5 months, and nothing!

Don't mind the greasy looking hair, it was wet! We were fresh out of the bath!

Playing the piano like mama!

Gotta just love the fuzzy, pink jammies!  She is the best to snuggle!

I love this one, it really looks like she is playing!

Go VIkes!

Well on Monday night we broke out Avery's Vikings outfit she got from Aunt Dana for Christmas last year..it was a little big, but we made it work and it was too cute.   She was even equipped with her very own chair for the game, which just happened to be gold!  Despite Avery's best efforts, they didn't win..oh well.  But at least she looked cute watching!  (Cullen doesn't like these because he thinks she needs a boy..he doesn't like the boy look on girls, but yet he doesn't want me to get her a pink Vikings jersey..hmm...I think this look is pretty cute!)

Lovin the Bath!

Avery has grown to LOVE bathtime, which we are very thankful for.  Every night when we go in to get her bath water ready, all you have to do is stand as if you are going to walk to the bathroom, and then go turn the water on .  Within minutes she is on the go, on her way into the bathroom.  I caught of picture of her in action the other night!  Then there is a pic of her with daddy waiting for her bath to fill up.  I think it is so cute how she so has the exact same little swirl in the back of her head as Cullen, and I caught a cute picture of it!  Right now they even have the same hair going on with the little spike.  They are too cute!