Stuff Avery Says Part 1

It seems as Avery gets older (2 years 3 months now), my blogging gets worse and worse. The only thing worse than how I keep up with this blog is how I keep up with her baby book. Full disclosure: I'm not sure where it is and don't think I've written in it since she was 6 months old.

I figure I need to update something so we can remember all the funny stuff she says and does.

So here is my attempt to remember things:

- She pronounces Cinderella like Cin-brella

- She wants to know everything's name... and I mean everything... Every person we see in a store, every animal we see in real life or on TV, every toy she owns. She asks "what's her name?" I say, "I don't know, baby." "Mommy, what's her name?" And this goes on and on until I tell her a name (most of which I have to make up.) And she always remembers the names. She has a little bear named Peter at my parents' house. One night Rustin was reading her toddler Bible to her and she asked what the men's names were who were with Jesus and he told her Peter and John. She said "That's not Peter! Peter's at Nana's!"

- She sings "Jesus Loves Me" quite well.

- Whenever I pick her up from the nursery, she tells me which kid had poopies...and then never forgets it. This one poor boy had poopies back in August and she brings it up every time.

- She knows where we are when we're driving and tells me about it. Well she tells me about everything when we're driving. She doesn't really stop talking. It sort of goes like this, "Mommy a school bus. I get older I ride a school bus. What's that dog name? I can see the trees. Lucifer not very nice (or some other random thought from a movie or show). I don't want to ride in the cart. I can't get out! (to which I reply, good - you're not supposed to get out of your car seat.) WATER!! WHERE'S MY WATER?!" (because anytime she asks for something it is a life and death situation. She's already miss drama queen.)

- Uncle Colby whistles and she's very jealous of it. When he asks if she can whistle she always says "I can't whistle. When I get older I whistle."

- I was sick the other night so my mom was giving her a bath and my dad and Colby were in there. My dad said she was preaching about Jesus. Apparently she was telling a story about how he built a tower and healed a man. Colby said it sounded more like Lord of the Rings.

- She teases my dad and doesn't ever let him hang out. She used to just tell him to "go that way" but now she is more creative and tells him things to do like "go see Willie and Lyle" (the cats) or "go sit in your big chair."

Well that's all I can think of for now. I'm sure there will be more which is why I titled it Part 1....