Avery Lynne

Firstborn

Sweet

Funny

Giver of Hugs

Lover of Snuggles

Sassy

Beautiful

Precious

Talkative

Deliverer of Smiles

Contagious Joy

Unconditional Lover

Silly

Maker of Many Faces

Piggyback Rider

Mommy's Girl & Daddy's "Pooker Jane"

Amazing Daughter,

Precious Child of God

(Written for Avery by Mommy on 2/13/2010. As we anticipate the birth of our son in only about 4 more weeks, I find my self feeling a little sad that Avery will no longer be my only child. I know that I will have enough love for 2 and once Baby Boy is here I won't be able to imagine life without him. I just know that we have been so blessed with such an amazing daughter and I feel absolutely lucky to have her. The past 2 1/2 years of her life have been the best 2 1/2 of mine and I thank God every day for each moment I have with her. We are praying for health and a safe delivery of Baby Boy and can't wait to meet him and kiss his sweet head and cry tears of joy for the goodness that God has filled our life with. Thank you to all of our family and friends who pray for us and support us, we love you all very much. And for the next 4 weeks, I will be getting in as much quality time and extra kisses with my beautiful firstborn!

Splash Universe

Very excited, headed to the pool for the 1st time.

The slide was a favorite- love her smile!

Playing with cousins

SPLASH!!!( a huge smile followed this splash every time)

Last weekend, we spent the weekend at Splash Universe in Indiana with the Kuipers family. This was the second year that we went to an indoor waterpark/hotel with the whole family. Kraig and I decided to take our family an extra night so we were there from Fri-Sun. We all had so much fun. Avery could do so much more this year and wasn't afraid at all. She was a fish, and was very brave. She loved jumping from the side and swimming all by herself. On Friday, it was less busy and I think she went down the kiddie slide about 100 times that day. The smile never left her face all weekend except for at 6am Saturday morning when we told her that we could not go to the pool yet because it wasn't open. :) Thanks Mom & Dad K for the fun weekend away!