Urology Associates Christmas Party

Dave's office emailed him a couple of pictures from their Christmas party last week- this is when Avery was dancing with the very kind Dr. Christopher Hill. He was twirling her around, and their dancing was quite impressive. At the end everyone clapped and she covered her face like, "oh my goodness, I can't believe I'm doing this!" So funny. And don't worry- we didn't let her be "that" obnoxious child- it was only one dance!

Gigi, Papa, and Gee!

On Sunday, Dave's Dad (Papa), Step-Mom (Gigi), and her Mom (Gee) came to celebrate Christmas with us and to let Gee see Avery while while she is down visiting Tennessee. We had a great time hanging out. Dave and his Dad went to the Titan's game on Sunday afternoon while the ladies went out for some Christmas shopping and a horse drawn carriage ride!
Gotta love Avery's expression here- as usual, she was wary at first, but warmed up to our ride pretty quick!
Avery snuggled up next to Gee on the ride- they got to be big buddies!
Back at the house, we made sure Papa got his fill of playing ball and reading books, Avery's two favorite pastimes.
And then we opened Christmas presents- one of Avery's gifts was a baby that pee pees in her diaper after you feed her a bottle of water. As you can imagine, that's a big hit!! Thanks for everything yall!
Yesterday, Dave got done with work early so we decided to take Avery to her first movie- Disney's the Princess and the Frog. We all enjoyed it! Avery was wary at first, very serious, then excited, then a little restless towards the end, but she watched the whole thing, did a little dancing, and had a great time. She's David Morris's daughter- you know she has to like movies!

Parties and Parties

Last Thursday night, Dave and I got a babysitter so we could go to the Hendersonville Hospital physician Christmas party. Here we are all dressed up!
Then Friday was a very busy day- Avery and I went down to Cool Springs to help shop for needy families with my co-workers. When we were done, we hit the mall and saw Santa! Here is our first attempt at Santa's lap. No tears, but no smiles, and some very wary looks =)
Afterwards, we went downtown to crash Dave's work Christmas party- it was at the Urology Associates office and Avery was a bit hit dancing to the music. Here she is in her "frosty the snowman" coat, as she calls it:
with Mom
and Dad
Unfortunately, we didn't make it back down to my office Christmas party that night. We were all pooped and I'm sure they appreciate me not dragging my tired 2 year old there that night. We missed you all though- too bad so many parties in one day!

Saturday morning, Dave ran the "Frostbite 5k" and actually won his age group! So Avery and I went to cheer him on at the awards ceremony:and lo and behold, Santa was here too- yay! Still no smiles, but she was agave a little hugand talked to him about her wishes for this Christmas (a dollhouse, please)Later on Saturday morning, we went to the Fairvue Plantation Breakfast with Santa, here in our subdivision. I told you we've been busy! Here is Avery with Dave after getting her balloon animal reindeer:
Coloring after eating a yummy breakfast
And here's the family pic with Santa- this Santa was great! Still no real smiles from Avery, but no tears either. She had some very serious expressions, but I still thought we looked cute =)

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

After Thanksgiving, we started decorating the house for Christmas- here I am with Avery unwrapping all of our beloved ornaments.

Totally in sync!Hanging out in Christmas pj's:
putting finishing touches on the tree:
and playing with Rudolph and Clarice from our new favorite Christmas movie:
Even singing some Christmas carols at the piano. Avery is a stellar Christmas Caroler- I have GOT to get some videos of her singing on here. Check out her singing expressions, ha!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Here are 2 pics from Thanksgiving- Nancy and Jim came for the big day, as well as my parents head through on the way to Destin, and then Scott and Carla came that weekend. Fun family time!
On Dec 3rd, Avery and I went downtown to see Sesame Street Live- featuring Elmo. We decided to go at the last minute, and I'm glad we did. We had lots of fun, though she told Mimi on the phone afterwards that it was a little scary. Those big characters are a bit overwhelming, but it was a fun Friday morning adventure! We technically weren't allowed to take pictures, but here a few I took with my phone =)

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Check us out from our Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving morning!

Also here's a family pic from that morning:

Beach, Wedding, Race

After Halloween, Mom, Avery, and I drove down to Destin for a few days before we had to be in Birmingham for Kristopher Kimball's wedding that weekend. The weather was beautiful so we had lots of fun playing on the beach, shopping, eating out, playing, and even swimming when we found a heated pool.
Avery really loves hanging out in the yard outside the condo and feeding the ducks. Those poor ducks are now chock full of corn, bread, fruit loops, and pecans. Sorry guys!
On our way back from Destin, Mom dropped me off in Birmingham and I met Dave for Kristopher Kimball's wedding to his beautiful bride, Jessica Brush. Kimball was Dave's good friend in med school and was the best man in our wedding. Mom took Avery back up to Nashville to stay at our house so we could have an Avery-free weekend alone. Thanks Mom! Lots of our friends from med school were at the wedding, I can't believe we didn't get a group picture =( It was so much fun to see everyone again. This was the last of our reunion/wedding weekends this fall. We have seen so many friends so that's been great, but we also have had plans every weekend since the middle of August. Whew!

Here we are with the happy couple:
Dave was the best man this weekend and did a great job in my opinion! Here he is toasting Kristopher and Jessica.
This past weekend, Dave ran a half marathon here in Nashville and took Avery along for the ride. They were so cute together, and Avery was a big hit during the race- waving her pom pom, cheering, snacking on candy in her stroller. She was such a good girl, as usual =)
Here they are jogging back to the car together after it was over! Good job yall!