Applesauce Appreciation...

Applesauce Appreciation from Beth Bruce on Vimeo.

Apple Picking...

Five Months Old...

Avery turned five months old on April 24th!  It was just such a busy weekend that I am just now posting about it.

Can I just take a minute to express how much I love my baby girl?

So much.

Here's a video of Avery having tummy time.  That thing hanging there has a lion face on it and she has loved it since she first noticed it months ago.

Get That Lion! from Beth Bruce on Vimeo.

Crazy Hair Day...

When I was teaching, at least once a school year, we would have "Crazy Hair Day."  It was an opportunity for the students to do whatever they wanted to their hair (except for dying it) and make it as "crazy" as possible.  Sometimes, there was a "winner" declared.  But, it was mostly an opportunity for student council to make some money off of the student body.  Usually, if you wanted to wear your hair "crazy," you had to show up with a dollar.  And guess who had to collect it and make sure everyone brought their dollar in?

Me, of course.  Do I think we could be using our time more wisely during the school day?  Of course.

Avery decided about a week ago that it was "Crazy Hair Day!"

No, the wind is not blowing in this picture.  She is indoors.  No, a fan is not blowing on her.  Her hair is just standing up the way it is, without any hair product or other outside help.  Her hair is naturally that crazy!

Isn't she so cute?

I made her pay me a dollar, too.

Raspberries...

I love her face!

A Story That Avery Will Be Embarrassed That I Told One Day...

So this morning, I went to change Avery's diaper because I noticed a stench coming from her diaper region when I woke her up from her nap to eat.

When I laid her on the changing table, I remembered that she also needed her eye dropper of Poli-Vi-Sol, which smells like it can't taste good, and I figured it would probably end up on the changing pad, so I'd have to change that.  This was all right because earlier this morning, she had spit up on it and it needed to be changed, anyway.

I got her diaper open and was wiping her cute, little tushy and all of a sudden.....

SQUIRT!

Poo.

Poo all over the changing pad cover, the wall, the diapers in the basket...pretty much everywhere within a 3 foot radius.

I know.

I screamed in surprise.

Stephen came running upstairs to see what was going on.  He actually thought I came across a large bug or something.

He was surprised it was poo.  Not a bug.

A slightly humbling experience.

The changing pad now had 3 reasons to be changed.

Avery looked quite pleased with herself.