Happy Fathers Day

Avery is blessed to have the most loving, caring, fun, silly, goofy, sweetest daddy in the world. And I'm pretty lucky to have the same man for my husband. God truly created Josh into the amazing man, husband and father that he is...and we love that man!

Josh celebrated Fathers Day with some golf in the morning, a big brunch waiting for him when he got home, an outing to buy bikes (yay!) and then a bike ride in the evening followed by dinner at his favorite place, Chipotle. Now, that's a good day...

the bike ride sure tuckered out Avery

and some pics of Daddy at his best...

Classic Avery

happy everyday Avery

saying "hi" Avery

playing with bubbles Avery

beach lovin' Avery

WAY overdue!

It has been waaay too long since our last post, and for that, I do apologize...especially to those who are checking for new pics of the Olson crew! I will do my best to do better. For now, here are some recent pics of Avery and her new best friends!

giving hugs...

saying thank you...

more pics of the peanut

playdate with Ava

On a mission...

One of Avery's favorite things to do is empty drawers. Any drawer. With anything in it. And when she grabs something to take out of the drawer, she definitely throws it on the floor with authority! She is very proud of her ability to do that. And I just wish she knew how to put it all back! (Oh - and the pictures of her with her dresser combines 2 of her favorite things - the drawer thing and being naked, of course)

I didn't do it!

who just turned 1 year old?? Avery Jane!

It is sooo hard to believe that Avery is already 1 year old, weighing it at just under a whopping 17 pounds. :) It seems like just yesterday that we were holding her in the palm of our hand. And now she is our little girl who loves to crawl all over the place, loves to get into the kitchen and explore (those pics to follow soon), loves to be outside and swing and walk and play in the sand, loves to put everything into her mouth, loves to listen to music and watch mommy and daddy dance...and so much more.

Happy Birthday, our sweet girl!

On her birthday, we went back to the NICU for a visit...

how big is Avery? ...SO BIG!

her first cake...

now, her birthday party...and more cake

some of her good friends...

lets go hiking!

this past weekend, we went for a hike and i cannot even tell you how much Avery loved it! if she could be outdoors 24 hours a day, she would be the happiest baby around! she was just laughing and smiling the entire time... the best.