Sugar and spice and everything nice....

I'm not sure thats what Avery is made of. She's my little handful... testing my patience daily with her temper, putting everything imaginable in her mouth and grossing me out all the time... plus, how can something thats made of sugar and spice and everything nice make such discusting messes in her diaper 5 times a day?????

In the last couple of months she has:
1. eaten a slug
2. licked the bottom of Jadon's shoe
3. played in the toilet
4. stuck the tip of Jadon's soap dispenser in her mouth... you know, the part where you push down with your germy hands to get the soap out....
among other things that are gross, but these 4 things take the cake.

Why does EVERYTHING have to go into her mouth? Funny how she will put anything in her mouth, but when it comes to eating meals, she turns her nose up at almost everything and wont bring it near her mouth.

She is sharp as a tack too! She has her 15 month checkup coming up next week, and in order to speed up the check in process, they mailed us the questionaire regarding her development. One of the questions asks "does your baby say 8 words besides mommy and daddy?" So we were trying to figure out all the things she says. She will repeat pretty much anything you say. But here's a list of things that she will say on her own: dada, mama, peekaboo, all done, bye bye, pee-yoo, oh no, uh oh, tickle, there it is, horray, stinky, hello, car. Thats what we came up with so far, and that is 14 words. After filling out the rest of the survey, you add up the totals and they are put onto a scale so you can see where baby needs improvement. Well, she's scored 100% on almost all of the categories.

But, dont be deceived by her cute little smile and big blue eyes!! She's got the temper of a ..... well, i dont know what, but she's got one heck of a temper!!! And she thrives on a very strict schedule, and if this schedule is thrown off.... BEWARE!!! I hope this temper eases up as she grows up!!!
Jadon was always such a laidback kind of guy at her age.... Derek an I marvel all the time at how two siblings can be so different- like day and night.

Regardless, we love them both so much!!!