Parker and Avery

Hannah, Dale, and their 2-month old daughter, Parker, came to visit from Massachusetts. Parker is SO cute! I can't even remember Avery ever being that small. This first picture is the BEST: Avery got very excited about Parker and it looks like he wanted to bite her head! We were able to stop him (and perhaps he just wanted to give her a kiss . . . but this boy loves to bite!) but if you look, Parker has made a fist and looks like she'll punch Avery he tries anything! So she's small but ready to defend herself when necessary.

Avery has 2 new favorite toys: he sat on this tricycle in his room today; we're going to buy a bike lock and lock it to the bike rack in the garage here where all the students keep their bikes, just because that would be ridiculously cute. Then today, Carolyn picked up one of those cheap bouncy balls they sell at the grocery store, and Avery LOVES it! We had so much fun rolling it around, kicking it, throwing it up and catching it, etc. Avery's athletic skills are becoming more and more apparent, even though he can't walk or crawl yet (although he is very close to doing both).