Swimming, Denver, family, and 22 Months

We’ve been busy as usual! We’ve been talking more and more, and can imitate lots of words. We love Pixar movies and we also like to listen to songs on TV. We started our first swimming lessons, and Papa comes with us to take pictures. Here we are all ready for our first lesson.

We had lots of fun playing in the water, and learning how to climb in and out of the pool.

We both like the water, but Avery is especially good with the instructor. He floats on his back and even goes under water! Aurelia stays with Momma. 🙂

We still love to cook. Here we are helping mommy make chocolate chip cookies.

We’ve had some nice weather, which is great for playing outside. Avery brought this over to Momma and said “nut!”, because right now we LOVE the squirrel (Scrat) in Ice Age, and he is always trying to get the nut!

We have started practicing using the potty, although it’s a little hard to share a potty.

Avery went pee in the potty for the very first time in April, three day shy of being 22 months old, and two days later he went poo poo in the potty! He got a chocolate chip both times!

Mommy’s sleeping angels.

Fun at the library.

Boxes are still a great source of entertainment.

Our Easter baskets!

We had fun opening the eggs and eating the yogurt covered raisins inside.

Avery is finding multiple uses for his Easter basket from Omi.

Easter hike.

Enjoying our drawing boards.

There is almost nothing better than mommy catching us sleeping peacefully.

As usual, we have been having fun at Omi and Papa’s!

And of course we love to visit with auntie Denise.

Peekaboo is still entertaining. Mommy finds it especially cute when we peek through our fingers.

Some of our lunches and dinners. The plates may or may not have ended up on the floor. We have been liking salad lately!

In April we flew off on another adventure! This time we were headed to Denver so mommy could present a paper. We were soooo good.

Here is a video of Avery before we left in the morning. It’s dark so there is no picture, but he is saying “Buzz” because mommy told him we were going to fly to Denver… and of course, Buzz Lightyear also flies, so he thought he was going to fly like Buzz. 🙂

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK3kbSxCrxs

Here we are fortifying ourselves with a snack before the flight.

Landed and waiting for a rental car.

We are finally at our hotel! It’s fancy, and has a great view.

We liked walking in the hallways and riding the elevator.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hvlz5v9ilEU

Conference time! This is the view from outside the conference room that mom presented in. We stayed in our hotel room with daddy.

Hotel furniture isn’t exactly baby proof.

Eating breakfast at a local bagel place.

Walking in downtown Denver.

Little hipster

Fun bookstore!

We had dinner with cousin Shannon! Here is Aurelia getting hyped up on chocolate milk.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nxl-j9Yqec

Avery is in this picture, but sister was squirming so much that she hid him.

Avery saying “Shannon”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLR_kkTbNrA

Back at the hotel, doing a little number from Gallina Pintadita (about a pollito amarillo – el rasca el piso con sus piecitos).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1jgoPjE8X4

I think I’ll just chill here in my stroller and eat some cheese.

Avery being a clown. Laptop bag right over his head.

Breakfast again. Avery likes to feed sister.

Denver zoo!

Here we are looking at the peacock.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vi1w3_Dm4tM

Aurelia has a bit of an obsession for soft cuddly things.

Beautiful Denver.

We got to meet Meriah, one of mommy’s friends from IUP!

Time to leave already. We managed to escape Denver with a moose and a hippo in tow for Aurelia. Avery got a plastic alligator, which he loves (especially all the teeth!)