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Avery turned one year old today!! I thought for sure I would shed some tears about my baby turning one, but I did not. So not like me. Didn't even feel sad about it. Just a happy day celebrating this beautiful little girl. Avery continues to be such a joy. Everyone always asks "is she always this happy?" She stands on her own and has taken a couple steps here and there. Soon enough she'll be walking everywhere. She does do this little scoot thing on her knees where she puts one foot out in front points her toe and leads with that leg while dragging the other one across the floor. She loves to stand in the middle of the floor and squat up and down. She is very ticklish too. Especially under her ribs. I love tickling her there and listening to her laugh. Avery can say mama, dada, taytay, uh-oh, oooooookay, peek-a-boo, hi, bye, go, thank you, and a few others I can't think of right now. She gives the best open mouth kisses too. At one year old she has a total of 4 and a half teeth, two on the bottom, her two fangs on top and finally one of her front top tooth is coming through. At night she will not go to sleep unless you sing songs to her. Her very favorites being primary songs. I am a Child of God, I love to see the Temple and Teach me to Walk in the Light are several of our favorites. She is full of smiles and such a flirt. Her eyes are an amazing color of blue, I love them so much. She points when she wants something and loves to eat pretty much anything. Just like her sister Taylor was as a baby. She is very sensitive and hates loud noises and scares easy. She is such a girl. Very dainty. But she always loves to be around her brothers and maybe not join in their craziness, but she loves to watch it. Also, recently, Taylor has been teaching her how to do a somersault and she loves to practice it. She is just about perfect as far as I'm concerned. Happiest one year birthday to our sweet little Avery girl. She is heaven sent.
Birthday balloons. I think Avery enjoyed them just as much as her brothers did.

And our traditional birthday breakfast with a candle.

That night we did a little party with just our "little" family of 7. I wanted to do a big shindig, but when it came down to it, I decided this would be better. I still decorated it the way I wanted, made the kids some birthday crowns, got a pinata and a fancy cake and after presents and dinner we had some good friends join us to eat the cake. It was a perfect night, spend with some of my favorite people EVER. 

Opening presents

Pinata

And the cake 

I think she liked it

Happy 1st Birthday to our Avery Leone!!