22 Months Old

Hi all,


Month 22 was a great month...family, holidays, food, and Avalon! I'm a bit late in getting this blog entry posted - so let's jump straight to the photos...


Christmas Eve.....we had a great day/evening. My parents and sister were with us from Seattle, which was fabulous. Avalon had the best time ever. She was very excited about the Christmas tree and the presents underneath, and she kept trying to rip the paper off before the big day. She still talks alot about "opening presents"!


Getting ready to eat...









Grandparents, Avalon and Bronte






The tree!



Avalon checking out one of the packages...



Auntie Emily with Avalon...

Pop-Pop, as Avalon affectionately calls my Dad...

Emily waiting patiently!



Grandma and Avalon

John and Johanna on Christmas Eve

Finally opening presents! We opened our family gifts on Christmas Eve, as is our tradition. Santa presents are opened on Christmas Day... Avalon was soooo spoiled and had the biggest pile of gifts ever!

Happy Daddy...

Nagel girls...

John assembling one of Avalon's new toys!!

Emily (and the dogs!) testing out Avalon's new castle...



Christmas morning....more loot for Avalon from Santa! This is Avalon's new big girl table and chair set. She LOVES it! (Thanks to Pop-Pop and Grandma for this!)



Avalon's castle from her babysitter, Rosa!

About to open more Santa gifts...

Wearing her cool new princess outfit from Trey!

The castle that now sits in our living room - ha! Yes, we are being overrun by kid stuff!

Hope that everyone had a great New Years and that 2011 has started off well. Avalon has been having alot of fun, and getting some new "big girl" experiences.

In the picture below, Avalon is feeding her goldfish and waving hello to him...

...and doing a little posing for the camera...

I almost hate to admit it, but Avalon also had her first experience at the "Golden Arches"...John was craving some McDonalds, so we stopped in and Avalon had her first Happy Meal. She didn't eat much, and she loved the little toy, and kept saying "Yay, Donalds!". Bad mommy!!! :)

Our Mommy and Me class just keeps getting better for Avalon. She tries lots of new things, including playdough (below).

She loves climbing up the stairs by herself now, and then going down the mini slides!

Inside a ball pit at the AdventurePlex in Manhattan Beach.

Enjoying a sunny walk on the Strand in Manhattan Beach with mommy, daddy, and Bronte.

And, of course, Avalon does lots and lots of playing at home! Look at how long her hair is getting!






Her best friend, Bronte...

She's had a resurgence of her love of pacis...the raspberry paci is especially a big favorite these days. She never liked them as a baby, so it's funny to see her carry them around now. She's teething again, which is probably the reason why she is into them now...

Wishing everyone a great rest of January 2011....may health, happiness and success be yours this year.

All our love, xo

J, J + A