Salem Firsts & Avery Activities

I finally broke down and gave Salem his first haircut at 11 months old.  I trimmed 'the bang', his random sprouts of long hair and then evened up around his ears and neck.  It was emotional but I had to pay more attention to his wriggling than anything else.  Here is before:

And AFTER:

After us giving up on Salem crawling, he finally did it at 11 1/2 months old.  We couldn't believe it! Of course Aunt Shaunna was here and he must've felt the need to show off ;).

Salem crawling for the first time

More Crawling and Ball Throw

Salem has been sick this whole last week with a virus and double ear infections.  Fever, rash all over his body, tummy issues.  He was a sad little man.  He is on the mend now, thank goodness.  Here's our sick puppy still looking cute, but feeling lousy.

Salem 49 Weeks 

Salem 50 Weeks

Crawling Boy!

Avery started swim camp this week.  It's at a neighborhood pool and is for 3-5 year olds. She is one of the youngest there, but she's keeping up quite well.  Her teacher says if all her kids were as happy and smiley as Avery in the pool, she would want to come to work all the time. Here are a few pics from her first lesson.

My parents gave Avery an awesome easel set for her birthday.  It has been a huge hit.  Here is our little artist in action.  Thanks, Poppy and Sitti! And thank you, Aunt Connie for the really cute smock!

Avery can now ride her tricycle all by herself.  She has had the pedaling down for a while, but the steering was...well, a work in progress. Here is our big girl:

We got Avery a junior tennis racket and youth tennis balls for her birthday.  Here she is showing off her overheads.

Last but not least an ode to Salem's hair:  

Half straight, half fuzzy

Oh, Salem's hair how I love thee!