Avery, the Diva

Yes, the sucker is starting to work!

Oh, no, she changed her mind, still ticked!

She LOVES her daddy! And he is such a good dad too, so sweet with her, I just love to watch them interact.

So, I told you all to be on the look out for when I took Avery's 18 month pictures that there would be some sassy ones. That was an understatement! On Saturday, my photography partner Melanie was kind enough to come with Richard, Avery and I to take some family pictures for our Christmas cards, etc. I had everything planned out and was planning on things going perfectly- we take pictures all the time, what's the big deal, it will be quick, easy, no biggie. Wrong! The minute we start Avery out of nowhere starts throwing the biggest temper tantrum! She would not let me hold her, then she didn't want Richard to hold her, then niether one of us could touch her or tell her to do anything. This was a serious, full on fit. So we sang some of her favorite songs, Elmo's world, skinnamarink, ABC's and she calmed down a tiny bit, but would not even crack a smile, just stared at the camera. After a few minutes of that, she started screaming again. That's when I resorted to an lollipop I found in my diaper bag. This is an extremely RARE treat for her, Richard carefully monitors her sugar intake, he is convinced she will get diabetes if she touches the stuff! So I thought this sucker would do the trick. As you can see in the two picts I posted, not quite! She was just in a bad mood and wanted the world to know. Talented that she can suck on a sucker while still screaming bloody murder! So we'll have to try these again another day, I need some cute 18 month picts and while these are how I will remember the last month or so, she is so cute when she's happy and I'd really rather remember those days! Oh well, she's sassy.

Tagged

Ok, so my dear sister in law Courtney tagged me and I was really trying to get out of this. I guess I'm supposed to list out several of my so called quirks. This will be interesting, I have been trying to think of some and couldn't come up with too many of mine, but many, many that Richard has! So, since this blog officially is the "Luff Family" blog, I will list some of mine as well as some of his!

#1) I am really, really abnormally obsessed with my hair. I don't know if it's vanity or just that I really like my hair. Not that I like my hair everyday, I have really bad hair days, but I like having long hair and don't ever want to cut it. I have been telling myself since April that I am going to cut it this April and donate it to Locks of Love, that was 6 months ago and I am STILL not ok with the idea. I hope somehow in the next six months I can get over it! I have had long hair for the past 7 years and I need to get over my hair obsession!

#2) I love to read gossip magazines, as many as I can get my hands on! I like to keep up on my pop-culture! I am in HEAVEN when I go the gym and there are new mags that I haven't read in the freebie pile because although I love to read them, I hardly ever let myself buy them, unless it's a really special occasion and I want to splurge! But I am usually one of those annoying people in line reading them as frantically as I can before I am forced to start unloading my groceries. I just love them.

#3) Ok, this one may sound gross and wierd to many of you, but i know there are a few people out there that agree with me on this, (Melissa!) I hate to shower. I know, it sounds a little gross, but hear me out. It's not that I don't like how I feel when I get out am all clean, yeah, I love that part. But I hate showering in that it takes too much time! I hate waking up early to shower when I need to be somewhere and I hate showering at night and then sleeping on wet hair and then everytime I shower I have to deal with drying my hair and lotioning and yada, yada, yada. Especially because like I said in #1 I'm obsessed with my hair and it is really long and so it takes FOREVER to dry and it is just such a chore to time it out and then Avery is awake and then when she goes for a nap there are so many other things I would rather do than shower! I hate it!

#4)Enough about me, this one is about Richard. He drinks so funny, he looks like a cow drinking if you have ever seen that. If not, i will try my best to describe it. When he drinks he sticks his tongue out of his mouth and into the glass and then when he swallows his tongue is still kind of out of his mouth and he moves his head up and down kind of like an ostrich when he swallows. So, so funny! He claims he must have learned from the baby calves he would feed when he was little, but come on, you learn to drink when your like 1, not when your 10 feeding baby calves! Anyway, next time you are around him, offer him a glass of water and you'll get a good laugh.

All right, that's all I can think of for now, sorry if I was supposed to do more! Next on my list are my cousins Tina, Katie E. and Katie H. Sorry if you girls have already been tagged, I don't have a very big list to choose from! You don't have to do it if you have already done one recently!

Here it is, our Family blog!

Ok, we finally did it and created a blog. Everyone else was, so we decided it would be a good idea to keep everyone up to date on our little family and post picts, etc. So here it is, I'm sure that I will fill it with tons of pictures in the future, but right now I am lazy so just put up some old ones. I am taking Avery's 18 month picts this weekend so I will post when done with those. Get ready to see some sassy little shots of our little sassafras. Boy, does she have some tude lately! Good thing she's so cute or we'd be tempted to sell her to the gypsies!
So, a little update about Richard, Avery and myself (Lori, who I suspect will be doing the majority of the posts). We are still in Ohio, still in dental school and still having fun! I stay home with Avery and love that. I also do a photography business on the side that has just really started taking off, so that has been lots of work, but a ton of fun too. Richard just got accepted to a 1 year residency program with the Air Force at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage, AK. So July 1 he reports to training and then August 1 to his residency. I am ecstatic to be going home! I can't wait, I have missed Alaska so much in the past 10 years of not living there. I am really looking forward to my mom and grannie's cooking, being around animals again, be able to hike in the MOUNTAINS without any people around, fishing, and eating the fish, boating, skiing, all of the fun things we don't do in OHIO! But mostly looking forward to living near family again. We have had so much fun the past 4 years that we have lived in Ohio and I will have a really hard time leaving, but I have missed my family so much! There, I said it, it's out there, I just love you guys! (I just realized it's probably ALL family that will be reading this anyway, so I love you all- or I should say we love you all!)
Ok, enough with the mushy stuff. So, we are here in Ohio, making the most of our last year here and our last Buckeye football season (go bucks, beat Michigan tomorrow). We have had a beautiful fall, the leaves are just awesome! Oh, speaking of leaves, I do have a recent picture of Avery I will post, this was a few weeks ago when Avery had to tag along with me on a photo shoot. We got done early so I took a few picts of her and this was my fave.
As you can see, Avery is adorable! She is such a girl and I am amazed by how early they have thier little girly likes and dislikes. She hates bugs and frogs and things like that. She loves shoes and hair bows and is specific about what goes in her and her baby's hair. She loves to put her shoes on her cabbage patch doll BeLinda. If you can remember a cabbage patch doll's feet, they aren't made for real baby shoes to stay on, and she goes BALISTIC when they fall off. She loves purses and I have already caught her applying makeup TWICE! Boy, am I in for it. The funny thing is she did a pretty good job, besides the loads of eyeshadow on the floor she had quite a bit on her eyelids. Pretty good for an 18month old.

Well, this entry has turned into a novella! Just wanted to welcome you all to our blog and update you a bit. Please come back often and leave comments or email us. We love you guys! Peace out!

LL

This is an old one, but fitting

This picture is from August, but shows you exactly what I have been dealing with lately! A little stinker! She is getting in 4 teeth right now, so I am hoping the mood swings subside when those are all in!