Well its time for a little blog but this may be a short one. I am currently just over five months old now and am upwards of 18-19 lbs! Maybe that is why mom and dad call me a chunky monkey. I am sleeping a bit better through the night, although I still get up twice in the night like clockwork. I am even starting to fall asleep on my own, after only a few days of "training" by mom and dad. Its ok this way but I would rather snuggle with mom or dad to fall asleep , but apparently they have other plans. Within the last two weeks mom and dad have been giving me big boy food as they call it, but it is more like a bland mush to me. Thats ok. I'll take anything I can get into my tummy. I am giggling a lot more now. It seems that those crazy sounds everybody is making is actually kind of amusing! I still smile alot and am getting strong too. When I lay on my belly I can hold my head up for a long time. I haven't rolled over yet and mom thinks this is because my belly is too big. I'll get there soon enough. They have also started putting me in this crazy seat like contraption that is very bouncy. I just push off with my fat little legs and I go up and down and up and down. Jumping is actually quite fun. I was with dad one day and jumped for 45 min........dad seemed tired just watching me. I still love my baths and get to splash, splash, splash all over the tub, although I seem to get this urge every now and then to poop when I am in there (sorry Grandma). This usually makes mom scream which then scares even more poop out of me. So mom, just stay calm and I'll only poop half as much! I get to spend time with my friends a couple days a week now and we do things like go for walks or go swimming. I also got to go in a thing called a swing last weekend that goes back and forth over and over again. Hopefully I get one of my own soon.

Last weekend I seen lots of family at a celebration for my uncle Allen. Mom says he went to a better place. I only met him once or twice but could tell that he was a really good man....I'll miss him. My auntie Joanie seemed sad so I got to snuggle with her to try to make her feel better. She held me tight and actually made me feel better...she has the magic touch. I hope she is doing good and that we can visit her again soon.

Other than that not too much is going on. I am actually on a trip to a big city with a really big bridge called San Franciso. I even got to fly in a plane way up in the sky with mom and Auntie Jill. We are visiting my cousins and Auntie Heather and uncle Sam. I sure miss my dad though and I hope that he misses me too......(more than you can imagine buddy, love you -Dad.) I gotta run now and apolagize for the short update but I promise to send another one after my trip. Its hard blogging while on vacation! I miss you all and cant wait to show you how big I am and how high I can jump.

Love you, Avery Joseph

PS....Happy Birthday Grandma!

Here are a couple of videos to hold you over, sorry about the quality!