1. Dig out the old yearbooks and wish that your Senior picture was half as cute!

3. Put on a happy face upon arrival, and decide that the party will go on, surprise or not!








11. Enjoy the next nine months in your TWENTIES!!!
All The Way (Frank Sinatra)
Just The Way You Are (Billy Joel)
Can’t Help Falling In Love With You (Elvis Presley)
And I Love Her (The Beatles)
(They Long To Be) Close To You (The Carpenters)
Besame Mucho
The Way You Look Tonight
First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (Roberta Flack)
Your Song (Elton John)
Some Enchanted Evening
And I Love You So (Don McLean)
Who Can I Turn To? (Tony Bennett)
Smile (Charlie Chaplin)
Mona Lisa (Nat King Cole)
I Loves You Porgy featuring Chris Botti, trumpet
Come Again featuring Sting, vocals
Oblivion featuring Carel Kraayenhof, bandoneon
Cinema Paradiso featuring Josh Groban, vocals
Para Tí featuring Tiempo Libre, various
My Funny Valentine featuring Kristin Chenoweth, vocals
Maybe So featuring Edgar Meyer Sam Bush and Mike Marshall, strings
Grieg: Sonata No. 3 featuring Sergei Rachmaninoff (Zenph re-performance)
Eleanor Rigby featuring Frankie Moreno, piano & vocals
O, Cease Thy Maiden Fair featuring Nathan Gunn, baritone
Il Postino featuring Carel Kraayenhof, bandoneon
Left Hand Song featuring Regina Spektor, piano & vocals
Chovendo Na Roseira featuring Dave Grusin, piano
Look Away featuring Edgar Meyer, bass and Chris Thile, mandolin
Variant Moods: Duet for Sitar & Violin featuring Anoushka Shankar, sitar
I’ll Take Manhattan featuring Marvin Hamlisch, piano
Left Hand featuring Regina Spektor, vocals
If I had updated my blog last month, I would've told you that Avery is the cutest, sweetest, funniest 20-month old I know. I would tell you that I can't get enough of her kisses, her songs, her dances, and her sassy personality. I LOVE this girl.
I also would've mentioned that she and Parker are still partners in crime. Don't leave your kids on the bathroom counter unless you want to clean up a soapy-all-over-the-bathroom mess when you wonder why they're being so quiet! If I had blogged last month, I definitely would've mentioned the Utah State Fair. The Burnzies invited us to go, and we had a blast (minus Avery's fat lip from a stroller-pushing face plant, and my wasted money trying to climb the impossible ladder!) I also would've mentioned the beauty of going to the park in the fall! I probably would've talked all about our fun trip to Lagoon's Frightmares! It was the funnest family day this year. I thought we would last at the park for maybe a few hours. We stayed for nine! Parker liked the rides much more than last year. And Avery loved them right along with him!And if you need a translation to her cute language, here are a few Avery-isms. This girl does not stop talking!
SHIPPOOT--swimsuit
LOWN--lay down
I LULLOO!--i love you
PAWTER--parker
PAFF--bath
WADA ON--turn the water on
CHEW ME--excuse me (when she or anyone else burps...including Shrek during the movie)
BESS YOU--bless you
I DO IT!!!!--stop helping me! i'll do it!
MINE!!!
HANN--hand (as in--stop carrying me...put me down and hold my hand)
MY SHEET--my seat
SUH-SHINE--(don't sing twinkle twinkle, sing you are my sunshine!)
MY PHONE!
FROGGG--frog (heavy emphasis on the G)
FWY--there's a fly!
DAMMA B--grandma b
NANNU--call nannu
DAPPAW--grandpa
I NONNEE--i'm naughty
POTTY--i want to go potty!
ELMO ON--i want to wear parker's elmo underwear
TEEN-TEE BUM?--stinky bum?
CHANGE A BUMMIE?--change my bummie?
NO DAMMIES--i don't want to wear jammies!
I TUM!--don't leave me...i'm coming!
I LIGHT A MATO--i like tomatoes
TOY-LETT--toilet
FUSH IT--flush it
NONNEE DURL--naughty girl
We love you guys! Come again soon!!!