Collin & Baby Avery

Collin is getting SOOOO excited about the coming arrival of Avery. Around Christmas, we were at the mall & he noticed the Build-A-Bear store. Right when we walked in, he said that he wanted to make "Baby Avery" a bear & of course one for himself. So we told him we would come back in a few weeks. He had not stopped talking about it since. So when my mom came to visit a couple weeks ago, he told her about it & a trip to Build-A-Bear became a priority on the list of things to do.

So we go to the store & he picks out the bears. Then we pick out the voice box that says a recorded message when you push the bear's paw. He choose a generic voice box for his bear. For Avery's bear, we decided to let him record a message. So her message is "I love you Baby Avery." It sounds so cute! Then came time to stuff the bear & put the bear's heart inside. The whole time this is going on, the employee stuffing the bear is giving him instructions on how to "care" for the bear. He was eating it up. Then came time for the outfits. For his bear, he chose a Buzz Lightyear outfit. For Avery's he chose a Cinderella outfit because "Girls love Cinderella." He ended up naming the Bears "Buzz Bear & Cinderella Bear."

So last week, I'm in Avery's room and Collin walks in. He goes to her closet and gets her bear out. He then says (while looking at my stomach) "Baby Avery, I have a surprise for you. Close your eyes." (Then he asks me if her eyes are closed, I tell him they are.) Then he pulls Cinderella Bear out from behind his back and says "SURPRISE this is for you." Next he runs to his room and gets Buzz Bear and "shows" her his bear. It was SO sweet.

He talks about "Baby Avery" everyday. He says things like "when she grows bigger, we can build a fort in my bunk beds and she can sleep in my fort with me." He also says that he's going to show her his toys & then they can take turns playing with them. He also says that he's going to teach her how to roll over, sit up and jump. He just can't wait to become a big brother. We have several "events" on our calendar before Avery is born. Anytime we talk about one of them (like the circus for example) Collin says "will Baby Avery be out of your tummy so she can come with us?" He is going to be a great big brother.

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Here is a picture of our little Spiderman. Mom & John gave Collin this costume when mom came out to visit. He wore it to a playdate at my friends house. He told me that "the girls will wear their Princess costumes, so I want to wear my Spiderman costume." Of course when we show up, he was right - both of his little girlfriends were in their Princess costumes. It was so funny.