I have not blogged in a bit. Not much to really talk about. Avery is walking. Not full throttle yet, but she will stand up and walk across the room every now and then.

Avery has had loads of fun lately at the local library times and has started to interact with the other babies. Before she was mostly crawling around and interacting with the other adults and wanted nothing to do with the babies. Russell (18 mo old) also comes over for an hour or two on Friday mornings during the Thal Equine staff meeting. Avery is napping for most of the time, but loves playing with him when she finally wakes up. And soon, I plan on enrolling her in a tumble class at one of the gyms in town, but she really needs to be walking well. That will be on Saturday mornings, whenever she decides walking is her new mode of getting around.

I have started the brutal P90X workouts and my right calf for some reason is not forgiving me. I am limping around like a gimp. But, week 1 is completed...even if I had to take an extra recovery day. So now my 90 day ass kicking session has been extended to 91 days. I think the yoga workout was the hardest. I am not a complete newcomer to yoga, but have never done it regularly. I was surprised at how flexible I still am. I don't think I have properly stretched since the last week of February 2006. The only position I completely failed at was the Crane. It may take me a month before I have the balance and strength for that one!

Anyways, we have some events finally cropping in to view and helping us stay positive. Paige and Rick are visiting for Avery's 1st Birthday next weekend! Tony is coming a few days after they leave and hopefully we make it out to see some of the hot air balloon festival. Then, mid October it is off to Fort Collins! Only for 4 days, but it will be worth it. We get to see LOTS of friends and we are attending the Homecoming football game. I am not even dreading the packing of our shed (we left a shed full of our crap in Fort Collins, CO) and hauling it down to Santa Fe.

No photos today...I don't feel like dealing with our slow internet to get them up. But, I did go and buy film and batteries for my camera and I am going to attempt to get some good shot of Avery for her 1 year. The photographer I found (that I like) is absurdly priced and not worth it and I want something different than the Sear's Portrait Studio can offer. Maybe I will get lucky and the shots will turn out great. I bought 8 rolls....so I am bound to get at least one great shot.