Have you ever watched the episode of the Smurfs where a purple fly bites one and then they start biting, saying "gnap"? Yep. Avery is all "gnap gnap". She's been a bit bitey the past week when she isn't happy with us for constraining her (picking her up when she needs to go do something). I guess it was inevitable, but I was hoping to have skipped that phase since we're to 20 months and they say that starts around 18 months.
While we were away on vacation she also popped out the two lower cuspids. Now we're down to 6 more to go. This at least explained a few bouts of diaper rash we've had lately. I do wonder if it encourages the biting, but her instances of biting all seem to be frustration-based.
We did have a nice cruise vacation together. Avery did well sleeping and we managed to eat in the dining room. She wasn't much of an eater onboard, but we did pretty well without needing a ton of outside food brought on. While in Bermuda we took Avery to a pink sand beach where she played with her bucket and shovel in the sand. She still is not a fan of cool water lapping up at her feet - be it ocean water or the 'beach' pool onboard. In Boston we took Avery to the aquarium. Despite the obscene crowd we had a good time and she enjoyed watching the penguins, fish, sharks, and other critters.
We have lots of great photos once again of her, and the whole family. Sunday was Easter, so we put even more miles in heading to two get togethers. All of these miles in the past week and a half and it was the last couple miles that scared me. Last night we were very lucky on the highway coming home from a bit of shopping. Ben's car is a bit banged up as a result, but we are all well. To my knowledge the folks in the other vehicles were also ok. Long story short a dog ran across the highway. Ben was in the left lane. He and the driver to our right slammed on their breaks. Unfortunately, the guy to our right had another car behind him, and a tractor trailer behind that. The truck didn't get stopped fast enough and crunched the car in the middle, which we believe popped out and came into our lane, hitting us. I believe the dog also was safe and ran up the hillside. Thank you God for watching over us all.