Growing Girl!

Today was Avery's 4 month appointment and she is growing so well! She is in the 75% for weight at 14 lbs 5 oz and in the 90% for height at 25 1/4 inches. I was suprised at the height, I thought she'd be on the low end because she doesn't fit into any of her 3-6 month pants yet. The doctor was suprised at how strong she is, and said she has great muscles. I already knew that, her legs are so strong she's been standing (while supported of course) since she was born. She learned a lot this past month, she's laughing and smiling a ton! She talks all the time! This started about a week ago and seriously all the time she's talking! I have to tell her to be quiet she's being too loud. She'll now wake up from her naps talking sometimes. She has not mastered rolling over yet, she's twist, but doesn't roll over. She has discovered the joy of splashing in the tub so bath time is much more enjoyable now. She's just so happy and sweet, we love her!!

a lady in our ward made her the headband, so cute!

She's still cute

This is what happens when you let your husband dress your child. . .

the colors match at least!

She's still cute

February Happenings

February has been an eventful and month for us, I know it's not quite over, but the only other thing we'll be doing is our taxes and that's not so exciting. So here is a recap on everything we've done. I'll start at the beginning.

I'll start at Valentines day. Louis and I exchanged presents that day, he got me some snow shoes, and I got him a survival knife. It has emergency stuff inside the handle that's what makes it a survival knife. Avery had a cute Valentine's outfit though!

Avery's cute outfit

We went out the Friday after Valentine's on a date (thank you Josh and Megan for watching Avery) We went out to dinner at Chilli's. Their chips and salsa, is there anything better? After a delicious dinner we had a while before our next activity so we walked down main street. Then at 7:30 we went to the Ellen Eccles Theater to see Brian Regan! If you remember from the Christmas post Louis' sister Kamila got him 2 tickets to see him. He was great, very good live. At one point there were tears coming down my face from laughing so much. To me it was all new stuff, but maybe I just hadn't heard them before. Brian's brother Dennis did a little pre-show and he was pretty funny too. So that was our Valentine celebration, very good time. None of the pictures are good, but the best we could get from where we were.

Before the show started

Jonathon and Alisha were there too, can you spot them in this picture?

His brother Dennis Regan

What do you mean you can't tell who this is?? It's Brian Regan!

Our Avery baby has been sick for about the past week. I was sick first then I got Louis sick and then Avery got sick. It was so sad hearing her cough and her stuffy nose and her cry that was so quiet and scratchy because she was all congested. I ended up calling the pediatrician to see if it was something I should bring her in for and have her looked at and they told me to bring her in to have her checked. So we went in and they ended up giving me a nebulizer for her that would help clear her up. She did not like it so much, but she ended up usually falling asleep while we did it which was nice. Or we'd sing to her to help calm her down and that helped too. She's still coughing, but just a little bit and her nose is cleared up. She's still growing fast even though she wasn't eating as much as normal while she was sick. When I took her in to be looked at she was 13 pounds 5 ounces and 24 inches tall.

Avery and me using the nebulizer

Even though she was sick she was still a happy girl

Louis and Avery

She also learned to suck her thumb, which is nice because she can calm herself down like that without needing me or a binky

And here's just a cute picture of her before she was sick

That's all the note worthy stuff that has happened the past month, sicknesses and Brian Regan.

2 Month Update

Little Avery Nola is two months old today! It's gone by pretty fast and it's great to have a little two month old in our house. She's not so little anymore, she's still small, but she's grown a lot in the last month. She can now fit into 0-3 month clothes, some are still a little big, but she's getting there. She's a good eater and eats about every 3-3 1/2 hours and she's getting chunky cheeks! She's getting better at sleeping at night time. She's been good at this her whole life, she usually sleeps 4 hours then wakes up and eats and goes right back to bed then wakes up again after 3 hours. A couple days ago she slept 61/2 hours then went back to sleep after I fed her for 3hours! So we're getting there and maybe she'll be sleeping through the night soon. This month she's started smiling which is so great. We love to see her smile, I finally got a good picture of her smiling (it's on the bottom of the post), Louis had handed her to me and she just started smiling like crazy at me! She's also gotten a lot better at focusing on things and can hold up her head fantastically (is that a word? if it is did I even spell it right?) She has strong legs and likes me to hold her on my lap with her standing on them. She like bouncing off of her feet too, I think she'd love one of those chairs you hang on the door frame, but we haven't gotten one for her yet. She's been such a blessing to have in our home and we love her so much!!

Blessing Day

Louis blessed Avery this past Sunday at our church. It went really well and was a wonderful blessing. We had a lot of people show up for it and the circle was huge, barely fit in the front of our chapel! I'm grateful for that though, that Avery has so many people that love and care for her. After sacrament meeting we had a little pot luck in the gym of the church. Thank you to everyone who helped out and brought food everything went wonderfully!

Everyone who was in the circle, not the best picture sorry

Our little family