A New Outfit for the 1 Month Mark

This One's For Uncle Mikey...

Avery does a perfect Ricky Bobby impression when she's nursing...'I'm not sure what to do with my hands'. Its hilarious, she'll be rooting to nurse and her hands will just awkwardly start to come up over her face (and half the time end up in her mouth). This move always makes me laugh and reminds me of Michael giving his part of our speech at Danny's rehearsal dinner = )

Sorry for the reference if you've never seen Talladega Nights ; )

Happy 1 Month Birthday Avery!

We are going to celebrate with a trip up to Santa Fe this evening (weather permitting). We'll get in a delicious meal and hopefully Avery will sleep right through the celebration! And then tomorrow she can enjoy some steak flavored milk...

More Baby Avery!

Poor Avery has developed some baby acne = ( The good news is Dr. P says it should go away pretty soon and she'll be back to her overly-photographed self ; ) We snapped a pic of Avery hiding in her baby bjorn at Gymboree yesterday (adorable store!) and then a couple of shots of her adorable head gear. I'll definitely be getting more pictures of her out and about in her fabulous Auntie Shae Shae bows!

Happy 4 Weeks Old Day Avery!

I somehow lost my camera in the abyss that is my diaper bag (which I haven't even had to use yet, haha). But never fear, I have recovered the camera and new pictures of the princess will soon follow! Avery has a big day tomorrow...lunch with Daddy, Grammy, and Grampa (CPK salads, yum!) and dinner with my workout crew (ok, I haven't worked out with them in a long time but I had a pretty good excuse ; ).

I'll be sure to get a picture of Avery in her Baby Bjorn...aka one of the greatest baby inventions of all time! We are even more mobile now thanks to the bjorn = )

All About Avery

Now that Avery is 4 weeks old I thought I would post a few facts about this little girl = )

1. She's a grabber! Those hands and legs are strong and can go crazy on you ; ) So far her favorite things to grab are fingers (of course), my hair (which I just cut 2 + inches off of), and my Motherhood necklace (sorry Denno!)

2. She loves to fall asleep while eating. I like to call it sleep eating b/c she can be passed out on my chest but that little mouth just keeps going!

3. She is quite the exhibitionist...Avery loves naked time! I've never seen a baby who loved getting her diaper changed as much as this one. Ok, I don't have that much time with other babies, but Avery loves getting her diaper changed and especially loves any extra time you'll let her lay on the changing pad sans diaper!

4. Like any lady, Avery loves getting her hair washed. She does really great during bath time but she truly loves the last part when we wash her hair.

That's all for now = ) I'll keep the Avery updates coming!

Laura Meeks Photography

Check out our little Avery = )

Thursday Outfit

Babies R Us

Grammy, Avery, and I have a big outting this morning to Babies R Us! I think that store will be more dangerous now that Avery is here ; ) We're going for essentials but we'll see what we end up leaving with! This will be Avery's first real errand...we can add it to her small list of adventures - she has been on a walk and joined Travis and I at Flying Star for a quick lunch.

And the list continues to grow...

I knew it was going to be all about Avery...but now my 3 week old already has a nicer jewelry box than I do! I may have to borrow it until she's old enough to wear jewelry ; ) Thank you so much Kyle!!

3 Weeks Old Today!

I can't believe Avery is 3 weeks old today! These weeks are just flying by! Sorry for the lack of posts...this cold has knocked me out for too many days. I am definitely on the mend thanks to tons of naps this past weekend...hopefully I will be 100% soon.


Our little Dole Baby = ) So precious!

Avery, Remi, and I went on our first walk around the neighborhood today! Avery was one bundled up little girl = )

Proud Daddy!

Picky Paci Girl

We finally found a pacifier that Avery loves! We rec'd 4 different kinds of pacifiers as gifts and thank goodness for the variety = ) Who knew she'd be so picky!

This morning Avery and I went back to the pediatrician office to make sure she is packing on more weight. Good news! She has gone from 8 lbs 12 oz to 9 lbs 3 oz since Monday! That's my girl ; )

I seem to have caught a cold...

but that doesn't mean Avery's beautiful pictures must suffer = ) Here are a couple more...

She just didn't want to look at the camera ; )

We had to capture Avery's favorite pose while she sleeps...

I Love My Play Mat!

Avery loves her play mat and is already excelling at Tummy Time! We have some great footage...now Travis and I just need to learn how to download video ; )

We tried to introduce Avery to the pacifier...so far she is not having it! You can't trick this girl, she wants the real thing = )

Avery all bundled up for her 2 wk Dr. Appt

2 Week Postpartum Appt

I had my 2 wk postpartum appt today and everything is looking good! My blood pressure is back to normal and my uterus has contracted back to its original size = ) One more appt in 4 weeks and then I should be able to enter back into the real world!

Mommy, Daddy, and GloWorm

Auntie Shae Shae outfits

Avery is definitely a Pineapple Princess...




We're working on Avery's Blue Steele look...not quite there yet ; )

All Bundled Up For Bed

Our Adorable Little Girl

Miss Avery had her 2 week Pediatrician visit today and did incredibly well except that she has not yet gained back her birth weight. Given how much she likes to eat...I just assumed she would be a 10 pounder by now but we'll go back on Friday to get weighed and hopefully she'll have made some progress by then = ) We also had to get her second PKU test done today (poor little Avery got her heel pricked). Avery survived it like a champ...not even a little wimper!

New pics to come!

Photo Shoot #2

I may not be updating every day right now, but I make up for it with adorable Avery pictures! Laura came over this morning for round 2 of Avery's infant photo shoot. I can't wait to see the final product...the layout was sooo cute! Here are a couple of sneak peeks from my camera.



Avery received the most fabulous gift in the mail last night...her first pair of Uggs!! I can't wait to get her out and about in her stylish new boots! Huge thank you to Inge & Mark = )



This is a pic of Avery loving her swing...who could live without one of these!

One Week Old Today!

Beautiful Eyes

I doubt you can see Avery's beautiful eyes in too many pictures just yet...but they are exactly the same as Trav's. She currently has beautiful big blue/grey eyes that I just can't get enough of! I know there's still a chance that they will change color within this first year...but I'm hoping she keeps this amazing piece of Travis = )

A few things I couldn't live without this first week...

Heartbeat Teddy Bear - this little bear has helped us get through the night with very few problems! As soon as Avery hears the heartbeat in her bassinet she is content and sleepy until her next meal. I don't want to jinx it so I'll leave it at that = )

Avery CD of lullabies - the fabulous Marcia sent us a CD full of personalized Avery lullabies.
http://www.mymusiccd.com/music_lullaby.html
Avery and I listen to this CD every night during our late night dinner dates.

Belly Bandit - thank you so much for this tip Auntie Shae! I live in this thing in hopes that it will get my belly back in shape faster = ) It is amazing support for a new Mom who isn't allowed to do crunches yet!
http://www.bellybandit.com/

Infant Photo Shoot adventures

Laura came over this weekend to take Avery's Infant photos for us and we had one little girl who would not cooperate with the camera. She was sound asleep so we decided to first get in her individual naked baby pics = ) Of course right when we lay her down in position we find that she has officially made her first big poo at home! Travis and I tried to clean up the mess while keeping her asleep but we most definitely failed. She would not fall asleep for the next 2+ hours so we had to reschedule the photo shoot for Thursday = (
We'll have adorable pictures soon!

Pretty In Pink