Mama Bear and Baby Bear

Look at how itty bitty Avery's jacket is compared to mine! So adorable = )

So Excited!

Avery is so excited that Missy gets into town tomorrow for her first Avery visit! I promised Avery that we can pick out her airport pickup outfit today if she behaves = )

Another fantastic night...pretty soon Miss Avery will be sleeping thru the night and we can move her into her real crib in her adorable nursery! She slept a little over 5 hours, ate her late night snack and then slept 2.5 hours more just in time to wake up and eat breakfast with Daddy.

And on a side note - I have my 6 week postpartum appt tomorrow morning! Hopefully I will get the green light to start working out again. Do you think they'll let me start playing volleyball yet? = )

I Love Starting My Day Off With This...

I nurse...Trav burps ; )

The Hair...

Yes, Avery has fabulous hair and that business cannot be tamed! I love it...especially right after a bath = )

I know I will jinx myself by typing this...but two nights in a row now Avery has slept 5 hours between feedings! The extra sleep is AMAZING! She makes up for it in the morning by eating like crazy ; )

It looks like little one has just woken up from a short nap so we are off to our first Target visit together! Wish us luck! Yesterday we made it out to Daddy's office to meet some of his coworkers, definitely getting this little girl out into the world!

Good Play Time Tonight

We Love Our Weekends!

So far Avery has been perfect at restaurants...ie. she sleeps through the outting! We had a delicious 'Thank You' dinner Friday night at the Ore House with Joyce and Steve. We also followed that up with a late breakfast Saturday at Gold Street Cafe as the grandparents headed out of ABQ back to San Diego. Avery was an angel for both meals = )

Our adorable little one also received a special new onesie for her one month birthday from Auntie Shae and Uncle Mikey.

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.