'Tis The Season!

I know that Halloween just passed us and it isn't quite Thanksgiving yet but I'm already in the Christmas spirit...and in honor of the Christmas spirit, I decorated the apartment last week. It was hard taking the Halloween decorations down and seeing the empty hooks and nails on the wall. It felt like we had been robbed by the Halloween Grinch...and since the Rockefeller Christmas tree had arrived at NYC that day, I figure what more could officially kick off the Christmas decorating season!? So Avery and I decorated the apartment. I think it was more fun for me than her.

Our new tree topper. I broke ours last year :o/

Little Miss Avery is doing well also. She's in that stage where she rolls everywhere. She's also started eating "solid foods." Her first taste of something new was peaches. She liked them but I think she got more ON her than IN her. She's understanding how to eat and swallow though. She had squash last night and hardly anything got on her.

She's also starting to develop different sounds with her voice and seems to enjoy her "spoiled princess scream" the best. It's a high pitched scream. Something you might expect from a 2 year old girl when her mom refuses to buy her the candy bar she wants at the grocery store. Here's a video of it!

Happy Halloween!!

This Halloween was Avery's first and we had so much fun taking pictures of her in her pink "funny bunny" costume! We didn't take her trick-or-treating but we had a great time anyway. I also got some fall pictures of Avery. Aunt Randi bought her an adorable sweater and a pair of jeans and it made the perfect fall outfit.

4 Month Checkup

Today was Avery's 4 month well check. She's growing so fast we can hardly believe it. She weighs in at a healthy 15lbs 6oz and is around the 70th percentile for weight. She's above the 97th percentile in height at 26.5 inches. She definitely takes after her daddy when it comes to her height! The doctor was admiring how advanced Avery is (as she was trying to eat her foot). He says babies don't usually do that until 6 months of age. She's so smart! Me & Jesse tell her she's going to be a doctor and we can retire early, live in her mansion and she can take care of us! Ha! We just love her developing personality. Everyday she makes us laugh. She's mastering her raspberry sound and rolling from her back to her stomach. That's her new trick and she's getting pretty good at it! I put her on the floor so I could hang up some of her clothes and by the time I got back, she was on her stomach with her feet up in the air.

We've also been getting ready for Halloween! Avery's gonna be a pink bunny for her 1st Halloween. We always call her "funny bunny" so we thought it would be fitting for her to be a bunny! I love this time of year! First it's Halloween, then Thanksgiving and before you know it, it's Christmas! I have holiday photo ideas for Avery and I hope they turn out good. I just can't bring myself to spending $300 for the photographers around here. The woman who made Avery's hats in her newborn photos sent me a free hat in exchange for using Avery's photo on her website. I'm hoping I can use this in one of her holiday photos but her head needs to get just a little bit bigger!

I'll be posting Halloween pictures soon!

Random Videos

Idaho Trip!

We just got back from going on our first long road trip to Idaho with Avery. She did great! We stopped in Boise to see Auntie Em for a day before we headed down to Pocatello for our friends wedding. She was happy to see her Auntie!

She's a great little traveler too! She slept most of the way but I was able to catch a couple pictures before she dozed off.

Trying REALLY hard not to smile

...but I got it out of her

Then we went to Grandma China's house. She was so happy to see Avery!

The next day we had to go to the wedding rehearsal where Avery was able to meet a friend!

It was a pretty fun trip...fast, but fun. I wish I would have snapped a picture of Avery at the wedding. She had on a cute little daisy dress with matching shoes and a daisy headband. She looked adorable but it was too cold to unwrap her from her warm blanket so this is the best picture that I got.

She's such a good baby. Since we've been back from Idaho, we've finally started sleeping in our own beds too. No more sleeping on the couch. It's day 3 today but it's been going great! We've developed a routine: bath, pjs, listen to some lulluby music, then bed time. It seems to work.  Avery falls right to sleep! Sometimes she'll squirm in her crib but she entertains herself and soon falls asleep. Of course I have to check on her about every 15 minutes but I'm realizing that she'll be ok...even when I'm not hovering over her crib making sure she's breathing.

2 Month Checkup

Avery had her 2 month checkup today and is doing great! She is weighing in at 11lbs 15oz now and 24.5 inches. She's growing so fast! She recieved two shots today :o( but she did fantastic! She only cried a little but once her binkie was in her mouth, she was happy! She was actually smiling on the way back home...maybe because she knew we were leaving the doctors office! She smiles all the time now, especially after waking up in the morning or after a nap. She is starting to "talk" (coo) more and I think it shocks her when she hears something other than crying come out of her mouth because her eyes get really big. She loves standing and I can't wait to get her a jumparoo when she is able to gain full control of her head. She does pretty well now but every now and again she'll bob her head. She's still facinated with her tongue and loves licking things: her hand, binkie, fingers, whatever gets close enough to her mouth she tries to lick it! She's also realized that she has stomach muscles and tries her hardest to sit up. It's pretty cute; it looks like she's doing a mini crunch. She has the facial expression and everything!

We also moved into our two bedroom apartment this weekend and although it was no walk in the park, we're finally unpacked and settled and it is so great to have space! Jesse made the comment that he loves being in the living room and doesn't have to look at the kitchen at the same time! I was more facinated at the fact that we now have central a/c, a garbage disposal and a doorbell! Ahh...apartment living! You start to appreciate the little things in life.

All Smiles!

First Outing

Ok, so maybe I'm an overprotective parent, or maybe I'm a little weary of the "child screaming in public" scene, but today was Avery's first outing...besides Walmart, and even then I had Grandma Monet and Aunt Randi to help me if Avery was to have an emotional breakdown in the middle of a crowded Walmart. Today was such a nice day and I have been wanting to get some fresh air for weeks since Me, Jesse and Avery have barricaded ourselves in our apartment since Avery was born. So we grabbed Subway and headed to the park. It was perfect! The sun was shining, there was a little breeze and hardly anyone was there. We couldn't pass it up!