Avery's Special Day

Finally after 3 months we blessed our little Avery today.

We were a little worried that she would cry (scream) during her big moment but... She was a perfect angel. She was so happy and good all day.

My mother, the amazing seamstress made her beautiful blessing dress and she looked so pretty!

Thank you mom!! It truly is gorgeous and means a lot to us that you made it!

Afterward we did the traditional get together at our house and had a little brunch.

Thank you again to everyone that helped with food and to everyone for coming!

It was so fun to visit with everyone and we feel so blessed to have such great and supportive family and friends!

We thought this was such a tender picture. Avery's great grandpa was doing his bird whistling for her and she LOVED it! She was just smiling and cooing and it was so cute!!

It was a great day!! We love our baby girl and are SO glad that she is in our family!

Family of 3- 3 months now

I cannot begin to express how much we love having Avery in our family!!! I love being a mom even more than I thought I would and feel like this is exactly what I am supposed to be doing!

She is such a happy baby (when she gets her sleep) and smiles a coos and talks to us all the time. We think she is perfect in almost every way (when she gets her sleep). We are just the typical proud parents who think they have the cutest baby on the planet and that she can do no wrong.

Avery still loves bath time and still does not like getting her clothes changed.

She has personality and knows what she wants (and doesn't want).

She still has a very loud cry and makes sure she wakes her dad up in the early morning too, not just her mom.

Avery has been a good sleeper (at night) since we brought her home but as of late, she struggles with going back to sleep after I feed her around 3-5 am.

This means some very early mornings (especially for a mom who is a sleeper-inner:))

Avery loves to be carried around, facing out, so she can see every thing that is going on.

She loves it when her dad sings to her and often tries to sing along.

We have been working on coping skills lately. Avery has a hard time relaxing herself and falling asleep on her own. We have gotten into some bad habits and have been working on breaking them this week.

Going to sleep is unfortunately one of those life lessons that is sometimes hard to master. We will keep working on it. I am trying to be consistent (something I have found to be harder than anticipated).

Little Avery loves to chew on her fingers and Jeff says she is already a mommas girl (that is okay by me).

We sure love our little munchkin and can't believe she has been with us for 3 months now.

My Little Monkey

Superbowl XLIII

For 5 years now, we have been hosting the Leger Superbowl party at our house. It is 3 of Jeff's favorite things to do all wrapped up in one, watch football, host a fun party, and be with family. He is a fun host, last year he started a fun game with cash prizes (I think that is why they still come;)), and he always makes sure the fridge is STOCKED with pop! Other than that it is all about eating yummy food and hanging out. Oh, and I guess for some of them, watching football.

game board

The big winners!!

Hard Day

Avery turn 2 months old today. It is so hard to believe we have had we for 2 months now and almost just as hard to believe that we use to not have her at all!!

She is such a joy and I LOVE every second of being her mom! I feel so bless to have such a little angel in my life and humbled that our Heavenly Father entrusts us to raise her!

Her doctor (whom I totally love and would recommend to anyone, Dr. Strasser) gave her a clean bill of health and says she is right on track.

Here is the low down on her stats:

Length: 23.4 inches 76%tile

Weight: 9lb 8oz 18%tile

Head Circ.: 38cm 30%

She is a little one!

Along with her clean bill of health she got FOUR vaccines. One is a liquid that she had to drink and THREE were terrible mean shots right in her thighs (notice the band aids). She did not approve and has been having hard day ever since. It will be interesting to see how tonight goes (she has been sleeping about 8 hours at night, 5 of the last 7). Bless her little heart, I am sure she will be back to her happy self again soon!

Happy Baby

Several weeks ago our little cutie started smiling at us and it melts our hearts!!!

At first it was one every couple days and now it is several every day! She is especially happy in the morning and we sit and smile at each other.

It is my favorite time of the day!

Especially considering the nights have been hard on both of us lately. Poor little thing has been fighting sleep like crazy! We will get through it.

I LOVE that she is smiling and that I know at least sometimes she is happy to be in our family:)

SURPRISE!!!

I got a pretty serious phone call from my father this evening asking Jeff and I to come over so that Jeff could help my him give my mom a blessing. He was going on and on as to why he wanted us to come and why he didn't just call the home teachers. So of course we agreed and we packed up little Avery...

{baby Avery:)}

and away we went off into the night. The front door was locked as usual and so Jeff knocked and we waited in the cold and guess who opened the door. Let me tell you who

it was not...

{my dad}

it also was not...

{my mom}

it wasn't even...

{Annabelle}

Who, you ask, opened the door for us?

None other than this little cutie...

{Hallie}

and her equally as cute sister...

{Megan}

Can you believe it??? All the way from KenTuCKY!!!! The whole clan:

{Kathryn and Trevor}

{Hallie, Megan and Campbell}

{and little baby Davis}

Talk about the BEST SuRPrIse ever!!!!!

Not to mention they drove, yes that is right, they DROVE for 24 hours with 4 kids... Straight through! That is love and a serious desire to spend Christmas with family!!! We are so so happy they are here and cannot wait to spend the holidays with them!

We love you G family and are SO glad you made the drive!!

3 Weeks Old

Life is hard when you are only 3 weeks old!! There's lots of things I have to do everyday!

Tummy Time... not always my favorite time of the day!

Nap Time... I LOVE nap time, especially when my mom holds me the whole time:)

Bath Time... I Hate bath time except when I get to shower with my dad!

Then there is always picture time. Lots of pictures every day!

Cuddle Time... When dad gets home, its Cuddle Time!!

Well, I guess it's not so hard to be 3 weeks old after all!

Well, Jeff had his big debut last night on KSL channel 5 SportsBeat Sunday NFL edition (thanks to my dad). Everyone was SO nice and welcoming and it was a fun and memorable experience.
Shortly after we got there they put Jeff in a room with with the highlight and instructed him to start writing and of course we knew he would be up to the challenge.

Doesn't he just look like a natural.

After he wrote the highlight and practiced several times they typed it up for him and put it on the TelePrompter. It wasn't to much longer and he was getting all mic-ed up and ready to make his appearance. Jeff's parents and sister were there along with my parents. After the highlight they had us all come on behind Jeff for just a min and even got a little close up of Avery.

He did a GREAT job and just seemed like an old pro. I am sure that he made his uncle Alan proud. We will try to get an actual clip on the blog but that might not ever materialize, we will see what we can do.