2 Months Old!

Avery you are 2 months old!You weight 13 pounds 6 ounces.

You are 23 1/2 inches long.

The 0-3 month clothes fit just right.

You love to eat!

You nurse every 2.5-4 hours.

I have had to eliminate dairy products from my diet,

your little belly was reacting to it.

We have a nice daytime routine now.
Once we wake up, you eat, play then nap.
You love being out and about.
You are always so happy and content when we run the roads,
and you LOVE to sleep in the car.
We have a nice bedtime routine too!
You get a bath every night, you LOVE sitting in the warm water.
Then we massage you with lotion and put your pajamas on.
We swaddle you up, you nurse one more time, then you settle in for the night.
You are sleeping all night long in your pack and play.
Sometimes you will even lay there awake and entertain yourself.

At night you wake up every 2.5-4 hours to eat.
You nurse on one side, I change you, then you nurse on the other side.
Then you go right back to sleep in your bed.
Around 6 or 7am I put you in bed with us for cuddle time.
That is my favorite time of the morning.
For a few weeks, you were a little colicky.
We figured out pretty quickly what soothes you though.
Our little "gangsta" girl loves to dance around to booty music in the bathroom.
You like the lights, the loud music and the bouncing.
This month we went to San Angelo to visit Drew and Meredith,
to Kemah with Chelsea and Leah,
to the Rodeo, a crawfish boil and to see the Easter bunny!
You smiled at us for the first time this month!
We can usually get smiles out of you in the mornings,
and when we change your diaper on your changing table.
You are even starting to find your voice a little bit.
You will coo and grunt and make the cutest little noises.
Your little neck is getting so much stronger,
we don't have to hold it up anymore when we pick you up.
You can lift up and look side to side during tummy time too!
I feel like we are "somewhat" getting the hang of this parenting thing.
We are getting into a nice little routine.
We are learning what you like and what soothes you.
You really are a happy, easy baby.
We fall more and more in love with you everyday. We love that you are starting to interact with us more,
and we cannot wait for you to start laughing at us and talking to us more.
God has truly blessed us with such a happy, chunky, easy baby.

2 Month Check-up

Wednesday night Josh had both of his baby girls laying with him. Izzy is pretty immune to Avery now. She will lay with her if Avery is with one of us. I hope they will be best friends as Avery grows. Thursday morning was Avery's 2 month check-up. We all got up bright and early, and were at the doctors office at 9am (which is a feat in itself!). They put her on the scale and baby girl is 13#6oz!! That is the 97th percentile for her age. She is 23 1/2 inches long which is the 90th percentile.

What a difference two months make! This picture is from her check-up at 4 days old. She has filled out so much!

Daddy kept her warm before the doctor got in there.

The pediatrician came in and checked her out. He said she does have a small umbilical hernia. They usually don't do anything about it until 2 years old, he also said it may close up on its own. Its so small though that there is no danger of her bowel slipping through it or anything. He gave us the OK to pierce her ears, so we will be doing that soon. He said she seems like a very docile baby and looks great. Avery even flashed him her beautiful smile. After her check-up it was time for shots. :( She loved the rotavirus vaccine, and was rooting for more when she drank it all.

She wasn't sure what was going on during the first shot.

But was NOT very happy after the last two.

She was fine though, after we dressed and cuddled her a little bit. Then she decided she was hungry and got fussy again. All in all it wasn't as traumatizing as I feared. I was in tears before we left the house for her appointment thinking about them sticking needles in her chubby little thighs. I fed her when we got home and she crashed for almost 4 hours.

Poor girl had a rough day!

After her nap, she woke up in the Best mood. So I got some cute girl pictures.

Hey mom!

Look at them eyes.

I love this picture.

Like I said, two month shots, not too bad. She hasn't had any fever and hasn't even been fussy or anything. I have been gentle with her legs, but she hasn't even acted like it hurts where they did the injection. I am so proud of my chunky monkey!

Easter Bunny and Ambassador's Dinner

We have had a pretty busy week so far. On Monday when Josh finished at the clinic we went to visit the Easter Bunny! Avery wore her Easter dress and did so good! Thanks for my dress Grandma Connie!

Hehe, I love the shoes and frilly socks!
Presenting Avery's First Easter Bunny Picture!

She did really good with the Easter bunny. I am sure she had no idea what was going on, but I was so happy that she was awake and not fussy.

This is just a picture I took Monday night. Her eyes are really starting to lighten up. Its mostly noticeable around her pupils. But I think we will have a blue eyed angel!

Tuesday during the day, Avery and I went to Target. That evening we went to Saltgrass for Josh's Ambassador's dinner. He is an ambassador for his school, which basically means he represents the school in the public. He also mentors the new students and helps them out. It was a really nice dinner. The three graduating ambassador's (Josh, Ashley and Betsy) got beautiful plaques. Here is Aimee present Ashley with hers.

Cindy gave Josh his. Her speech was so nice, she talked about what a genuine, kind and caring person Josh is. She also talked about how he inspires loyalty in those he meets.

I am so proud of him!

The plaque talks about how they make a difference.

I love that the engraving says DR. Joshua LeBlanc...in a few short weeks that will be his official title!

Avery was an absolute doll. I fed her right before we left, and she slept the entire dinner! She went 4 1/2 hours without fussing, crying or even waking up. It was so nice to enjoy the dinner and everything. Of course as soon as we got in the car she started screaming for food, but I had a bottle pumped for her and she ate and settled right back down.

Betsy's daughter Savannah loved her! She tried her best to get her to wake up, but Avery slept right through it.

Momma and daddy on their big night out!

When we got home, Avery settled right back in and slept well all night. We have a really good nigh time routine the past week or so. She wakes up to eat every 2 1/2 to 3 hours, I feed her, change her and she goes right back to sleep in her pack and play. She usually wakes up for her last feeding around 6am. After that one, I put her in bed with us and cuddle with her until it is time to get up. I love that time with her. I finally feel like we are getting things (a little) under control. Its not the sporadic newborn schedule anymore. Now we just have to work on on the daytime routine. I am trying to get an a schedule of feeding her, playing with her, then laying her down for a nap. Hopefully she takes to it, I feel like it is important to get her in a routine before I go back to work.

Thursday, Avery has her 2 month check up. She is going to get her 2 month shots too. I am dreading it! Thankfully Josh is coming with me to help out. I pray she doesn't react too bad to them, I am definitely pretreating her with Tylenol before her appointment.

Rodeo and Crawfish

Happy Sunday! We have had a pretty busy weekend. The beginning of the week, however was pretty laid back. Avery loves looking out the window in the morning. So I laid her next Izzy on the back of the sofa. Don't worry, I was holding on to her.

Wednesday was St. Patrick's day. She was pretty fussy all morning, so this is really the only picture I was able to get of her in her outfit.

Avery also got a new little cousin on St. Patrick's Day. Drew, Meredith and Caiden welcomed Caroline Marie LeBlanc into the world on Wednesday. She is a beautiful baby girl!

Later that day, Tracy and her daughters came over to visit Avery. Amber did not put her down :)

Ashleigh was finally convinced to hold her for a little bit, she would rather play with Izzy though.

Wednesday night was bath night. She was being so calm and happy in the water.

On Thursday, Avery was so happy and content. I got lots of cute pictures of her. In the next few you can actually start to see the color of her eyes.

She also played on her mat on Thursday after we got back from the grocery store.

Lifting her head all the way up!

Just chilling.

Friday was a great day. When Josh finished up at the clinic we went to the rodeo! Avery was all dressed up and ready to go!

I love these little shoes and socks!

It was a great day to go to the rodeo. We stuffed ourselves on big burritos and chocolate covered cheesecake on a stick! Then we walked around the shopping area. Josh got to try out the backpack carrier.

They have a huge area of animal displays. There is even a "birthing area" where they have baby pigs, sheep, bunnies and chicks. Here are some of the baby chicks coming out of their eggs.

big cow.

Taking a break to feed the baby girl.This is the carnival area when we were on our way out. The rodeo is HUGE! Its at Reliant stadium and there are separate areas for the carnival, concerts, food, shopping. We had a really great family day, like I said before, its so nice to get Avery out of the house now that it is starting warm up.

Saturday we went to our friends Dave and Dede's house to boil crawfish! After the beautiful weather on Friday, Saturday was awful! It was rainy and cold. Here is Avery all bundled up and ready to go.

A lot of my co-workers were there, so they all got to meet Avery. She knocked out on Sabrina when they got there.

Loving on Dede, she was my nurse during my labor and delivery. I couldn't have done it without her.

Sabrina and Tracy all cuddled up...it was FREEZING!

The guys hanging out around the fire.I was so worried she was going to get cold...when I unwrapped her from all of this stuff she was sweating!

Tracy and ClarkDawn and Avery

Will and Sandra, Avery grabbed one of those beer bottles after this picture. She is starting off right!Too cute!

One more!

We had a great weekend at the rodeo and seeing all our friends at the crawfish boil. We slept in today and are just relaxing around the house. We have a few things planned this week. Josh has an ambassador's dinner on Tuesday for school. Thursday is Avery's 2 month check-up and shots :( I am not looking forward to that. The good thing is that Josh is going to be able to come to help me get through it. I also want to bring her to the mall one day this week to get Easter Bunny pictures taken. I think the weather is going to get pretty again so hopefully we can keep getting out of the house on the nice days.