Crawfish and Valenitne's

What a great weekend! Leslie and Lydia were in visiting. Avery was so happy being in their arms the whole time. They fought over her the whole time!On Saturday we boiled crawfish! Leslie was so excited because she cannot get good seafood in Tennessee.

Avery was such a good girl, it was cold outside so we had her all bundled up. Izzy needed some loving too!

Drew, Meredith and Caiden came in on their way to Luling! My cousin Jason, his wife and kids also came over. Here are the guys tearing up the crawfish.

The Gang:

Lydia, Jaycee and Avery:

Jaycee and Avery, she has had good practice with babies with her little brother Cole.

Aunt Leslie feeding Avery a bottle so momma could have a couple beers :)

Uncle Drew holding Avery for the first time.

Uncle Drew, Aunt Meredith and baby Caroline in utero :)

Caiden and Uncle Josh making funny faces.

He loves his Uncle Josh!

Caiden loving on his cousin.

Sunday was Avery's first Valentine's day. We did not do very much because it was REALLY cold outside, but Avery had some cute Valentine's day outfits so we dressed her up.

Sweet Girl

Naked Baby! Her umbilical cord stump fell off on Saturday. She is growing up so quickly! You can see her little outtie belly button in these pictures.

Ok Mom, that's enough pictures, put my clothes back on!

The candy bouquet Josh got me.

Avery was wide awake this morning when we got up. She is so calm and alert in the mornings.

Leslie and Lydia had to leave this morning. It killed them to leave her, not to mention the fact that they were going home to freezing temperatures and 4 inches of snow. These are some pictures before they left.

Getting some last minute loving in.

Big yawn!

The girls. Poor Lydia has a wet spot on her left arm from Avery spit up. She had never spit up on anyone yet and Lydia got puked on twice!

Our Family, I love how she is looking up at me in this picture.

We had a great weekend, and I am so thankful my sister got to come in. I hadn't seen them in almost a year. It was also really nice that Drew and Meredith were able to stop by on their way home. We are going into Luling next weekend to spend some more time with them, and introduce Avery to the rest of the family. I can't wait for that. The rest of this week will probably be pretty low key, I will just be getting everything packed and ready to go in for the weekend.

Doctor's Appointment and Visitors

Miss Avery has had a pretty busy week. On Tuesday we had a doctor's appointment. These are some pictures before we left.Her check-up went well. Before they weighed her, they told me they like for them to be back up to their birth weight by the 2 week check-up. When they put her on the scale she was 8 pounds 3 ounces! She is almost a pound heavier than her birth weight (7#5oz)The nurse said "Well I guess breastfeeding is going well." She is now 21 inches long (20.5 inches at birth). This was her face while we were waiting for the doctor to come in a see her. She does not look very happy.The doctor came in and checked her out. She said she couldn't hear the heart murmur any more, but we are still going to see the cardiologist for a follow up in a few weeks. She also noted that her jaundice is just about gone. Everything else looked good. Avery did pretty good, and only fussed when she was uncovered. After her appointment we went to visit daddy at work.Josh loved that, he got to show off his baby girl to all of his classmates.

Wednesday and Thursday we hung around the house. These are some pictures that I took this week. I think she looks a little like her cousin Julian in this picture...her cheeks are filling out a lot.Baby Hand...

She's got me wrapped around her little finger.

Big baby feet...you can see the poke mark from the heel stick they did at her doctor's visit. :(

Baby butt, I love the little ruffle on these pants.

And the front view, she sleeps so much better on her stomach after she eats, don't call CPS on me!

I laid her down right by Izzy yesterday, Izzy laid with her till she started moving. Hopefully she will grow to love her little sister.

Thursday evening my sister and niece came to visit! They are in for the weekend and Avery has been playing musical arms since they got here.Today we literally sat around all day watching TV and passing her from person to person. Here she is smiling at her cousin Lydia.

This is after her bath, she is conked out!

Tomorrow we are boiling some crawfish! It is the first time we are having it this season, I am so excited! Josh's brother Drew, Meredith and Caiden are coming over tomorrow on their way home to Luling. We are excited to spend some time with them and for them to meet the baby. My cousin Jason is also planning on coming over for some crawfish and to hang out with Leslie and the baby. I will try to take lots of pictures of that to post later.

Superbowl Champions!

Yesterday was the Superbowl! It was the Saints vs. Colts, and the first time the Saints had ever been in the Superbowl. The last game two weeks ago put me into labor so we know that Avery is a Saints fan! We went to one of Josh's classmates house for the game. They have a 1 year old daughter, so we knew it would be family friendly...we are getting old! We had a really good time and what a game!

This is our Saints fan family:Daddy and Daughter...Geaux Saints!

It was a very stressful game...Avery was worried in the beginning:

We were down at halftime 10-6...Avery was very upset:

But we pulled it off in the end, 31-17 Who Dat!!!...This is Avery's cheerleader pose:

We are so proud of the Saints and proud to be from Louisiana. We just wish we could have been home for the game. This was one of my favorite moments of the night. Drew Brees was so sweet with his little boy after the game.

How exciting!

1st bottle!

Let's see, what have we been up to? Well...Wednesday night, we had some pretty bad weather move through and the power went out around 4am. Avery started fussing, so I was trying to change her diaper using only the light on my cell phone. Well Miss Priss decided to pee while I was changing her. Of course she wasn't on a changing pad or anything so she soaked through the comforter and sheets on our bed. I woke Josh up to go grab a flashlight, so he takes the baby and goes to get a flashlight. I hadn't put a new diaper or anything yet so she was only wrapped up in a blanket. While he is getting a flashlight she poops on him! All down the front of his stomach! We get her on the changing table in her room and she is screaming! I look down at my shirt and in addition to the pee spot on my stomach, my boobs had started to leak! So Avery, Josh, the bed and I all had to be changed at 4 in the morning with no power. We were laughing so hard, it was hilarious. I am sure that will be one of the "new parent" stories we will tell forever.

Thursday was pretty gloomy from all the bad weather. We just hung around the house and of course took some more pictures of our sweet girl.
Sleeping Beauty

Sweet DreamsShe's awake now! Her eyes are so big! They are still a dark blue/grey color, I can't wait to see what color they will be as she gets a little older.

Daddy's home!Izzy is getting more and more comfortable with her little sister. She doesn't like it when she cries, she always looks at us like "make her stop!" But she will lay on her butt, if it means laying with her daddy too. And of course Josh LOVED this.

Friday was a big day in the LeBlanc household, we went shopping! It was the first time I really got out of the house since she was born except for her Dr's appointment. We went to BabiesRus and Target..woohoo! But it was nice to actually get dressed and go somewhere, AND I was able to fit into my pre-pregnancy jeans! I didn't have my camera, so no pictures of us actually out. But she did pretty good. She got a little fussy in BabiesRus, but Josh held her for a little while and she fell asleep. She loves riding in the car, she doesn't make a peep and just looks all around. These are pictures from when we got home, she was cuddling with her mom.

So in Love!

I know I talk about all of her funny faces and I finally got some of them on camera

Happy:

Mad:

Content:

I finally got a breast pump when we went to BabiesRus. Avery is doing really good with her feedings and I have been making A LOT of milk, so I am going to start pumping for when I go back to work. Josh was also very happy about it because he finally gets to feed her.

Miss Piggy ate about 3 ounces and then slept for about 3 hours!

This has pretty much been our day today. We have just been laying around the house.

I think either the dairy or the garlic in the chicken fettucinni I made last night upset Avery's belly. She was kind of fussy all day. So she was pretty much in our arms all day long. But she got a bath tonight and some cuddle time with both of her parents and she has been very content all evening. She is doing much better with her baths. Its funny, she fusses for awhile and then knocks out on Josh's chest as soon as they are done.

Tomorrow is the Superbowl! We don't really have any plans, most of our friends went to Louisiana for the game. So we will just be hanging out at home with the baby. But she has a cute Saint's onesie to wear so I will try to post some pictures of that.

Life with baby

Well, there hasn't been much going on in our household lately. My mom left on Monday, and we have just been getting used to life with our new baby. This was shortly after my mom left, it was her first nap that she wasn't held for :) We have been getting into a little routine around here. Josh is back at the clinic, so we all wake up around 8am. Avery is usually pretty alert in the mornings.

This is for Mr. Chris, her shirt says grandpa's girl :)

I have been trying to nap when she naps, so we usually lay down mid morning and sleep till lunch time. Josh came home for lunch on Tuesday, Avery was very happy to see him.In the evenings she is a daddy's girl. Josh bathes her at night and she sleeps on his chest before bedtime. Last night he was initiated into the daddy club, she pooped on him during their cuddle time! He did very good though and didn't freak out.

Avery is doing better at night, she has been sleeping in her carrier between feedings. She really only wakes up to eat. We are truly enjoying our new little family. We could sit there and watch her all day long. She makes the cutest facial expressions. We are so in love with her its amazing.