Pretty Face

I have been taking lots of pictures of Avery the past few days. She is staying awake longer and interacting more with us. She is so sweet! I keep trying to get a good shot of her eyes. They are a really pretty dark blue color, I am not sure if they will stay that color or not.

Big mouth!

Ok, enough pictures for now

Stop Mom!

She looked so peaceful sleeping on her boppy Thursday night.

On Friday we went to visit Josh at work. I saw his friend Joe as patient and Avery hung out with her daddy in the breakroom. Everyone loved seeing her and holding her. This is a picture of them when Josh got home that evening. I love how she is gazing up at him.

More cute baby pictures...

I think she is growing out of the newborn sized diapers. She keeps having blow outs in them!

Oops!She thinks its funny!

Saturday was a lazy day. Josh and Avery cuddled in the morning. She loves sleeping with us in bed!

So in love.Saturday evening we went to Little Tokyo to eat sushi with Joe and Leah. I was worried about how Avery would behave, since she pitched a fit at the last restaurant we took her to. But she was a perfect angel. She slept the whole time. I did get a picture of her though. She was holding chopsticks :)

Mom and Dad's big night out!

Joe and Leah.

Multitasking momma

Drew, Meredith and Caiden are on their way in to visit from Luling. We will probably go to Incredible pizza tonight, its kind of like a ChuckECheese. That way Caiden can play and we can all visit and have some fun. Monday, Avery has a check up with the cardiologist. Hopefully he will tell us that her heart murmur is gone, her regular pediatrician could not hear it at her last appointment. So hopefully it has closed up. I also hope they weigh her, I want to know how much this chunky monkey weighs!

1 month!

Avery, you are One month old today! You are growing so fast!

You weigh 11 pounds! (according to our bathroom scale)

You are wearing size 0-3 month clothes.

You were 21 inches long at your 2 week checkup.

Breastfeeding is going great.

You eat every two hours.

Mommy is starting to pump a little,

to increase my milk supply and get ready to go back to work :(

You sleep for about two hours at a time between feedings.

You love to sleep in our arms, in our bed or in your swing.

You do not like sleeping in your bassinet!

You like being swaddled and sleep better that way too.

You went on your first car trip to Louisiana last week.

You have also been out to the Doctor's office, Target, BabiesRus and the grocery store.

You have met lots of our friends and family this month.

Everyone loves you!
You like to wake up around 8am.
You are always calm, awake and alert in the morning.
The only time you get fussy is if you are hungry or gassy.
You always fuss a little bit before you poop too,
you like to lay on your belly with your legs underneath you while you go.

Daddy gives you a bath every other night.
You both love naked baby time, after your bath, where you lay on his chest.
You have only pooped on him once during this time :)

This month we:
Watched the Saints win the superbowl
Had your first crawfish boil
Celebrated Valentine's day

Your Mom and Dad love you more and more each day.
We love watching your funny faces.
You make the cutest sound after you sneeze!
We also love how you snort like a little piggy when you are fussy or hungry.

You are growing more and more everyday.
Your umbilical cord stump fell off at 2.5 weeks,
you have a little outie belly button right now.
You are able to follow objects and our faces with your eyes.
You also have a very strong little neck.
You can move your head from side to side when laying on your belly,
you are also starting to hold it up a little bit.

We love you so much and thank God everyday for blessing us with you!

Feeling like a Mommy

Since we have been home from Louisiana, I have been trying to get Avery to sleep in her bassinet. She was getting way to spoiled sleeping in bed with us, or swinging in her swing. Needless to stay she is not enjoying it very much. I try to get her good and asleep then lay her in her bassinet, but if anything wakes her up she starts screaming. So we have both been losing sleep. This was us Tuesday afternoon.
Yesterday it finally warmed up a little bit! We had NO food in the house, and I am sick of fast food. So I made a long grocery list and decided Avery and I would get out of the house to go shopping. I was so nervous about taking her out. When we brought her to a restaurant this weekend, she pitched a fit. After her morning nap, I fed her and loaded her up in the car. I decided to carry her in the baby bjorn (the backpack carrier) with her in the front against my chest. I figured she would be happier up against me and swaying with me while I walked. I was right, my sweet girl slept the WHOLE time I grocery shopped. I was so proud of her. I wanted to take a picture but totally forgot!

Here are some pictures when we got home, she was wide awake!

Last night I was making some chicken stir fry, and Avery started fussing. Josh was at the gym. So I put the carrier back on, put her in it and somehow positioned her where she could eat while I was working in the kitchen. I am definitely feeling like a multitasking mom these days! We had a nice evening, Avery was being a sweet girl. Here are some pictures before bedtime. I brought these pajamas to the hospital when she was born, and they were HUGE on her. They fit her perfectly now, my baby girl is getting so big!

Avery's first trip!

Avery went on her first car trip this weekend! We drove home to visit our family. This is her all packed up and ready to go!We had a great drive in. Avery slept the WHOLE time! Izzy was even a good girl...she curled up on the Boppy and didn't move. We will definitely be traveling with the Boppy from now on. Usually she jumps back and forth from Josh's lap to mine and has a hard time settling on one of us.
"Car rides make me sleepy!"
"Are we there yet?"

Our first stop was my mom's new apartment in Baton Rouge. Izzy and Josh were glad to be out of the car.

Avery was too.

We had a great visit with my mom. She got to spend some quality time with her sweet baby.

Bro. Chuck and Cindy came over for dinner. Chuck married Josh and I, it was nice that he got to meet our baby girl.. She loves to be held!Saturday was a busy day! We got up early and got dressed up for the day.

Then we went over to Meredith's dad's house. We got to spend some time with Drew, Meredith and Caiden.

Then we went over to Derek's house.

We went out to eat lunch with Derek and Kristen. It was Avery's first time in a restaurant. She was not a very good girl! She got hungry right when our appetizers got there and fussed until I took her out to feed her. We will definitely have to work with her on restaurant etiquette :)

After leaving Derek and Kristen's we drove into Luling. Avery got to meet her Aunt Summer for the very first time.She also got to cuddle with her Papa.She will always be in good hands with him.That evening the family came over to meet her. Noticably missing is Ms. Aleta. She got admitted to the hospital the Thursday before we got there with pneumonia in both lungs. She was on breathing treatments, antibiotics and steroids. It wasn't the same visiting with Josh's family without her being there...she was definitely missed.

Great Grandma AudreyGreat Grandpa ObrayAunt Sherri...she went right to sleep when Sherri picked her up.Uncle CoreyUncle DrewWe were planning on leaving Sunday...we got everything all packed up and ready to go.On our way out we stopped by Jake's house so he could meet her.Then we went to visit Jonnilin and Julian. Julian didn't know what to think about his momma holding another baby.Sweet boy!While we were at Jonnilin's house, we got a call from Josh's dad that his mom was transferred to ICU. She had gotten too much fluid with the IV and PO fluids that they were giving her and was in fluid volume overload. We did not feel comfortable leaving with her being so sick. So we turned around and went back home.

That evening Brittany and Bryce came over to visit.

So did Josh's Aunt Sandy.Darus and Jamie came over too.

On Monday we were able to go see Ms. Aleta in the hospital. Josh's Aunt watched Avery for us to visit with her. She was feeling a little better, they had given her some diuretics and she was starting to put out some of the extra fluid. Josh had to get back to the clinic to see his patients so we came back to Texas on Monday. Avery was an angel in the car again and slept the whole time, except for when she got hungry.

We got back to the condo around 9pm, unpacked and headed for bed. Unfortunately all the sleeping in the car had Avery up all night. I also put her in her bassinet and she didn't like that either. So we were up most of the night. Today we have just been relaxing around the house. Its another FREEZING day, so I had no desire to go out in it. Avery has been very good today though, she took a 2 hour nap in her bassinet. Hopefully she will get used to sleeping in there.

I am defrosting some gumbo for dinner tonight, so we will eat that and just settle in and watch TV. Hopefully Avery sleeps well tonight. Keep Ms. Aleta in your prayers, they are going to move her out of ICU when a regular room opens up for her. Hopefully she is making a turn to start getting better.