Weekend fun!

After everyone had left it was just Stephen, Ava, and I around the house. So of course I took more pictures! She is becoming much more alert for longer stretches of time now and it is so much fun!! When we weren't hanging around the house we did go out in the world and run a few errands. I'm sure she is wondering why mommy takes so many pictures of her when she is just riding in the car! haha!

After everyone was gone..

After everyone was gone it was mommy and daddy time again with Ava! Mommy and Ava took a nap.. a few much needed naps!

Daddy and Ava enjoyed some playtime.. Don't kid yourself though, daddy was sleeping when we were too! Haha!

Our first Thanksgiving!

This Thanksgiving created many first for our family.. It was our first Thanksgiving with our daughter (and grand daughter and great grand daughter for some family members). It was our first Thanksgiving at our house, on Thanksgiving! Which was really quite neat to be at home for a holiday! Everyone could just sit around together the whole day. It was also the first Thanksgiving dinner I cooked for and contributed too (I didn't do alot but I did make a green bean casserole, deviled eggs and a sweet potato casserole!) Lastly it was the first Thanksgiving that I spent with my dad AND his family at the same time in a REALLY long time and it was nice! All in all we had a great turkey day and Ava was covered with love and attention!

My cousin, Cameron looking so cute and proud holding Ava!

Lots of Wii going on while waiting for dinner to be ready. Everyone got a good work out before eating a delicious meal! This is Cameron, and my step mom Susan battling it out in tennis. I am pretty sure Susan won! hehe!

A few more pictures..

Here are a few more pictures of Ava at home!

I love the cute little feet!

Already working on her toe point!

We have visitors!

After a great week at home together, we all including daddy, were able to go and pick up my dad and step mom from the airport on Friday afternoon. Needless to say they were a little excited to see Little Miss Ava. In fact, my dad spotted us in the airport and couldn't even stay still. He quickly started walking toward us and hugged me and stole my daughter at the same time.

Out on a walk.. By the way, those are pre-pregnancy jeans!!! Yay!!

Our first week together!

This past week was Ava and I's first week at home together all alone while everyone else went back to their normal schedules.. While it was quite exciting to have so much time alone with her, it was also a little scary to know that noone would be there to help if I needed.

Needless to say we survived and everyone is happy and doing great!!

I absolutely LOVE being at home with Ava!

Visit to Tumblebees..

On Thursday we ventured to Tumblebees to celebrate the upcoming arrival of Lauren's little boy. Ava and I came with a special gift for the "soon to be" new mommy, a wine goblet that reads "Mommy's Sippy Cup!" Haha!

Everyone was really excited to meet Ava for the first time! Below are a few pictures of Ava's visit to the party!

Vasha and Ava

Carolyn and Ava

Close up!

Enjoying some time outside!

After enduring days and days of rain and wind and being cooped up inside we finally had a day of sunshine on Saturday and we took full advantage of it.

On a walk in the woods enjoying the fall weather!

More Bath Pictures

Okay these pictures were to cute not to put up along with her video. While in her video she was screaming the majority of bath time was not that bad. She really did love the warm water!

Daddy did a good job with the entire bath process. I just sat back and took video and pictures! This was Ava getting her hair washed!

Now its mommy's turn! Time to get Ava dried off and dressed!

Such a happy girl!

I LOVE this picture!

All dressed and ready to go!

Video of Ava's First Bath

Here is a video of Ava's first bath at home.. When she was just wet or getting her hair washed she was fine. When daddy started scrubbing her this began.

Visitors!!

During her first week home Ava has had lots of visitors! She has loved spending time with everyone, and we really appreciate all of you who brought food and other stuff!

First things first

We have had alot of successful things happening recently. The first is that we have been trying really hard to get this nursing thing down. Both Ava and I were getting extremely frustrated so I went to see Linda at Peaceful Beginnings. In no time she figured out exactly what was going on (that for some reason the hospital lactation people couldn't figure out) and Ava was nursing. Yay!!! I cannot tell you how excited I was that we both finally got it! She has since been nursing for every feeding.

We also went to our first pediatrician appointment and Ava had gained 2 ounces. Again we were really excited that feedings seemed to be actually working. The pediatrician checked her all out and said she looked just perfect! Yay!

Below are some pictures from yesterday and today of Ava. I honestly keep my camera attached to my hip now because I cannot get enough pictures of her sweet little face.

Sleepy Days

If you can't tell I absolutely LOVE to take pictures of Ava when she is sleeping. Luckily for me she does alot of it these days. Given how cold and rainy the weather has been who can quite blame her.