Friday, January 30, 2009

Favorite photo friday- UP

The theme for Fav photo Friday is UP...






I took these this fall at my parents house... I love how it looks like Av is UP in the air and almost looks like she is flying... they are some of my favorite pictures!!!

UP also made me think of how quickly she has grown up from not even being able to hold her head up to pulling up and crawling!

Monday, January 26, 2009

BYE BYE

Averi waving "BYE BYE"

Kitchen Redo!!!


our kitchen flooded ruining our floor so we pulled it up, layed new tile and while we were at it we painted!!! We love it it looks SO much bigger!!!

Saturday, January 24, 2009

TAG... your it!

I do not usually do these but this one seemed fun so here goes!!!
The RULES:
1.) Go to where you store your digital photos and open the 4Th folder.


2.) Go to the 4Th picture and post it.


3.) Explain the picture.


4.) Tag 4 additional people.



This picture was taken at my friend Abby's lingerie shower when I was about six months pregnant with Averi... I was a bridesmaid (YES WHILE PREGNANT!!!) and Kevin was the best man... we had a lot of fun!
In the picture with me is my sweet friend Sarah!Sarah and I have been friends for a long time and she never hesitates to help us with anything! While Av has been sick this week she did my grocery shopping and cooked us dinner... thank you Sarah!!!

I tag Ruthie, Brooke, Marsha and Carrie.... HAVE FUN!!!

Friday, January 23, 2009

Lately

I am a little behind on some pictures and videos from the last few weeks!!! A couple weeks ago our friends Shawn and Lindsay came over for dinner... we spend a lot of time with this sweet couple but this dinner was especially nice as the boys (mostly Shawn) made dinner!!! Several months ago Shawn ahot a deer and Kevin and him spent hours skinning it and getting the meat out of the woods )gross I know!!!). I was not sure how to cook venican so Shawn took it upon himself and made a suprisingly good Roast, potatos and carrots in the crock pot, I think Kev may have cut a potato...lol!!! Good job boys! We also went to lunch with several sweet friends in order to celebrate Kevins bday!!! We had chilis and it was delicious!!! My best friend Lindsay goes to Western so, sadly, we don't get to spend a lot of time together so why she was home for Christmas break we had dinner with her and her sweet family. This family means so much to both Kevin and I and we are so happy they are playing roles in averi's life... Love you Granny R, Poppy R,, Aunt linz, Uncle Shnookie, and Bubby!!! And as I promised here is the first video of Av scooting forward, she gets further everyday!!! GO AV!!!

Favorite photo friday- NEW

The theme for favorite photo Friday is NEW...
If you have a baby you will quickly learn that one of the ways they learn about "new" things is by tasting them! EVERYTHING and I mean EVERYTHING goes in Averi's mouth! I am constantly vacuuming in hopes that Averi does not discover something "new" that may be dangerous for her to ingest!
Her hands were a new discovery!



Grass was a new discovery, believe me its been in her mouth!


crackers are a new and her favorite discovery!!!


all toys are apparently the best discovery as they are always in her mouth!!

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Happy nine months to a sick little girl!


Well as I said in the last post sweet Av was still susceptible to RSV and we were told by her pediatrician to watch for coughing, wheezing and a fever! She seemed to be doing fine until last night, she woke up at eleven (which is pretty uncommon) and was burning up... we took her temp and it was 101.6 we decided to give her Tylenol and call the doctor in the morning.
The poor thing spent the whole night coughing... I checked her temp this morning and it was 102.2 so I gave her more Tylenol and called the pediatrician. Without hesitation they said bring her in. After some poking and prodding and finally a nose swab the results were in and she was positive for RSV. Luckily it has not gone to her lungs, it is still upper respiratory and has not developed into bronchitis. Unfortunately there is not a lot we can do to prevent it from turning into more, we have been told to keep her well hydrated (which means lots of nursing for me), use a cool mist vaporizer in her room, steam showers, Vick's rub, Tylenol and lots saline in her nose. She seems to be feeling pretty rotten right now; she is very fussy and sleeping a lot but we are sure she will be a OK!!!

Now onto more exciting things in month nine... Averi is finally a scooter (I was beginning to Wonder if this would ever happen!), she has begun to scoot forward all over the place! She does not really like to be fed baby food she would much rather you give her something she can grab with her own two hands and eat all by herself (miss independent!) she is as always full of laughs and loves and is still a mama's girl yet I can see her becoming more and more fond of her "DADADDAAAA" everyday! Most nights she sleeps from 8 til 5 or 6, and then back down until 8... which is fine by us! She is up on all fours and beginning to lift her hands as if to crawl but has not mastered moving her knees, we go to TN the end of the month so I think she is saving that first "real" crawl for Nana and Papa Yates! She is also begun to pull up on everything and LOVES to be stood up against the couch or her play table!!! What a joy you are sweet Averi Noel...even when you are sick! We love you sweet girl! I will post some more pics and videos from the last month soon!