An Update

I wish I had something exciting or funny to share but I don't. Life is just going on as normal. Well as normal as can be with a new baby. Ava is doing well. She has been getting a little fussy lately but the poor girl has bad gas. Can you blame her for crying about it? Surprisingly it hasn't affected her night time sleeping. This past week she has only been waking up once maybe twice during the night. For someone who does NOT do well on little sleep it has been a nice treat. She is so young though that I'm not expecting it to be permanent. I'm just grateful for the time I have right now.

Chris has been sick for a few days so he hasn't been holding Ava. As hard as it will be to keep her from getting sick too, we are doing everything we can. This means that I am always the one holding her and soothing her. I miss being able to hand her off to Chris. He misses her too. He wants to hold her so bad. I am hoping against hope that she doesn't get sick though. We are going to Oklahoma in a few days and I would really hate to be traveling with a sick baby. I'm already worried about being one of those people that has a screaming baby on an airplane. Being sick would only make it worse. We'll let you know how it goes.

Baby Blessing

I got Ava a beautiful white blessing dress and she is wrapped in the blanket that her Great Grandma crocheted for her.

These are all the guys who participated in the blessing. (From left to right) Father-in-law Barry, home teacher Robert and Miles, Chris, Dad, Brother-in-law Joey, Keith.

She loves her pacifier. What can I say?

Ava has curly hair! It only shows up when it's wet and then throughout the day it straightens out as it dries and as she rubs her head around. It is so cute though. I finally decided to put a dab of gel in it to see if I could get it to stay. It did. It's hard to see in this picture but it's the best I could do.

Fire Hose

Ava does so good in her stroller. She can sleep for hours when I'm pushing her around in it. So the other day I decided to take her to the mall. When she finally woke up I went to the family bathroom to feed her. After she was done she really let loose so I changed her diaper. In the middle of the change Ava decided she needed to pee. I had NO idea that girls could have a fire hose too. It shot out and got EVERYWHERE!! Luckily I did have a change of clothes with me. Next time I'll be more careful.