Avery turned 3 months old yesterday so we went and had some pictures taken. She did so great and did not cry at all. There were so many to choose from. Here are just a couple.

Happy 3 months baby girl.
We love you!!!

Jenny Jump Up

On Sunday we decided to break open Avery's Jenny Jump Up. We got this as a gift and I have been excited to try it out. She did pretty good. She did not quite understand that she could jump and more used it as a swing and a teether but hey......whatever works. She didn't cry so I consider it a success.

We will keep working on it!

Party Time

On Saturday we went and celebrated Ashley's 2nd birthday. Ashley is Jeff and Michell's little girl who we adore so much. I can not believe she is two already. Can't wait to see Avery running around with her soon.

She loves her daddy
Michelle and Avery

Ashley opening her presents

Nap time after a long day

Happy Birthday Bean...we love you!

Snow Bunny

Avery's fussiest time is the early evening before bath time. A few nights ago we decided to take her for a stroll cause she seems to love the fresh air. It is still a little cold so we decided to get some use out of her adorable snow outfit since we will not be visiting the snow and she will outgrow it by next year. She reminded us of the little boy from A Christmas Story that could not put his hands down. We got a good laugh but she loved it.

All tuckered out.....success!!!!

Bumbo-tastic

Little Miss Avery has started to use her bumbo seat. For the most part she LOVES it but does get tired after a few minutes. After all it is still hard work for her to hold up her little head.

Good job Avery
She looks like her daddy so much in this picture!!

Night Out

Last week we had a chance to go out for the evening to celebrate our dear friend Nicki's "dirty thirty" birthday. Nonno and GG were so gracious to drive down from Napa and stay with the little one. It was a much needed night out and we had so much fun!!

Our gift to Nicki was a wiper warner......no she does not have kids but she does love to use wipes from time to time.
Love you Nicki

Enjoying our night out

Avery's First Pictures

We just received Avery's first set of pictures in the mail. Although she is almost 12 weeks old now and these pictures were taken when she was 5 weeks old, I still LOVE them. These are just a few of my favorites!!!

A Visit to Stratford

About a week and a half ago Jenny, Baby E, Jessica, and Avery and I went to visit Stratford. I have only been there a couple times since Avery arrived so it was nice to see everyone and show off my beautiful baby girl. I can not believe in two weeks I have to return to work. It will be so sad to leave her but at least she will be in good hands with daddy.

All caught up

Well I think I am all caught up for the most part. I know there a few events that I left out but I am ok with that. I am looking forward to blogging about current events now.

First Smiles

Here are some of Avery's first smile that I was able to capture on camera. She was about a month old. It was a very happy day for mommy cause I had been trying to get them on camera for awhile.

Valentines Day

Valentines day this year was pretty uneventful. Josh was REALLY sick with the flu so I had to keep Avery away from him as much as possible. We decided to have a girls date with my awesome co-teacher Shannon. We dined at Pasta Pomodora and had a great time (although Avery does not look like it in the picture). She was just as hungry as we were. Haha.

Baby Camryn

On January 20th, my niece Camryn Reese Christianson made her grand debut. She arrived at 12:08 P.M. and weighed around 7 pounds. Congrats to my brother, sister-in-law, and big brother Rylan. It will be so much fun to watch Avery grow up with a cousin so close in age.

Cousins

While my brother and family were in town during the holidays we had a chance to get all the cousins together. I can not believe how big the kids are getting and that I actually have a little one to add to the mix.

Christmas 2010

Christmas is always a crazy time for us. There is a lot of traveling involved. Avery did such a good job in the car and slept pretty much the whole time. Considering she was only about a week old, I didn't expect much more from her. It was so much fun to introduce her to everybody. Our first stop was Anticoch to spend Christmas eve with the Schneiders.





First Christmas as a family

All the cousins

Avery with her Great Grandma Mary

Our next stop was my parents house for Christmas breakfast. I always look forward to this breakfast. We also opened presents with my brothers and nephew.

Mommy and baby Avery

Grandpa And Avery


After breakfast and presents we headed to Napa to spend the rest of the day and night with Josh's parents and family. It was very relaxing. Josh's mom also decided to let mom and dad sleep while she took care of the baby all night. It just so happens this was the first night she slept through the night. Thanks grandma GG!!

Avery with her second cousin Ruby

Family pic

Last but not least we had our last Christmas celebration with Josh's grandparents. This celebration always takes place about a week after Christmas so we did get a little break.

Avery, mom, Grandma GG, and Great Gramdma Nonni

Avery, dad, Grandpa Nonno, and Great Grandpa Nonno

That pretty much sums up Christmas 2010. I am already looking forward to next Christmas. Avery will probably be opening her own presents and looking forward to Santa.