Avery is 1 Month Old!

Our little girl is 1 month old already!  So crazy but exciting.  She is almost 9 lbs now and is doing well!  Here are just a few of the photos we have taken in the past couple of weeks...

Jaxson playing peek-a-boo in his toy box. (no, it is not normally sitting on the counter in the kitchen).  I did have a cute video to post of him playing peek-a-boo, but my blogger just told me I had to use google crome, and now the way to blog is way different. It won't let me upload videos due to some error.  Any help would be very appreciated!)

Avery girl about a week ago.

Jaxson and Avery doing some tummy time.  I love how they are looking at each other here. 

Jaxson has been requesting the bounce house again, so we caved in and took him.  He loves that basketball game!

The shark bounce house ate him up...

Avery chilling while Jaxson jumped.

A big boy going down the big slide

Our little girl- 1 month old!  Love you girly!

Avery's 2 Week Stats

Avery is now 3.5 weeks old- crazy for me to think she is almost a month! She is still doing awesome- Sleeping and eating like a champ! Can't complain, she is such a sweetheart. Although this is a week and a half late, her 2 week stats are:

Height: 21.5" tall (90%)
Weight: 7lb 5 oz (22%)
Head: 35.25 cm (35%)

(In my defense, I think I have some pretty good excuses as to why this is posted so late. In the last week .... I have 3 episodes of severe bleeding, 1 trip to the ER (b/c of the bleeding), 3 doctor visits, 1 d&c sugury, and 2 re-stitching of the episiotomy cut. I guess because labor and delivery were a breeze, I was just bound to have a horrible post partum experience? Anyway, I am doing better now ... its been 3 days since I have had any issues! hooray!)

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter Everyone! We are so grateful to celebrate this time of year and the eternal importance it signifies. Jesus Christ lived, died, and was resurrected. Because of his atoning sacrifice, all have the opportunity to live as families after this life -- I am so grateful for this blessing.

We enjoyed an Easter egg hunt on Friday with some people from our ward. Jaxson had a lot of fun finding eggs, and had more fun opening them and eating the candy. (sad I forgot his basketball Easter basket )

my good looking boys

eating candies

The Easter Bunny found us this morning before church. Jaxson had fun picking up the eggs and looking at his candy.

Pure excitement over the Angry Birds candy he found in his basket

gathering up his eggies

That is one happy kid. This is his famous "cheese" face

Now we can't forget our little sweetheart Avery .... This was taken about a week ago. Jaxson loves holding his baby sister (even if she is trying to eat his face haha)

our little princess

Happy Easter everyone- hope it is a fabulous day for you all :)

Announcing.... Avery Joan

Our little girl is here -- she arrived on March 22nd, at 12:43 pm. I went to the hospital to be induced at 5am, and the doctor broke my water at 7:30. Ryan arrived around 8:30, after he dropped off Jaxson at a friend house. By around 9:30-10 ish, the contractions were starting to hurt, so I went ahead and got an epidural. Ryan and I started watching a movie, and at noon, the nurse came in and checked me and said I was ready to push. I was so shocked, I couldn't believe how fast it came. Well, my doctor was in surgury, so she didn't come for another 30 minutes. Once she got there, I pushed 4 times and our little angel (Avery Joan) was here! Labor and delivery were so much nicer this time around!! (although the after math wasn't as good ... I had to stay in L&D for another 24 hours to get my bleeding under control).

My little girl a few seconds after she was born.
Avery Jo weighed 6 lbs, 13 oz (exactly 1 pound lighter than Jaxson). The ultrasound tech thought she was going to be around 8 lbs, because she was measuring 7+ lbs a week and a half before she was born.
I love this little girl!! She has been such a wonderful baby. She nurses really well & she is sleeping well at night. I only got up once last night to feed her, because she did two 5 hour stretches). Ususally she eats every 4 hours at night, so I only have to get up twice. Either way, I am so impressed with her!

Daddy is so proud of his little girl!

In the nursery

Jaxson is very excited about his new baby sister. I love his face in this photo...

Right before going home.

Ready to go home

In the pack n' play at home.

Found her doing this ... thought it was pretty funny. Jaxson actually does the same thing when he is picking out a snack or what to wear. He puts his finger to his mouth and says "Let me see" as he taps his finger to his mouth. What a funny kid!

Jaxson sporting his Cars sunglasses Ryan's mom brought him.

Just stretching

Avery's first bath

She was hungry and not enjoying the water too much.

Well that is our little girl. We are so happy and proud to be her parents. It is amazing how much love you can have for a person instantly. We are so happy she choose our family and just love her to pieces!!

Ok ... 1 More Post

Ok, so this is my last post before we meet our baby girl tomorrow. Yesterday, Jaxson was being his cute self and pulled out his "football" hat (it is actually Ryan's dad's hat from when he was a wee lad). Well, Jaxson puts it on and plays football.
Kicking the ball

saying cheese, although the TV was on, so he wouldn't look at me to say it

Last Post Before I Deliver ....

I am just going to assume this is the past blog post I do before we met our new little girl, who is arriving on Thursday. Can't believe it is almost here! I feel bad I haven't taken many photos lately ... I have been working hard at getting my etsy shop bigger and getting my name out there. Business is picking up, which is great, but I hope I can grow it more. So if you haven't seen it, or if you are on facebook, please "like" my page and tell all your friends! thanks!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/JoMazing-Accessories/101514706642224

http://www.etsy.com/shop/JoMazingAccessories

A few weekends ago, I did my first craft fair. I spent a lot of time getting ready for it, and it went fairly well. I think next time, I would love to be inside (it was cold and windy! and that is saying something because I am always so hot) and I think if it was more of a specified craft fair (a baby expo) that it would be more productive. Well, here is a photo of my little table :)

My friend Emily (who use to live in Austin but has since moved) came back for a visit. I drove up from San Antonio and met with all the friends. Jaxson was excited to see his friend, Addi again. They have both grown up so much!


One morning trying to get photos of Jaxson because I hadn't taken photos of him in a while.

walking around in my running shoes

Love this shirt - "Most Awesome Big Brother". Jaxson is going to be an great big bro.

The car seat cover I made a couple of months ago. I just didn't have a car seat to put it on to take a photo.

Reversible

About a month ago, I went up to Austin for a baby shower my friend Heidi threw for me. This is me and her. She was awesome to organize everything -- it was so great seeing my friends again!!

I miss these girls!

Ok ... now 4 more days till little baby girl Harbor makes her apperance!