Avery Update....

Okay' I have a much happier baby on my hands, thank goodness!! After a conversation with the nurse at the kid's peditrician office I got the answers I needed. She told me not to worry, this happens, I really needed that part, then she told me to start with a 10 minute bath with her bottom under warm water, once done to take a rectal tempature and then to wait. She then told me a whole list of things to try after that if this didn't work. Well I didn't wait long and she was going, a lot! I have to say I have never been this happy to change a baby diaper! The moral of this story is we are back to "regular" and so much happier, all of us!

Hush Little Baby

Last night might have been one of the longest nights of my life....I spent the better part of three hours trying to calm a crazy, fussy baby. My poor little, sweet baby spent those three long hours just screaming at the top of her lungs, I did everything to try and calm her. It was crazy, I walked with her, I bounced with her, I rocked with her, you name it I tried it. I tried feeding her, I tried her pacifier, anything and everything to no avail. She hasn't had a bowel movement in several days but every bit of research I did online says that isn't abnormal for a breastfeed baby but I am still convinced that her tummy was bothering her because as she screamed she was clinching up. All I know is it might have been the longest three hours of my life! I also think the only reason she stopped crying and screaming is because she just plain wore herself out. She slept fine during the night and is feeding well and is currently taking a nap so hopefully she is better soon, all I know is Mommy can't handle more screaming. Will keep you posted, any suggestions please leave a comment, I will try anything if the screaming starts back up.....

Lazy Day

So Rich went and played in a golf tournament with friends this morning, he left the house by 7 am.  Avery and I were up for her morning feed but she fell back asleep while eating and I decided it was the perfect time for Mommy to get a little TV watching while in bed done.  Well I laid done and started watching TV but ended up falling asleep as well and Avery and I didn't wake up until 9:30am, I have to say it was amazing and I can't remember the last time I got to have a lazy day like that, I love it!!  Rich will be home from golf soon and when he is I have cleaning, dishes, and laundry to do but it still feels like such a quiet, relaxing day!  Then tonight we are going on a little date night to the bowling alley, so that will be a good time!  Tomorrow I will be grocery shopping and then having my Grandfather over for dinner since my Mom and Dad aren't here and neither are my Aunt and Uncle, that puts me in charge of being sure he eats and visiting with him on Sunday so I will cook dinner and also make him a casserole to take home for food for a few days.  It will be nice for him to come over and visit and get to spend some one on one time with Avery.  So today is a lazy day and tomorrow might not be that much more productive and I am loving every minute of it!

Snow Picture

Here is a cute picture of Jolie on her flying saucer in the snow.  Mom and Dad's Internet in NC is SO slow they aren't able to send many pictures but I did get this one today.

Avery's Photo Shoot

On Sunday, January 9th we had a professional photographer come to the house to capture some beautiful photos of Avery and a few of Avery and Jolie.  Here are some of the photos, I love them!!

Weather Reports...

This morning I have gotten several phone calls with weather reports from Jolie....

They began around 7:30 am when she called to say "Good Morning" and that it was raining and cold.

Then at about 9 am I got a call to tell me it was snowing, she was so excited!!

And just a few minutes ago I got a call about 9:30 am to tell me she was outside throwing snowballs at Poppy, I don't know that I have ever heard her so excited, she is in complete awe and amazement of the snow!

This picture is from when they got there on Monday and is just of the snow that was on the ground but you can see the pure joy in her face.  My Mom promises more pictures today so I will update as I have them!

Over the Weekend...

**Updated with Pictures**
So here is a little weekend in review post, I will begin with Friday because I don't think I said anything about that yet. So, Friday I had two doctors appointments and since my Mom was sick with a cold I took Avery with me to both. We started with dropping Jolie off at school and then headed over to the chiroprator's office, I got adjusted and treatment and Avery slept like a baby, well duh she is a baby but you get the idea. Then it was off to an appointment for my bladder, an ultrasound was in order for that and here I thought I was forever done with ultrasounds as my child bearing times are over but nonetheless an ultrasound it was. So knowing we were going to be out for so long I knew I was going to have to make time to pump and/or nurse so I took the pump along and figured I would just figure it out along the way. So after the chiro appointment I got in the car and thought of something my friend Jen had told me about the Medela Freestyle pump I use and that is that because it is handsfree it is very possible to use it while driving, she originally told me about this because of my job, she is in the same business and did this with her daughter so I thought to myself, self this is a chance to try out this theory, so I strapped it on and proceed to doctors appointment number two. And to my amazement she was right and not only was she right but this was amazing, I can get where I need to while accomplishing something else I have to do so I don't explode. So I pumped successfully and got to appointment on time, score!

(this is a picture of the pump, it doesn't give you the full idea but just imagine it...)

Avery slept between appointments and woke up in time for my to bottle feed her in the waiting room and then just hung out in her carrier while I was in my ultrasound, awesome! So then we went home, rested, ate and then had to run a few errands to finish gathering a few things for my friend, Sarah's Baby Shower that I was throwing with another friend on Saturday.

So Saturday I drove to Minneola with shower stuff in tow and left my sweet baby for the first time, I was sad to leave Avery but knew she was in good hands with her Daddy! I will add pictures later from my regular computer as I am currently writing from my I-Pad but we threw a really cute, really fun shower for Sarah and her triplets, she got great gifts and it was so nice to see so many wonderful friends! I had a great time visiting with Sarah, Lora and Sarah's Mom and sisters after the shower. Sarah's Mom even made Avery a beautiful quilt similar. To the one she made for Jolie, I absolutely love it!! After a great time I headed home to the family.

Jen, Sarah, and Lora (Addie is also peeking in the picture)

The food table.

The diaper cake centerpiece that Lora made, it was so cute!!

The cupcake tower.

The cute Monkey Soap Favors.

(It seems as though I didn't take any people pictures so Lora when you read this please send me some!)

This is Avery on the quilt that Sarah's Mom made for her and she is even wearing the matching onesie, I love it, it is so sweet!!

Once home I packed Jolie up for her trip with Mimi and Poppy and crashed into bed as soon as Avery was asleep! Sunday morning I finished getting Jolie ready for her travel and then she was off to the snow! Once she left I can honestly say Rich and I just hung out, we didn't do anything! We laid around, I got in a great nap while Avery slept. We did take out, watched Jersey Shore on DVR and football and just regrouped after some long weeks! I can honestly say it was delightful! We have gotten several phone calls from Jolie with weather reports, she hasn't seen snow yet but it is coming and it is cold! My Mom says she has behaved amazingly and all is well with them. So it was a great weekend! Rest, friends, some family time, nothing gets better than that!