growing growing growing!

it seems that baby avery grows every day so we're trying to post lots of pictures to keep ya'll updated...enjoy!

Daddy singing to his baby girl

our first time dressed up in a dress!

family photo session

so much love for such a little thing!

she loves her mommy...

she slept through her very first wedding...thanks for the dress auntie erica!

family photo op!

turtle is hunting and avery is watching her hunt, or potentially sleeping...

Some more pictures!

we never stop taking pictures of little avery jean cause she's just so darn cute! here are some more pictures...enjoy!

Three generations!

with our great friends sara and bailey! we love the bridgmans!

baby avery's beautiful profile!

andy's band finally got to meet baby avery, they loved her and she loved them!

it's wake time! i'm not sure what this look means but she kind of looks grown up!

we loved our time with grammy!

meeting auntie meg for the first time...right before spitting up all over her, ha!

how great is this outfit?

awake time on her new quilt, it's amazing kathy!

more of the quilt and awake time!

this is her zoolander "blue steal" look...it's amazing!

nothing but love!

she always sleeps on her arms or hands (just like her mommy!)

she likes to hold her pacifier in so it doesn't fall out...she's so smart!

Avery's First Bath at Home

Hey gang,

Here is a video of Avery's first bath at home (like the title states...). A little sleep deprevation is happening, but we have been getting some amazing support from all our family and friends! We couldn't have asked for more. Hope you enjoy,

Long awaited update...

Well for those that haven't heard, baby Avery Jean was born July 10 at 6:52pm. I was induced at 7:30am, got an epidural around noon, started pushing around 6:35pm and she was out within 20minutes! It only took 3 bags of pitocin, 2 bags of penicillin, a whole lot of liters of lactated ringers, 3 lidocaine boluses, 2 doses of demerol, 1 dose of toradol, 8L of O2, an internal fetal monitoring device, internal uterine device, foley catheter, motrin, oxycontin, an episiotomy, a 3rd degree tear :) and 2 cups of vomit to get her out! she is perfect in every way and although we're exhausted we love having her around. Here are some pictures of the process and the first 6 days of her life.

the family the night before the birth

Just out of the womb!

she's not sure how she feels about being in the world yet...

First picture with Daddy!

Thanks doc. linzey, you're the best!

Grandma and Grandpa Pratt adoring their first grandchild!

our push team as we're transferred to post partum

skin to skin time after our first bath

putting on our first outfit

daddy and baby avery in their matching beanies!

this is what encouraged us to nickname her squishy (thank you auntie erica)

home from the hospital!

"this is my squishy, i will call her squishy and she will be my squishy"

squishy is learning too many faces from grandma...

our roomie made a really great welcome home sign!

mommy holding her after her first bath at home...

Oh the things you will try...

Well, we've tried spicy foods, bland foods, lots of food, just a little food, dessert foods, breakfast foods, fresh mex foods, acidic foods (pineapple), frozen food, warm food etc; we've tried miles long bike rides, walking, jogging (well not really), dusting the whole house, reorganizing shelves, extracurricular marital duties that are supposed to help (he he) etc; we've even tried threatening baby avery, but nothings seems to work.

Doc said today that he's concerned she's not going to come out on her own...haley's been 2cm dilated and 80% effaced since last week and he thinks she needs a little boost. SO...we go into the hospital at 0715 friday morning to get induced! we're both pretty nervous about what that means just cause we know a lot of medications will be involved but we're ready to meet our baby girl, keep us in your prayers on friday!!!

this is haley on her new bike that we've taken for a few rides...she loves it!

this is in the doctor's office before getting "checked"...

this is st. joes (on the right) where we will be delivering, CHOC where haley works is on the left.