Our Trip!

well, avery and mommy had an absolute blast together traveling to washington just the two of us!  don't get me wrong, it was definitely hard traveling with an 8 week old but very much worth it.  we got to have a ton of bonding before mommy went back to work...here are some photos!

the trip begins at the john wayne airport...you can't even see all of our luggage!

she did perfectly on the plane...this was landing, had to keep her sucking on her nuk so her ears didn't hurt!

in WA on the bay...such a beautiful day!

danielle (the bride), her sister, and her sister's baby samantha jean (sami and avery quickly became best of friends:)

partying it up at the bachelorette party!

sami and avery...

us with the beautiful bride!

the cutest baby in the world!

look at those chubby cheeks!

we loved the headband that sami let us borrow!

in seattle all bundled up for our first walk in the rain!

this is how we feel about our carseat...

with friends in pike place market!  avery loved it!

nana's first meeting with her great grandchild

avery just nuzzled right up!

she loved playing with nana!

meeting cousin/auntie courtney!

we love time with grammy!

getting ready to go back to the airport!

thanks to our faithful travel buddy stacey we made it!  (we were very ready to be home by this point...that's avery looking towards daddy's voice that she had heard!)

so that's a summary of our trip!  if you have facebook i'll be posting more pictures on there...i'm officially back to work and heading out to my second night on in about an hour or so.  andy's staying home with avery for now and doing an AMAZING job, she loves spending time with daddy!  until next time...

before our trip...

just wanted to quickly update the blog before avery and i head off to washington for danielle latimer's wedding.  we're very excited to travel but a little anxious too, pictures of the trip to come!  but for now here is what we have been up to! -haley

We brought Avery to her first A's vs. Angels game, it was over 100 degrees outside and we all got super hot!

inside the stadium, finally outside her sling

resting at home with daddy, trying to build up on daddy time since we will miss him so much on our trip!

multi-tasking with mommy making oreo balls!

there's a smile...almost!

on our way to disneyland for avery's first time, this is us on a tram!

on her first ride ever!  pirates of the caribean

her first trip to disneyland, she did so great!

More fun to come!

More Firsts!

In continuing with the "firsts" of the last post, we also wanted to show everyone a video of Avery smiling. She started doing it with Grandma Connie, much to Haley's jealousy (haha), but now is doing it very often. There also is some excitement happening with the cats as well but you will have to watch to find out what..... so enjoy!!

Summer Adventures!

The three of us took 2.5 weeks to go on adventures/vacation (although andy and i are learning that vacation no longer means catching up on sleep...:) These adventures included a lot of "firsts" for baby Avery which include: first time to yosemite, first rock concert, first road trip (she did soooooo great), first baseball game, first time in the pool, first time meeting a lot of people, first time riding a dog, etc. We tried to catch the memories on film as best we can, enjoy!

getting ready for our trip!

sound reducing earphones at the "rock" concert (it was andy's band nexus playing at a christian summer camp)

the band all loves her soooooo much!

andy is so proud of her!

all of the boys were really interested in her until the diaper came off...

she had a photo shoot at her cousin's house.

the hibbs' fell in love too!

mom and dad live on golf course so when we heard that they were going golfing we snuck onto the forth hole to have a picnic and wait for them!

she loves laying with mommy...(ha ha)

meeting her great auntie lois, she loved her!

family photo after andy's audition in san jose

baby avery loved riding chas' dog rockie!

this is sometimes how we feel...

meg and jim loved hanging out with her, jim is preparing to hold her!

napping with great grandma koning.

we loved our time in lodi! avery loved it when great grandpa koning sang to her!

hanging out with grandpa and grandma cat!

she has gotten so good at taking her bottle!

every night avery looking forward to hanging out with grandma pratt where she would smile all night long!

avery's first day at the pool!

she loved swimming with auntie e!

and she loved being in her pink bikini!

she floated all over the pool on the mattress!

at the A's game, we loved it!

she did sooooo well at the game!

eventually it got cold so she had to put her beanie on...

more time with grandma!

she's trying to tell daddy here that she no longer loves her birdie in her face...

hanging out on our bed once we got back!

yeah for adventures, we had so much fun!