Something a Little Different.... Again

gettin crafty!

alright...so we were inspired by a headband that roomy katie j gave avery as evidenced here...although avery is making a really funny face!

this is the same day when we were out to dinner, avery wanted to be the center of attention so we put her on the lazy susan, she loved it!

so the next day we (katie, avery, and i) went shopping to get supplies...we plopped avery up on the table so she could continue to be our inspiration, she did a great job!

so here is one that we created...this is her all white one! (she's still in her pj's though...)

every girl needs a leopard bow (partly inspired by my trip to WA, thanks danielle!)

and lastly a nice flower...katie and i are thinking of going into the business!

Always doing fun things...

It's kind of funny when you have a baby you feel somewhat inspired to do things like going to the beach, having parties etc.  All things that normally we would stay at home and watch TV but now we want her to experience everything she can (despite the fact that she wont remember a thing:) So here are some pictures of our latest adventures!

Our Small Group although sadly this is a picture from our farewell party for the McGees.  Holly, Rob, and Silas will be moving to Tennessee within the next few weeks, we had fun but will definitely miss them as they're gone!

little miss avery jean is starting to love her johnny jump up!  andy says she's learning that if she presses a button it makes noise and lights up, oh so fun!

Now pictures from the beach...she's not sure how she feels in this one.  after showing her the beach for the first time the 3 of us went on a long awaited date to BJ's brewery where we ordered everything in site...one of the best nights the 3 of us have had in a long time!

after an amazing dinner we heading back to the beach for the avester to eat her dinner and for andy and i to enjoy the sunset and cool air!

mommy tries to take advantage of all the time she gets with her little one cause it seems far and few between these days!

daddy spinning her around...thankfully before her bottle

they're quite the pair, especially with all the time they spend together!

our first bottle on the beach...she absolutely loved it!  she kept kicking the blanket out of the way so that she could have her feet in the sand!  it was a glorious night!

She's growing up!

Hey guys!  Well it feels like within the last week our little squishy isn't so squishy any more!  She has almost complete head control and while on her tummy loves to push herself up and look around.  She is also oh so very close to rolling over and has quite the attitude (when she's mad she won't make eye contact).  She is also very into "Baby Einstein" which is a set of DVD's for babies (that we got handed down to us), her favorite right now is "Baby Monet" that teaches her all the seasons.  She will actually sit and watch it for a half hour!  It's good because it has a lot of classical music playing and simple shapes move across the screen.  Often after she watches it with Daddy, he will bring her up to his computer and play more classical music for her as well as show her more Monet paintings.  She is quite the musical little girl and loves watching TV (which we're already having to limit!)  Having Mom back at work makes her a little upset, she tends to ignore Haley when she first gets home from work in the morning but warms up to her throughout the day.  The day in and day out of Mom going to work and Dad staying at home though seems to be more difficult for Mom and Dad than baby.  She loves spending quality time on dates with Daddy (particularly Friday night date night while Mommy's at work) and gets as much time in with Haley as possible in between work and sleeping.  Well that's it for now, here are some recent photos!

Were so cute in the morning in our pj's...

Getting dressed up for church!

So close to rolling...

Holding our head up!

Look how strong we are! (this is an example of her watching TV...)

Just hanging out...

Playing with our hands and smiling!

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!