Lil' Ram Fan

Auntie Stefanie bought Avery two adorable CSU onesies, I thought they were both 3-6 months but last night I discovered one is 0-3 months.  Avery has pretty much outgrown all of her 0-3 month clothes so I had to snap a few pictures of her in her CSU gear before it no longer fits.  Thanks Aunt Stefanie, Avery looks adorable :) 

It's a Rough Life

My sweet little girl was so tired she fell asleep while taking her bath!! It's exhausting to be so cute

Sweet dreams angel. 

Three Months

Avery, it is so fun to see your little personality begin to develop!! You are constantly experimenting with your voice and making the cutest little noises, I just love them!! Oh, and did I mention your beautiful smile??? In the mornings your daddy gets you out of your crib, yes, you are sleeping in your own room now, and brings you into our room for breakfast.  You are so happy to see us you get the biggest grin on your face.  Then you remember that your hungry and the smiles instantly turn to tears.  But then you're happy to see us again and the smiles are back.  This pattern continues until we feed you. I just love it!!

You are sleeping from about 9:00 - 6:30 which is just wonderful! You are so good at going to sleep in the evenings, you don't even make a peep when I put you to bed!! I am so thankful for this!  You eat 5 ounces 5-6 times a day and you are growing like a little (cute) weed!!  You are 12 whole pounds now, almost double your birth weight!!

Another fun thing you've learned to do recently is follow us with your eyes.  The first time we really noticed you doing this was last weekend at Grandmother and Granddad's house.  You really like your Granddad and couldn't take your eyes off of him!! While we were there you got to swim for the first time.  Ok, swimming might be a bit of an exaggeration but you loved floating around in the water.  

You like holding your rattle, your eyes get so big when you shake it.  You no longer like being held like an infant, you want to be up on our shoulders now so you can see everything.  You're getting really good at holding your head up and look super cute sitting in the bumpo seat. 

This next month should be a blast, we are going to Colorado for the first time to visit all of your crazy relatives!! I'll tell you all about it next month!

Love you little girl!!! Happy three months!

Picture Time

I think she's going to be a daddy's girl

Playing with Kennedy

 

 Avery - 2.5 months, Gage - 3 weeks, Kennedy - almost 6 months

 

She loves her swing!! 

 

 

 Chilling in her boppy.  Still not to sure about it but at least she doesn't scream when we set her in it!

 

 First time swimming!!

 

Love this little girl!

 

 

Avery and Gage

Happy 3 months little girl!!

Five Years

Matt and I celebrated our five year anniversary this past weekend!! The Lord has blessed my life so richly with Matt. I couldn't ask for a more loving husband, best friend and father. Happy Anniversary! I love you, babe.

Our engagement photo

  

 Five years ago, July 25, 2005 at Cheesman Park in Denver.  

Our Wedding, June 16, 2006.

 Our first anniversary, a hot air balloon ride and dinner at the Red Lyon Inn

Our fourth anniversary, family camping at the cabin!! (very romantic) :)

Our fifth anniversary, dinner at Texas de Brazil and a beautiful evening at the Fort Worth Omni

All of these years and Matt and I are more in love than ever,  We've seen each other at our best and at our worst, we've shared many amazing adventures, I can't wait to see what the next five years have in store!

Happy Girl

Love this little grin!

She thinks her daddy is so funny!

Not sure what she thinks about the bumbo!!

TGIF (almost)

This has been such a long week! I'm so glad tomorrow is Friday and I get to spend the whole weekend hanging out with these two!  

Avery is getting so big, she had her two month check up on the 7th.  She weighs 10lb,  6oz and is 23 inches long.  She's in the 50th percentile for her weight and 75 for height.

I think she's getting too big for baths in the sink, time to get the baby tub out!

She's smiling all the time now!!

Two Months!

Slow down little girl, you're growing up way too fast!! We've had many firsts this month, some good, some not so good but my love grows for you everyday.  You are so different from the preemie we brought home from the hospital two months ago.

The biggest change and most difficult "first" this month was my first day away from you.  I went back to work two weeks ago and you stayed home with Grandmother for a week before starting daycare.  It was so hard to say goodbye that morning, I was such a mess!  I know you were in good hands but I felt really lost without you in my arms all day.  I'm slowly adjusting to the change and you seem to have settled in without any problems.  I'm excited that your buddy Gage will be hanging out with you at daycare in a few months!!!  Speaking of the Erwins, you also had your first babysitter this month.  Daddy and I went out to dinner for our anniversary and you hung out with Kristy for the evening.  She said you did great, thanks for being so cooperative!!

You love tummy time and are so good at holding your head up, you seem to realize there is a whole big world out there, just waiting to be explored!!   You spend an hour or two each day just peacefully looking around, taking it all in.   You are a good little sleeper, every night around nine or ten we put your PJ's on, I lay you down to bed, give you a kiss goodnight, turn on the monitor and walk away.  I keep waiting for the night when you protest but so far you just go right to sleep.  You usually sleep until 3:00 or so, wake up for a mid-night snack and go right back to sleep.  Although I have to admit I'm anxiously awaiting the first time you sleep through the night, I'm very thankful that you are sleeping well. 

Can't wait to see what this next month holds!!

Cousins

On Saturday Matt's brother, sister-in-law and their kids came up to visit.  They came over a few days after Avery was born but she was sleeping (as usual!) and didn't really get to meet her.  It was great to see them and I think the girls are excited to have another female in the family!!  Emily is seven and she was so great with her new little cousin

LOVE