3 and 4 months

i have not been very good at this blogging thing since my little avarie elle was born - every moment that i am not working or at school i am with this little baby girl and i seriously love every minute of it. she is my life and i couldn't be happier with it.
at 4 months she has decided that sleeping through the night isn't as cool as it used to be. she wakes up at least twice now when she used to sleep 8 hours straight - its definitely starting to wear me out and i'm hoping she changes her little mind real soon and decided sleeping is indeed something she likes to do.
at her 4 month check up this little girl was almost 13 pounds! i swear last month she was the tiniest thing and all of a sudden she has gotten some chunk! this little girl is just growing and is now 30th percentile for weight and only 13th for height.. poor girl will probably just be a short little thing like her parents.
she just started giggling and i can't even explain how obsessed i am with it! it makes me laugh and almost start crying because how much i LOVE that little laugh.
avarie HATES tummy time. i swear this girl will never learn to crawl because almost immediately after she gets put on her tummy, she throws a little tantrum.
BUT this girl rolled over about a week ago for the first time and has done it two times since! she rolled from her tummy to her back and it took a minute for her to figure out how to roll that chunky little bum over but she did it!
avarie LOVES to look at things that are different, i've taken her to the zoo, and the aquarium and she just smiled and laughed at all the new things that she was seeing.
avarie is just becoming obsessed with her bath time - she just kicks and giggles and splashes in the water and it is just the cutest thing. she stil isn't too sure about how she feels when she's getting lotioned but its not as bad as it used to be.
avarie also is starting the "everything in my mouth" phase. if its not her hand in her mouth, it has to be a toy or a binky or ANY thing else to keep her little mouth occupied.
avarie can sit up just fine in her bumbo but she doesn't like it much. she pretty much just hates everything that she has to be set down in and she arches her back until someone picks her up.
she is also starting to grab at things and then try to bring them to her mouth, it is adorable watching her grab onto a toy and then open her mouth and it takes quite a few tries before it makes it to her mouth.
avarie got blessed on august 5th by my dad and it was a beautiful blessing. she wore the same dress that i got blessed in 22 years ago.
avarie took her first road trip a couple weeks ago - we drove 5 hours to boise! it was my cousin's wedding and avarie actually was a lot better then i thought she would be in the car. she slept about 3 hours both ways and she did get fussy for a bit but once she was fed she pretty much did fine.
this little girl is definitely spoiled - she is always wanting to be held and if you put her down that can mean it is the end of the world!
she loves being sung to and she will actually sing along with me :)
little avarie has stolen my heart and any one who see's her feels the same way - she is adorable and i am so blessed to have such a perfect little girl.

two months

my little babe is two months old!
i can't believe how fast time flies when you have a baby.. i am seriously worried that i'm going to fall asleep one night and wake up with a teenager!
well two month old avarie is even cuter then she was before - i really didn't think that it was possible but this baby just keeps getting more and more cute every day.
she loves taking baths and showers
but HATES getting out and getting lotion put on her
avarie gets the hiccups almost every day and they usually make her mad
she has been sleeping through the night like a champion - i lay her down and she sleeps 7 or 8 hours straight. every single night. i was blessed with avarie because honestly if she wasn't a good sleeper, i dont know how i would survive work.
she is such a happy baby in the mornings - which makes it soo much harder to leave her when i have to go to work.
she got her 2 month shots a couple days ago and i just bawled. the sound of her little cry just broke my heart :( but she didn't seem to get a fever or sick at all from them!
avarie mostly sleeps in her bassinet but there are nights where she is just not wanting to fall asleep in it so she will sleep next to me in bed - which i think she likes better but i dont want her to get attached to sleeping with me.
i got a cold right when i went back to work and poor little avarie caught it too - luckily she only had it a few days but it was so sad when she would just cough her little lungs out.
if she is upset - the best way to calm her down is to walk around with her. the second you sit back down she is mad at you again and just wants you to stand up!
she is such a good baby to tag along with - she will just sleep in her carseat if i need to run errands and i've even taken her to a couple movies and she slept through the whole thing!
she still is fitting best in the outfits that are "newborn" size... she has a few 0-3 month things that she's able to wear without drowning but most of them are still way too baggy.
she was weighed at her 2 month appointment and she is a whopping 9 pounds 15 ounces! she was 20th percentile and he told us she is growing beautifully she is just a petite little thing.
avarie really is just my best little friend in the world - she is so fun and i love every second i get to hold her in my arms. i seriously would do anything for this little baby.
well here's a few pictures of this growing child of mine!

photo fun

my avarie is now 6 weeks old! i can't believe how fast that flew by...
i'm now back at work and its so hard not being able to hold this little one all day long every single day.
but here are some pictures we took of the worlds cutest baby!!

one month

my little miss avarie elle has turned one month old!
i can't believe its already been a whole month but at the same time i feel as if avarie has been around forever. i love this little girl so much - i truly can't imagine not having her. it's like my life is actually important now that i have a sweet angel to take care of!
well this past month has definitely been a learning experience - i was TERRIFIED of tiny little babies because they are just so fragile. now i can't imagine avarie getting any bigger, i want her to stay mini forever!
avarie is such a good baby - the first week or so her schedule was all backwards. she was awake the whole entire night and would still be awake a good amount of time in the day... i was thinking i would go insane if i didn't start getting some consistent chunks of sleep. luckily about 2 in a half weeks ago she started sleeping atleast 6 hours every single night! she's kept this little pattern up as well and i'm mighty grateful for it. i just am crossing my fingers this keeps up because i go back to work in a week..
for the most part avarie loves her baths - if she is being fussy they usually calm her down and she's a happy baby until she gets out. there's a few times where she doesn't like to get scrubbed or get her hair washed but thats not all the time.
there's one thing for certain though, avarie HATES getting her diaper changed. as soon as we lay her down on the changing table she starts having a fit.. she knows exactly what is about to happen and lets everyone know she is not a happy girl.
avarie is still fitting best in clothes that are "newborn" size - there are even still a few little tiny outfits that she doesn't fit in yet that are labeled newborn.. she's just a tiny little girl and i absolutely love it! she just has soo many outfits that are 0-3 month size that are adorable - i can't wait til she can fit into some of those..
avarie has gotten spoiled this last month. everyone wants to hold her all the time! i'm trying to be a little more strict by putting her down for a while just so she doesn't always expect to be held at every moment of the day, but usually if she makes one little sound someone will go pick her up... she's just so loved by every one around her they all to keep her happy and always have her near.
when avarie cries she does the cutest little lip quiver thing - its hard to take her crying seriously when it's so dang cute!
i've been breast feeding this little girl and she's been doing great with it! i can't believe how bad it hurt for the first couple weeks... and now it is still uncomfortable when the milk is coming in! i've always heard all these stories about breastfeeding and how painful it is but its just something you have to experience to really know what they are talking about. but avarie usually eats every 2.5 to 3 hours. sometimes at night she gets super hungry though so i'll feed her a little sooner.
miss avarie has been such a wonderful addition to my family - she is so loved and i really can't get enough of her. if someone else is holding her, i get jealous that she's not in my arms. if i go out of the house for a little bit, i miss her and can't wait to get back! this little baby has completely changed my world but for the better. i can't wait for the upcoming adventures with this gal.

labor

the moment i hit 37 weeks i was more then ready to have this little one pop out - i was getting loopy and cranky and super uncomfortable. so i googled all the things you can do at home to hopefully speed labor up a bit. i tried going on long walks, eating spicy food, castor oil, taking a hot shower then turning it ice old, my doctor even stripped my membranes twice! i had people bringing me food that they swore put women into labor - but NOTHING worked. i continued to work and every day just got harder and harder - i swear i couldn't think straight so when i was talking to customers on the phone i was fumbling my words and forgetting what i was saying. i was just so miserable. i went to the doctor about a week before my due date and i was 90% effaced and dilated to a 3. he told me i bet we will be seeing you sooner then your due date - i was so excited because i just wanted to meet the little thing that had been growing inside me for 9 months and i wanted desperately to not be pregnant anymore. the day before my due date came and i went to work as i normally would - i contacted HR to let them know that i still didn't have a baby and so i could work up until i went into labor. i had been having pretty consistent contractions all day that were ranging from 10-25 minutes apart. i was keeping track of them just because i wanted it be the real contractions so bad. once i got off work, kayla, joanne and i went on a long walk and all of a sudden my contractions were coming about every 3 to 5 minutes the whole walk! and they were starting to hurt like period cramps in my back! we walked 3 miles and once we got home we rested for a little over an hour and the contractions were still staying pretty consistent. my aunt who works at an OBGYN told us to go on another short walk and if they still stayed about 5 minutes apart through the walk then to go to the hospital. sure enough they were about 5 minutes so i took a quick shower and we headed to alta view hospital around 7:30pm on the 8th. as soon as we got there they hooked me up to monitor my contractions and also baby girl's heart beat. the contractions had slowed down a bit but they were still coming and they were getting more and more painful. after a couple hours they checked me and i was still dilated to a 3... so they told me to walk around the hospital for 45 minutes. i did as i was told and once they checked me again i was still at a 3! they said to just wait another hour and if i wasn't any more dilated they would send me home but they would give me a shot of morphine to help with the contraction pain. well i got the shot of morphine and right before they were going to tell me goodbye they checked me once more and i was at a 4! finally!! so i was able to stay to have my little baby :) davis, kayla, my mom and joanne were all there to support me and make fun of me while i was SUPER out of it from the morphine. they gave me my epidural around midnight and that was the part i was most scared for because i'm terrified of needles. well the morphine was a great thing and i was laughing while they were putting the epidural in - it tickled?! once i had that it was amazing - there were only a couple times i could BARELY feel the contractions so i would just push the button for some more juice to make me a little more numb :) all we had to do was wait until i was dilated to a 10 but it was not a speedy process. by 7:30 the next morning i was still only about a 6 and so the doc came in and broke my water. we waited some more and at around 11:30 she checked me and i was at a 10! i started pushing with the nurse for about 4 or 5 contractions and the baby was READY to come out! the nurse was so shocked at how well i was pushing and how fast she was crowning. she called in the doctor and after 2 pushes my little baby was born at 11:52am. it was so emotional in the room, everyone was bawling their eyes out as soon as they saw this beautiful little child. they put her right on me and davis cut the umbilical cord - i just cried and cried and cried. this little girl is perfect in every way and i couldn't believe how lucky i was to have such a miracle. she didn't have a name for a day or so but once davis and i could finally agree on something we knew it fit her perfectly. avarie elle has been so fun to learn how to take care of and spend every minute with. she is still a little backwards on her sleeping schedule but she is getting better at knowing that night time is meant for sleeping. she hardly cries, she takes bottles and binkys and nursing has been great with her. she is healthy and happy and i just love her so much. she sure has a lot of people that have fallen in love with her already. i never want her to get any bigger but i can't wait to spend the next 18 years teaching this little girl about life.