Happy 1 Month (4 weeks) Avery

Avery is 1 month old today! Can't believe its been a month already! I am not going to lie...its been a crazy transition from one child to two. We are managing and doing the best we can. As long as TJ, Madison, Avery and I are all alive at the end of the day we are doing something right :)
Avery is very vocal and will make herself known if she needs something. She doesn't like to wait very long if she is hungry...I have become a FAST bottle maker!! She has started to smile...I got a BIG smile this morning and she gives her daddy smirks all the time! She is eating like a champ and waking up 2 times in the middle of the night. She is taking naps through out the day but doesn't like her swing or her bouncy seat very well. Other than that Madison LOVES "ARY" (how she pronounces her name) and we are enjoying our family of 4!

Maddi and Daddy Up North with the Kvilhaug's

OK folks here are a bunch of pictures of TJ and Madison's weekend up north! Madison had a fun time. TJ said that he could not have asked for a better child. She was well behaved and only had one meltdown because she wanted to talk to me (she missed her mommy)!! She touched fish, swam, played in the sand, ran back forth to the front of the cabin to the back. She was very entertaining!!! Thanks Nama, Papa, Sami, Shelbie, Chris, Travis for having them up north!!

Preview of Maddi and Daddy's mini vacation

TJ and Maddi left on Friday for a mini vacation with TJ's family! They rented a cabin for a week and TJ and Maddi decided to join for the weekend!!! Here a few pictures that TJ took with his phone! TJ said Maddi is LOVING to explore, LOVES the sand and wimming (Swimming). TJ caught the fish in the picture and Madison DID TOUCH IT...ICK!! She however did not like the smaller fish...she is silly!!
More to come when they get back tomorrow...TJ said he is getting a bunch of pictures with the camera!!!
Myself and Avery decided to hang back and help with the garage sale...I miss them like crazy but I know they are enjoying themselves and having a blast.

Madison's First Swimming Lesson

My wonderful Aunt Jill has offered to give Madison swimming lessons this summer. We had our first session on Saturday at my Grandma's pool. Madison has always loved water and swam for almost 45 min or so. She got the kick down but still working on the other swimming vocabulary!! We are excited for the rest of the summer and soon Madison will be doing laps down the pool :)
Thanks again Jill for offering to do this for Madison! She is one lucky gal!!

Happy Fathers Day to a Greatttttttt Daddy!

Here are some pictures of Daddy (TJ) and his girls!! Both of them are such daddy's girls!!! We are all lucky to have him! Happy Fathers Day to all the other fathers in our lives! You are very much loved and appreciated!!!

Thursday Photo Shoot Day!!

I felt the need to dress up Avery today in one of her cute outfits from her Great Grandma Dee Dee! She wasn't a big fan of the hat but I felt the need to add it to the pictures...haha! Its a newborn outfit and still a bit big. I am not use to that because Madison outgrew her newborn stuff in a day :) Although, Avery is starting to get a bit too tall for her newborn sleeper things!! She may turn out to be a string bean!!!
Thanks G-ma for the outfit!!!

Wednesday with the girls!!!

The girls and I are alone tonight. Daddy is cutting the lawn and this is what we do when he is not here...Hanging Out!!! Don't ya just love Madison's smiles...that is what I get when I ask her to smile...oh the joys!!











For those of you that are interested Avery is doing well. She is 2 weeks old (yesterday) and is sorta getting the hang of things. We are trying to get her to sleep through the night...haha! Hopefully in the next few days :)

Madison just LOVES her sister. She just loves kissing her and singing and wanting to play "Ring around the Rosie"!! We changed Avery to just formula now and she seems to be happier (and ME). I have switched her bottles a few times to get her gassiness under control. She tries to drink so fast, causing her to suck a lot of air...causing roughness!! Right now Dr. Browns is working so far (well only had 1 1/2 bottles so far)! She is wanting to eat around every 3-4 hours.

Hope everyone has a good rest of the week!

Passed out after bath

I gave Avery a sponge bath today and she was NOT A HAPPY CAMPER!! So 20 minutes later after eating a few sips of milk, this is what a bath time does for our little girl....





Maybe we need to do a bath more often :)

Maddi loving Avery!

This morning Maddi wanted to hold Avery and she was so proud!

More pictures of Avery and Family!

Bopa Todd and Avery


Great Grandma Mary Lou, Avery and Madison


Daddy and his lovely Daughters


Proud Big Sister


Uncle Travis and Avery


Auntie Shelbie and Avery


Auntie Sami and Avery


Nana Jodi and Avery


Nama Marietta and Avery