Sneak Peek...

Yesterday, we had a checkup with the OB...After measuring, he said that Avery was measuring about 1.5 weeks ahead of schedule, but everything is looking great as we head towards week 32. We go back in 2 weeks for our next appointment, which will be July 6th.

After our OB appointment, we headed over to BabyViews to have a 4D ultrasound done of our sweet baby girl. I was hesitant about doing the 4D to start with...mainly b/c it's not a medical necessity and so of course insurance doesn't cover it, but oh my....I'm SO glad we did it! We spent nearly an hour with Shae, the ultrasound tech, and she covered every square inch of Miss Avery. Shae measured her leg bones, spine, head, etc and based on the measurements, we might just have a chubby little girl on our hands! According to the 4D, Avery is already weighing in around the 5.25lb-5.5lb mark...putting her at somewhere close to 34 week size. So we might just have a "sooner than Aug. 21" arrival, if she continues with this growth pattern! :) After doing lots of measuring, Shae looked at many of her internal organs...kidneys, lungs, heart, & brain to see how things were functioning...everything looked perfect. Avery already likes her hands...she had her right one not far from her face pretty much the whole time. She would suck on her hand and/or fingers occasionally. At one point, she stuck out her tongue at us! :) Pretty stinking cute! We have lots of pictures...both printed and on CD and we also received a DVD of the entire session, so you can actually watch her moving around. Pretty amazing! Like I said, I'm SO, SO, SO glad we did the 4D! :)

This past weekend we picked up our Chicco car seat/stroller travel system from Pickles & Ice Cream. Nana Linda & Papa Bart got this for Miss Avery...she will be traveling in style now! John got it all put together Sunday...Gretta's not too sure about the stroller...makes her very nervous! HA After seeing the ultrasound yesterday, I'm really glad we already have the car seat...I'm starting to think we might need it sooner than Aug. 21! :)

Here's a few pics from our session yesterday:

A little bit of a smile!

Telling us what she thinks about being disturbed by sticking out her tongue!

Fingers/Face shot

No Longer Nameless....

I've been told I'm taking too long between posts...Guess I'll have to do a better job!!! :) We've been busy over the past few weeks.

First and foremost...Baby Girl now has a name...Avery Elizabeth! We had it narrowed down to two names with Elizabeth being the middle name for both, but when it came down to it, we both had fallen in love with Avery, so Avery it is! :) It's nice not to have to call her baby girl all the time.

Second, we took Avery on her "first vacation"...or as some people told us, the easiest vacation with a child we'll ever take! ha! We spent 6 days in Destin the week before Memorial Day and it was wonderful. Destin is one of our favorite locations and we made the most of our "babymoon"....resting, being beach bums, shopping, and of course EATING! That's by far my favorite thing to do in Destin! We even got to see those sweet Spicer girls (and of course their mommy & daddy too!) while out shopping.

We made in home the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend. J then spentSunday & Monday painting the nursery. It looks great! I'm so pleased with the color! We got the furniture arranged and it looks beautiful. The glider/rocker that we ordered from Pickles & Ice Cream came in right before we left for vacation and we finally got it setup and in the nursery after we painted. I love the chair! I imagine I'll be spending a "few" nights in it...it's covered in a super soft chocolate brown fabric. Thanks JuJu and Grampa Larry...I know Avery will love rocking in it! :) When we get all the bedding on and pictures hung on the walls, I'll post some pictures of the finished nursery.

This past Sunday, some of my sweet, sweet friends from Cabot hosted a baby shower for me. I love these women...they are like family to me and I truly do miss working with them each day at CHS. I was so excited to get to visit with all the people who came to the shower...I haven't worked at CHS since December of 07, but my former co-workers are such good friends and have huge hearts. The hostesses truly outdid themselves on the food and Miss Avery got some GREAT presents--a highchair/booster seat, boppy travel swing, bottles, bibs, toys, LOTS of cute clothes, and many other things! She is such a loved little girl already! I'm putting a few pictures from the shower below...you can definitely tell that Avery is growing DAILY! :) haha

The food spread...YUM!






The super cute cake



Getting ready to open presents!