I felt my first baby kicks tonight, and lots of them!
A few times before I thought maybe I felt him* kicking, but it turned out to be just gas {blush}.
*We think it's a boy. We'll let you know for sure next month, if he cooperates at the ultrasound.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Friday, January 21, 2011
Green 'stache and other tidbits
Ava loves her green juice (Odwalla Superfood).
Do you like our 80's high chair? It's a hook-on-the-counter one that we've borrowed from Mama Cook, and it's awesome. Too bad they don't make 'em like this anymore (I'm not talking about the pattern, I'm talking about the structure).
She also has a new squeal/screech that sounds like you just ran over a puppy.
And whenever I walk in her room to fetch her out of her crib, she is standing up against the railing and immediately throws her little 8x8" blanky on the floor. She then walks over to her big soft pink blanket which is often draped over the end of the crib (the one auntie Allie made) and rubs it with her hands and face (something I showed her a few days ago, and apparently she loved). That's the routine. Every time.
She also throws away her diapers now. After a change, I wrap it up tight and tell her to throw it away. She walks it over to the diaper pail and drops it in and flips the top over (thus depositing the stink in the sealed chamber below). And then she flips it again and again and again and again.
Speaking of again, she tries to say that word after I play "pat-a-cake" or "motor-boat" with her. Those are my games to distract her during diaper changes (so she doesn't scream and try to roll away). Before I can even finish she starts yelling, "adai, adai" which is Ava for, "again, again!"
I love being a mom. Especially her mom.
This one's blurry but I had to include it because she's just so happy!
She also has a new squeal/screech that sounds like you just ran over a puppy.
And whenever I walk in her room to fetch her out of her crib, she is standing up against the railing and immediately throws her little 8x8" blanky on the floor. She then walks over to her big soft pink blanket which is often draped over the end of the crib (the one auntie Allie made) and rubs it with her hands and face (something I showed her a few days ago, and apparently she loved). That's the routine. Every time.
She also throws away her diapers now. After a change, I wrap it up tight and tell her to throw it away. She walks it over to the diaper pail and drops it in and flips the top over (thus depositing the stink in the sealed chamber below). And then she flips it again and again and again and again.
Speaking of again, she tries to say that word after I play "pat-a-cake" or "motor-boat" with her. Those are my games to distract her during diaper changes (so she doesn't scream and try to roll away). Before I can even finish she starts yelling, "adai, adai" which is Ava for, "again, again!"
I love being a mom. Especially her mom.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Retirement
Yesterday I officially retired from my job. Now I will be staying home with Ava & focusing on motherhood, freelancing, crafting, blogging, cleaning, and freeing up more time for Ryan to complete his heavy workload. I have today all scheduled out to maximize efficiency and minimize laziness and time-wasting (my greatest fear for my new life). I'm really going to miss all my work friends though. It's just never the same when you aren't together for 6-9 hours a day.
I feel very blessed to have had the job I did, and worked with the people I did. And I feel very blessed to now be able to focus more on my family. It will require some sacrifices financially, but there will also be great blessings. I'm looking forward to this new life!
And baby #2 will be happy to have me home too, I'm sure! I'm due in the middle of July!
I feel very blessed to have had the job I did, and worked with the people I did. And I feel very blessed to now be able to focus more on my family. It will require some sacrifices financially, but there will also be great blessings. I'm looking forward to this new life!
And baby #2 will be happy to have me home too, I'm sure! I'm due in the middle of July!
Monday, January 3, 2011
Christmas with the Hinmans
We went to West Virginia for Christmas 2010, to spend the holidays with G'ma and G'pa Hinman, cousin Powells, cousin Edwards, and cousin Michaelises. It was a full house and unfortunately I only snapped a few photos.
Ava found a new friend:
Hey, a nose!
She can play nice too, though her pats often turned violent as well...
Building an igloo. I can't believe I didn't get a finished shot. It turned out quite nicely:
Christmas morning, watching a video about the birth of Christ:
Kids enthralled with the game Angry Birds:
Garrett and Thomas in coincidentally matching jammies:
There, there, it's okay:
Why do kids hate photos?
This is old. After Thanksgiving, my siblings and I got together (we spent Thanksgiving with our in-laws). Tiffany was sick and couldn't make it, but requested a photo of all the kid cousins. This is the chaos that ensued.
In comes Naomi on the left and Thomas to the right of Ava:
Naomi wants out. Sam is done:
Leather couches appear to be too slippery for toddlers and babies:
Trying again. Ashton on the left, Ivan resituating Emma. Ava still unstable:
Naomi refusing to participate. Sam wanting out again:
Yeah, it's just not getting any better. So we gave up:
Emma, Ava, Dave and Sam. Not a bad start...
In comes Naomi on the left and Thomas to the right of Ava:
Naomi wants out. Sam is done:
Leather couches appear to be too slippery for toddlers and babies:
Trying again. Ashton on the left, Ivan resituating Emma. Ava still unstable:
Naomi refusing to participate. Sam wanting out again:
Yeah, it's just not getting any better. So we gave up:
Saturday, November 20, 2010
10 Seconds of Ava
She's pretty expressive. But she doesn't even come close to her cousin Jaxon. I think he's got everyone beat.
Thursday, November 11, 2010
A Mini-Update
Here's a little bit about Ava. She still does her funny spider monkey scoot-crawl. She can take a few steps on her own, but is in too much of a hurry to really try to figure out walking. If she holds onto one or both of my hands/fingers, she runs. She has no patience to learn the balance to walk on her own, so she speed crawls, or holds on to me (often just 1 hand) and runs. Even with my help she sometimes gets wobbly because she's in such a hurry.
She also loves to talk. She sometimes babbles for what seem like hours. Not a lot of real words mixed in there, but a few. She is in a book phase again. She looooves books. And stairs. Up and down, up and down.
She has a persistent yeast infection in her diaper region that we can't seem to permanently eradicate. The Dr. said that if it came back again soon after the last round of treatment, to bring her back and they would have to try a stronger oral medication that "has some side effects". You can imagine how I feel about that, but alas, I will have to take her in again tomorrow for the stronger medication.
She generally sleeps about 11 hours at night, and when she wakes Ryan gives her a bottle and she will sleep another hour or so. If we are attentive parents and stay on schedule, she will take a 1-2 hour nap in the morning and another one in the afternoon. If she misses her morning nap, she does NOT take a longer afternoon nap. In fact, it may be shorter.
She has become quite social and loves people. Learning to wave "hi" and "bye" seems to have really opened her up that way. I'm sure being in nursery for 2 months helped some too.
She also loves to talk. She sometimes babbles for what seem like hours. Not a lot of real words mixed in there, but a few. She is in a book phase again. She looooves books. And stairs. Up and down, up and down.
She has a persistent yeast infection in her diaper region that we can't seem to permanently eradicate. The Dr. said that if it came back again soon after the last round of treatment, to bring her back and they would have to try a stronger oral medication that "has some side effects". You can imagine how I feel about that, but alas, I will have to take her in again tomorrow for the stronger medication.
She generally sleeps about 11 hours at night, and when she wakes Ryan gives her a bottle and she will sleep another hour or so. If we are attentive parents and stay on schedule, she will take a 1-2 hour nap in the morning and another one in the afternoon. If she misses her morning nap, she does NOT take a longer afternoon nap. In fact, it may be shorter.
She has become quite social and loves people. Learning to wave "hi" and "bye" seems to have really opened her up that way. I'm sure being in nursery for 2 months helped some too.
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