Friday Favorites...

I have a few Friday Favorites to share, I have been slack this week with my posts.

Here we go... The picture above was Avery's latest present in the mail ( she seems to get more mail than Phillip and I) Uncle Trammell and Grant Jeanie sent her a "piggy bank", it's made of plastic so Avery can play with it and still put her money in it...Grant Jeanie put a note in the gift... " Avery, We'll be sending you something to put in your piggy's belly. Love, Uncle Trammell and Grant." Thank you Trammell & Jeanie we love you guys!!!!

This is how we found Avery the other morning after she got up... in her basket

This is Avery's new thing she crawls up to the window and just sits there looking out at our yard, so sweet!!

Here is Avery sitting in her little rocker that used to be Phillip's moms... she is chewing on her Raggedy Ann doll that Aunt Krista gave us.

Avery is telling the paparazzi to "stop the pictures." Gotta love her!

Friday Favorites...

I was putting away clothes in Avery's room yesterday and this is where I found her...In her closet playing, you would think the poor things doesn't have any toys to play with..HA HA

Avery celebrated St. Patricks Day with her shamrock dress and "My 1st St. Patricks Day" bib that was a gift from Uncle Trammell and Aunt Jeanie ("Grant" great aunt). Thank you!! Happy St. Patricks Day to all my fellow Irishmen out there.

Friday Favorites...

Avery and I spent the day outside earlier this week... The next picture I love because all you see is HAIR.

Avery was sitting between the kitchen and living room, she lost her balance and this is where she ended up. The next pictures shows her blinking her eyes... she stayed there until I picked her up. : )

Avery Goes to The Library...

Our library offers "StoryTime" for 6-12 month olds on Friday's so I thought it would be a good time for Avery to get to know other children and enjoy story time. We had such a good time, we all sit in a circle and the children had the chance to play with a toy, book and then a musical instrument, Avery had to take a little taste of her instrument. : ) We met our friends Sophie and Heather at the library and Sophie truned a year old on Friday (2-6-09)... Hope you had a happy birthday Sophie.

Avery & Sophie

Avery's 8 Months Old Today...

Avery loves Gerber puffs
Pulling herself up and standing like a big girl. : )

HAPPY 8 MONTH BIRTHDAY AVERY!!!!

Georgia Snow...

We had snow in Georgia yesterday after church... this is Avery's first snow. It snowed yesterday all day and was still coming down last night at 7:30pm. Phillip went outside at 7pm and said we had about 2 inches on the ground. I am used to snow in West Virginia but this is my first big snow in Georgia since we moved here in 1993...(we missed the blizzard of 93 : )

Avery watching it snow.
This is my Yellow Bell (Forsythia) bush...you can see the yellow flowers already on it.

Friday Favorites...

Phillip & Avery met me at the park for lunch on Thursday... when I pulled upI seen this picture. LOVE ITAvery can now hold her bottle.

The Story of Hannah...

This story truly touched us... At Christmas our friend Jay (Payton's dad... previous post titled "Payton & Avery) called to tell us about Payton's friend Hannah. Payton is a big fan of Avery's blog and she shared it with her friend Hannah.. Hannah and Payton go to school together. Hannah had a lesson in Sunday school about how Jesus was a little baby boy at one time and the wise men brought Him gifts. The teacher told them to choose a baby and send them a little gift... Hannah had just seen Avery's blog, now keep in mind we have never met Hannah... Hannah decided she wanted to pick Avery as the baby she would share this gift with. Jay called us to let us know this at Christmas. Phillip went to get the mail last week and we had a sweet letter from Hannah along with a gift card to Walmart... this is what the card read... " Dear Avery, Hope you had a Happy Valentines day! You are a very cute baby! Jesus Loves you! Love, Hannah". Thank you so much Hannah, you have truly touched our hearts with this gift and with your thoughtfulness.

Avery's Weakness...

Avery loves to lick Phillip's apple and the rim of our Diet Coke bottle... Here are a few videos. Turn up your volume and enjoy...

Adoption?...

My friend sent me this email and I wanted to share it with everyone... What a blessing God has given us, He has filled our hearts with so much love and joy and her name is Avery Marie.

Teacher Debbie Moon's first graders were discussing a picture of a family. One little boy in the picture had a different hair color than the other members. One of her students suggested that he was adopted. A little girl said, ' I know all about adoption, I was adopted.. 'What does it mean to be adopted?', asked another child. 'It means' , said the girl, 'that you grew in your mommy's heart instead of her tummy! '

Friday Favorites...

Loving the baby

Phillip found my old Cabbage Patch Doll and let Avery play with it... She is kissing the baby. : )

Happy Valentines Day...

Avery's first Valentine's Day... Aunt Jeanie & Uncle Trammell sent Avery a Valentine's onsie to wear (she wore this earlier in the week)... MiMi & Pappy sent her a Valentine bib and a jacket with little hearts all over it, Christy & Cole gave her a Valentine outfit and Mrs. Marsha & Mrs. Patricia from church gave her a bib...

Thanks for the bib Mrs. Marsha & Mrs. Patricia
Jacket from Pappy & MiMi

Outfit from Christy & Cole...Thank YOU!

How Cute!!!!!!


Bib from Pappy & Mimi

Friday Update...

Sorry for the delay in posts, things have been a little hectic around here since Avery's surgery... Tuesday was very hard at home, Avery was very upset and who can blame here who would want to have the inside of their mouth stitched up. When she got home she was very excited to see her comfort zone, she started to kick her legs and give us a smile. The nights are not so good, she is sleeping about 1-2 hours at a time and we think it has to do with breathing... this is so new to her now that her palate is closed and I think she wakes up very scared. Just keep praying for her to get rest and be peaceful. The doctor was very pleased with the results, the first thing he told me was that the hole was very large... but he said he was able to fix most of it. Praise God for that!!!! When the nurse in recovery called me this is what she said..."I am rocking your beautiful baby girl and have her calm, but let me tell you one thing she is feisty". That made us laugh because we know how feisty and determined she is... gotta love that baby girl. They finally brought Avery to us after surgery and the same nurse told us this "you can tell this baby is very loved" that touched my heart and made me so proud. Thank you all for your prayers and emails. I am so happy that God has allowed us to share this journey with you all. We love you!!!!!!

Avery waiting with our youth pastor Todd in the waiting area at Scottish Rite before surgery

Avery in her little hospital gown before surgery

Avery and mommy after sugery... look at her little arm guards. A man was leaving the hospital with his child and her gave Avery a balloon.

7 Months Old Today...

and look at me. : )

First let me say...hard to believe Avery is 7 months old!! I just can not get over how fast time goes by. As you can see in this picture Avery can now pull herself up in her crib, (when did this happen???) time to lower her crib mattress... she is so proud when she pulls herself up. : )Today is pappy and aunt Jen's birthday too... HAPPY BIRTHDAY pappy & aunt Jen!!!!!!

Prayer Request... Avery's Surgery

I just wanted to let everyone know that Avery will have surgery on Monday (2-9-09). The surgery this time will be to have the doctor close her palate. We hope this will be the last surgery for a while... I have been told that this surgery is a little harder, due to age and just because they will operate on the inside of her mouth. Please keep Avery in your prayers. We will probably be in the hospital for one night maybe two. I will have someone update everyone as soon as possible. Thank you all so much for your love and prayers, without God we would struggle to get through all of this, but because He is our rock and strength it gives us great comfort that everything will be OK. Love you all!!!

Sitting, Talking & Crawling...Oh My

Turn up the volume to listen to the video. : )

Avery is learning so much at one time and let me tell you... she is hard to keep up with. : ) She is pretty much crawling, she gets on her knees and moves a little then falls on her stomach, she is sitting up on her own, she is a wiggle worm for sure. Time is going so fast. : ( We love every minute of her adventures, there is never a boring moment at our house these days.