Fall Fun

A couple weekends ago we went on a Sunday drive.  We drove to Snowbasin and back and saw all the pretty leaves.  I had to sit in the back seat with Avery because her first tooth had just broken through the day before and she had a terrible runny nose!  So I was the wiper of the nose (lets just say when she sneezed . . . a lot came out!).  Once we got to Snowbasin we walked around for a minute.  We found a pile of leaves so we put Avery in them and snapped a few pictures.  

She had a nice little nap on the way home!  I love fall!

6 Months!

It is here . . . . Avery is half of a year old!  

6 MONTHS!  I can't believe how quickly time is going!  Each month I think, "oh she is so much fun I love her little personality I want her to stay this age forever."  But then the next month comes and it just gets better!  She is rolling like crazy and will get up like she wants to crawl but only scootches (is that a word?!) backwards.  She sucks her thumb sometimes and we got her giggling like crazy the other night (I am still working on trying to post the video.  Blogger isn't liking the format it is in!)  Her first tooth broke through on Saturday.  She has been a little fussy and has had a crazy runny nose the past few days.  But for the most part she has been handling it pretty well!  We went to her 6 month dr. appointment on Tuesday and she is doing well.  She weighs 15 lbs. 13 oz, and is 26 1/4" tall.  Her head is right on average too at 16 3/4"!  She had a high hemoglobin test come back but the dr. didn't seem too worried.  We are going back next month to get it checked again.  

We love this little bug and are so happy she came to our family!  (My mom would always say that to me and so now I of course always say that to Avery!)  There were too many cute pictures for me to whittle them down so you get to see a lot of this cute girl!

She is completely obsessed with stuffed animals!  One day we were down visiting in Mapleton and my niece Tessa got a new puppy stuffed animal and she was showing Avery.  Avery just squealed with delight and grabbed it with both hands and attacked it (like she is doing to this sheep!).  So when we got home I had to get out all of the stuffed animals we were given as presents and she has been having a blast with them!  Who would have known?!  I wonder what other things she would like but just haven't thought to give her?!

Love her hands in this.  So proper!

"Mom . . . you are taking SO many pictures of me!"

Mini Reunion - Avery's Firsts

My brother Adam had some work in Utah he had to do a few weekends ago so he brought his family up from Vegas with him.  (Well minus Rylee, she didn't want to miss school and her soccer game!)  Friday night we drove up the canyon and had a fire and roasted hot dogs and marshmallows for smores.  Avery was completely mesmerized by the fire and that was her first time up a canyon with a camp fire.  She loved it!  Here are a few pictures from the night.

Abby and Chad

Avery and Grandma

Tessa and Emmitt

Micah, Maren and Avery

"I can't stop looking at the flames!"

Micah, Miranda and Hatee

I think Avery is trying to look around Maren to see the fire!  haha

Grandpa and handsome Noah

Little rugrats that kept running around the fire and getting into trouble!

A guy in my parents ward has a little mini train in his backyard so we went over the next morning to ride the train!  It was pretty fun and the kids loved it (and the men thought it was pretty cool too!)

I like this picture with Nate in the background . . . creepy. . . haha

Chad won for the longest legs riding the train!

Jeremy had to have a turn

Along with Grandpa

Avery wanted a turn too, and thought it was pretty cool!

First time on a train!

I didn't ride the train, I just watched

Then we went bowling!  The kids had so much fun and Avery loved just watching everything that was going on.  This was Avery's first time being in a bowling alley.  One day I will have to tell her how Shanell and I took a bowling class for two semesters at USU and how one summer I was in a bowling league.  I know, it was pretty awesome!

Yeah for fun little mini vacations that we don't have to go far and spend a lot of money!   

I miss my wedding ring . . . .

  Remember that one time a few years ago when Jeremy gave me a pretty ring to wear on my finger?  Well I miss wearing it!  No, I haven't lost it, it just STILL won't fit on my finger!  I try it on every few days to see if by some chance that day is the day it will fit . . . but unfortunately that day hasn't come.  

(That fun night. . . . Don't we look so young?!  Or by young do I just mean skinny?!)

 Before I got pregnant my goal was to lose weight.  So last spring I signed up for Weight Watchers and successfully lost weight every week.  I got pregnant and they promptly kick you off the program stating that they don't have a weight loss program for pregnant women (yeah . . . I figured that).  

  From day one of being pregnant I was already worrying about how I would lose the baby weight.  I voiced my concern to a couple coworkers who responded with things like "oh don't worry, if you nurse the weight will just fall right off."  (ya. . . I wish . . . that has not been the case for me at all!)  I have also heard other things like "Well it takes 9 months to gain the weight it should take you at least 9 months to lose it."  I think that is what skinny moms tell chubby new moms to make them feel better. 
   I have been working the past couple months to try to lose weight and just haven't seen the results I would like to.  I am trying to track everything I eat on myfitnesspal.com.  It definitely helps!  Also, I don't eat sugar during the week.  When I feel like I need a snack, I grab fruit (man . . . I am going to miss our fruit trees!) or a yogurt or just drink more water and put a piece of gum in my mouth.  I have also been walk/running (is that called jogging?!)  I am up to going about 4 miles in an hour.  Avery loves our walk/runs in the morning and ends up falling asleep while we are out every day.  I track my route each morning on my phone through mapmyrun.com which is awesome!
   Not only do I want to be able to wear my ring again, my back hurts in the morning when I wake up (like it did when I was pregnant) and my knees are sore and "snap, crackle and pop" during the day.  I know that by losing weight that will help these problems!  
  I feel like I don't have any reasons why I shouldn't be able to get back to where I want to be.  I don't work, I am able to be at home all day, this is a perfect time of year to be outside with a baby (not for much longer though!) and I only have one child to take care of!  So there, I have said it in the blogging world . . . now maybe something will happen!
  I feel so blessed to have a wonderful husband who takes such good care of us, a nice house and a sweet, healthy and happy baby!  Life is pretty perfect right now, it would just be a little better if I could fit into some more of my clothes and be able to give Avery a bath without groaning like a old women as I am trying to get up from being on my knees.  So there you have it.  I don't just sit at home and watch soap operas and eat bon bons all day.  :)

Help from dad #2

Thanks to Jeremy for putting his socks on Avery, she is now sporting some pretty jazzy leg warmers!