AVA 17 1/2 MONTHS

Ava has been saying cheese a lot for the camera so I thought I would post a couple of pictures.

Ava Marie 16 months

I know I have been a slacker and haven't posted anything in a while so I am trying to get it going again because people have asked me about it. Here are a couple of pictures from when Ava and I went to the Newport Aquarium. We had a good time. She really likes anything and everything to do with water!

6 1/2 months

I know I have been slackin on this website. However I have been extremely busy with a lot on my plate right now. Some of you may know and others maybe just finding out but I recentely got transfered with UPS to Versailles, IN and Ava and I have moved in with my parents until we can sell the house. Doug is still working back in Bloomington and working his way over this way someway or another. Anyways things have been a little crazy with Doug and I lately and extremely hard for him since he only gets to see his daughter on weekends.

So Ava has been doing great. She is very happy and loves to play by herself sometimes but still loves to be held as much as possible. Anway I am going to post several pictures since I haven't in a while so here they are.

Ava 4 1/2 months

Ava has accomplished a lot since she has been 4 months. She now can roll over from her back to her belly and if she feels like trying hard enough she can also roll back over from her belly to her back, but she hasn't really mastered that yet.

So football season started last weekend and we got her already for that!

Ava has also started eating rice cereal, she is not so sure about it though. She is still trying to figure out how to work that tongue of hers. Sometimes the food just comes all back out.

We went to the doctor on Monday 9/8 and she is now 13.2 pounds and only 32" long. She is not very tall for her age, which I am not sure how that happens but I am sure she will catch up with mommy being average and daddy being tall. I wouldn't think she would be short but who knows.

Well here are some pictures so enjoy.

Ava at 13 weeks

The devil

She looks like the devil with those red eyes of hers!

Ava finally got her first swimming lesson at 8 weeks old and then got to play with fireworks on fourth of july at 9 weeks. Boy, this girl is learning a lot already. Here are a couple of pictures.

7 weeks old

Ava will be 7 weeks old tomorrow. Doug, Ava, and I are all doing well. I think she is spoiled already because she wants to be held all the time. She is getting bigger though and getting cuter every day. I thought I would share a photo that I took of her smiling. She was having a good time in her bouncer this morning, which is a surprise because she usually throws a fit when she is in it or put down for a short period of time.

Ava Marie

Ava Marie was born on May 2nd, 2008 at 10:48am. She weighed 6lbs 8oz. and is 19.5 inches long. Ava, Doug, and I are all doing well. We enjoyed staying home together last week just the 3 of us. To bad Doug had to go back to work today. I want to Thank everyone who came to the hospital to see our new addition and those who called to welcome our little one also.

The Picture

So, some people have been wondering what I look like now, and yeah I am not really fond of pictures but I guess I will post one up. This picture was just 2 weeks ago when my best Friend Kelly came down to visit me from Michigan. It was so great to see her and her boyfriend Tom again!

So Doug and I have 2 more days before we are offically parents, we will have a little one in our hands Friday morning after 8am. I am sure we will both have our cell phones on so you can give us a call or stop by the Hospital and see the little one for yourselves.

I will post pictures when we get home from the Hospital so everyone can see how precious our little daugher is.

The Big Day!

So I had my doctor's appointment yesterday and everything is still going good. I have people at work asking me all the time how long I am working till. I don't understand why you would want to take off time before work and sit around the house and do nothing. So I have been telling everyone I am working up until I have the baby, why wouldn't I? I get to spend more time with her if I wait until she is born.

Anyway I just wanted to let everyone know that if you haven't heard already I am scheduled to have a C-section May 2nd at 8am. Some of you may be wondering why. Well the reason is Doug and I and my ear specialist and my OBYGN have been talking about this for several months now and my ear specialist believes that severe pushing of the child could result in some more hearing lost for me. So he recommended having the c-section done so I wouldn't have to worry about having to have ear surgery done after I delivered the child.

So 3 more weeks, that is if she doesn't come early.

Baby room

Everyone has been asking me to post a new blog since I finally got the bedding for the baby's room. So here it is.
So not a whole lot going on here just trying to get things organized in the baby room, which I am accomplishing but still overwhelming because not sure where exactly I want everything yet. Knowing me, I am sure I will change things around or reorganize things once the baby gets here.
Doug and I are both anxious for her to arrive and be here with us. I know it will be a life changing experience and I am looking forward to it.

The Room

So we finally got the room done enough to where we like it. I wanted to paint more like a tree and maybe a monkey or something on the wall but I am painted out! Doug and I went ahead and set up the crib today and put stuff in the room so now it actually looks like a baby room.

The room

Well Doug is finally getting to painting the baby's room. So far he has the top part of it done in light blue and now hopefully doing the bottom part in light green tonight. I know not a typical girl room. I am not a fan of pink and purple so that is something I am going to have to get used to.

So what is going on with the room? Well we decide to do a world, jungle theme. I have some pull down maps we used to have in high school or middle school, one is of the world and the other map is the U.S. So those will be hanging up and we are also going to paint some grass and clouds and probably a sun and a moon on the wall to be a little creative. Who knows maybe we will go further and paint some other things on the wall, depends on how creative we feel like getting. I will post some pictures when we get it done.

So the theme I picked out for the crib was the jungle theme so it will all tie in together. I am sorry my girl is going to be a tomboy and is probably going to love history because of her father and animals because of me.

One more note, I am posting a picture of Doug on his Birthday which was in Jan. and he is now the big 30 years old! This picture was taking place at Joe's Crab Shack in Indy.

I hope everyone is staying warm.

27 weeks

I am now 27 weeks and getting bigger everyday. The baby has been kicking me like crazy and moving all the time it seems like. Some days she is kicking me harder then others but she is always pretty active. I always wonder what she is doing in there, backflips or what.

The bigger I get the more things seem to get harder. I have a hard time bending over to put my shoes on, so its easier to put my feet on a chair and put them on. I am starting to have restless nights sleeping. I can't seem to get comfortable and keep tossing and turning from one side to the other. I am used to sleeping on my stomach and I can't do that anymore and when I sleep from one side to the other my hip starts hurting. But overall everything is really good.

Doug and I are hopefully going to get the baby's room painted and fixed up here soon in the next couple of weeks thanks to my sister finally getting the bed out of the room so we can start.

Talk at you all later.

Baby kickin

Last Thursday night I was trying to sleep and kept waking up for some reason and then started feeling some weird poking on my lower stomach. It took me a while to realize what it was but then figured out that it was her kicking or poking me. I tried to get Doug to feel it but he couldn't feel it since it was such a light kicking.

Sunday morning around 8am she was kicking me good and I woke Doug up and put his hand on my stomach to feel and he was finally able to feel her. It was such a neat feeling and I am finally starting to feel more preg. that I was before now that I can feel her moving around and my stomach is getting bigger.

Doug and I are still having problems picking out a name because we can't agree on one right now but we still have plenty of time.

I hope everyone's New Year has kicked off to a good start this year!

Our new Nephew.

Doug's sister Christina had her baby boy Liam Christmas Eve around 3pm. He is 7lbs 1oz and is adorable. They both were able to go home yesterday and both are doing very good.

Christina and Aaron congrats again on the new addition to your family.

Christmas Greeting

If you didn't get the email I sent out please copy and paste the link below into another web browser to view our exciting Christmas Greeting.

Hope everyone has a lovely Christmas and New Years holiday Love all of us Doug, Becky and Ares.

http://www.jibjab.com/sendables/view/U7MuqsedNE17BbrUkxOSlqO6

What's it going to be?

Doug and I went to the doctor yesterday and got the 19 week ultrasound. Everything is looking good. They went through each step measuring her arm bones and leg bones and figured out the baby weighs 9 oz. right now. Crazy how they can figure that stuff out. We saw the spinal cord and the 4 chambers of the heart and the kidneys and some other working organs of the body which they said everything was looking normal and healthy. Yeah!

That's all I wanted was a healthy baby and so far looking good. Well okay I will finally tell everyone what it is. I am going to have to start buying pink and some dresses, YES, its a GIRL!

I know I have never been the real girly type but hey hopefully she will be as tough as me and if a boy says something wrong she will punch them or get mad at them like I did! Hehehehe, I will have to watch that! And Doug NO, she is not getting a pink gun, (thanks Cooley for giving him the idea), and no he is not getting a bigger gun when she starts dating either.

There is a picture below of the 19 week ultrasound, we are going to try to put the DVD up to but we are having trouble with that right now, check back in a couple of days and it might be there.

Everyone have a good Christmas and New Years Holiday!

The big day

Turn back in late Dec. 11th or the 12th. Doug and I go to the doctor Dec. 11th to find out who was right and who was no so right on the sex of the baby. So if you are as eager as we are come back then, or maybe I should just wait and drive everyone nuts!

We will see!

Well it is 24 degrees here in Bloomington, IN today and windy as hell and I am not liking this cold weather one bit. Neither is Ares (our dog). Doug and I have been sick all weekend with the flu, I am finally getting over mine but Doug just got his last night. I know all my fault!

Later!