Happy Thanksgiving!!

We had a great first Thanksgiving! We took our

first road trip- 3 1/2 hours to visit Avery's grandparents in Cleveland! Avery was a champ in the car both ways. She was very excited to experience her first snow while spending two days out of town...Avery's Grandpa Tom even built her a snowman!! Avery also had her first "outings" this week. Last Sunday she attended Sydney Oliver's first birthday party, and this weekend she went to her cousin Olivia's first birthday! She was also visited this week by her friend Gabby Beerman (thanks for the dinner Cath and Matt!). Plus a big Thanksgiving gathering with all of the Cleveland relatives...what a week! The pictures at the top are Avery being held by her Uncle Scott and Aunt Jen- Avery is so excited for her cousin Addy to be born soon (let the matching outfits begin!!)!

Just Keeps Getting Better!

Wow-our girl is changing! She's quite a happy little lady now (thank you Prevacid!!)- full of smiles! She's sleeping too- 6 hour stretches at night- yippee! That's thanks to the

"Miracle Blanket" swaddler- thanks for that gift Jill! She's over 10 pounds and 22 inches now- that's an average of an ounce a day weight gain since birth-yea! So , life is good except for the fact that I have to work so much (this is a super busy time for teachers) ! I wish I had more time to spend with her, but she's being spoiled instead right now by her daddy, Papa and Nana Finney, and her wonderful babysitter Judy! Enjoy the short video- you may notice she's wearing little mitts...that's because we had her Christmas pictures taken yesterday (so cute!), and I didn't want her to scratch herself (okay, so I'm a bit of a pageant mom:)...

8 weeks Old Already!

Avery is 8 weeks old today, and such a big girl! She is very smiley these days, especially thanks to her new anti-reflux medicine which helps her feel much better. She smiled a lot this weekend when her Grandma and Grandpa Beeching (and Great Grandma Crook!) came to visit from Cleveland!

I took the spontaneous video today when she started really cooing at me (it was so cute!), but I'll warn you, there's a reversal of Avery's lunch (in spite of the medicine) at the end of the video that I couldn't figure out how to cut, so....watch at your own risk- ha ha!

I am heading back to work tomorrow, so today is definitely a sad day- our last full day hanging out at home before reality sets in. We've spent the day playing, and I've barely put her down! I will miss her so much when I'm at school. Luckily Avery has wonderful babysitters- 4 days a week she'll be with my team teacher Katherine's mom, Judy, who is so great! And on Fridays Avery will be with her Nana Finney, which Avery will love! So I know it will be fine, but it hasn't stopped me from tearing up all day!

Happy Halloween

Avery loved her first Halloween! As you can see, she

tried out several different costumes/outfits (this was over several days

so the torture wasn't too bad:). Check out her little wings on her angel outfit- too cute! Avery was excited on Halloween to get a visit from her Grandpa Lazuta- she watched the Ohio State game with him! Later on, we went over to Nana and Papa Finney's house for trick-or-treat and Avery met her cousin Olivia (check out her adorable ladybug costume!)- that's Aunt Nancy and Nana in the picture with them. It was a super fun day!