FINALLY HOME!!

We're finally home from McCall!! We love it there but it's nice to be home, it gets old living out of a suitcase!! I didn't take near as many pictures as I intended but I posted a few below. I totally forgot to take a picture of me water skiing or wakeboarding, heck we even tried wake surfing this year, but of course I forgot my camera or would say "Oh I'll bring it next time we go out" and would forget that time too. All and all vacation at the lake for 6 weeks was absolutely amazing. I love having the opportunity to stay home with my daughter, because now my work is transportable!! Now I'm just trying to catch my breathe at home and get caught up on house work and things...the fun stuff!! Hope everyone is enjoying there summer as much as I have. I do love traveling, but I've got to stick around for a bit so I can start picking out things for my new house. Hopefully I will be making a trip to Utah soon to visit family and friends down there. I'll let you all know when so we can come and visit.

Happy Birthday Dad!!

I want to wish my wonderful and amazing Dad a very happy birthday today!! He is such a great dad and grandpa and I don't know what I would do without him in my life!! I couldn't have asked for a better dad or grandpa for Avery, he completely adores her and she has him wrapped around her little finger. I think he shops for her more then I do and thats a lot. Thank you so much for all you do for me and my little family and the great example you are to me. My dad is truly the best and I hope he had a fabulous day!! WE LOVE YOU!!!
(I can't believe I don't have one picture of my dad with me or with Avery, he is usually the one snapping the pictures, so just imagine Mr. Clean without the earring and thats what my dad looks like, bald head and all).

Avery's 4 month Appointment

Avery's 4 month well child exam was today. I can't believe how big she is getting, time sure does fly. She now weighs 14 lbs. 14 oz. which is the 72% for her age, 23 & 3/4 in. long which is the 17% for her age, and 70% for her head size. She is still short and chubby, but the doctor said she has thinned out quite a bit since her last check-up. She is growing like a weed and I want her to slow down a bit, because it seems just like yesterday she was still inside of me. It's crazy how fast time flys when your having fun!!
Now that Avery is 4 months old we started her on rice/oatmeal cereal (she prefers oatmeal) and its the funniest thing to watch her eat, because she makes the funniest faces. I think more of the cereal gets on her then in her, but its fun to be able to feed her some solids now. She is still eating about 4-6 ounces of formula every 3-4 hours, and NOT sleeping through the night yet. As soon as we are done traveling and am at a place where I can let her cry it out I am going to, because I can't remember the last time I slept 8 hours straight and am looking forward to enjoying it again some day.
Along with her appointment came more immunizations, but I gave her Tylenol 3o minutes before her appointment and am giving it to her every 4 hours for the next day to help with the fever and pain. I hope she doesn't get to cranky, because that will make our McCall trip awful, but she wasn't to bad the last time she had shots, so heres hoping for the best!!

Avery's 1st time eating rice cereal. I'm not sure if she likes it or not, but it was fun to watch her make funny faces with each bite.

See most of it gets on her not in her!! I learned from this point on to feed her only in her diaper and no clothes, it helps when laundry day rolls around!!

She was done with the cereal by this point. There is no feeding her if she is this angry, she needs her food fast and that translates to "GIVE ME A BOTTLE NOW!!"

Home Sweet Home...If Only For A Few Days!!

I LOVE MCCALL, but it's nice to come home too, if only for a few days (we leave again tomorrow), and in October we will be going to a new home sweet home. That's right we are moving, no not to Utah (which would be nice) just to a different subdivision and now in Meridian not Boise (but really it's like 3 minutes away from where we live now). We decided we needed a bigger home with our growing family, but I'm really nervous about going from an 1800 sq. foot home to a 3300 sq. foot home, that's a lot of house to clean!! But it will be nice to have Avery's bedroom on the same level as ours and when all my family comes to visit they can all stay with me and have there own rooms. We sold our home and are renting it until our new house is done in October or November. I am very sad to be leaving our Royal Park ward, because I love all my friends I've made, but I guess it's time to move on. I am excited though to start picking things out and to be able to start out fresh with a clean home that only I have got dirty.
I haven't taken many picutres in McCall yet, but believe me there is still time. We leave again tomorrow for another week or so (at least for Kyle) and it's been super fun to just relax and enjoy the scenery.Here is Avery in her swimming suit, robe, and shades with my mother in-law Carolyn. It was a little chilly that day, but she looked so cute just chillin outside in her gear.

Here is Avery with her 2 cousins Megan and Alison on the "phantom wing". Avery didin't go on the tube, but I sure did!! My neices and nephews like to go in the "danger zone" which is just a lot of waves and circles, but they all love it as do I!!

Here is Avery and I at the Gardens. The Gardens is just a persons cabin that they have planted all these beautiful flowers and have fun bridges and waterfalls that they have opened to the public to enjoy. The only bad thing about it was the mosquitos, I think I got bit 5 times.

Avery and Alison on the 4th of July. Her onesies says "Daddy's All American Sweetie." She actually had 2 outfits for the 4th of July, but she wore the other one the next day for her cousins baptism.

Another picture of Avery on the 4th of July. I was holding her inbetween my legs, because she loves to stand now (obviously with the support of another person) and stretch and move her arms. It's so funny to watch her pull out her binkie and try to put it back in her mouth because she had terrible aim.
I will post more pictures in the following weeks as we continue to go back and forth from McCall. I'm sick of packing and unpacking, but we only travel like this once a year so I guess it's not too bad.

Still On Vacation and another Gallbladder...

We are still on vacation here in McCall and having so much fun it will be hard to go home on Saturday. Avery is having so much fun playing with her cousins and hanging out on the boat and I am having a great time water skiing, reading, and relaxing!! It's nice to have so much family around to help with the little one, it makes life a lot easier!!
Since I've been gone my mom found out she had gallstones and had her gallbladder removed today. There must be something going around, watch out who knows could be next!! Her surgery went well and she didn't have to have a drain left in like me, so thats good!! I hope you get better soon mom and recover quickly!! We're thinking of you as we sunbath on the beach!!
I will post pictures when I get back into town this weekend, my husband brought our computer up and I'm sitting in the parking lot of Lardos (a great resturant with a terrible name) using there free internet access to check my email!! Hope all are enjoying there summer as much as I am!!