3rd Post of the Day

Just got back from taking Avery to the instacare clinic. Our girl has her first ear infection. We gave her her medicine and basically, her bib got more than she did. She'd look at us, smile, and then spit it out.

Dr. said she's done awesome not getting sick all winter! Good job anitibodies :)

Took her to the doc and she was perfectly chatty and pleasant. She's acting her normal self tonight. Thank goodness.

Oh and she's 16 lbs.

Oh Yeah...4 Months!

In celebration of her 4 months here on Earth, she's enjoying a remote control.

A Little Off

I'm not sure what the deal is but Avery has been a little "off" since Wednesday of last week I think it was. I don't know if she's not feeling well or what but my little Avery has just been a little different lately. She's been running a low grade temperature (I think, the stupid thermometer said she had 99.2 the other night and I tried it on myself and it said my temp was 97. So...not sure about that thermometer). Last night I took it and it said 100.2

I want my happy girl back. She hasn't been crying, just kind of not as content I can tell. She's also been grunting like crazy. She gave up "talking" for screaming and screaming for grunting. She's not content any where you leave her but holding her doesn't always help either.

She NEVER cries in the middle of the night. Ever. She didn't last night but when she did wake up she was definitely making not normal noises. She was up at 12 something and 3 something and we finally got up at 6 something.

I hope it's not an ear infection.

Rollin' Over

My girl's been working on rolling over and today I was getting her diaper and looked at her and she was rolled over! She still needed to pull one of her arms out from under her (so she was still lopsided) but she was on her belly! :)

I love her!!

What is Happening to Me???

Hahaha, never did I think I'd be a woman who would choose a NATURAL UNMEDICATED CHILDBIRTH in the WATER nor did I ever think I'd be a mom who would even CONSIDER to HOMESCHOOL her children! What is happening to me? Who am I?!

Here's a video that says perfectly all the reasons why homeschooling is more and more appealing to me.



Excuse her cheesiness :0)

I've been looking into local chiropractors. I knew that they can treat things like ear infections and a friend reminded me about it last night. So, the next time around I think I'm going to go that route. Better that than antibiotics!

FINALLY!!!!

Pictures of her smiling!!!

Crazy Hair

Swinging patiently while Mom loads the dishwasher. I cannot even express how cute it is when she sucks her thumb. I just don't want to deal with it when she's older. Hopefully this is just a cute thing for now.

Happy Hump Day!

I'm just sitting here holding my sleeping baby. I'm fighting off the feeling that I should put her down and go get dressed or tidy something up while she's sleeping. For some reason, I keep hearing stories of 4 month old babies dying :( So I'm giving thanks and just lovin' on my girl.

She's just so precious!

I'm ready for spring. I'm ready for some fun. I need to take some pictures!!! But of course there's a bad storm supposedly coming in tomorrow with the worst being on Friday. Bummer.

Well not much going on. I'm already looking forward to Christmas since Avery will be a year old and can open presents. She'll probably be more entertained by wrapping paper though :0)

I also recently signed a petition to stop Title 10 funding to Planned Parenthood and so I'm pretty happy about that. Planned Parenthood gets about 1/3 of their funding from Title 10 which the government has designated this account for fammily planning. Planned Parenthood released their numbers recently and they provided 350,000+ abortions last year, approx 7,000 prenatal care visits and only 900 adoption referrals. I think the numbers show they are in the abortion business. They started making phone calls and I've seen it on facebook; their attempts to keep their funding. They've been trying to get people to sign a petition so they can keep their funding. Claiming people will lose access to cancer screenings, testing, prenatal care, etc. They never mention anything about abortions though. It disgusts me.

I'd like to know how a person can go to work and pull babies apart in the womb or stab them in the back of the head and suck out their brains, and then go home at night and live a normal life. Someday they're going to stand before God and be held accountable for that.

Well, that's my 2 cents.

Baby Fever

I have baby fever. I want more. Crazy talk, I know. My baby is going to be 4 months old in 6 days. Wow! I told David last night that we need to pray for twins next time. We need to replenish the Irving/Mills clan. I grew up with cousins and had lots of people during the holidays at my grandparents. I want my kids to have a big family. By the time I'm old, I want lots of people at my house. Lots. My kids better have lots of kids too.

Mmm, those fingers are good :0)

Hmm, some newerish things Avery's doing that I may or may not have mentioned (forgive me if I have). She now grabs for things. She doesn't usually hold on for long though. She will always drop it but it's funny because she can't always get all of her fingers to let go.

She squeals. I know I've mentioned that. She loves to hear her voice. Loudly. Alot.

She has started arching her back when sitting in her bouncy chair which makes her slide down in it. She also does it while sitting on your lap.

She can turn circles on the floor. She doesn't roll over yet but she rolls to her side and some how manages to turn herself in circles.

She has always sucked on her fist but now she chews on her fingers. She also sucks her thumb more and more. Almost always when she's in bed and sometimes when she's up and awake.

She takes a bottle well. Her dad got to feed her for the first time yesterday.

Overall, she's pretty much perfect. But we already knew that :0)

She moved herself!

Avery turned herself around under this thing! She was not laying like this when I put her down :) My girl's getting closer to being mobile! I can't believe how big she is getting!!!

She's also become quite the thumb sucker but only when she's in her bed going to sleep. So stinkin' cute!

New Videos

Avery's learned that she can scream. Thought I'd get it on tape. She's not upset, just squealing.

Thrush *sigh*

It's 7:30 in the AM and I'm just killing time before getting ready for Bible study. Drinking my coffee, listening to Avery squeal at me and wishing we didn't get snow last night. Thankfully it's going to be getting warm again after that cold front last night. The weather has been amazing lately.

Looks like I (and Avery) have thrush. Going today to get some stuff to get rid of it so I don't have to go to the doc. I spoke to a La Leche League lady last night who gave me some alternatives. Aww, my baby girl is rubbing her eyes (she's just starting to do that more). Anyways, thank goodness my pump works now because it kills to feed her. I think tonight I'll attend a La Leche League meeting tonight so I can meet some people hopefully.

I'm so ready for Spring.

It's Gonna Be Soon...

Avery is thisclose to rolling over! Woohoo!

I don't want her to get any bigger because she is the perfect size to sit perfectly in my lap.

The bishop of my neighborhood's ward came over last night and introduced himself. He told us that the neighborhood gets pretty lively in the summer and there's a summer BBQ and something else he said but I forgot what it was. I was telling David there's a ton of kids in our neighborhood that are in hiding in the evenings. So I'm guessing there's a lot of younger families in the neighborhood...or maybe just a few families with a lot of kids...which could definitely be the case too :0)

We went for a walk yesterday and I think Avery liked it. She sat up and could see everything.

I love that girl.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Yesterday was such a beautiful day. I decided to take Avery for a walk. These sunglasses crack me and David up. She will wear them forever, she doesn't care!

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I don't know why it cracks me up that every time she lays under this thing she just lays there and holds on to it.

Avery has turned into such a wonderful baby. She's getting to be really vocal. She wakes up making this kind of growling noise and makes it all day long. She also does random squeals. We left the house about 1 today and didn't get back until 7 and she was soooo good. We went bowling and she was just screaming (a happy scream) the whole time. It was so funny. She's always so smiley. We've really been blessed. I'm so glad she's ours!

Early Mornings

Someone decided that 6 AM was a good time to get up but who could be upset to see this face in the morning?

This picture below is actually from yesterday morning.

Yesterday we went to the dentist and she did sooooo good. Didn't fuss one time. Everyone there was impressed since she had to sit through David and my appointment. Then we went to Chili's and she was so cute, she fell asleep sitting straight up on my lap. Oh my gosh, days like yesterday make my heart swell with love so much that I can't believe it. When she acts especially good or sweet I love her more haha.

It was also interesting to find out that one of the girls at the dentist office (who I knew was due Nov 2 like me) named her baby girl Avery too. She was also born a little early. The girl actually wasn't there but the hygienist I had thought she was born either the 29th or 30th.

Well, I've got to finish my coffee and get in the shower and get us up and around. Today I've got to teach the first 6 verses of Ephesians chapter 3 in Bible study and must get last minute preparations done for bunco this tomorrow. It's gonna be a busy day :0)

I Should Be Sleeping Now...

Thank goodness for babycenter because it's so nice to know that I'm not the only mom who isn't getting much sleep right now. Apparently 3 months is a common age for babies to quit sleeping as well as they were.

Avery was grumpy last night so I was hoping she'd sleep better but she was still up quite a bit. Like I said, the good thing is that she doesn't cry at night. Her squirming around is what keeps me up.

David and I both have dentist appointments today. fun fun. Can't believe it's already been 6 months. Time is going so fast lately.

Avery is so cute. It's so funny when she's upset but not really crying--just whining and you make her laugh but she's trying to be upset and she doesn't know if she should laugh or cry. Oh it makes me laugh.

The other day I bought her some clothes and one of the outifts is 6-9 months and she can fit in it. The clothes run a little small but gosh!

She also took a bottle from me yesterday. I want her to take a bottle so I can leave her with David or other people. I only want her to have it when I'm away from her though. I'm glad that we didn't have any issues. It was only one time though, hopefully she'll do good next time.

David will be getting some overtime at work which is extremely good for us right now.

That's all that's happening here now. I'm out.

Sleep Goeth Away

This girl melts my heart. I was telling David how I'm so glad I stay home with her. I couldn't imagine leaving her every day. She makes every day great! She's so fun now, I love it.

I got her the little rattles that attach to her wrist...she could care less about them!

Ok, these bottom two are pretty much the same picture. Oh well. When I put this play thing over her, she usually sticks both hands up and holds onto it with both hands. It's funny but I don't know why.

Avery is experiencing some night time sleep regression and we were up at 6:20 this morning after being up multiple times last night. She was talking and ready to get up. She was also talking in the middle of the night. Oh brother. What happened to my sleeping baby? At least she doesn't cry when she wakes up in the middle of the night!!

Laughing

My girl laughs now. Check out the video. Of course she won't laugh as much on camera. Ugh.

PJ's

I'm obsessed with pajama's. I've always thought little kids look so cute in tight pj's. Here is Avery in her new ones. She has room to grow :) Also got a video put up. She didn't want to be in her chair.

Lazy Sundays are Great!

Avery has always like to sit up but now when you hold her she'll pull herself forward so she can sit up. She also does it in her carseat. The other day she rode leaning forward in her carseat for like 2 miles.

She jabbers in the car now too. And her little toy she got for Christmas goes everwhere with us now.

I'm going to get her pictures professionally taken soon. Hope they can get some better pictures out of her than I can.

She also likes this little book called How Do I Love You? She'll sit and look at the pages the whole time you read to her. The other books, she gets a little distracted but not with this one. It's so cute.

Look at this face. Cannot get a good shot!

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Here's Avery and David before church this morning.

Yay for Friday!

I cannot believe how much I love this girl. I know some women wonder how they could love another child as much as they love their first. Not me, I want more babies to love! haha

She brings me so much happiness. I love the sound of her voice. Now she talks while she's in the car and I love love love to hear it! She's started laughing this week too. It's not all the time but it's so cute.




This second picture is funny! I love so many things about her! She's such a good sleeper. I love how when she's tired, I can put her in her bed when she's tired and she'll either go right to sleep or she'll lay there and talk and then fall asleep. I hope she's always this easy to put down!

I know I'm partial but she's the cutest baby I've ever seen. Admit it, you know it's true :0)

FINALLY

got a video up!

Good Day!

I am so excited. Avery and I went by the county to show one of the girls Avery and they gave us a gift of money for Avery. So nice of them! That means Avery and I are going shopping tonight. It came at a good time because she needs some new clothes. God is good :)

We went by the county because we came into Preston to take our friend to radiation and I got there too early so we stopped by the county.

I was really great to take our friend and spend time with her. She loves Avery to death and I can tell Avery brings her happiness.

Avery is so chatty today. She's turned into such a good baby. Love her!

Well, I'm making tilapia tonight--hope it turns out good!!

No news around here as you can see. Can't wait to get dinner over with so we can go shopping!!

Awww

This only lasted like a minute but I love it when she sucks her thumbs or her fingers! I don't want her to keep doing it so I'm glad she doesn't but it's so darn cute.

The red mark is because she was laying on me.