Avery and Memaw

We have had a busy past few weeks visitng family and with family visiting us. Week before last we spent Wed. through Friday in Dallas staying with my parents since Scott had a little break from school. Then Scott's mom rode back to Edmond with us to stay for a week. She had originally planned to do this because I was going to have to go back to work for a few days before school was out. But it turned out that I got enough donated days that I didn't have to! Yay! So Jan, Avery, and I just had a good time running around
shopping and spending time together. Scott even got to hang out
a little bit since he was stil on break and only worked a few days
at Dental Depot. We also got to enjoy some of Memaw's yummy
cooking. We are looking forward to next week as Scott's sister and
her husband are coming to visit.
On a sidenote- Avery was 8 weeks on Friday. So I guess we have
to start counting in months now. It seems like she is already
growing up so fast! She smiles all the time now and is doing new
things every day. Best of all she is sleeping from about 10 or 11 at
night until 5 or 5:30 in the morning! We'll probably be in for it
when we have our next child!

Say cheese!

This weekend we had some portraits done of Avery and our family. Luckily, Avery was alert and content right up until the very end. Not that we have anything to compare her to, but she really is a good baby. For the most part, she only cries when she's hungry or really tired and she lets us tote her around everywhere. I go somewhere every day with her, whether it's to Target, Wal Mart, a playgroup at church, etc. I'm just not the type that can sit at home 24/7. One of her first words might very well be "go". This past week she had her one month check-up

and she weighed 10 lbs 11 oz. She has started smiling in response to us, which is so much fun.
We were even able to get her to smile in a few of the portraits. For about a week now she has been sleeping for a 4 hour stretch at night and then 3 hours after that, which is a nice change. Hopefully that 4 hours will just gradually increase over the next few weeks/months. By the way, she is already growing new hair in her bald spots. . . and yes, it is still really dark!