So this holiday week has been a pretty good one. I started it with a trip to the movies with my mom on Tuesday afternoon - we went to see Twilight. I have to agree with the majority and say that it wasn't that great... but there were definitly things about it that I thought were good, its just that after reading the book, there was a degree of disappointment. I am willing to believe that the next one will be better :)
On Wednesday Alex and I dropped Avery off with my parents and went to see Four Christmases (for free) with Jared and Katy. We really liked it a lot - as a funny holiday movie, I would recommend it. Afterwards we went to Inoko and enjoyed some awesome Japanese food - unfortunately it was bad that Thanksgiving was the next day because they give you SO much food. I was still full the next morning. But it was nice to have a little break and hang out with our friends. Thanks Jared and Katy!
Ahhh.... Thanksgiving Thursday. At 11:30 we went and ate Thanksgiving lunch at Alex's parents house. Honey baked ham instead of turkey - SOOOOOOO delicious. BUT, I had to refrain from eating too much because at 4:30 we went and ate Thanksgiving dinner at my parents house. Traditional. But ALSO, very delicious. Thanks to the Perschka's and the Austin's for making such yummy food!
Black Friday Alex and I took turns going out into the MASSIVE crowds. Alex bought himself a nice little christmas gift and I came home empty handed. It's probably better I didn't spend the money anyway! We got a few things on really good deals for some gifts and that was it. Friday night was leftovers at my parents house. Most def. a bribe to see the baby! :)
Saturday was Georgia/Georgia Tech and what a DISAPPOINTING game to walk a mile in the cold rain for. My only game of the season was such a bummer, and it'll be even worse if Stafford and Moreno leave. After the game I went babysitting and Alex took Avery to spend the night at my parents while he worked on the TON of school work that he had piled up. It was sad once I got home and my little munchkin wasn't there.... we almost went and got him. It was nice to get a good full nights sleep though.
Today we missed Avery so, although we felt terrible, we left church early to go and get him. And it has been a really great holiday. I can't wait for Christmas.
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Road Trip
Since I am out of work for a few weeks and gas is so cheap right now, we decided to take a little trip down to Florida. The weekend before Thanksgiving seemed best because we figured not a lot of people would be traveling.
We went to Celebration in Orlando and stopped in Chiefland on the way home so that my Oma and Opa - Avery's great grandparents - could see him for the first time!
Here we are getting ready to go for a stroll at Downtown Disney! So much fun. Avery Slept through his first trip there.
He has almost found it.......................... the thumb! DUH-DUH DUHH
Opa holding his great-grandson for the first time!! I think they were both really happy.
YAY! Group pic....
MMMMM...... breakfast!
What a great trip. Very cost efficient and fun too. Thanks to Oma and Opa for letting us stay with you AND for some delicious food.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Picture Mania
It seems like once you have a new baby you're always taking pictures of everything they do. Of course, we have been taking tons of pictures of Avery - So, I thought I'd post some of our favorites for our family and friends who don't/wont get to see him often! ENJOY
Avery is watching College Gameday!! Only a few weeks old and he's already into Football!!
Watchin' the game with dad....
He looks so funny right here. Not happy at all, even though he is sleeping. This was one of his first nights.
We got newborn pictures taken. We haven't gotten them back yet, I will post them once we have all of them - but this was one of my favorites... so I jacked it off the web!! Alex holding our new baby. So precious.
First bath.... It was a sponge bath - what an experience.
He looks so comfortable in MY bed.... why can't he do that in his OWN bed!!
Oh... to nap. I think this one is funny because it reminds me a little of my grandfather. He used to nap like that too - lounging on the couch with his head resting on his fist....not a care in the world.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Avery's Birthday
I haven't written in a while.... I've been a little busy! :) BUT, I wanted to update - and write a little something about our experience bringing our little bundle of joy into the world!
Since Avery decided that he was not ready to come into the world we made the decision to give him a little push! On Wednesday morning (10/29) we had to be at the hospital at 6am to be induced. My doctor made plans to meet us there to break my water. We get to Athens Regional and go to through the whole check-in process. It wasn't too long because we had already registered... but when they tried to get us to our room they realized that we were supposed to be at St. Mary's. Apparently, there had been a little mix up with the doctors office!! ... thirty minutes later we were on our way to our room. Thank goodness they got it worked out.
We get to our room and they have me put on the hospital gown and check my vitals and get everything situated and we were set. The nurse put an IV in - both of my arms - and then we waited for the doctor..... Well, we went in with the intentions of just breaking my water to try and get things going, but my doctor was in surgery so she decided to have them go ahead and give me petocin (or however you spell it!) to induce labor. At 8:30am they started the petocin. At 9:45am - and with not much progress - my doctor finally came in and broke my water. Weird feeling... having your water break. Shortly after I started having pretty frequent and painful contractions. My mom called for an epidural and after they gave it to me everything STOPPED. Abou thirty minutes later I couldn't feel a thing, I couldn't move my legs and the word contraction meant nothing. About 10 hours later the nurse thought it might be a good idea to turn down the epidural a little bit and once she did things started ROLLING!!
I wont go into details on that.... :) I'll just say approximately two hours later we had a baby!
Here he is!! PERFECT, but huge!! 9 pounds 2 ounces and 21 inches long.
Our new family. They are lucky I let them take my picture - Bluck!
New dad. 
He had an IV put in his right arm because he had a slight fever. So they put this splint on his hand so he wouldn't tear out the tube. AND, they put a sock on his other hand so he wouldn't scratch his face... Poor thing! Oh, and what is with those paper shirts they put on babies now...?? :)
Here he is all bundled up and ready to go home. SO... quick story on that - we get him out to the car and attempt to put him in the carseat, which we had on the smallest (newborn) setting. Yeah, he didn't fit. we had to take him out AND take the carseat out and change it to the next setting. The whole time he's screaming mad because we tried to squeeze him in and he was too big! People were staring.... Alex and I were so embarassed! But, we finally got it together and thirty minutes after we had been discharged we were on our way home...
Since Avery decided that he was not ready to come into the world we made the decision to give him a little push! On Wednesday morning (10/29) we had to be at the hospital at 6am to be induced. My doctor made plans to meet us there to break my water. We get to Athens Regional and go to through the whole check-in process. It wasn't too long because we had already registered... but when they tried to get us to our room they realized that we were supposed to be at St. Mary's. Apparently, there had been a little mix up with the doctors office!! ... thirty minutes later we were on our way to our room. Thank goodness they got it worked out.
We get to our room and they have me put on the hospital gown and check my vitals and get everything situated and we were set. The nurse put an IV in - both of my arms - and then we waited for the doctor..... Well, we went in with the intentions of just breaking my water to try and get things going, but my doctor was in surgery so she decided to have them go ahead and give me petocin (or however you spell it!) to induce labor. At 8:30am they started the petocin. At 9:45am - and with not much progress - my doctor finally came in and broke my water. Weird feeling... having your water break. Shortly after I started having pretty frequent and painful contractions. My mom called for an epidural and after they gave it to me everything STOPPED. Abou thirty minutes later I couldn't feel a thing, I couldn't move my legs and the word contraction meant nothing. About 10 hours later the nurse thought it might be a good idea to turn down the epidural a little bit and once she did things started ROLLING!!
I wont go into details on that.... :) I'll just say approximately two hours later we had a baby!
Here he is!! PERFECT, but huge!! 9 pounds 2 ounces and 21 inches long.Our new family. They are lucky I let them take my picture - Bluck!New dad. He had an IV put in his right arm because he had a slight fever. So they put this splint on his hand so he wouldn't tear out the tube. AND, they put a sock on his other hand so he wouldn't scratch his face... Poor thing! Oh, and what is with those paper shirts they put on babies now...?? :)Here he is all bundled up and ready to go home. SO... quick story on that - we get him out to the car and attempt to put him in the carseat, which we had on the smallest (newborn) setting. Yeah, he didn't fit. we had to take him out AND take the carseat out and change it to the next setting. The whole time he's screaming mad because we tried to squeeze him in and he was too big! People were staring.... Alex and I were so embarassed! But, we finally got it together and thirty minutes after we had been discharged we were on our way home...
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