What happened this month:
- December 15 - Went to her Great Great Aunt Lillie's 90th birthday party. She found her feet that day and played with them in the car!
- Christmas - See below
- December 26th - 1st night in her crib (10pm-5am)! She tossed and turned from3:00am - 4:30am, but no crying!
- New Years - See below
- She really enjoys playing peek a boo!
- Cooing - Avery is cooing/talking so much! She's going to be a talker (just like her Aunt Kristy)!!!
- Grabbing - She is grabbing at everything within reach! toys, clothes, burp cloths, hair, etc. She's even learned how to pull her pacifier out of her mouth, and the other day I saw her pull it out and put it right back in! And along with the grabbing, everything that she touches immediately goes to her mouth. I just love watching her go through all the phases a child goes through, even if it means my fingers or clothes will be covered in her slobber!!
Avery is definitely the boss in our household. She decides when mommy and daddy wake up, when we eat and when we shower, just to name a few! And I honestly don't mind! I'm willing to starve if my baby girl would rather me play with her! :-) Before I got pregnant, I always heard a lot of moms talk about how they forgot to eat lunch or didn't have time to shower... I thought they were just exaggerating! Well, now I understand! Just the other day I was holding Avery and my stomach let out a gnarly growl! I looked at the clock and it was 3pm... I forgot to eat lunch!
Avery's first Christmas was great! Our 1st Christmas party was on Saturday, December 22nd. This was my immediate family. Then we celebrated Christmas with Neal's mom and grandma on Sunday December 23rd. On Christmas Eve, Neal, Keeghan, Avery and I went to church and then had our family Christmas at home. Then woke up early Christmas morning and drove to El Campo to celebrate with my extended family! She spent Christmas with her BFFs Lily and Aiden on December 30th! Then we celebrated our Kutac Christmas on January 5th. Needless to say, Avery had a very fun and extended 1st Christmas! I'm so grateful that we have such a wonderful and loving family and friends! Avery got lots of clothes, toys, books and a college fund started, just to name a few gifts! Oh, and she got a wonderful savings fund started for our family trip to Disney World!!
On New Year's morning (a mere three hours after the famous ball dropped in NYC, to be exact), I woke up feeling sick. I initially thought I drank too much (I only had two glasses of wine the entire evening, so I ruled out too much alcohol pretty quickly). Looks like I had a stomach bug. I was up every 15 minutes running to the bathroom and had a fever of 102. Avery was sleeping in her pack & play in our room that evening, but luckily I never woke her up! However, when she woke at 5am for her morning feeding, I was just heading back to the bathroom for another visit to the porcelain god. I built up enough strength to feed her (I had to take two breaks to run to the bathroom, but thankfully Neal was available for me to pass her off quickly!). While Neal went to Walgreens to pick up some Pedialyte and Gatorade, he started getting sick, too!! Thankfully, my sister was spending the night, so she took Avery with her to her house to get away from us sickos! Then that evening my mom came to stay with us so she could take care of Avery. We were out of commission for 24 hours! Getting sick is one thing, but getting sick when you have an infant in the house is SO much harder! I was so worried about her getting sick that we quarantined ourselves to our room, but at the same time, I missed my baby girl so much and knowing she was in the other room made me want to get out of that germ infested room and get a peek at that beautiful smile!
Ironically, about a day or two before we got sick, Avery started getting fussy, very clingy and wanted to eat a lot more. Turns out she was going through a growth spurt. Unfortunately for me, that means I was feeding... A LOT. And holding her more than normal. We had lots of contact to pass along my illness to her! Thankfully she never got sick! However, because I was so sick and dehydrated, my milk supply dropped, which meant she wasn't getting enough from me, and was always crying for more! We had to dip into my frozen stock pile, which I'm SO glad I have! I'm still working to build my supply back up, but so grateful I didn't dry up!
Avery's growth 1-4 months:
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| September 10 (1 day old) |
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| October 9 |
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| November 9 |
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| December 9 |
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| January 9 |
