Avery is 4 1/2 months old!

Weight 11.5lbs 10%

Height 23 1/4 in 10-25%

Head 41 50%

Avery is doing very well. So well I can actually take her places, even multiple places and feeding and gas do not seem to be as much of a problem during the day. When dad has her at night and mom is out running an errand she seems to get gassy and is fussy for Dad. This frustrates Jeff b/c he has always taken care of the kids lots on his own even as small infants. This little one really only prefers mom. She is a funny and finicky baby. She rejects and breast milk that is not fresh. Fridge milk is okay, but any from the freezer - We call it our liquid gold stash, is not what she wants. Avery will eventually take it, but she makes is known she is not happy. She'll chomp on her bottle, then she'll pull away and try again etc. Eventually she will drink it all. She also is starting to fuss when anyone other than mom feeds her. I think we have a system down and we do out little bottle feeding routine all day and then when someone else tries and it's different she squawks. She even cried for my mom the last time she tried to feed her and she has always let my mom do everything with her. Avery, you cannot do this... She is your only babysitter... we need her!

Well, we anticipate a fun summer now that we have a relaxed, happy little butterball to tote around. I don't see too many trips to the beach this summer, but we have lots in store. We decided to take the summer off from sports with the exception of Hayden's baseball and swim lessons. We are going to take that money we would have spent on sports and put it towards other fun activities. We cannot wait to plan out our weeks. we are all looking forward to sleeping, lazy summer days, lunch at the park.
These last few photo's are from my photo shoot with Avery. A little hard to a shoot with an infant and no other adult there to assist. I'll have to do a few more with Jeff. Which reminds me, we really need a family photo. I don't think we have one photo of everybody together. That's crazy! Me, not having enough photos of the fam..... HA! Perhaps we can get one at uncle Rob's wedding in June.