6 months

ha! i got you smiling!

when she wraps her hand around my finger.. it puts a smile on my face... come on sing along you know the rest ;)

she's really into her feet at the moment

shes really into the sticking out her tounge thing too

sleeps like this every night

ooop there's my feet again

hey mom :)

as soon as she sees the camera she closes her eyes... she hates the red light her 6 month chair pictures

sitting like a little lady, hahahhahaha

* Weighs 12 pounds 3 oz- ish... she's been to the doc a couple of times and it fluctuates

*22 in long

*Still not taking bottle, eats very little baby food

*Trys to roll over, enjoys hanging out on her right side for a few min

*Smiles allllllllllll the time still.

*Loves when mommy sings even if it would hurt everyone elses ears

*Loves mommy in general ;)

*Doesn't do so well with strangers

*Starts crying as soon as she realizes we are at the doctors office

*Sleeps 12 hours threw the night

*Loves patt-i-cake... laughs out loud at it

*Wearing 3-6 month clothes and onsies

Not much has changed since last month. Still not sitting up. I have a feeling this is the month where she's going to start falling behind developmentally. We'll get there eventually! She goes in for an xray of her neck sometime next week. It's just to make sure we're not hurting her when stretching her. They want to make sure there are no bone issues. There shouldn't be since they looked her over so well in the nicu but you never know. The torticollis isn't getting any better, so we're just being safe. I think once she's able to sit up and move around we'll see a world of difference. All in all she's doing great though. We just have a few little things to overcome. After everything else she's been threw this is nothing! Dawson and Aryssa are doing fantabulous. Dawson got good grades again this report card, yipee for him. Less than a year and Aryssa will be in school. First day of kinder garden....sigh sigh, it's bitter sweet. She'll love it though!!! I'll love going shopping for school clothes for her!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dawson's going to be playing soccer this spring. I can't wait. I think it will be really good for him. Maybe toughen my little man up a bit :) We're debating on wether to put Aryssa in it to this year. I'm not sure, we may wait until next year when she's a little older. Ava needs to start sitting up so I can put her in tumbling :) She's going to be my little ballet gymnast cheerleader ;) Hey never to soon to start, hehe. J-k I'll wait till she's one or so!

just some pics and a happy late new years

this pictue cracks me up... its like you can read her mind threw her facial expression, she's like mommmmm seriously?????????? ha!

look at those cheeks!

ahhhh the joys of no makeup

silly girl

this was supposed to be last, she ended up with all four fingers in her mouth, hahahahah!

these pictures attached the opposite way of what i planned, she started off with her thumb

this is the boy cat... that won't stop throwing up

we're sooooo gangster ;)

these pictures are super tiny, sorry, its christas fault

yes i have on aryssas hat

Hope everyone had a safe and happy new years. We went to Christas for the day, well for the night. Originally they were going to come to our house, but both Eric and Vern had to work new years day. Eric also worked new years eve so he didn't get there until about ten. The super small pictures are from then, not many, but a few;) Aren't Gavin and Aryssa cute? We think they like each other ;) Me and Christa made some pork and what's it called? Pulled chicken? However you say it, it was really good. We were going to make some french fries and different dipping sauces, but Christa forgot, it really is all her fault :P We had a few desserts which no one ate. We finally remembered hey it's new years we're supposed to have a drink. So after a drink or two, we decided to play wii outdoor challenge. Bad idea with eating, having a drink, and basically doing an hour of cardio, it tired us both out! We stayed up watched the pre ball dropping show, then after a new years kiss (from Eric not Christa) off to bed we went. All of the kids made it till midnight, well other than Lakin. I think we prob all fell asleep before they did actually. Soooo not totally eventful, but I had fun. I love the wii!

Ava went to the doctor for a weight check yesterday. She weighed 11 pounds 5 oz, and was 22 1/2 inches long. She's finally growing in length! She's like the shortest almost 6 month old ever! She's really into this all of her finger sucking thing. 95% of the day she has at least her thumb if not a couple of fingers in her mouth. I've even caught her sucking a couple of times. Still not taking the bottle, but her therapist seems to think she'll get the hang of it withing the next month or so. I sure hope so! That prob means no more sleeping 12 hours threw the night, but that's ok, just as long as I can feed my baby! She's not eating her baby food as well either. She goes in for a swallow study either tomorrow or next Friday. I'm guessing next Friday since I haven't heard from anyone today. Her last one looked good, so hopefully it's still good and she won't have to get dilated, we will see... Other than that, there's not much else going on. Well I'll keep everyone updated.