Susan & Morgan...

I talked with my aunt Susan (& cousing Morgan) today and she said that I needed to post some new pictures... and that with each post I do, there should be a requirement of new pictures. Apparently its the hightlight of their day when they get to see pictures.

So here are some new and relatively new pictures of Ava for Susan and Morgan... and everyone else too. Enjoy!

she found her thumb...takes after Mommy

Ava with Reese's Bear

hanging out with Lambie

(dumb picture rotated on me!)

she is learning to stick her tongue out

she didn't want another picture taken!

hanging out with Daddy

more sleep...

Last weekend we finally moved Ava from our room into her crib. She had been sleeping in a basinet next to our bed, it was the basinet that I used as well as my Mother and Grandmother when we were babies. But Ava had started to outgrow it. She would wake herself up when she moved her arms about at night because they would hit the sides... not to mention she'd wake me up as well anytime she moved around. So we figured it was time.

The first night was a little scary for me, for some reason I thought something would happen to her. But I was good and I didn't get up and check on her a thousand times, I actually slept. It was nice getting 4 hours of sleep in a row. But since then our sleep has increased and increased.

Yesterday I mentioned to Nathan that on Dec. 1, thats two Mondays from now, we should try "sleeping through the night in 7 days." By then Ava will be 3 months old and able to sleep through the night by herself. Actually they say any baby that is over 12 lbs doesn't need night feedings and should be sleeping anyway. Not so much the case with our Ava, but anyway.

So last night, just for fun, I decided to lay Ava down in her crib to see what would happen. She was tired anyway, and it was bedtime. She fussed for quite a while, although I didn't let her go too long. I ended up picking her back up and she almost immediately fell asleep. I walked downstairs with her, still sleeping, and turned off the TV and lights, walked back upstairs put her in her crib again. She woke up for maybe 5 minutes and then fell asleep. EUREKA!!! Then to top it off she slept until 6am! I couldn't believe it. I got almost 7 hours of sleep in a row last night.

Oh... there she is. I better get going, the princess is up. I'll try to update again soon, but wanted to share our exciting news.

Ava's Room

So we finally finished Ava's room a few weeks ago and I've been meaning to post a video of it for some time. Unfortunately I'm not camera or computer savy so the video is sideways... so please tilt your head to the left and enjoy!

Halloween and updates...

Happy Halloween...a few days late! This past week we not only had Halloween, but also Ava's two month check up. On Thursday she turned two months old and then Friday we went to the doctor to see how much our little pumpkin had grown... and man has she grown. Ava is now up to 11lbs 7oz (with a soaked diaper) and is 22-1/2 " long. That puts her in the 75% for weight and 50% for length. She is finally fitting into her 0-3 month clothes and we're (I should say "I", although Daddy thinks she always looks awfully cute) enjoying dressing her up when we go out.

front

back


our little pumpkin
the bow doesn't match but she needed it!



tuckered out from all the excitment

waiting on the trick or treaters with our Halloween kitty...

eventually we bundled up as much as possible and went outside to sit with our neighbor Casey. Apparently here in Cranberry people don't come to your door even if your light is on, they expect you to sit outside. It was nice sitting with Casey though, getting to know her better and together watching all the kids having fun. Plus it gave me someone to talk to since Nathan went to Jon and Val's house to help Jon paint the nursery. I am sorry I missed that experience as I got an earful of stories on Saturday night about what I missed.

relaxing with Daddy...look at that grin

not so happy about another picture, but she looked too cute to pass it up.

There hasn't been too much going on here in the Berry Ann household, but we're already looking forward to Christmas.... We planning on spending the holidays here at home as a family and then working our way around to see family probably after the new year. We have so much family to see we have to spread it out over several weekends.

We hope everyone had a great Halloween and ate way too much candy, I know we did!

side note: I really really hate how the layout never plays nicely!