Can't believe it has been 4 weeks

We are all doing good. Here are some pictures from the past few weeks. We had a blizzard up here last week, with 20 inches of snow! So that kept us inside for a few days. Avery Lynn is doing well. She is now 4 weeks old. She is nursing 7 times a day and sleeping for a stretch of about 5 hours at night. We can't complain too much. Of course I would take more sleep if I could but she is doing well for a 4 wk old baby.

Avery Lynn laying on the couch, unconcerned that I am trying to get her to wake up to eat.
Tummy Time

Caden likes to entertain his baby sister


20 inches of snow!

Caden walking in his tunnel Ricky dug for him.

Ricky and Caden got to feed Avery Lynn for the first time the other day!

4 wks old. She was moving all around so they are a little blurred.
An action shot

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Caden holding Avery Lynn

This video is the first time Caden got to hold Avery Lynn at the hospital. Caden was very excited to hold his baby sister. He had waited a long time. Shortly after walking into the hospital room he wanted to hold her.

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Introducing

Avery Lynn Ogles

Born: 1/11/11 @ 1:16pm

7 lbs 14oz, 21 inches

We are glad to be home from the hospital. We came home on Thursday. It just took this long to get on the computer and post. We are all doing well. Caden really likes holding his baby sister and is doing well adjusting to a sibling. I'm sure we will have more pictures to come. Thanks to everyone for your thoughts and prayers as we welcomed our little girl.

Waiting on baby sister

We are just taking it easy here... waiting on baby sister's arrival. I went to the Dr. again today and everything looks good. We will continue to wait and see when baby sister decides it is time to make her entrance into this world. Hopefully the next post will be some newborn pictures : )

Lounging around.

Some belly shots

Playing Outside

Here are some recent pictures of Caden playing outside. We've had a few rounds of snow up here so far this winter and he has really enjoyed playing in it and sledding (mostly daddy pulling him). We also had a couple of days last week when the temperature got up to 60 so he enjoyed riding his tricycle that he got for Christmas. We are still awaiting baby sister's arrival, so we will keep you posted.

Happy on his cool new trike

Caden likes the snow almost as much as Lilly

Baby Projects and Baby Update

I am now 36 weeks and hoping to hang in there for a couple more before baby sister makes her arrival. My body is more than ready for her to come on out...but my project list is not. The list is getting smaller but I would like to finish the curtains for the room and of course make it through Christmas. I took on the challenge of making the baby bedding for her room, mostly because we weren't going to spend the crazy cash it takes to buy the super cute bedding that I kept finding that I liked. It was either buy one that I wasn't crazy about or spend about the same amount (or a little less) and make one I really liked. It was a big task because I just got a sewing machine (and sewed for the first time) a little over a year ago but I went for it and you can see the results below. Overall I'm really happy with it, of course there are a few things I would do differently if I did it again. But I think it looks cute and I'm sure she will sleep just fine in it. The room is not quite ready for a baby just yet, but we are working on it and hope to finish shortly (ideally before she arrives).

The bed. Bumper and crib skirt.

The crib skirt laying out on the floor.

Our Little Angel

Hard Headed Little Boys

Thank God that he gives little boys hard heads! And also that he gives family's little girls so they don't have total craziness. : - ) I love my little boy....but he is all boy. Loud, crazy, etc. But thankfully he also has a hard head. I mean literally here, not when he is choosing to disobey and do his own thing but when he actually hits his head on something. The reason behind this post is that the other night Caden and I were in the living room while Ricky was working in the garage. Caden was running with one of Lilly's toys (the dog) and Lilly was chasing him (a favorite game in our house) then I hear CRACK! I run to him as he is on the floor holding his head and screaming. I take a quick look at him and scoop him up and run to the garage to tell Ricky that I need him. Then I run back to the living room and reevaluate him again. Let me just say Caden hits and bumps things all the time but this was a serious CRACK. There was no doubt in my mind that his head was not split in half. Obviously Ricky is inside at this point and we realize that he "just" has a huge knot on his forehead. So after we held the Elmo Boo Boo ice pack on it for a while he recovered and so did I. I am usually very calm in these situations but I failed in this one. Luckily the loud crack I heard was the wall splitting open and not Caden's head. Take a look.

Here is the corner of the wall where he hit. Notice he not only knocked the paint off the wall he also knocked a hole in it.

The knot on his forehead. It was a good one. But I still can't believe it didn't break the skin.

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