So Much To Write About...

Sorry it's been so long since we've blogged, but there's been a lot going on lately. The last you heard, our little family of three was headed to Florida to introduce Avery to her Great Grandma Shirley and to celebrate Mom and Jim's wedding. Due to the obvious distractions, we failed to mention that Avery had her two-month visit at the pediatrician's the day before as well. As of that visit, she now weighs 11 lbs 5 ounces and is 21 3/4 in long. She received 3 of the 5 recommended shots, and we will be going back for the remaining 2 this month (which I dread wholeheartedly). She was very unhappy about the shots (she literally wailed until 9pm that night).

Back to the Florida visit: After a 9 1/2 hour drive, we made it in town Wednesday evening. I had to spend the last 45 minutes of the ride playing with Ave's legs to get her to stop crying since she was so over being in the car by then. Adam, Aimee, and the kids arrived in town at about the same time. We spent a bit of nearly every day visiting my Grandma. She's very ill, so it meant a lot to us to be able to have Avery spend time with her. Avery seemed to bring a lot of joy to Grandma.

Mom and Jim were married on Memorial Day, which also happened to be both of their birthdays. The weather was perfect - it was a beautiful day. All of Mom's sisters ended up being in town for the wedding, and I'm sure Mom was really glad to have them all there. The ceremony was lovely, the reception at the restaurant was fun, and I'm sure everyone had a great time at the afterparty.

Because the wedding was at the beach, Avery got the opportunity to put her feet in the ocean for the first time. We tried to stay out of the sun the rest of the trip since she's so young, so we were happy that we got the chance to do it. She also got to go into a pool for the first time, which meant that we were able to put her into her adorable little tiny swimsuit for the first time, too. She seemed to like the water.

We drove home last Tuesday, which was a very long car ride. 11 hours long. Avery didn't like being in the car before we drove to FL, so by this point, she was completely done with the car. We had to stop for a late dinner at Steak and Shake for an hour just to get her calm enough to go back into the car. It was 1am when we finally got home.

The rest of last week seemed to go by fast. We took Avery to Reagin Optometric Group for the first time to visit everyone there on Saturday. We lost my phone at some point between there and home. So if you've been trying to call me, that's why you can't get me. Grandma Mary and Auntie's Melissa and Julia brought by lunch on Sunday and visited Avery for the first time in over a month. (Mary is a teacher and was keeping her distance until school got out to avoid exposing Avery to excess germs.) I'm sure they were surprised at how much bigger she is now. We may even see Auntie Sarah this week, too. She's back in town after graduating from Kentucky last month.

So there's your update. We are currently at full capacity for Picasa uploads and are trying to whittle down our gallery, so you may not see photos on the next couple of blogs. Hope everyone is well and will try to update this again in less time than it took this time. Happy June!


Update: Sorry about the lack of pictures, folks! I'll work to get it resolved tonight. -Ed