Avery Went to High School

Avery had her first chance to roam the halls of high school last week. She and I were asked to be panelists for a parenting class that a friend of ours teaches at Momence High School.

The day went well and Avery was as good as she always is. Hopefully Carol thought it went as well!

Here's a couple pictures from Aves' high school experience:

I wonder if any of these kids will be in Avery's class someday.

Avery did a little one-on-one time with the class too. Sorry Carol, I told her later that she's not supposed to sleep through class!

Avery's first time watching the bird

Avery got to see the bird music box that all of the Eberle grandkids grew up watching for the first time on Halloween. You'll see in the video, she paid more attention to Pa than to the birdie.

Avery also wore her winter coat for the first time this year. It's a little big, but you know, it has to fit in January and February. And heck, it may need to fit in May...this is Illinois!

Happy 1st Halloween!

Avery spent her first Halloween dressed as a roll of Smarties. These were momma's favorite candy growing up. Now Lukey loves them, so when we seen the costume we knew she had to wear it!

Unfortunately the creator of the costume wasn't thinking of an infant when they made it. We had to slide her little body through the whole thing to get her to the top. Needless to say, she hated every second of it...and every second of taking it off. Next year's costume will NOT go over her head. Enjoy the photos and video!

Momma and Avery dressed as candy this year.

It was really hard to get her stretched out enough to get the whole costume in the shot.

Family shot...Daddy was Quailman from the cartoon Doug.

Smarties and Buzz Lightyear

Trick-or-treating at Great Grandma's & Pa's

Trick-or-treating at Great Grandma Kebert's

Avery's latest talent: Smiling!

Look at my pretty, pretty girl!

Good morning Momma!

No day can be a bad day when this is the face you wake up to!

Avery's first trip to the movies

Avery took her first trip to the movies with her momma and Aunt Meg the other day. We saw "You Again." She was pretty quiet for it, although she did prefer me to stand and bounce for the last half of the movie.

Man, she's growing fast!

So I know it's been way too long since I've done an update. I have a good excuse, I swear!

About 3 weeks after delivery I wound up with a nasty bacterial infection called C. Diff. It took 2 weeks to be diagnosed and even that wasn't until after a trip to the ER, a doctor's visit, and a couple of unpleasant tests. Apparently it was from all the antibiotics I had during delivery and ironically enough, it was an antibiotic I would have to take to get rid of it. Long story short, I was miserable for a couple weeks and now I am much better. I finally feel like myself again...for the first time since I found out I was pregnant!

On to the fun stuff, here's some pictures we've been taking along the way and just haven't uploaded yet.

We did our own little photo shoot when Avery was 2 weeks old.

She wasn't really all that amused.

"I'll give you one more, Mom. Just one."

My sweet sweet little girl.

This is a favorite of mine. Daddy's girl

This picture made me laugh because I could only think of those cards where the dogs heads are bigger than their bodies.

Look at my little bird girl. (She did have a diaper on!)

She fills this chair out a little better these days!

Avery's first Illinois game with Daddy. See the socks?

Daddy called her his little troll doll. We learned not to let Daddy have control of her hair while it's wet.

I really can't believe how fast Avery Jo is growing. I already can't remember how small she started and miss those days. It is wonderful, though, getting to spend so much time with open eyes. And the extra sleep doesn't hurt either. Our little girl has been very good to us in the sleep category. The last two nights she's gone down at 9 or 9:30 p.m. and slept until 3 a.m. then up again at 7:30 or 8 a.m. I'm hoping this becomes the new pattern until she sleeps through the night!

I'll try to do better at keeping up with posts now. Hopefully I can get a good routine going before heading back to work!