Ava's 1st week

Happy 1 week birthday Ava! I can't believe it's already been a week since Ava was born. This week has flown by. Andrew is adjusting well to being a big brother. He's been a lot more needy and whinny but he is very sweet towards Ava. We are just working on trying to still give him lots of attention. Ava is a sweet baby. She LOVES to be cuddled. Her 1st couple of nights she slept great, only waking up once in the night to eat around 3:30/4 and again at 7:30. About day 4 she decided to become a little more high maintenance. She only wanted to sleep if we were holding her or if she was snuggled up close to us. As sweet and cute as this is, I know it doesn't establish good sleeping habits for in the future. Luckily we had a good night last night. She wasn't as needy and didn't wake up to eat until 5:30 and then again at 9:30! We all got to sleep in, even Andrew slept till 9! It was so nice to get a little sleep. Here's our week in pictures....

5.14.10- Right after she was born

5.15.10- 1 day old- getting ready to come home

5.16.10- Spent the day relaxing and had a visit from Erin Wanderscheid who brought us dinner...so sweet!

5.17.10- 3 days old - Our 1st outing: breakfast at Starbucks, watching the ducks and frogs, and a quick trip to Costco.

5.18.10-4 days old- lunch at Chipotle and then Ava's 1st doctor appointment. She was back up to her birth weight. She dropped to 6.8lbs while in the hospital. Doctor said she is healthy and doing great! Andrew went with us and kept asking what the doctor was doing. He was very concerned and wanted to know if Ava was okay. He's so sweet! That night we went to Pama and Papa's house for dinner. Most nights we've had friends offer to bring us meals, but we didn't have any planned for that night so my parents offered to make us dinner. It was Ava's 1st visit to her Grandparents house.

5.19.10-5 days old- Spent the day relaxing at home.

5.20.10- 6 days old- We spent the morning at Starbucks and then took Andrew to the library. He's been going a little stir crazy, so we thought he'd enjoy playing with other kids. He had so much fun and it was a special treat because Daddy got to come with us!

5.21.10- 1 week old