Princess Ava: June 2006

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Family Visit

Grammy, Grandpa, and Uncle David came to visit today. Grammy will be staying with us for the next week. Ava met her Uncle David for the first time, they were very good together. David is a natural. Of course Grandpa and Grammy were overjoyed to see their little granddaughter.

Daddy's girl

It's a Kodak moment

Smile Ava...like this

First time I kissed a real life angel

One of us is starting to fall asleep

Daddy being silly with Ava

Bath time

Ava had her first sponge bath today.

Mommy and Ava

Mommy and Ava

We even had time for a little peek-a-boo.

Gifts from Uncle David

We just received several gifts from Ava's Uncle David.
This was a very thoughful gesture.

Thank You Uncle David! Ava can't wait to see you this weekend.

Million Dollar Baby

Let Ava show you how to throw a knockout punch.

1. Find your target

2. Quick Jab

3. Uppercut - rear back and get ready to fire

4. Follow through

5. Lay down boy-eee, you're out!

Good morning Ava

Ava had a good night last night. She woke up like 4 times between 8pm and 8am. Cathy is not used to getting so little sleep, but luckly for me, working at Sydcor has more than prepared me for this.

Ava only lays like this on her Mommy

Ava...un-stick

Absolutely adorable

Turn that car around!

Well we just had our first "turn around". Ava was strapped in, diaper bag packed, we were on our way. Then Ava decided that she was hungry. We didn't even make it to Hazel Nut (about 8 houses down from ours). Turn that car around!! And here we are.

Mommy & Baby "Z"

Aunt Kelley and Uncle Mike

Ava's Aunt Kelley and Uncle Mike came to visit from San Antonio on Sunday June 11. They bought Ava a HUGE stuffed dog. We had a great visit and got some great stills and video of our first extended family visit. Y'all come back now...

Aunt Kelley and Ava

Uncle Mike and Little Ava

No color for you!

The best kind of dog a parent could ask for

Too Cute

Doctor doctor

Ava's first visit to her pediatrician was on Friday June 9, 2006. Cathy was a bit nervous. She said that she would break down if they had to give our daughter a shot. I was coool, I knew there were no shots scheduled, boo yay! We packed Ava up and headed out about 8:15. We had to stop downtown for my eye doctor appointment first. There were two ladies in the waiting room who oggled over Ava when we came in. That was cool because we are now "that couple"; the people that everyone looks at when you walk in, wanting to get a look at the new little baby, "ohhhh what a cute baby."

Any who, about Ava's appointment. Her doctor is Dr. Kimberly Albert of the Austin Diagnostic Clinic (ADC). It was a treat identifying ourselves as mother and father on the registration forms. Ava weighed in at 7 lbs 4 ounces, that's only 2 ounces shy of her birth weight. The doctor said that this is a sign that Ava is eating good and is off to a healthy start. We don't know anything yet about Ava's vision. With my family history of congenital cataracts and glaucoma the chances are good that Ava will have less than perfect vision. Dr. Albert was not able to get a clear view of the back of her eye on Friday.

We are already set up to meet with a pediatric ophthalmologist this week, we'll know the diagnosis at that time. Cathy and I are both sitting on pins and needles until then. The rest of the visit went great; all of Ava's physical and developmental elements are right on track.

It's cool traveling with Ava...packing her up in her carrier / carseat, carrying her around in public. People who look see this cute little girl, that makes me even more proud to be her daddy. I got me some braggin' rights!

back in Mommy's arms

How could I forget...

It has come to my attention that I did not thank Darby for her role in the Father-to-be baby shower on March 11. SORRY DARBY!! Darby holds a very special place in the hearts of Cathy and myself. The baby shower was made even more special becuase of this perfect little angel. Ava can't wait to you Darby.

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I've removed the restriction that you have to be a member of Blogger in order to post a comment. Sorry about that, i'm still learning how this site works. I look forward to reading what you have to say.

I can't sleep

So it's like 2:30 in the morning, just got done putting Ava back to bed after a feeding and now i'm wired. I have a eye doctor appointment for myself @ 9am and Ava has her first in-office visit with her Pediatrition, Dr. Kimberly Albert, at 11:30am. It's going to be a long day.

Browsing through this here blog, i've realized that I have not been very consistent with my posts, I haven't followed one format or another, etc. So i'm going to try to clean things up a bit.