Delivering Smiles

Ava has started smiling back at us. Let me tell you, nothing melts your heart more than your own child smiling at you. Oh, she also has a best friend - the fan! She has conversations with him and just is mesmerized by him, that silly fan. If I turn the fan on for a second to make it move, she stops, her jaw drops and her eyes get big as if she's saying, "wow that is AMAZING". It's hysterical. Oh the things that tickle you when you have a baby!

Ava is 7 weeks, one day old.

6 Weeks Old Today!

Piggy-poo turns 6 weeks old today. My baby girl isn't so much a newborn anymore :-( I knew this would happen - she's growing so fast. Faster than mommy would like.

To celebrate her 6 weeks of existence, Ava projectile vomited on me twice and "sharted" while I was changing her - ALL over the wipe warmer, diaper supply and the wall. She's so special & talented. At least she was smiling and cooing afterward, I guess she was quite proud of herself.

She is her father's child for sure!

Little Miss Piggy

Ava had her 5 week checkup yesterday at Dr. Armstrong's office. Bobby and I were estimating her weight to be around or just under 10 pounds. Yea well little miss piglet had a different plan. I put her on the scale and it reads 10 pounds, 15 ounces. That is just one ounce shy of 11 pounds! She is also almost 2 feet tall, LOL! Her length was 22.75 inches. The doctor said she is doing great and everything is perfectly proportionate and growing excellently. I think I'll keep her on the liquid gold for a while longer, it seems to really be agreeing with her well. (Liquid gold=mom's milk) She also had to have a shot yesterday in which I left the room while her daddy stayed with her. I proceeded to wait in the waiting room and cry more than she did. Seriously, it was worse on me than it was on her. She got some extra mommy cuddle time last night and this morning to make up for the traumatic event.

Here's a brand new picture of my little piggy angel taken this morning:

She has a few more chins now than when she was first born, and fell right asleep after I snapped this picture. Time to get some chores done before she wakes up!

Ava is 5 weeks, 1 day.

2008 ~ A Pictorial Review

January (GOD I miss that tummy I had)

February - out to sushi with some friends

March - North Carolina visiting my dad with my sister and her family

April - at Skip Barber racing school (was actually "with child" here but didn't find out until the next day)

May - North Carolina to surprise my dad for his surprise 60th birthday party

June - Bob Vila putting the crib together

July - Long Island, NY for Vinny & Jael's wedding

August - Viaggio for my birthday dinner with friends

September - North Carolina to visit my dad

October - our 1 year anniversary dinner

November - cigar festival in Ybor City

December 2nd - the best day of my entire life


Here's to wishing each and every one of you a happy, safe & prosperous 2009. May it be as happy for you as 2008 was for us. Cheers!!!!

My 9 day old supermodel

These super fabulous pictures were taken by Kellie at Kellie Day Photography. I am extremely exhausted at the moment so this entry will be short. Enjoy the pictures and I promise to blog more soon - as soon as Ava figures out her days and nights, LOL.







Ava is two weeks old today.

More Pictures

Because I must show her off. I mean, look at her! Every day is like a holiday waking up knowing you have a little one to tend to. Life has new meaning, and all the cliche's you hear other people saying, well, we can speak testament that they all ring very true!

Introducing Ava Hayley Wein

Ava arrived at 5:01pm on Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008 weighing in at 7 pounds, 9 ounces and 20.75 inches long with a head full of jet black hair. She made her presence known throughout the entire OB floor with her powerful lung capacity. She is perfectly healthy, beautiful and her daddy and I are head over heels in love with her, of course.

We came home just under 48 hours of the surgery. I am feeling fantastic and bouncing back quite nicely. Life at home is an adjustment but she's getting us used to her schedule so it's all good. Breastfeeding is going perfectly, no issues at all and we've even stopped supplementing the formula as my milk has finally arrived. (Dolly Parton ain't got nuthin' on me! LOL)

I have a whole album of pictures, if you'd like to see them email me at sunlightshower@hotmail.com to get permission.

Oh what a special Christmas it's going to be for us this year, how exciting!

Love to all,
Kris, Bobby and Ava Wein