3 Weeks Old

Well I am finally three weeks old and time has gone by so fast. I am starting to sleep a bit better, although some nights are definitely much better than others. I am a good eater too, but that means I feed sometimes once an hour, so mom gets a little tired as you can imagine. I went for a doctors appointment last Thursday the 11th and the doctor said that I am doing pretty good. I am a bit jaundice still but it is slowly going away. He told me that I was 9lbs 4oz which was 50th percentile in my age class, and that I was 75th percentile in my height, but mom cant remember how tall I was. Daddy is confused about how I am so tall considering he is not that tall, and made a comment to mom about the mail man, but I dont get what he meant by that. Mom went to see the doctor today (Dec 15th) and I was 9lbs 10oz........wow. I guess all of that feeding is paying off. No wonder I'm not pooping much, its all going to my cheeks and thighs! And as far a bathing and getting my diaper changed, I am not a happy camper at all. I just don't like being exposed.

Tomorrow I get to meet this Santa character mom and dad have been raving about. Also, mom and dad put a tree in our living room and put all of these fancy little lights on it. And it is a real tree too! It smells and everything. I dont what it is all about but I sure love to sit and stare at it. Dad says we can spend lots of time together as well because he has 16 days off in a row; and it all has something to do with Santa and the tree.

I finally got to meet Papa last weekend and will meet uncle Ryan on Thursday. I didn't recognize Papa at first because he shaved his moustache.....well, I guess I never really knew what he looked like in the first place. I think between Grandpa, Papa, uncle Ryan, uncle Warren, and dad, I will most likely be a hunter when I get older. Dad even said he is going to buy a gun for me soon so that he will have 13 years to sight it in just right, but mom thinks that this is just an excuse for another gun.

I went to my first movie as well last week, Four Christmases. I slept pretty much through the entire thing but it was pretty cool still. I dont really have much else to say at this point, so I will leave you with a video dad took of me getting my 'medicine', really vitamin D supplements. It is soooooooo tasty as you will see. Hope this keeps everybody up to date.

Love Avery

My first blog

Well, mom and dad are not too good at this and are just learning how to set this blog thing up. I dont think that this will ever get to the level of my cousin Eli's but we'll sure try. Grandma was already bugging my dad to create a blog so that everyone can be kept in the loop about what is happening in my life. Here are a few pics of my first couple weeks of life, including our first picture together as a family....such a cone head I have!

I am finally getting on a bit of a schedule, and I stress a bit. I am eating lots and gaining weight, finally. Mom and dad were worried because I had lost 11oz in my first two days, but am now back up to my birth weight. Mom is doing good as well considering I was 8lbs 12oz at birth....ouch! I have met most of my family but still need to meet some aunts, uncles, and cousins......including uncle Ryan who is in Thailand and Papa who is in Saskatchewan.

Last weekend Dad finally got to go hunting after waiting patiently for me to come. He shot a little 5x5 deer that he calls the "Avery buck". He wasn't able to go to Saskatchewan hunting with the guys but says that he is more than ok with that and wouldn't change missing the trip for the world.

I guess that is all for now. Hopefully we can stay on top of this and start uploading more pictures and videos. I will add one video just for the sake of doing so. It is of me and dad sitting on the couch together when I was only 4 days old. I was fussy and wouldn't stop crying and dad thought he would test the camera on me. Enjoy.