Avery's Blessing Day

Today we blessed our little Avery~funny because today is her due date. She is three weeks old and such a wonderful baby! She is always so happy and sleeps great! I feel so blessed to have her and wish I could have this moment forever. Time goes by way too fast!

Grammy Time

Isaac's mom, Helene (grammy) was able to come and visit us for 10 days. She was such a wonderful help with our move and spending time with the girls. The kids loved all the activities she had planned for them.

She made them quilts and they each got to tie their own.

She made some really yummy meals. One of them was the gigantic sandwich! YUMMY! I don't think any of us could get our entire mouth around it.
After the crazy move, the girls needed to get out and have some fun. We went to Sea World and Grammy let the girls get their faces painted. They LOVED it!!! Maddie asked us every 5 minutes if her paint was still there.

They are SO CUTE! Thanks grammy!
Me and the sleeper............

On Saturday night we went to Chuck E Cheeses! A kids favorite place!!

Grammy bought these cute little cups. Fun times!


PLAY TIME!

Two weeks

I honestly can not believe Avery is TWO weeks. I remember feeling miserable being pregnant. Now I see pregnant women walking around and I think to myself, " I am SO glad I am not them!!"

She weighed in at 6 lbs 15oz and 19.5 inches long. She has gained 1/2 lb!! She did great besides peeing on the nurse!

DAY 5

I wished I could stop time. I LOVE this new little girl! We are enjoying every moment with her! She is such a good baby, gets up one time in the night and never cries~sometimes she'll let out a little squeal to let you know she is ready for milk, or she'll suck her fist or finger.

Madelyn and Brynlee love to help feed her. She has not mastered nursing so the pump works wonders........

The girls came to visit us every night while we were in the hospital, they loved being able to see us.

This was her very first outfit. At the hospital they put one a tie onsie that was really obnoctous! I finally decided to put some clothes on her.

In her car seat, ready for her first ride home.

Sleeping in her swing...........

Sleeping in her swing with her tongue out.

She had her first bath a couple days ago. She loved the warm running water down her body. I am not sure she loved getting out though.

She truly is an ANGEL and and getting her here was ALL worth it!

Avery Lynn.......

Well...let's start off with Friday, 10 July. Nichole went in for her check up. They sent her back home. She was dialated to a "1" and about 37 weeks...not yet. 6pm, some serious doozies start hitting, wow that's painful! So I wake up around 12am with Nichole telling me the nurses said she should come in and get checked out to be safe. We had been timing the contractions througout the evening and they were anywhere from 1:30 minutes apart to 3:30 minutes. Thankfully Amy came over to watch the girls and we were off to Wilford Hall. When we arrive, Nichole is in pretty good pain at this point and they bring us back to the triage room. They hook her up to the machines to start monitoring the baby and the contractions and send for the Doctor. Well the Doctor arrives, it's now around 1am and he checks. Hey there, Nichole is now a "5" and here comes the real kicker...the baby is feet first breech! The Doctor doesn't even miss a beat, he simply states, "Well the baby is breech and so we are going to do a C-section and so we will go over some paperwork and start the process"

Within 30 minutes they had Nichole in the OR getting here spinal anesthetic and they they let me in. It was all very quick and to put it mildly, Nichole was terribly frightened by the whole process. However, the doctors and nurses were all very understanding and patient and reassured us at every step. We didn't really see anything (or feel anything for Nic) but as soon as it was started it seemed it was already over and out came this beautiful little girl. It never ceases to amaze me how they can seem so wonderful and angelic even though they are covered in placental fluid and goop! Unless you are a parent you won't understand the feeling you get when your child is brought into the world, but it is an overwhelming feeling of love and joy that makes your heart burst and your eyes fill with tears of gratitude as you experience the miracle of life.

>Avery Lynn Hipple, was born at 3:20 am, 11 July 2009, at Wilford Hall Medical Center, in San Antonio, TX. Nichole had to stay behind and get all put back together and I went up with Avery to get her bath and feed her. It was weird not having Nichole with us but it was also very special to sit there with our newest daughter and hold her in my arms. Such a precious gift. We couldn't be more excited to have her in our lives. I will let Nichole do the next blog and talk about her experience in the Hospital (and how bad the food was). Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers.

Brynlee turns 3!!

Today we had a very fun day celebrating Brynlee's 3rd birthday. I can not believe she is already three years old! My little baby is growing up so fast!

She woke up and had her favorite "apple cereal" to start her day. Then she got to open presents from family.

Sea World is her very favorite place since that's where Shamu is. So we took her to Sea World to see Shamu, feed the dolphins and get a Shamu ice cream cone. Mmmmm...........

Since it was 105 degrees today, the sun wore us all out. We came home and had nap time to refresh for the pool party. Later, friends came over to celebrate~we had pizza, watermelon and cupcakes. Brynlee got to open presents and swim in the pool.

It was a great day! Thanks for coming!

Opening her Shamu barbie doll

She LOVES Tinkerbell, thanks Neena!

Feeding the Dolphins

Mmm....Icecream!

I think they're ready for MORE fish.......

SHAMU!!!!!!!

Swimming at the pool

Blowing out CANDLES......off to another great year!

I was curling Brynlee's hair this morning as we sang, "I am a Child of God" over and over again. After her spray of perfume and lipgloss~something she demands every morning after "hair pretty time," she walked into the dining room singing "I am a Child of God" in her own version. It went something like this: instead of, "I am a child of God, and He has sent me here......" It went like this, "I am a child of God, and teacher sent me home............." It was the funniest thing, I could not stop laughing. She sang her little heart out all morning.

We found out yesterday that we have been approved to move into our house on July 30th. Were SO excited! Even though were only renting, it is the first house we've ever lived in. Were most excited about not having neighbor's below us and having to do "princess tiptoe" every where we step and to have our own yard to play in. Madelyn's school is right behind us so we can walk her there every day. The neighborhood is very nice and quiet-no more LOUD motorcycles, wrecks, and horns all hours of the day and night.

Baby girl has attempted to come..............hopefully she'll wait until next weekend, then were past full term. These will be the LAST pics of me until who knows when? I gained the most and had lots of interesting things happen with this one.........lol! It's been a long pregnancy and probably the hardest. But I know when she gets here, it will ALL be worth it. Just waiting for now.................

Brynlee turns 3 on Wednesday! Can't wait! Daddy took work off so we are taking her to Sea World to see her all time favorite SHAMU! It will also involve feeding dolphins and face painting. Then pizza party at the pool with some friends later on.

Isaac is STILL driving to Randolph and NOT loving it. They have been able to get him flying more and keeping him busy with scheduling, but he sure does miss Kelly. He will return there at the end of July.