15 weeks. Flight Preparation and FOUR month shots

Another week has come and gone.. I seriously cannot fathom that I have a nearly four month old baby. Where did my cuddly newborn go? I now have a curious, energetic, talkative infant. She is the most precious thing on this planet. I cannot get enough of her.


This week was a FAST week. We have been BUSY BUSY Christmas shopping, having a girls night, visiting Santa, and  trying to prepare for Ohio,..more mentally than physically doing anything. I have an "idea" of what to pack but really I have NO clue on what to do.

Sad news (more for me, Ava could care less) We had to start Ava on formula. Our freezer stash is now NON-EXISTENT. I am proud that I was able to go 4 months without supplementing but I am thankful to have formula to be able to give her the nutrition she needs. She is only getting about one bottle of formula a day, other than that I can keep up. I am sure we will have to supplement more when we are out of town. I just have to be strict about pumping. I blame being to lax with pumping at work..but working and pumping is INSANELY difficult. Ava did not care for formula the first night, but today she did great drinking the whole bottle. We are also giving her size 2 flow nipples (Tommee Tippee)

Ava had her Four month visit and did FANTASTIC. She was smiling the whole time, up until the shots. Poor baby had to have 4 pokes and one oral vaccine. She did not mind the oral vaccine and I think she actually enjoyed it and its flavor. Typically she would have only had to have had two shots but the one that contained 3 in 1 was all "sold out'', so poor baby had to have them individually. Ava did wonderful afterwards. She got a bit worked up but snuggled mommy in the Drs room and a few minutes later she was happy and drifting off to sleep. We are the LUCKIEST parents in the world. The shots haven't shown any affect on Ava and she did just fine the next day, no fever or fussiness.

  Avas numbers were perfect and the Dr was very satisfied at our little girl. She is one long, lean little girl. The  doctors even projected her height as 5'8" though it is a total "guess". Justin would like a little taller :)

 

Our Second Annual Girls weekend (+Cooper) in Seattle was a HUGE success. The babies did great this year. It is crazy to think that one year ago we were both preggo. It was so much fun with the Grandmas and Babies. We stayed in a hotel downtown, shopped, visited Santa, went to dinner and drinks, stayed up late chatting, and painted pottery for their first Christmas.

Here is the week in pictures