Avery 8 Months Old & New Years

Greetings in 2012! Hope everyone had a great new year!

With every new year that comes, I feel the need for reflection in the previous year. We had so many blessings with the number one biggest life changer- birth of our little girl, perfect and healthy. I was so blessed to get as much time off work as I did and thankful because you don't get those moments back and I guess I feel that I have my entire life to work, but Avery will never roll over for the first time again. We took our first official family vacation and were so blessed that Avery is a good little traveler! My grandma turned 101 and got to meet Avery for the first time as well as did the rest of my family in NWK.

We have had so many positive things happen in 2011. I am hoping that 2012 means even bigger things for the Winter family!! We aren't quite to the point of extending our family just yet, but it will happen soon enough. We just love enjoying our daughter now. I'm not quite sure how to handle 2 someday!

We may get some traveling in this year. We have a wedding in NC for some good friends that we are excited for and I have a bachelorette party in May in Vegas!! That will be fun! Never seen the lights of Vegas and never hit the strip! It's going to be awesome I am sure!!

Avery rolled over another milestone- 8 months old! I can't believe where the time goes. She is looking like a little person now instead of a baby. She is only still weighing in about 16 lbs. but that is ok with us. She is teething and with the 2 that she already has we are waiting for more to sprout up any day now.  Still not that interested in crawling, but she is getting there! I'm not sure I am ready for crawling because then that means walking not long after.

Wishing you a great 2012!!

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Avery's 1st Christmas and More

I would say this year was definitely special for our family in celebrating Christmas since it was Avery's first and you can't ever get that back! She is growing and growing-too fast I think sometimes. I love dressing her up so I took her to JCP and did her Christmas pictures. I have to say that the next child probably won't get near as many pictures or dress up time like I've given Avery-sad to say. She's so photogenic and the photographer just loved her up and she did so well, I was proud. She still doesn't really know a stranger. She LOVED Santa!! Pulling on his real beard was the highlight of her night when we went to Botanica Gardens here in Wichita where the Santa was amazing and the lights were gorgeous!
 She is 7 1/2 months now at Christmas time and almost interested in crawling and daddy is doing just about everything he can to make sure she's not behind, but every baby is different and develops at their own pace. She is hitting all her other milestones so we aren't too worried. She's a small little baby, maybe weighs about 15 1/2 to 16 lbs., but we are now into 9 month clothes. She is curious about EVERYTHING! If it's in front of her or next to her she has to have it and do a thorough investigation of it. Everyday she does something funny and new. It's so much fun to watch her grow and play. We are finally off the prevacid that was such a lifesaver in the first months of life. It's nice not having to make her wait to eat now!

Our Christmas Family Picture 2011

JCP Pics

Fave Foods: Pears, Apples, Bananas, sweet potatoes, and oatmeal. Not huge into veggies, but what kid is??!

New development for the Winter Family-Avery has 2 teeth!! All that drool and nasty diapers meant something-I'm just not going to say how I found out. Let's just say it was a surprise and still nursing has it's drawbacks!

We went to Branson after Christmas with Brandon's Family and had a great time fishing and shopping!! And we did our first full Winter Family picture at Lilley's Landing where we stayed.

Some Goofing Pictures I Took

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