Ava Baby

She is almost 2 weeks old and getting cuter by the minute!! Here are a few pictures from this past week.

She is weighing in at 7lbs. 8oz. She has lost a few ounces, but now that we have her eating good, she will start packin' on the pounds. I can guarantee she is going to be a chunk like Parker and Hannah. She is looking more and more like my dad and my sister Lindsey. She definitely has a good set of lungs on her, she can scream! She is already smiling and has everyone wrapped around her little finger.

Sound asleep...

She loves her binki.

So little.

Hannah loves being a big sister!

Sweet Ava

Our sweet baby Ava is almost two weeks old. I am really behind on blogging. I have been trying to get into the swing of things and so I have neglected blogging. There are going to be several posts coming of the last days of school and more pictures of Ava. I can't believe she is going to be 2 weeks on Monday. She is such a little sweetie. I can't get enough of her!

Ava, three days old. Check out those cheeks!!

Who is that handsome guy?
Parker and Hannah absolutely Love Ava. They can't get enough of her. Hannah wants to be her mom. She was telling me that I didn't know how to change her diaper or feed her.

I still can't get over her cheeks. They have gone down now. I thought at first she was just a little chunk, but come to find out, she was pretty swollen.

Grammie Olson with Ava.

Great Grandma Hannah with Ava.

So excited the baby is finally here!!

We are so happy to have little Ava here! She is such a sweetie!

SHE'S HERE!!!

Ava Karen Smith

7 lbs. 14 oz. 20 in. long

Born Monday May 18, 2009

2:25 a.m.

She is a little beauty! We are so thankful for this sweet new addition to our family.

I will post more pictures and updates later, I just wanted to let everyone know she is here and doing great! Thanks for all the calls, visits and yummy food from everyone!!

Silly.

Here are some random pictures from this week of the kids!

Hannah, Parker and Carter on Mother's Day at Papa & Grammie Olsons.

(picture courtesy of Aunt Linny & her sweet new camera)

Okay, let me explain this picture. Hannah pulled her ponys out and she looked exhausted. I told her to do this face and I snapped a quick pic. Afterwards, me and Jason were laughing so hard because it looks like Nick N*lte's mugshot picture. Leave it to Hanny to be crazy and funny!
Almost 80 degrees outside and our child is in snow boots. Who knows why?

Jason working hard on the side of our house. He is putting in a paver patio for the pool and then we are adding more grass to our yard. It will look so nice when it is all finished.

Cutie!

Parkers favorite spot at Papa and Grammies, the waterfall. That kid could play on that all day and never get bored.

Hanny and Carter having fun!

Oh look, surprise he is on the waterfall again.

Sneaky Sneaky Sneaky. Is all I have to say about our two kids. They wanted to have a sleepover on the air mattress out in the loft, but they have to wait for the weekend to do it. No sleeping in the loft on school nights. Well, I went in to check on them before I went to bed and Hanny wasn't in the bottom bunk, so I looked up at the top bunk and there she was. She snuck up on the top and her and Parker had their own sleepover.

I guess I should have realized something sneaky was going on because they were being awfully quiet and I could hear giggling. Silly kids.

For breakfast this entire week, they have wanted sandwiches and capri suns. Whatever makes them happy!

On another note, I got all our flowers planted, Yahoo! I will post picture of our yard soon.

I got great news this morning too, my Doc called and he scheduled my induction for next Tuesday the 19th, instead of Wednesday the 20th, Yay! I know it is only one day early, but I am so happy!! I can't believe she is almost here! Am I going to be able to handle 3 kids, because right now the 2 I have are screaming at each other and I am sure the crying is going to start here shortly. Let's keep our fingers crossed that I will survive this transition. :)

Fun Fun Fun in the Sun Sun Sun

The kids and I spent our entire last weekend at my parents house. It is so nice to go over there and relax and the kids love it over there. Our weekend consisted of laying around, running around, eating, sleeping, laughing, the kids driving Aunt Linny crazy with ?'s, helping Grammie plant flowers, playing in Papas trailer (for some reason the kids are obsessed with getting in the trailer), playing with their cousin Carter, riding bikes, and pretty much being lazy. It was nice to just have a weekend to relax! Here are a few pics of the kiddies playing in my parents lovely backyard.

Parker and Hannah found some Americ*an Flags and they were in heaven running around with them and waving them like crazy.

Hanny kept telling me, "This flag is so bootiful."
Parker showing me the proper way to wave the flag.

The view from the blanket I was laying on.

Oh my gosh, Hannah can actually run now. It is a miracle! Her hips are a little messed up. But now, I think she may be getting the hang of it. She was running around the yard saying, "I'm doing it Mom, I'm running."

Parker kept running in a circle around me over and over again, for about 15 mins.

That kid has so much energy!

Posing for the camera. Check out Aunt Linny out cold on the grass, she was tired from her many bike rides with the kiddies.

Silly boy!

Lookin' Good Girl!

Almost 37 Weeks.

This post is more for me. I am just going to make a list of things that are going on with my pregnancy at this point, since let's hope and pray it is almost over with and my sweet little girl

will be here soon.

1. Where is this horrid heartburn coming from??? I am taking Prev*cid and it is still so bad, I feel like I have to chug a gallon of milk a night.

2. Wow, I forgot how it feels when the skin on your stomach stretches to his maximum elasticity. Plus, I am sure it is not helping, that my little baby likes to only sleep on the right side of my belly, causing my stomach to bulge and stretch marks to form.

3. I can not stop drinking water. This would be fine if I was a camel and stored it, but no...I am an almost 9 month pregnant lady who lives in the restroom all day.

4. Swelling. I feel for all the prego women out there that swell. This has never happened to me in any of my other pregnancy's, so I couldn't relate. My hands look like fat pancakes and my feet are pig feet.

5. I hope and pray that the reason my back is hurting so bad throughout the day is because it is contractions. I am trying to be positive, because I really do want something to be happening, even though deep down I am thinking that she is just getting bigger and happily laying in a position to make my back hurt.

6. I think my baby is going to be a River Dancer, she is a kicker! It is seriously hilarious to watch, she loves music. When she hears music at all, she goes crazy. I wonder if she will do this outside the womb.

7. My dreams are seriously getting out of control. Lately, my dreams consist of swimming the Nile, Baking Cookies with Martha Stewart, The Stupid Pig Flu, Doing Hair on Madonna, Running and more running (who knows where I am running to), dreaming about sleeping, stressing over the two names we have for her, etc. etc. etc.

8. I am mean. I feel bad saying this. But is is SO true. I am trying really hard to be nice, but I think I am just tired and so done with being pregnant. So, for everyones sake don't make me irritated, I may say something I don't really mean. Let's hope this passes SOON.

9. My kids are so excited to meet their little sister, I think this is maybe one of the only things that is keeping me positive. They are constantly talking to my belly. Parker thinks we should name her, "Susan." After M*nsters vs. Al*ens and Hannah has now decided to name the baby Purplici*us. Silly Kids!

10. I really, truly, can't wait to hold my baby. It has almost been four years since I have had a baby, I can't wait to cuddle her and hold her little hand. What a sweet blessing!!