INTRODUCING

"The Walker"

Sarah Avery has been taking a few steps throughout the day and got up to taking 7 steps. She didn't seem too interested in moving around on her feet so much, and I am not the one to try and encourage her in this process. My theory is that she will walk when she is ready! I guess I think that way with most things. ha! Well she woke up on the 24th and I believe she thought "today is the day I will start walking". She is now walking all the time. It is soooo cute and funny. I, of course I am at another sad point in our little girls life where I realize that the little baby is quickly fading away. It's quite sad. I have mixed emotions with many things as I see her acomplish her little stages, but I love her so much and am excited that she has soared through development. We are so thankful for her and the incredible little gal that she is. I mean listen to that sweet little personality on the video.

This morning I prayed as I was feeding her the morning bottle that those little feet would be beautiful one day as she brings the Good News to the lost.

STAY TUNED, Next comes chasing her down!

on to new heights

SA has now figured out how to climb so we are watching her go on to new heights.

In this picture you will see that she is quite comfortable squatting on her little chair

and has no fear of standing in this chair trying to maneuver a way over to get on top

of her door toy behind it. Needless to say, playtime has to pretty much be monitored

most all of the time now.

Love

Here are my Love's on Valentines day! So cute!

We are sending out our love to all of you.

Our friend Heather made this little shirt for her, how cute is it? She is so fun and talented. Thanks Heather.

SA pictures

family photos

So thankful

This is her in her room waiting on surgery


She is always trying to figure out what is going on





This is her afterwards, what a sweet little time with her. Her face is swollen here.

Thank you everyone who has prayed for SA's surgery today and for her well being. We arrived at Children's South at 6am and to our surprise were MANY other little babies waiting for their name to be called. Thankfully, they put us in to a room rather quickly. We went over medical history and forms and such and then before we knew it, they were taking her back. Both Matt and I were doing ok until we had to give her to the nurse and WHEW was that hard. Pretty soon after Dr. Hill came into our room and told us that she did great and he ended up removing her Adenoids since they were enlarged. I had mentioned to the nurse prior to the surgery that she snored and also had a runny nose... So, they evidently needed to come out. So, he left after telling us a few care instructions.. Then what seemed like an hour went by and finally they brought us our little sweet angel.. She was VERY UPSET and had this look on her face that we had never seen and I thought I was going to lose it right then, but she was crying so hard that I just tried to hold it together and just comforted her.. She refused juice, took some formula and fell asleep on my shoulder. She slept on the way home and all the way until Noon. Woke up with a smile and wanted to eat. Then wanted to play.. That is our girl! She is back with a little tiredness, but back. We will just continue to hope and pray that the surgery will take care of all of the concerns we have had since October. She is still a little swollen but hasn't made any complaints. She is such a champ.

Here are a few pics of her this morning

easy like Sunday morning

Fun in the Hallway

OUCH!!!!!!!!!

We went for a stroll