StinkBug

Avery has many different sleeping positions, but lately when I have gone in to get her to take her to her Aunt Jen's on my way to work, she has been in her stinkbug position. I LOVE IT!! I think she is the cutest thing when she is sleeping. Her amazing dad, Eric, thought it would be funny by placing her foam letters on her while she slept. He said it was better than writing it on her forehead. Ha ha. That is true.

Major UPDATE!!

Oh ok. I know it has been FOREVER since we updated on our little blog. So you are in for a treat!! Hang on cause here we GO!

We have been in our house for almost three months now and we could not be happier. We love where we are at and love our neighbors. It is so nice to have a country feel and still be part of city life. I have been staining our deck and also staining our old table. It is all coming together and I will have to post pictures when its all done. Soon we will be starting to do the hard work of landscaping and all that. We are taking steps at a time and I can't wait for it to be all done. It will be next summer by the time the lawn is in. The fence will come later on in a few years. That is where we are at with the house.

Where do I begin with Little Miss Avery. . . She is now 6 months old!! Time flies too fast. She is very healthy and loves to laugh and smile. She rolls all over, holds her bottle, scoots backwards, and she is teething. Oh what fun that is. She gets very frustrated because she really wants to crawl but doesn't know how to just yet. When this happens, we will post a little video for you. She is just so much fun and is a very beautiful girl- I am not just saying that because she is mine. She really is. We love her so much.

Eric and I are doing great. We both had a great Mother's and Father's Day. Eric is still working hard as ever with school and his job. I am very proud of the work he does and how much he does so his family is taken care of. I am still working and loving it. One day I will be home with my kids and I look forward to that.

For Memorial Day we traveled down to Arizona to be with Eric's family. It was a LONG drive, especially with a baby, but she did great most of the way. It was good to get to see everyone that was there. Emily had a good excuse to miss us- She was on her Honeymoon with her now hubby Tony. Cody was in town form his naval camp and it was great to see him and the change that has happened to him. We are proud of you Cody and we love you. It was fun to be around the family and have Avery meet her cousins for the first time.

Avery and Dad right before her first time in a swimming pool
Mom and Avery taking a dip

This was Avery when she was done swimming!

This is Kinzy showing off her legs

Carter playing with the waterfall

Zak showing us that he will be a future model- haha

Avery and Zak playing together

Kinzy and her Dad, Cody, having a fun time

Carter loves making his tongue stick out

Aunt Amy helping put on sun screen and Kennedy just watching with Grandma

Homeowners?!

So Eric and I have been looking for a home for a while, and with the perfect realtor, we found our perfect home. Yes, we took that huge leap forward and bought our first house. We were done with apartment living. This home is in the great area of Saratoga Springs. Thank you to my Mom and Dad with the major part of moving and more thanks to my Mom for her help with Avery and putting my home together while I went to work. Also thanks to family for helping when they could ( Josh and Annette had a good excuse to miss- they had their baby boy, Parker, during our move), and also thanks to Eric's mom for helping me put together the kitchen. Eric and I have been in the house now for almost two weeks and we LOVE it! Avery seems to love it too. She loves to stare at the ceiling fan and giggle. We have a great view of Utah Lake and our neighborhood is so nice and peaceful. We have lots of younger couples that are starting their little families so we are excited about that so our kids can have lots of little friends. I took some photos and I also took some of Avery. We have started to feed her cereal and tonight she grabbed the spoon and smashed the rice cereal across her face! I had to take pics of that. She is also getting stronger and loves her tummy time. We will keep you all updated more often- it has just been a crazy few weeks.

Easter Fun

Avery got to expierence her first Easter! But she did not understand a thing about it. We did dress her up in her Easter Dress and took some pictures. She got so tired after a while and we did not stop taking them! It was fun and she was so cute.

Our Little Blessing

Avery was the best blessing that has happened to Eric and I. Eric had the honor to bless Avery on the 29th of March and gave her a name and a very nice blessing for her time here on this earth. I cried because it was so great to have the Priesthood hold my little girl and bless her. Eric is such a strong man in the gospel and I am grateful for that. He is going to be a great example to all our children. It was great to have family and friends there to share this day with us.

Avery has the bluest eyes!

Three generations

All the women stood together to snap a photo- Eric's mom and sister had to jet for Gavin's blessing but his aunt and cousin represented.

Grandpa Beckstrand, Dad, and Grandpa Elggren

Talk about Priesthood Power!!

Grandpa and Grandma Elggren

Avery with her Great Grandpa Beckstrand

3 Months and Growing Up

Avery is getting to be so funny. She is now a little over 3 months and she loves to smile and now is is starting to giggle. Eric can make her laugh and it is the cutest thing ever. I decided to update her tutu pictures and I also took some random ones of her. I can't believe how fast she is growing. We just love her.

Smile with Style

So the other day ( last Saturday) we were about ready to take off to go to my niece Hailie's Birthday party when Eric said to hurry and take a few pictures of Avery because she looked so cute. So we put her on the couch and started to snap a few and we were talking to her and the next thing we knew, she starting to smile with style. She has the funnest personalityand she is starting to let people know who she really is. It is so fun. She loves to smile and just make her little chatter noises now. She is growing up so fast and its sad to know that she is not a newborn any more. These smiles are for her grandparents.

And speaking of Smiles, my office is doing its annual Smiles for Life. It is a great thing that dentists who belong to Crown Council do for children in other countries. We as an office get to go next year to the Dominican Republic to do humanitarian work as part of this cause. If you want to help a child smile for life please ask me how or visit smilesforlife.org and learn more. Love you all. And just remember to keep smiling- you will always make someone's day.