Newborn Pictures

We absolutely love Jessica Richter Photography and continue to admire Jessi's amazing work.  We are definitely lifers with her.  At 14 days old Avery had her newborn pictures taken.  I stayed in the other room so when I got her pictures they were all a surprise.  During the shoot I could her her fussy moments so I was worried how they would turn out but they are gorgeous.  Here are a few of our favorites:

Disney on Ice

Thursday the 21st we headed to Kearney for Disney on Ice. During college I would always go when they were in town and loved it.  When I heard they were going to be in Kearney again I couldn't wait to take Landon. Of course the day we were supposed to go was one of the coldest/windiest days and it was supposed to snow 1-2 inches.  We still decided to tough out the weather and go.  

Landon had a smile on his face the entire time and never took them off the ice.

Avery slept almost the entire show until the very end.

Little Mermaid was my favorite!

Landon in ahhhhh of the bubbles falling from the ceiling.

1 Month!

Our little girl is already 1 month old and it is so hard to believe! 

Avery loves snuggling, eating and sleeping.  

At her 1 month check up she weighed 9 lbs and was 20 1/2 inches long.  The Dr. said she looks great! 

Week with Grandma

Kurtis' mom came to stay with us for a week to help out. She was a huge help around the house and with the kids. Plus, Landon and Avery loved all the extra love and attention.  

Landon playing with Grandma in all the leaves.  

Landon throwing leaves at Grandma.

Snuggle time! 

Thanks Grandma for the fuzzy doughnuts!  

Newell Visit

Wednesday, November 13th (4 weeks old) we headed to Newell to meet the kids and staff.  

All ready to go!  

My kids absolutely loved Avery.  It was funny because at the beginning of my visit they were all asked to sit on their carpet spots.  The longer I was there the closer and closer then moved towards us. By the end of the visit they were all gathered around.  They had lots of stories, advice and questions.  

Landon loved all the attention as well.  He was showing off by hiding under my table.  

Avery helping Gail run the office after school.  She was a HUGE help as you can see. 

Then after planning the Courtesy Committee had a shower for Avery and I.  We enjoyed cookies and punch!  

Baby Room

The week after Avery was born my mom stuck around for a week to help out.  One of the projects we did one day was add some "girly" things to the nursery.

My mom made this wreath originally for Landon with greens and browns; however, she wanted to redo it for Avery.  We attached her hospital bracelets and crib card too.  

My mom then made this for all her hair bows.  You can even open the top for all the clips and other bows. 

Beautiful gift from my grandparents; a bank for her to start saving money!  

I kept the original tree up on the wall; however, added the flowers and the pink mushrooms at the bottom.  

Then of course she needed her own initial!  

We also ordered her name to put on the wall and added a few flowers.  

Halloween!

Halloween just snuck up on us this year.  Not sure why?.....oh wait, it is probably because we have a newborn at home.  Even though we weren't well prepared it turned out to be an enjoyable night.  We started the night off by inviting my students over to Trick-or-Treat.  I figured since we haven't seen each other they would enjoy coming over.  After that we went around the neighborhood and then to a couple friends' houses.  

I really wanted a picture with my little one but she was so not happy Halloween night.

Then Uncle Scotty came and she was content.  

Landon loved knocking on doors and saying Trick-or-Treat.  He wanted to go to every single house on the block.  He was so excited about getting treats!

For Halloween we borrowed two costumes from my good friend Hayley, a ninja turtle and pirate.  Landon isn't a huge fan of costumes so we decided instead of buying one we'd try one of those.  However, after they hung up in our house for over a month he would talk about them but would never try them on.  Then Mikki gave Landon a cute monster jacket and he already had his Tickle Monster gloves so he decided that is what he wanted to be.  Simple enough!  

Avery started the day off as a pumpkin!

She then turned into Witch's potion! 

Thanks to my Aunt Cathy for the adorable shirt.

Landon and his friends made spider hats at daycare!  

Adorable!