Ava Turns I (Plus Simply About Updates On The House)!

Hey y'all! So, in conclusion calendar week nosotros celebrated Ava's birthday.

I tin barely believe it's been a yr since this precious piddling human was born. I aspect at that motion painting to the left as well as my pump melts. I forgot she was ever that tiny.

From the 2d she was born, Jesse as well as I were pretty much smitten.
The experience was thence much to a greater extent than powerful than either i of us had ever imagined it would be.

It had been such a hard pregnancy followed yesteryear a really peaceful birth. I'm thankful for that, as I know it doesn't ever occur that way. I think my H2O broke unopen to 4:30 am as well as she was born yesteryear 7:30 am. I know a lot of bloggers instruct into keen particular alongside a nascency even out (and I loooove reading them), but I but experience similar I desire to snuff it on it as my ain individual moment.

Plus, I think sometimes you instruct but plenty from a motion painting to understand.

There has been no greater joy than watching Ava grow as well as railroad train her ain piddling personality over the yesteryear year. I've particularly enjoyed the yesteryear 2 months. She's but thence much fun (and let's live honest, thence much work) as well as at that topographic point are times when I genuinely experience similar nosotros percentage a sense of humor.

I mean, what is that?! Like when they aspect at you as well as express joy as well as you think it's funny, too. And you're but both laughing. Or when I encounter her thence determined to figure something out (like walking) as well as she tries over as well as over as well as over again. And as well as thence she finally gets it as well as walks from couch to couch, as well as and thence I scream alongside joy, as well as she is almost overjoyed yesteryear my joy over her accomplishment.

These are the piddling moments I am but loving correct now.

Very thankful. Very happy. Feeling skilful close life.

And things are thence much easier now. I've decided that possibly I'm non cutting out to savour the early constituent of the start year. It was hard on me. Really hard. And that's but the truth. Granted, I struggled alongside postpartum depression for close seven months, as well as Ava had colic for half dozen months, but fifty-fifty alongside those hurdles, I but savour this constituent thence much more. So many people told me it would instruct ameliorate (and they were right), but for me, having a babe was such an abstract thing because I had never done it before. I experience similar if I ever exercise it in i lawsuit again (which I don't know yet...there's a lot to think close when you know you'll live a high peril pregnancy), I assume that it would live unlike inward a lot of ways, because you would know what to expect, or at to the lowest degree you would know to a greater extent than than your start go-round.

I'm rambling. These are but things that I frequently think close as well as wonder if other women receive got had experiences similar to mine.

I yell upwardly the start few weeks ameliorate than almost anytime of my life. Because it was thence surreal, almost euphoric. I was thence excited, kinda terrified, cypher made sense, as well as my trunk wound similar hell. And I was pretty certain cypher could ever embarrass me again. I felt liberated. And Jesse had witnessed the whole ordeal as well as felt pretty liberated, too. It was hilarious. He loved to beak close the nascency he had but witnessed alongside people who were coming to encounter the baby, as well as I had to live like, okay, no i wants to hear close the details of this situation, SHUT information technology DOWN.

Another retention that comes to hear is close babe clothes. I know thence many novel moms receive got experienced this...surely I can't live the entirely one. I had been lovingly collecting tiny newborn clothes for over a calendar month when I was pregnant, folding them, as well as them putting them inward her dresser. I fifty-fifty bought babe hangers at i betoken (stop it). I had all these frilly, multiple slice outfits as well as I was thence excited to wearing clothing the baby. And position her inward shoes. Freakin' shoes.

And as well as thence I brought this tiny piddling human home, weighing inward at close half dozen pounds, as well as I was literally afraid to concur her at first, much less cram her into a 3 slice pants suit. I figured it out pretty quickly, but those start few weeks were but a parade of mustard diapers, manus washing the 45 pieces of my Medela, as well as swapping 2 hr shifts alongside Jesse because each of us were afraid to slumber as well as someone needed to spotter her breathe at all times.

I also yell upwardly trying to bathe Ava for the start time. I had bought this cute piddling sunflower sponge when I was pregnant. After the start fourth dimension nosotros used it, I was dorsum on Amazon inward a thing of minutes ordering i of those really ugly hot pinkish infant tubs alongside a sling. The sling tub was hideous as well as worked perfectly as well as I mourned it when nosotros outgrew it. That was a large lesson for me, too, that for likely the start fourth dimension ever I totally valued business office over form, as well as I really fifty-fifty kinda enjoyed filling our delineate solid alongside babe crap. And as well as thence Ava outgrew it as well as I was hawt to instruct rid of it..... texting my friends similar WHO NEEDS H5N1 ROCK northward PLAY??!?

One of my biggest takeaways from the experience of beingness a start fourth dimension mom over the yesteryear yr is that I'm thence thankful for Jesse. He's ever been a really keen partner, but I genuinely roughshod inward dear alongside him all over in i lawsuit again watching him live a father.

From twenty-four hr menstruum one, he's woken upwardly early alongside Ava, changed her diapers, as well as but been acquaint for her. He's been yesteryear my side to encourage me as well as back upwardly me as well as alternative me upwardly when I felt overwhelmed. He's shared as the hard times as well as the skilful times, as well as he's shown us both unconditional dear inward ways I can't fifty-fifty limited inward words. He feels similar Ava is his responsibleness as much as she is mine, as well as that has genuinely been life changing for me. I dear him madly.

H5N1 few of my favorite pics of Jesse as well as Ava early on...

Ava's piddling human face upwardly (below)...can't handgrip it.

I think she was 3 months there.

Loves him.

And this one. Obviously.

Some of my other favorite pics from Ava's start year.

Her start game twenty-four hr menstruum unopen to 3 months. I'm non a large football game person, but Jesse is, as well as hey, I dear to socialize, thence let's go. Her dad ran out as well as bought her an orangish onesie from Walgreens. She was apparently loving it. I was thence happy to live going out alongside friends as well as to non live pregnant. I had morning time sickness almost throughout my entire pregnancy (oh the joy), thence I genuinely felt similar celebrating the start few months next Ava's nascency when I no longer felt nauseous.

I dear how bald she is there. Did anyone else's babe instruct bald unopen to 2-3 months? It's thence fun to yell upwardly all the weird things that occur along the way. I yell upwardly feeling like, but does Walgreens receive got a headband?!

First see to mall Santa. And a aspect of pure disgust. This pic volition alive on my refrigerator for all of eternity.

The best constituent is that nosotros did non excogitation that at all. We but randomly took Ava to the mall unopen to thanksgiving, dressed similar that, as well as saw Santa, as well as looked at each other like, 'Well, obviously, nosotros receive got to.'.

First snow. I think she's close half dozen months here.

First swim. Also at half dozen months. We went to see Jesse's parents inward Michigan afterward Christmas as well as got to savour snowfall as well as a swim. It was my start hint that she was going to live obsessed alongside beingness inward the water.

Around 8 months. Finally a large daughter who tin sit down inward the shopping cart as well as 'help'. This was also the fourth dimension menstruum when nosotros were really into headbands. It lasted close a calendar month earlier she started ripping them off. It was fun spell it lasted.

10 months. Finally getting some teeth (She has half dozen now!). Loves going out to eat, which is such a overnice modify of stride as well as makes me thence happy.

Loves cypher to a greater extent than than people flirting alongside her, the air current through her hairs, a sippy cup, as well as a pile of cheerios.

12 months...sporting a tutu I've been saving for a special tutu occasion, but Jesse told me everyday is a tutu occasion, thence nosotros wore it to brunch.

And on her birthday in conclusion week.

We went swimming as well as I took these awkward pictures. But, nosotros had the best time, as well as Ava was inward pure sky splashing unopen to alongside other toddlers. She makes friends wherever she goes....if you're nether 5, she really wants to know what you're upwardly to, as well as wants to percentage your toys. If you're lucky, she mightiness receive got off her chapeau as well as give it to you. She'll definitely desire it dorsum though, thanks.

And as well as thence nosotros went to dinner alongside ChiChi (my mom) as well as allow Ava smasher her manus unopen to inward a piddling cake. She's never had cake before. She forthwith realized afterward that start sense of savour that she wanted ALL the cake, as well as these pictures explicate the sequence of events pretty accurately.

She loved the cake as well as didn't appreciate me taking it from her. At all.

Then, her ChiChi gave her a tiny bus, as well as she spent hours riding it unopen to the basement.

I experience similar that's a pretty decent birthday when you're one.

And I also experience similar you guys are really special people to read a weblog post close my baby. :)

In delineate solid related news, nosotros closed on our delineate solid this week!!!! We'll live walking through alongside a contractor adjacent calendar week as well as getting a ameliorate persuasion of what's what. I'll live getting some ugly earlier pics for you, too. We won't live moving into the delineate solid for a few to a greater extent than weeks, but I've been spending all my costless fourth dimension brainstorming as well as hatching my excogitation for the novel house. I can't hold back to percentage more. And I eventually will, I promise.