DIY Ava Turns One (plus 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 petty human was born. I human face at that motion-picture demo to the left together with my ticker melts. I forgot she was ever that tiny.

From the instant she was born, Jesse together with I were pretty much smitten.
The experience was thence much to a greater extent than powerful than either 1 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 tumble out that way. I think my H2O broke around 4:30 am together with she was born yesteryear 7:30 am. I know a lot of bloggers larn into swell item amongst a nascency even (and I loooove reading them), but I simply experience similar I desire to move out along it as my ain individual moment.

Plus, I think sometimes you larn simply plenty from a motion-picture demo to understand.

There has been no greater joy than watching Ava grow together with educate her ain petty personality over the yesteryear year. I've specially enjoyed the yesteryear 2 months. She's simply thence much fun (and let's live honest, thence much work) together with in that place are times when I genuinely experience similar nosotros portion a sense of humor.

I mean, what is that?! Like when they human face at you together with express joy together with you think it's funny, too. And you're simply both laughing. Or when I run into her thence determined to figure something out (like walking) together with she tries over together with over together with over again. And together with thence she finally gets it together with walks from couch to couch, together with and thence I scream amongst joy, together with she is almost overjoyed yesteryear my joy over her accomplishment.

These are the petty moments I am simply loving correct now.

Very thankful. Very happy. Feeling skilful nigh life.

And things are thence much easier now. I've decided that possibly I'm non cutting out to bask the early portion of the starting fourth dimension year. It was hard on me. Really hard. And that's simply the truth. Granted, I struggled amongst postpartum depression for nigh seven months, together with Ava had colic for half-dozen months, but fifty-fifty amongst those hurdles, I simply bask this portion thence much more. So many people told me it would larn amend (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 practise it in 1 trial to a greater extent than (which I don't know yet...there's a lot to think nigh when you know you'll live a high opportunity pregnancy), I assume that it would live dissimilar inwards 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 starting fourth dimension go-round.

I'm rambling. These are simply things that I oftentimes think nigh together with wonder if other women direct keep had experiences similar to mine.

I shout out back the starting fourth dimension few weeks amend than almost anytime of my life. Because it was thence surreal, almost euphoric. I was thence excited, kinda terrified, cypher made sense, together with 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 together with felt pretty liberated, too. It was hilarious. He loved to verbalize nigh the nascency he had simply witnessed amongst people who were coming to run into the baby, together with I had to live like, okay, no 1 wants to hear nigh the details of this situation, SHUT information technology DOWN.

Another retention that comes to hear is nigh babe clothes. I know thence many novel moms direct keep experienced this...surely I can't live the solely one. I had been lovingly collecting tiny newborn clothes for over a calendar month when I was pregnant, folding them, together with them putting them inwards her dresser. I fifty-fifty bought babe hangers at 1 indicate (stop it). I had all these frilly, multiple slice outfits together with I was thence excited to clothing the baby. And position her inwards shoes. Freakin' shoes.

And together with thence I brought this tiny petty human home, weighing inwards at nigh half-dozen pounds, together with I was literally afraid to concur her at first, much less cram her into a iii slice pants suit. I figured it out pretty quickly, but those starting fourth dimension few weeks were simply a parade of mustard diapers, mitt washing the 45 pieces of my Medela, together with swapping ii lx minutes shifts amongst Jesse because each of us were afraid to slumber together with someone needed to scout her breathe at all times.

I also shout out back trying to bathe Ava for the starting fourth dimension time. I had bought this cute petty sunflower sponge when I was pregnant. After the starting fourth dimension time nosotros used it, I was dorsum on Amazon inwards a affair of minutes ordering 1 of those really ugly hot pinkish infant tubs amongst a sling. The sling tub was hideous together with worked perfectly together with I mourned it when nosotros outgrew it. That was a large lesson for me, too, that for belike the starting fourth dimension time ever I totally valued business office over form, together with I really fifty-fifty kinda enjoyed filling our solid amongst babe crap. And together with thence Ava outgrew it together with I was hawt to larn rid of it..... texting my friends similar WHO NEEDS Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 ROCK due north PLAY??!?

One of my biggest takeaways from the experience of existence a starting fourth dimension time mom over the yesteryear yr is that I'm thence thankful for Jesse. He's ever been a really swell partner, but I genuinely brutal inwards honey amongst him all over in 1 trial to a greater extent than watching him live a father.

From solar daytime one, he's woken upwardly early amongst Ava, changed her diapers, together with simply been acquaint for her. He's been yesteryear my side to encourage me together with back upwardly me together with selection me upwardly when I felt overwhelmed. He's shared every bit the hard times together with the skilful times, together with he's shown us both unconditional honey inwards ways I can't fifty-fifty limited inwards words. He feels similar Ava is his responsibleness as much as she is mine, together with that has genuinely been life changing for me. I honey him madly.

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 few of my favorite pics of Jesse together with Ava early on...

Ava's petty 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 starting fourth dimension year.

Her starting fourth dimension game solar daytime around 3 months. I'm non a large football game person, but Jesse is, together with hey, I honey to socialize, thence let's go. Her dad ran out together with bought her an orangish onesie from Walgreens. She was evidently loving it. I was thence happy to live going out amongst friends together with to non live pregnant. I had morn sickness almost throughout my entire pregnancy (oh the joy), thence I genuinely felt similar celebrating the starting fourth dimension few months next Ava's nascency when I no longer felt nauseous.

I honey how bald she is there. Did anyone else's babe larn bald around 2-3 months? It's thence fun to shout out back all the weird things that tumble out along the way. I shout out back feeling like, but does Walgreens direct keep a headband?!

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

The best portion is that nosotros did non invention that at all. We simply randomly took Ava to the mall around thanksgiving, dressed similar that, together with saw Santa, together with looked at each other like, 'Well, obviously, nosotros direct keep to.'.

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

First swim. Also at half-dozen months. We went to see Jesse's parents inwards Michigan later Christmas together with got to bask snowfall together with a swim. It was my starting fourth dimension hint that she was going to live obsessed amongst existence inwards the water.

Around 8 months. Finally a large daughter who tin sit down inwards the shopping cart together with 'help'. This was also the fourth dimension menstruation when nosotros were really into headbands. It lasted nigh a calendar month earlier she started ripping them off. It was fun piece it lasted.

10 months. Finally getting some teeth (She has half-dozen now!). Loves going out to eat, which is such a prissy modify of measuring together with makes me thence happy.

Loves cypher to a greater extent than than people flirting amongst her, the current of air through her hairs, a sippy cup, together with 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 together with I took these awkward pictures. But, nosotros had the best time, together with Ava was inwards pure sky splashing around amongst other toddlers. She makes friends wherever she goes....if you're nether 5, she really wants to know what you're upwardly to, together with wants to portion your toys. If you're lucky, she mightiness accept off her lid together with give it to you. She'll definitely desire it dorsum though, thanks.

And together with thence nosotros went to dinner amongst ChiChi (my mom) together with allow Ava hit her mitt around inwards a petty cake. She's never had cake before. She forthwith realized later that starting fourth dimension gustatory modality that she wanted ALL the cake, together with these pictures explicate the sequence of events pretty accurately.

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

Then, her ChiChi gave her a tiny bus, together with she spent hours riding it around 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 nigh my baby. :)

In solid related news, nosotros unopen on our solid this week!!!! We'll live walking through amongst a contractor side yesteryear side calendar week together with getting a amend sentiment of what's what. I'll live getting some ugly earlier pics for you, too. We won't live moving into the solid for a few to a greater extent than weeks, but I've been spending all my complimentary fourth dimension brainstorming together with hatching my invention for the novel house. I can't hold off to portion more. And I eventually will, I promise.