Friday, November 6th, Brandon left for Chattanooga, TN around 3pm for the Head of the Chattahoochie regatta (aka Head of the Hooch) with the Rollins Crew team. I went to the Magic vs. Pistons game that night with Amber and some other girls while Diana stayed home with Avalyn. Poor thing had a tummy ache that night and it was horrible to leave her! But, I knew she was in good hands!
Saturday, Nov. 7th, was supposed to be a day of painting in Amber's new house, BUT, she didn't close on the house yet, so that was a bust. SO, I decided to be brave and take Avalyn to Epcot for the first time. It was the last weekend of the food and wine festival, and it was SUCH a beautiful day, that I thought it would be nice to get out of the house for a couple of hours and see the sights. We are so fortunate to have the opportunity to go to Disney for free that it's ok if you only go for a couple of hours. So instead of painting with Amber, I decided to bring her along and we met my mom down there. Upon entering the gates, Avalyn was doing ok, but it appears that she's easily overstimulated by loud noises. While in line, with the music and all the people, she started to fuss and I started to question my decision about bringing her. Once we were moving again, she was fine. Of course at that time, I was hungry, so it was time to eat (it was around 12 or so), but as soon as we stopped to eat, it was noisy and around music, so she started fussing again. I fed her, and she was happy. However, she did need to be changed, and Amber and my mom took her into the bathroom where there was loud music playing which she did NOT like! She was perfectly fine after they left the bathroom. Again, all the while, I'm questioning my decision, but we left the eating area and headed around the world to try some food (well, for them to try some food!). Avalyn eventually fell asleep as we walked around the different countries and was good the rest of our visit. We left around 3pm, and since Amber was with me (her car was at my house) we stopped by her mom's house around the corner so she could see Avalyn for the first time! After our short visit, we headed home and that was our day! Brandon came home that night/morning at 4am from TN and then Sunday was a lazy day of rest from our busy weekend!
Monday, Emme came over for a surprise visit for the day! She got to see our big girl, who prefers to stand a lot, as shown in the pic below. Tuesday night Brandon had a panel discussion at Rollins about education with a class of freshmen students, so he got home late that night. Wednesday my mom came over for a couple of hours and we worked on a flyer for my dad's wine tasting event this weekend. And today is Thursday, and nothing eventful happened!
Milestones: She's rolling from belly to back still, but more spontaneously now. So, instead of us 'setting her up' in a good tummy position, she'll be on her tummy for awhile, lift her head up, and then roll over! So, that's been fun to watch! It appears that she's beginning to be more interested in toys too. Not quite batting at them yet, but more attention to them, especially those with lights and noise (hint: good xmas gifts if you're shopping early!). There's also a fake ficus tree in our 'office' area that she is completely ga-ga over! Every time we go to burp, she looks at the tree (at least, that's what we THINK she's looking at!) and she just lights up, big smile, and laughs to herself! It's so funny to watch! She's ticklish, under her neck if you kiss her - she cracks up - and on her belly/sides. She laughs more when you kiss her neck than if you tickle her belly - she's not quite sure what to think about that ticklish feeling.. She can stand up from a sitting position with minimal assistance from your hands. So, if you hold her by the wrists, you can 'pull' her up to a sitting position, and then right to a standing position - she's so strong!
She continues to be on a 3 hour feeding schedule, and her night sleeping just gets better and better! We're weaning her off the 10pm feed, which is now around 9:45, and she's in bed again by 10. So she sleeps from 10 pm - 7am no problem, plus the time from after dinner till that last feed (about 7:30-9:45).. so it's very nice to be getting really good sleep at night!
Tomorrow night the girls from the School Psych program are coming over to the house for our monthly get together. It's so nice to have made such wonderful friends in grad school - we try to continue seeing each other, especially now that 2 of us have babies! Saturday, Brandon has his novice regatta, which means this is the LAST WEEK of crew practice for the fall! Yipee!! I'll be at my dad's wine tasting event, where he'll be showcasing a bunch of his canvas paintings, including a new one he's working on of Avalyn! Can't wait to see it! Hopefully I'll see some of you guys there! Otherwise, we continue to do well and count our blessing each and every day! Thanks for reading!
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