Friday, August 13, 2010

and then we were 4!

(well, technically 5, we must include mack!) :)

finally home!!!
ahhhhhhh. one of my favorite moments.

2.5 weeks old
1st day at home
1 week old
my lil' ladybug ready for bed! (picture mark rolling his eyes here.)
hanging in the man-room with the treasure firetruck blanket
books at bed-time. gav loves sharing his room and beanbag with ava!
grandpa marvin gets some quality ava time!
grandpa marvin has his hands full with 2 wiggle worms!
happy daddy

cousin lindsay
cousin evan
cousin meghan


4 days in the hospital
happy big brother!!!
getting to know daddy
lotsa visits to see mommy and chocolate chip!
our first family photo...
grandma jojo!
hanging out with aunt erika!
grandma mary!
day 3: so awake!



aunt sandy and cousins allie, lolo and anna meeting ava

finally meeting his little sister!
getting to know my daughter...

here she is!
lil' miss ava jai crocker
arrived on july 16, 2010 at 8:07 am
she weighed 9lbs, 2oz and was 19" long.

later on i found out what a difficult time my doctor had delivering her. 
she was breech and pretty stubborn, but they finally wrestled her out!
(which made for a super FUN recovery!!!)

all in all, i was just so relieved that she was healthy! 
no NICU stays for this baby!


so happy and relieved...

proud daddy!

daddy doing the honors

ta-da!
the anticipated arrival!
to everyone's surprise, (especially my doctor!)
baby chocolate chip didn't make her appearance early.
she was a big baby and i was carrying ALOT of fluid,
so my doctor thought for sure she would come early.
as a matter of fact, she tried to stay as long as she could on the day of her scheduled arrival.
dr. johnson later told me that she DID NOT want to come out... 
they had a tough time convincing her to come out and meet us!

about to leave the labor unit
mark's sister, sandy, got to assist in the delivery!

about to meet our lil' chocolate chip!

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