The Fred Family

Monday, June 9, 2014

Pretty girl

Pretty in purple

Sleeping beauty

Big girl sitting in her Bumbo

Big, blue eyes

"Whoa!"

This year we celebrated Christ's resurrection with Owen's first Easter egg hunt! Nana put some eggs around the yard and Owen had a great time collecting them and putting them in his bucket. After finding all the eggs, we trekked over to "Super" Nana and Papa's house for a delicious Easter dinner! It was a great day and a great celebration of the risen King!

Pretty girl in her Easter dress!

Handsome boy!

"What's in here?"

Streeeeetch

Yum!

Time Flies!

After a long hiatus, I plan to get back to blogging! Having two young children takes a lot of work and a lot of time! (Who knew? Lol!) But things seem to be getting a little more predictable so hopefully I can keep up with the blog!

Saturday, March 22, 2014

Avery Ann has arrived!

Our beautiful baby girl, Avery Ann, came into the world fast and fierce on March 14th. We had an induction scheduled for Saturday morning at 6:30 so Friday night we had dropped Owen off at John and Linda's to spend the night and watch the Cyclone game. On our way home around 8:30 pm, I told Tyler I was having tummy issues but thought it was just something I had eaten! We got home and I went straight to the bathroom (secretly cursing Linda for making a somewhat spicy meal that night! Lol!) After some time, Tyler and I realized this was more than tummy troubles and called First Nurse. She eventually determined that I was in fact in labor and would let the hospital know I was on my way. I had told Tyler that we needed to time the contractions (now that we knew they were actually contractions!) so we could tell the midwife when we got to the hospital. They were about 3 or 4 minutes apart lasting about 1 minute. After a fast car ride, we got to the hospital about 10:10 pm. Avery was born at 11:01 pm!! I was at the hospital less than an hour before she was born! (Needless to say, I didn't get the epidural I had been wanting!) Many of the nurses told me that if we decide to have another child, I need to head to the hospital right away. Tyler assured them that wasn't in our plans ;) She weighed 6 lbs. 12 oz. and was 20" long. She is beautiful and a blessing! We had a few rough first days but after determining that something in my breast milk didn't agree with her and switching to formula, she has been so content and sweet! Owen is so good with her! He is still a little hesitant to touch her (which is probably good!) but is so gentle with her when he does! They are so cute and I can't wait to see them grow up together! I know it will go so fast! Thanks to all who have been praying and please continue to pray for God's guidance and wisdom for Tyler and I to raise these two sweeties to know and love Jesus!