we NEED to name it.
any ideas???

sPLisH sPLaSh

this day we pooped all over the place.. so 2 baths later, we were DONE with clothes
oh well, she's cuter naked

happy valentines day!
♥
avery

What happened to all that hair???

before:


after:

within a day it was gone

.LIFE.

This month has been full of STUFF. I went back to school in the beginning of January and have been doing pretty well, it's hard with Avery, she wants all of mommy's attention! But luckily, Scott has a schedule that works with mine, so when I'm doing homework, he can play with baby. Avery had a test done to see if urine was going back up into her kidneys. She had to have a catheter put in, and dye injected. Then they took x-rays to see if any of the dye was visible in her kidneys...and it was NEGATIVE...we thought we were out of the woods..but Avery has now been in the ER 3 times in her almost 5 whole months of life...she's had 2 UTI's now...yep, she got another one this past week. It might just be something she'll have to grow out of...

(pics of avery in the gown she had to wear for the test)

which really stinks because that means more ER trips with the HIGH fevers she gets when she gets one. She's also caught her first cold...so the days of runny noses begin! Other than that she's lost ALL of her hair... except for the very bottom on the back of her head...it's a mini-mullet!! But she's still the cutest baby I've ever seen...I may be a little biased though. ;) anyway...

BIG NEWS!
...at least to us.

Scott has been trying to decide on what he wants to do after he graduates (which isn't until next May)...he's been throwing the idea of getting his MBA around, which I'm all for!! $$$ But he really wants to do something that he'll love and excel in. Well...he's decided to go to LAW SCHOOL. Which means another 3 years, more student loans, LOTS of study time and LOADS of homework...but I know he'll do amazing & I'm really proud of him for deciding to do something that will take a lot of hard work. Now we get to decide where to move. It's between:

• Utah- BYU
• Moscow ID, or Pullman, WA-- ISU
  
• Spokane, WA- Gonzaga

Lots of praying will be involved because we'll be where ever we go for about 3 years and we want to make sure it's the right place for our family...I'm hoping for either Gonzaga or BYU...I think living in bigger towns would be a fun change for us, but I guess we'll see.

things that I'm GRATEFUL for.

• an awesome best friend..who just happens to be my hubby
• a beautiful baby girl that i love more than anything
• the family i was born into
• the family i married into
• the free country that i live in
• the opportunity to continue my education while being able to stay at home with my baby
  
• the "bonnie" my most-of-the-time reliable car
• my home
• my first & new calling as a primary worker
• the scriptures
• temple marriage
• pictures
• memories
• doctors
• dentists
• sisters
  
• brothers
• technology
• entertaining tv shows
• funny movies

Lately I've had the attitude of "poor me".. not for any specific reason..but today I realized as I put my baby to sleep and listened to my husband study for his test tomorrow...that I have it pretty dang good.