It's been way too long!

People keep saying that we need to post another blog, but it has been hard to find time lately! I think my last post was early November, so I should back track a bit. We had a great holiday season this year. Having Avery made it even more fun and although I am in no hurry to have her grow up, I think each year will get more and more fun for us.

Lisa and Felipe got married at the end of the year in a very non-traditional, but creative and fun ceremony at Dunkin Donuts. They decided to get married there because it is where they met and got engaged, so it seemed like a natural spot to get married in. Felipe's coworkers really did a good job putting together the store for a wedding, they closed the lobby and had flowers and a cake for everyone. We're really happy to have Felipe in our family now, he fits in quite well!

An unhappy part to the end of the year was my return to work:-( I came back on January 2. Luckily I really like my job and the people I work with, so that made it a bit easier, but I had really adjusted to being a stay at home Mom over those 3 months with Avery. We're fortunate enough to have Gavin be home with Avery a few days a week and he seems to really enjoy his one on one time with her. On the other days, she goes with Auntie Gretchen or Uncle Mike who she seems to have warmed up to quite well.

As always we have had house projects going on. Since oil prices have sky rocketed, we decided now would be an opportune time to replace the windows and the furnace in our house. We have certainly noticed a big difference in the warmth of the house. Now we're excited to see how much more efficiently our house is functioning the next time the oil delivery man pays us a visit. Gavin is also in the process of putting up drywall in the basement in preparation for our Billiards room. My parents decided to turn their basement into a master suite, so we were lucky enough to inherit their pool table. This whole downstairs transformation will probably take a while, but will be a nice addition to our home.

This past weekend was very busy. On Saturday Avery went to her first wedding. She was so well behaved. She really seems to enjoy music and dancing already. On Sunday, our little Avery Grace got Christened at Cathedral. She wore the baptism gown that all of her Aunts and Uncles(Stone side) and several of her cousins have worn. It is almost 40 years old. She looked so adorable and was surprisingly well behaved in church! When they poured the water over her head, she seemed to like it and even smiled a little bit. We were so lucky to have a large amount of our family there to witness it. We had everyone over for a nice lunch after and Avery got some great little gifts(lucky girl!).

More about Avery: She is 4.5 months old now. My oh my how time has flown! It seems like just a couple weeks ago that I had her and now she is babbling and laughing outloud and blowing raspberries! She is such a wonderful, beautiful, happy, and easy to please baby. We're very lucky! She even sleeps through the night for us. We love this baby so much!

We're getting so anxious to have our Niece/Nephew Marin/Bennett come home! I think my Mom already said in her blog how weird it is to think that this baby has already been born and is not with us yet. I cannot wait until Dan and Tiffany get their referral and we can welcome Marin/Bennett to our family. Not that I didn't know it already, but seeing them with Avery I know more than ever that they're going to be such good parents!

Anyway, thats plenty for now, hopefully I will start blogging more often so I don't have to put so much into one!