Palm Springs and good friends

We went to Palm Springs last weekend for me and Avery to attend our good friends baby shower, Jen, and for Josh to golf with her husband, Daniel. And leave it to me to leave the camera in the car during the baby shower!
So, I don't have any pictures from the shower when we were all dressed up...or even later that night when we still looked cute. No, the time I remembered to get my camera was the next morning after we woke up and still in our pj's, looking hot! ;)
Jen is in full preggo mode, due in just about a month! Can't wait!

And last but not least...Avery and her new friend Rocket

a little piece of our little girl

Back to life...Back to reality

Ah, back from vacation! We went to Northern Michigan to spend 8 days with Josh's family...hanging out at his parents' cottage on a beautiful lake. It was our first traveling/vacation experience with a baby. I gotta say, she is a trooper. She was amazing on the flights. Barely made a peep on our flight to MI (granted, we did take the red eye so she slept almost the entire time). And on our flight back, she was an angel...(and then the last 20 minutes came and she was getting hungry and it took eons to get a glass of water from the flight attendant. Just how many times do I have to hit the call button before I get some help?
Anyway...my favorite pic of Avery in MI...

We were so blessed to spend so much time with the Olson family, relaxing, swimming, eating (A LOT), boating, playing with the kiddos and just having a good time. We arrived on the 4th of July and were able to see the small town parade in Central Lake, MI. That was great! And then we just got home yesterday.
Here is A in her 4th of July outfit...

Some of the things we did...We went down to Pentwater for a day to celebrate Josh's grandma's 90th birthday! There, we spent time on the beach and out on the waverunner (thanks Judd!) ...Josh and I went on a double date with Josh's sister Jen and her husband Jared while the grandparents watched the kids, fabulous! ...The men spent a day cutting down a tree...which of course the little ones loved. I won the contest to see where the tree would land. :) ...Avery went on her first boad ride...and truly loved the speed. She did not like it when daddy slowed down! Anyway, those are just a few things we spent time doing on vaca. And I just gotta say, there is nothing like the air in Northern MI. It is so clean, fresh, crisp...sure beats the smog-filled pollution we call air out here!
Bear with me...and the oodles of pictures!









Taking a ride in the porsche on our date! (Thanks to Josh's dad!)

a pleasant summer evening at disneyland...

...and these are the only pictures we took.

A busy, but good day

Sunday was a busy day! We had plans to go to the Cleveland Indians-LA Dodger game (without Avery. I wanted her to experience the Tribe for the first time, but, it was just too dang hot. She would have been miserable!) But first, we awoke on Sunday morning to a phone call from my cousin, Paul, from Ohio. He was on his way to China and had a layover in LA for 8 hours! So, we thought, what a great opportunity for Avery to meet her second cousin...or cousin once removed...or whatever he is to her. (Still haven't figured that one out).
Anyway...we dropped Avery off at her friend Ava's house (and of course her parents Jen and Marshall) and raced to the game...where we braved the 95 degree heat and we watched the Indians lose 4-3. What is their deal lately?! Then, we drove back to pick up Avery and off to the airport to hang out with Paul for a while. It was great for her to meet him and hang out for a bit.
After we hung out with him, we jumped back in the car and headed out to East LA to have dinner with some friends. Whew! what a day it was!
(And thanks to our friend Brie for letting us borrow her car that has A/C. Mine is broken! And normally, we don't really care...but, poor Avery just sits there and sweats.)

Avery and Paul


And then the 3 of us...


Avery and Ava


Sleepy girl...and tricky...as you can see, she wiggled her legs out of her swaddle. oh, and the bandaids in these pics are from some shots she had. :( Her 4 month check up was the other day and she weighed in at 10.5 pounds! She's on the charts!

Friends from birth

Last week, Avery and I went for a walk and had lunch with friends that we met the day after Avery was born! Steve, Melissa and Anna. :) Anna was born a day before Avery and was in the NICU with Avery every day. It was there where we met Anna's parents, Steve and Melissa. Each day, in and out of that hospital, we would see each other and over time, we got to know one another a bit more. We knew exactly what the other one was going through, so, one could say that we bonded through that experience. :)
So, last week, the 2 moms and the 2 kiddos met up for the first time since we both left the hospital. It was so amazing! To see Anna and how much she has grown...and just to catch up with Melissa and to share experiences and be amazed at how similar they really are!
Here are some pictures of our play date!

They were so cute together!!

It's Josh's commercial!

A few weeks ago, Josh booked a commercial gig for the USGA...and how perfect was that? Combining two of his favorite things, acting and golf, into an entire day. (If somehow you could have thrown me and Avery into the mix, it would have been the best day ever!):) Anyway, the turnaround was fast and just last weekend, we got to see his commercial for five straight days during the US Open (it extended one day thanks to Rocco and Tiger making it interesting). It was so much fun to see it...and then to hear from so many of you! So, I have posted his commercial here for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy!