Monday with Avery

Avery is one week old!

 That's enough picture-taking for Miss Avery!

First picture of all FOUR of my grandchildren !

Avery

Avery is home now and I am totally enjoying loving on this sweet thing.

I haven't posted about all of the initial excitement and I don't want to forget the details.....

I took a few pictures of Miranda right before Avery's birth in the nursery:

And then around 3:40 am, my phone blared like a foghorn and woke me up....I knew immediately that this was it!  I am so glad that Phillip and I were at the lakehouse when the call came so that we could be there quickly.  Melissa lives a little closer to the hospital so she beat us there.  As is usually the case, there was a lot of waiting....

And then a little before 5 pm the doctor decided that it was time that we meet baby Avery.

HERE THEY COME!  HERE COMES AVERY AND HER DADDY!

Fresh out of the oven :)

She wasn't very happy for the first half hour or so....the nurses just wouldn't leave her alone....

 The sisters checking her out....

Avery is home, sweet home.  I think she likes it!

The ankle is healing.....

The healing process for this ankle has been slow.  I broke the ankle on November 4 and was on crutches until January 7 - 9 weeks on crutches!   I have never broken a bone before, so I really didn't know what to expect, but I was hoping that I would just start walking on the day the doctor told me the break was healed.  That didn't happen.  I have been in physical therapy twice a week since then and I am still wearing the boot.  After the first 3 visits to PT, things were going good.  I could tell that my leg and ankle were getting stronger every day.  I had even started riding a stationary bike at the gym....big progress.  AND THEN THURSDAY.....my therapist worked me over! The entire visit was even more painful that it usually is, and  I have been in pain ever since!  My entire leg hurts and I can barely walk even with the boot on.  However, it does feel better today than it did yesterday.  I am amazed by our body's ability to heal itself and this little set back is not going to do me in.  But I will have a talk with that Therapist on Monday!