Our Little Ones - averyspage

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Welcome

Welcome to our children's site! Here you'll find updated pictures and news about our precious little ones. Come back regularly and watch our kids grow with us.

above photos by Rhonda Vance of Vance's Visions

Pictures

At Eli's Birthday Party

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Christmas 2011

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Ainsley Marie Brandt Arrives

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Rhonda Vance- Photo credit
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Rhonda Vance- Photo credit
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Rhonda Vance- Photo credit
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Rhonda Vance- Photo credit
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Malissa Mackey- Photo credit
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Malissa Mackey- Photo credit
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Rhonda Vance- Photo credit

Spring/Summer 2011

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Snow

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beautiful Rhonda took some pictures of my mom, avery and i

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Photo by Rhonda Vance of Vance's Visions
Photo by Rhonda Vance of Vance's Visions
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Photo by Rhonda Vance of Vance's Visions
Photo by Rhonda Vance of Vance's Visions
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Photo by Rhonda Vance of Vance's Visions
Photo by Rhonda Vance of Vance's Visions
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Photo by Rhonda Vance of Vance's Visions
Photo by Rhonda Vance of Vance's Visions
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Photo by Rhonda Vance of Vance's Visions
Photo by Rhonda Vance of Vance's Visions
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Photo by Rhonda Vance of Vance's Visions
Photo by Rhonda Vance of Vance's Visions
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Photo by Rhonda Vance of Vance's Visions
Photo by Rhonda Vance of Vance's Visions
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Photo by Rhonda Vance of Vance's Visions
Photo by Rhonda Vance of Vance's Visions
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Photo by Rhonda Vance of Vance's Visions
Photo by Rhonda Vance of Vance's Visions
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Photo by Rhonda Vance of Vance's Visions
Photo by Rhonda Vance of Vance's Visions
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Photo by Rhonda Vance of Vance's Visions
Photo by Rhonda Vance of Vance's Visions
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Photo by Rhonda Vance of Vance's Visions
Photo by Rhonda Vance of Vance's Visions
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Photo by Rhonda Vance of Vance's Visions
Photo by Rhonda Vance of Vance's Visions
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1 year old already!

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Spring

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Dedication in mama arms
Dedication in mama arms
Taken by Rhonda Vance of Vance's Visions8
Dedication with Grandma Cheryl and Malissa
Dedication with Grandma Cheryl and Malissa
Taken by Rhonda Vance of Vance's Visions


Taken by Rhonda Vance of Vance's Visions
Kiss from Aunt Amy
Kiss from Aunt Amy
Taken by Rhonda Vance of Vance's Visions
With cousin Elijah
With cousin Elijah
Taken by Rhonda Vance of Vance's Visions
With Miss Malissa
With Miss Malissa
Avery LOVES Miss Malissa!
end of semester planning at office
end of semester planning at office

Daddy and Avery at Canadian Lakes
Daddy and Avery at Canadian Lakes
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Grandma Cheryl and Avery at Canadian Lakes
Grandma Cheryl and Avery at Canadian Lakes
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Mama, Avery, and Grandma at Canadian Lakes
Mama, Avery, and Grandma at Canadian Lakes
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First haircut
First haircut
9 months
standing in crib
standing in crib
So proud!
Waving
Waving

Concert
Concert
First concert in the park
Too Cool
Too Cool
On Chicago Summer Project

January and February

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Christmas Time

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IMGP3888.JPG
IMGP3888.JPG 2009-12-25
IMGP3889.JPG
IMGP3889.JPG
IMGP3889.JPG 2009-12-25
IMGP3891.JPG
IMGP3891.JPG
IMGP3891.JPG 2009-12-25
IMGP3892.JPG
IMGP3892.JPG
IMGP3892.JPG 2009-12-25
IMGP3893.JPG
IMGP3893.JPG
IMGP3893.JPG 2009-12-25
IMGP3896.JPG
IMGP3896.JPG
IMGP3896.JPG 2009-12-25
IMGP3897.JPG
IMGP3897.JPG
IMGP3897.JPG 2009-12-25
IMGP3898.JPG
IMGP3898.JPG
IMGP3898.JPG 2009-12-25
IMGP3899.JPG
IMGP3899.JPG
IMGP3899.JPG 2009-12-25
IMGP3902.JPG
IMGP3902.JPG
IMGP3902.JPG 2009-12-25
IMGP3903.JPG
IMGP3903.JPG
IMGP3903.JPG 2009-12-25
IMGP3904.JPG
IMGP3904.JPG
IMGP3904.JPG 2009-12-25
IMGP3905.JPG
IMGP3905.JPG
IMGP3905.JPG 2009-12-25
IMGP3906.JPG
IMGP3906.JPG
IMGP3906.JPG 2009-12-25
IMGP3907.JPG
IMGP3907.JPG
IMGP3907.JPG 2009-12-25
IMGP3909.JPG
IMGP3909.JPG
IMGP3909.JPG 2009-12-25
IMGP3910.JPG
IMGP3910.JPG
IMGP3910.JPG 2009-12-25
IMGP3912.JPG
IMGP3912.JPG
IMGP3912.JPG 2009-12-25
IMGP3913.JPG
IMGP3913.JPG
IMGP3913.JPG 2009-12-25
IMGP3916.JPG
IMGP3916.JPG
IMGP3916.JPG 2009-12-25
IMGP3917.JPG
IMGP3917.JPG
IMGP3917.JPG 2009-12-25
IMGP3923.JPG
IMGP3923.JPG
IMGP3923.JPG 2009-12-26
IMGP3924.JPG
IMGP3924.JPG
IMGP3924.JPG 2009-12-26
IMGP3926.JPG
IMGP3926.JPG
IMGP3926.JPG 2009-12-26
IMGP3928.JPG
IMGP3928.JPG
IMGP3928.JPG 2009-12-26
IMGP3929.JPG
IMGP3929.JPG
IMGP3929.JPG 2009-12-26
IMGP3931.JPG
IMGP3931.JPG
IMGP3931.JPG 2009-12-26
IMGP3933.JPG
IMGP3933.JPG
IMGP3933.JPG 2009-12-26
IMGP3934.JPG
IMGP3934.JPG
IMGP3934.JPG 2009-12-26
IMGP3935.JPG
IMGP3935.JPG
IMGP3935.JPG 2009-12-26
IMGP3938.JPG
IMGP3938.JPG
IMGP3938.JPG 2009-12-26
IMGP3939.JPG
IMGP3939.JPG
IMGP3939.JPG 2009-12-26
IMGP3940.JPG
IMGP3940.JPG
IMGP3940.JPG 2009-12-26
IMGP3941.JPG
IMGP3941.JPG
IMGP3941.JPG 2009-12-26
IMGP3944.JPG
IMGP3944.JPG
IMGP3944.JPG 2009-12-26
IMGP3945.JPG
IMGP3945.JPG
IMGP3945.JPG 2009-12-26
IMGP3951.JPG
IMGP3951.JPG
IMGP3951.JPG 2009-12-27
IMGP3952.JPG
IMGP3952.JPG
IMGP3952.JPG 2009-12-27
IMGP3953.JPG
IMGP3953.JPG
IMGP3953.JPG 2009-12-27
IMGP3956.JPG
IMGP3956.JPG
IMGP3956.JPG 2009-12-29
IMGP3957.JPG
IMGP3957.JPG
IMGP3957.JPG 2009-12-29
IMGP3960.JPG
IMGP3960.JPG
IMGP3960.JPG 2010-01-01
IMGP3961.JPG
IMGP3961.JPG
IMGP3961.JPG 2010-01-01
IMGP3963.JPG
IMGP3963.JPG
IMGP3963.JPG 2010-01-06
IMGP3964.JPG
IMGP3964.JPG
IMGP3964.JPG 2010-01-06

Rhonda

DSC_0002.JPG
DSC_0002.JPG
DSC_0002.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0005.JPG
DSC_0005.JPG
DSC_0005.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0007.JPG
DSC_0007.JPG
DSC_0007.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0009.JPG
DSC_0009.JPG
DSC_0009.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0010.JPG
DSC_0010.JPG
DSC_0010.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0012.JPG
DSC_0012.JPG
DSC_0012.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0014.JPG
DSC_0014.JPG
DSC_0014.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0015.JPG
DSC_0015.JPG
DSC_0015.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0018.JPG
DSC_0018.JPG
DSC_0018.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0023.JPG
DSC_0023.JPG
DSC_0023.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0027.JPG
DSC_0027.JPG
DSC_0027.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0028.JPG
DSC_0028.JPG
DSC_0028.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0030.JPG
DSC_0030.JPG
DSC_0030.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0031.JPG
DSC_0031.JPG
DSC_0031.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0039.JPG
DSC_0039.JPG
DSC_0039.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0041.JPG
DSC_0041.JPG
DSC_0041.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0042.JPG
DSC_0042.JPG
DSC_0042.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0045.JPG
DSC_0045.JPG
DSC_0045.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0046.JPG
DSC_0046.JPG
DSC_0046.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0053.JPG
DSC_0053.JPG
DSC_0053.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0059.JPG
DSC_0059.JPG
DSC_0059.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0064.JPG
DSC_0064.JPG
DSC_0064.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0067.JPG
DSC_0067.JPG
DSC_0067.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0068.JPG
DSC_0068.JPG
DSC_0068.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0073.JPG
DSC_0073.JPG
DSC_0073.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0074.JPG
DSC_0074.JPG
DSC_0074.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0076.JPG
DSC_0076.JPG
DSC_0076.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0078.JPG
DSC_0078.JPG
DSC_0078.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0080.JPG
DSC_0080.JPG
DSC_0080.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0082.JPG
DSC_0082.JPG
DSC_0082.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0083.JPG
DSC_0083.JPG
DSC_0083.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0086.JPG
DSC_0086.JPG
DSC_0086.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0088.JPG
DSC_0088.JPG
DSC_0088.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0089.JPG
DSC_0089.JPG
DSC_0089.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0090.JPG
DSC_0090.JPG
DSC_0090.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0095.JPG
DSC_0095.JPG
DSC_0095.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0096.JPG
DSC_0096.JPG
DSC_0096.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0108.JPG
DSC_0108.JPG
DSC_0108.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0109.JPG
DSC_0109.JPG
DSC_0109.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0114.JPG
DSC_0114.JPG
DSC_0114.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0118.JPG
DSC_0118.JPG
DSC_0118.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0120.JPG
DSC_0120.JPG
DSC_0120.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0122.JPG
DSC_0122.JPG
DSC_0122.JPG 2007-10-04
DSC_0125.JPG
DSC_0125.JPG
DSC_0125.JPG 2007-10-04
DSC_0126.JPG
DSC_0126.JPG
DSC_0126.JPG 2007-10-04
DSC_0127.JPG
DSC_0127.JPG
DSC_0127.JPG 2007-10-04
DSC_0128.JPG
DSC_0128.JPG
DSC_0128.JPG 2007-10-04
DSC_0129.JPG
DSC_0129.JPG
DSC_0129.JPG 2007-10-04
DSC_0130.JPG
DSC_0130.JPG
DSC_0130.JPG 2007-10-04
DSC_0135.JPG
DSC_0135.JPG
DSC_0135.JPG 2007-10-04
DSC_0139.JPG
DSC_0139.JPG
DSC_0139.JPG 2007-10-04
DSC_0141.JPG
DSC_0141.JPG
DSC_0141.JPG 2007-10-04
DSC_0148.JPG
DSC_0148.JPG
DSC_0148.JPG 2007-10-04
DSC_0151.JPG
DSC_0151.JPG
DSC_0151.JPG 2007-10-04
DSC_0156.JPG
DSC_0156.JPG
DSC_0156.JPG 2007-10-04
DSC_0157.JPG
DSC_0157.JPG
DSC_0157.JPG 2007-10-04
DSC_0165.JPG
DSC_0165.JPG
DSC_0165.JPG 2007-10-04
DSC_0166.JPG
DSC_0166.JPG
DSC_0166.JPG 2007-10-04
DSC_0167.JPG
DSC_0167.JPG
DSC_0167.JPG 2007-10-04
DSC_0168.JPG
DSC_0168.JPG
DSC_0168.JPG 2007-10-04
DSC_0168b.jpg
DSC_0168b.jpg
DSC_0168b.jpg 2007-10-04
DSC_0170.JPG
DSC_0170.JPG
DSC_0170.JPG 2007-10-04
DSC_0171.JPG
DSC_0171.JPG
DSC_0171.JPG 2007-10-04
DSC_0172.JPG
DSC_0172.JPG
DSC_0172.JPG 2007-10-04
DSC_0173.JPG
DSC_0173.JPG
DSC_0173.JPG 2007-10-04
DSC_0176.JPG
DSC_0176.JPG
DSC_0176.JPG 2007-10-04
DSC_0178.JPG
DSC_0178.JPG
DSC_0178.JPG 2007-10-04
DSC_0179.JPG
DSC_0179.JPG
DSC_0179.JPG 2007-10-04
DSC_0180.JPG
DSC_0180.JPG
DSC_0180.JPG 2007-10-04
DSC_0183.JPG
DSC_0183.JPG
DSC_0183.JPG 2007-10-04
DSC_0186.JPG
DSC_0186.JPG
DSC_0186.JPG 2007-10-04
DSC_0190.JPG
DSC_0190.JPG
DSC_0190.JPG 2007-10-04
DSC_0191.JPG
DSC_0191.JPG
DSC_0191.JPG 2007-10-04
DSC_0194.JPG
DSC_0194.JPG
DSC_0194.JPG 2007-10-04
DSC_0194b.jpg
DSC_0194b.jpg
DSC_0194b.jpg 2007-10-04
DSC_0195.JPG
DSC_0195.JPG
DSC_0195.JPG 2007-10-04
DSC_0201.JPG
DSC_0201.JPG
DSC_0201.JPG 2007-10-04
DSC_0205.JPG
DSC_0205.JPG
DSC_0205.JPG 2007-10-04
DSC_0215.JPG
DSC_0215.JPG
DSC_0215.JPG 2007-10-04
DSC_0217.JPG
DSC_0217.JPG
DSC_0217.JPG 2007-10-04
DSC_0219.JPG
DSC_0219.JPG
DSC_0219.JPG 2007-10-04
DSC_0227.JPG
DSC_0227.JPG
DSC_0227.JPG 2007-10-04
DSC_0228.jpg
DSC_0228.jpg
DSC_0228.jpg 2007-10-04
DSC_0230.JPG
DSC_0230.JPG
DSC_0230.JPG 2007-10-04
DSC_0232.JPG
DSC_0232.JPG
DSC_0232.JPG 2007-10-04
DSC_0234.JPG
DSC_0234.JPG
DSC_0234.JPG 2007-10-04
DSC_0682.JPG
DSC_0682.JPG
DSC_0682.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0683.JPG
DSC_0683.JPG
DSC_0683.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0686.JPG
DSC_0686.JPG
DSC_0686.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0689.JPG
DSC_0689.JPG
DSC_0689.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0690.JPG
DSC_0690.JPG
DSC_0690.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0700.JPG
DSC_0700.JPG
DSC_0700.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0708.JPG
DSC_0708.JPG
DSC_0708.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0708b.jpg
DSC_0708b.jpg
DSC_0708b.jpg 2007-10-03
DSC_0712.JPG
DSC_0712.JPG
DSC_0712.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0717.JPG
DSC_0717.JPG
DSC_0717.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0718.JPG
DSC_0718.JPG
DSC_0718.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0722.JPG
DSC_0722.JPG
DSC_0722.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0724.JPG
DSC_0724.JPG
DSC_0724.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0726.JPG
DSC_0726.JPG
DSC_0726.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0731.JPG
DSC_0731.JPG
DSC_0731.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0735.JPG
DSC_0735.JPG
DSC_0735.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0745.JPG
DSC_0745.JPG
DSC_0745.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0746.JPG
DSC_0746.JPG
DSC_0746.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0749.JPG
DSC_0749.JPG
DSC_0749.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0764.JPG
DSC_0764.JPG
DSC_0764.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0767.JPG
DSC_0767.JPG
DSC_0767.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0768.JPG
DSC_0768.JPG
DSC_0768.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0774.JPG
DSC_0774.JPG
DSC_0774.JPG 2007-10-03
DSC_0782.JPG
DSC_0782.JPG
DSC_0782.JPG 2007-10-03

Fall Retreat/ Halloween

halloween.jpg
halloween.jpg
halloween.jpg 2009-11-03
IMGP3777.JPG
IMGP3777.JPG
IMGP3777.JPG 2005-01-17
IMGP3742.JPG
IMGP3742.JPG
IMGP3742.JPG 2005-01-10
IMGP3743.JPG
IMGP3743.JPG
IMGP3743.JPG 2005-01-10
IMGP3744.JPG
IMGP3744.JPG
IMGP3744.JPG 2005-01-10
IMGP3746.JPG
IMGP3746.JPG
IMGP3746.JPG 2005-01-10
IMGP3752.JPG
IMGP3752.JPG
IMGP3752.JPG 2005-01-16
IMGP3753.JPG
IMGP3753.JPG
IMGP3753.JPG 2005-01-16
IMGP3754.JPG
IMGP3754.JPG
IMGP3754.JPG 2005-01-16
IMGP3759.JPG
IMGP3759.JPG
IMGP3759.JPG 2005-01-17
IMGP3760.JPG
IMGP3760.JPG
IMGP3760.JPG 2005-01-17
IMGP3761.JPG
IMGP3761.JPG
IMGP3761.JPG 2005-01-17
IMGP3762.JPG
IMGP3762.JPG
IMGP3762.JPG 2005-01-17
IMGP3763.JPG
IMGP3763.JPG
IMGP3763.JPG 2005-01-17
IMGP3765.JPG
IMGP3765.JPG
IMGP3765.JPG 2005-01-17
IMGP3766.JPG
IMGP3766.JPG
IMGP3766.JPG 2005-01-17
IMGP3768.JPG
IMGP3768.JPG
IMGP3768.JPG 2005-01-17
IMGP3769.JPG
IMGP3769.JPG
IMGP3769.JPG 2005-01-17
IMGP3770.JPG
IMGP3770.JPG
IMGP3770.JPG 2005-01-17
IMGP3777.JPG
IMGP3777.JPG
IMGP3777.JPG 2005-01-17
IMGP3778.JPG
IMGP3778.JPG
IMGP3778.JPG 2005-01-17
IMGP3779.JPG
IMGP3779.JPG
IMGP3779.JPG 2005-01-17

Month 2

with miss melissa.jpg
with miss melissa.jpg
with miss melissa.jpg 2009-10-28
IMGP3685.JPG
IMGP3685.JPG
IMGP3685.JPG 2005-01-01
IMGP3686.JPG
IMGP3686.JPG
IMGP3686.JPG 2005-01-01
IMGP3687.JPG
IMGP3687.JPG
IMGP3687.JPG 2005-01-01
IMGP3688.JPG
IMGP3688.JPG
IMGP3688.JPG 2005-01-01
IMGP3689.JPG
IMGP3689.JPG
IMGP3689.JPG 2005-01-01
IMGP3691.JPG
IMGP3691.JPG
IMGP3691.JPG 2005-01-01
IMGP3692.JPG
IMGP3692.JPG
IMGP3692.JPG 2005-01-01
IMGP3693.JPG
IMGP3693.JPG
IMGP3693.JPG 2005-01-01
IMGP3695.JPG
IMGP3695.JPG
IMGP3695.JPG 2005-01-02
IMGP3696.JPG
IMGP3696.JPG
IMGP3696.JPG 2005-01-02
IMGP3697.JPG
IMGP3697.JPG
IMGP3697.JPG 2005-01-02
IMGP3698.JPG
IMGP3698.JPG
IMGP3698.JPG 2005-01-02
IMGP3699.JPG
IMGP3699.JPG
IMGP3699.JPG 2005-01-02
IMGP3700.JPG
IMGP3700.JPG
IMGP3700.JPG 2005-01-02
IMGP3701.JPG
IMGP3701.JPG
IMGP3701.JPG 2005-01-02
IMGP3702.JPG
IMGP3702.JPG
IMGP3702.JPG 2005-01-02
IMGP3703.JPG
IMGP3703.JPG
IMGP3703.JPG 2005-01-02
IMGP3704.JPG
IMGP3704.JPG
IMGP3704.JPG 2005-01-02
IMGP3705.JPG
IMGP3705.JPG
IMGP3705.JPG 2005-01-02
IMGP3706.JPG
IMGP3706.JPG
IMGP3706.JPG 2005-01-02
IMGP3707.JPG
IMGP3707.JPG
IMGP3707.JPG 2005-01-02
IMGP3708.JPG
IMGP3708.JPG
IMGP3708.JPG 2005-01-02
IMGP3709.JPG
IMGP3709.JPG
IMGP3709.JPG 2005-01-02
IMGP3710.JPG
IMGP3710.JPG
IMGP3710.JPG 2005-01-02
IMGP3711.JPG
IMGP3711.JPG
IMGP3711.JPG 2005-01-02
IMGP3712.JPG
IMGP3712.JPG
IMGP3712.JPG 2005-01-02
IMGP3713.JPG
IMGP3713.JPG
IMGP3713.JPG 2005-01-03
IMGP3714.JPG
IMGP3714.JPG
IMGP3714.JPG 2005-01-03
IMGP3715.JPG
IMGP3715.JPG
IMGP3715.JPG 2005-01-03
IMGP3716.JPG
IMGP3716.JPG
IMGP3716.JPG 2005-01-07
IMGP3717.JPG
IMGP3717.JPG
IMGP3717.JPG 2005-01-07
IMGP3718.JPG
IMGP3718.JPG
IMGP3718.JPG 2005-01-07

First Days at Home

IMGP3585.JPG
IMGP3585.JPG
IMGP3585.JPG 2005-01-01
IMGP3586.JPG
IMGP3586.JPG
IMGP3586.JPG 2005-01-01
IMGP3603.JPG
IMGP3603.JPG
IMGP3603.JPG 2005-01-06
IMGP3608.JPG
IMGP3608.JPG
IMGP3608.JPG 2005-01-06
IMGP3631.JPG
IMGP3631.JPG
IMGP3631.JPG 2005-01-08
IMGP3634.JPG
IMGP3634.JPG
IMGP3634.JPG 2005-01-08
IMGP3646.JPG
IMGP3646.JPG
IMGP3646.JPG 2005-01-08
IMGP3651.JPG
IMGP3651.JPG
IMGP3651.JPG 2005-01-08
IMGP3653.JPG
IMGP3653.JPG
IMGP3653.JPG 2005-01-08
IMGP3659.JPG
IMGP3659.JPG
IMGP3659.JPG 2005-01-11
IMGP3660.JPG
IMGP3660.JPG
IMGP3660.JPG 2005-01-11
IMGP3661.JPG
IMGP3661.JPG
IMGP3661.JPG 2005-01-11
IMGP3672.JPG
IMGP3672.JPG
IMGP3672.JPG 2005-01-15
IMGP3673.JPG
IMGP3673.JPG
IMGP3673.JPG 2005-01-15
IMGP3674.JPG
IMGP3674.JPG
IMGP3674.JPG 2005-01-19
IMGP3675.JPG
IMGP3675.JPG
IMGP3675.JPG 2005-01-19
IMGP3676.JPG
IMGP3676.JPG
IMGP3676.JPG 2005-01-19
IMGP3537.JPG
IMGP3537.JPG
IMGP3537.JPG 2005-01-03
IMGP3539.JPG
IMGP3539.JPG
IMGP3539.JPG 2005-01-03
IMGP3540.JPG
IMGP3540.JPG
IMGP3540.JPG 2005-01-04
IMGP3542.JPG
IMGP3542.JPG
IMGP3542.JPG 2005-01-04
IMGP3543.JPG
IMGP3543.JPG
IMGP3543.JPG 2005-01-04
IMGP3549.JPG
IMGP3549.JPG
IMGP3549.JPG 2005-01-04
IMGP3550.JPG
IMGP3550.JPG
IMGP3550.JPG 2005-01-05
IMGP3551.JPG
IMGP3551.JPG
IMGP3551.JPG 2005-01-06
IMGP3553.JPG
IMGP3553.JPG
IMGP3553.JPG 2005-01-06
IMGP3546.JPG
IMGP3546.JPG
IMGP3546.JPG 2005-01-04
IMGP3555.JPG
IMGP3555.JPG
IMGP3555.JPG 2005-01-07
IMGP3556.JPG
IMGP3556.JPG
IMGP3556.JPG 2005-01-07
IMGP3559.JPG
IMGP3559.JPG
IMGP3559.JPG 2005-01-08
IMGP3562.JPG
IMGP3562.JPG
IMGP3562.JPG 2005-01-09
IMGP3561.JPG
IMGP3561.JPG
IMGP3561.JPG 2005-01-09
IMGP3569.JPG
IMGP3569.JPG
IMGP3569.JPG 2005-01-09
IMGP3570.JPG
IMGP3570.JPG
IMGP3570.JPG 2005-01-09

Hospital Stay

IMGP3500.JPG
IMGP3500.JPG
IMGP3500.JPG 2005-01-01
IMGP3501.JPG
IMGP3501.JPG
IMGP3501.JPG 2005-01-01
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Updates on our baby

Our new life

We're doing great. That's the answer to the question we keep getting about how life is with two little ones. The more drawn out answer is that there are some difficult moments, but also so delightful ones. Avery loves his little sister. He isn't always gentle, but he loves to give her kisses (or kithes, as he says) and snuggles (in Avery-speak that's snuddles). He's doing great in general... but he's for sure a 2 year old! So busy all the time! He loves people and gets so excited any time we have company over... or "friends" as we say. 

Andy and I are both fully back in the swing of things on campus. Andy is actually on another campus this year and is directly working with students more than he has in the last couple of years. While he's enjoying his time on campus, it has meant many more nights out past bedtime (Avery's bedtime). I'm back on campus one day a week. I feel like it's taking me a while to get back in the swing of things on campus. I'm sure that's normal.

In general things are going well. 

Ainsley's birth stroy

Ainsley’s Birth Story

 

  A few days before Ainsley was born, my friend, Malissa, and I decided to go see a movie. We knew it would be the last chance we’d have to do something like this for a while after baby arrived. During the movie I was having contractions for about an hour, but by the time I went to bed that night they’d stopped completely.

  I was still almost two weeks away from my due date at that point, but so restless and ready for baby to come. Apparently I have big, healthy babies and thus gain a lot of weight during pregnancy. This lends itself to comments by total strangers and well-meaning friends alike about how ready I am to “pop” or how I look like I could go at any minute. I think these are an attempt to sympathize. But those comments along with the “poor you” looks from people in grocery stores, at church, on the EL, etc. lead to a very grumpy me- all that and the fact that it had been a very hot summer. All week I’d been telling Andy that I was ready to be done with pregnancy. At one point he told me I should be prepared to be pregnant for at least 2 more weeks. Avery was 10 days early and I did not want to hear that from Andy! I was actually angry with him!

  On Friday, September 2, I did some talking with God and resigned myself to the fact that I really had no control over when she arrived. I decided that having a really bad attitude about it wasn’t going to help anyone. That evening went to Malissa’s apartment to watch the Tigers’ game. On the way there we realized that something was wrong with the brakes on our car. We could still brake, but not without a lot of effort.  Andy was working on a solution to the car issue throughout the game, while I was experiencing periodic back pain.

  We made it home safely and around midnight I started having more intense pain. I thought I was probably in labor and tried to get some rest. With Avery, my water broke and then I started having contractions and 21 hours later he was born. This time I wasn’t totally sure it was the real deal, but I wasn’t able to sleep. So I took a couple of baths and started timing the contractions (using my new smartphone and a contraction timer app I’d downloaded). By 3 the contractions were intense enough for me to call our midwives to ask about coming to the hospital. They told me there weren’t any beds available and since I was planning to do a medication-free delivery, it would be better for me to labor at home for as long as possible.

  By 4 am I was in so much pain that I told Andy I wanted the epidural that I’d been dead-set against for two pregnancies… the one that I’d gone without for all 21 hours of Avery’s labor. To go to the hospital we needed to call a friend to come watch Avery. Andy was reluctant to do that at 4 in the morning considering the face that when we went to have Avery we were there for another 14 hours before he was born. His thinking was that we should wait at home for a while longer and give our friends a chance to rest. I was insistent though and he finally called our friend, Linsey, who lives just behind us. We had to ask Linsey to borrow her car to get to the hospital because of the brake situation on our car. I was thinking Andy should have called Malissa, but he thought she’d been too tired the night before. Malissa lives about 10 minutes away from us and Linsey lives about 1 minute away… Andy’s choice turned out to be so providential!

  Linsey arrived  and a little after 4:30 we were out the door. On the way down the stairs I was having trouble walking because I was in so much pain. I remember looking at the clock in Linsey’s car when we were driving up to the hospital. It said 4:50. We walked from the parking garage (Andy had scored the very first spot… praise the Lord!) and I had 2 or 3 contractions on the way in that were strong enough for me to stop to work through them. I asked Andy who had the bright idea to have another baby. And I realized that I felt like I needed to push. Neither Andy nor I really believed it could possibly be time to push yet. In our previous experience I’d pushed for 5 hours before anything really productive happened. It seemed impossible that 5 hours into labor I would really need to push.

  We got into the emergency room entrance and Andy quickly gave them whatever info they needed. I told them I needed to push and they said whatever I did I shouldn’t do that. But I think they took me seriously because we were on our way to the labor and delivery floor pretty quickly. We checked in at L&D triage station at 5:03 AM and the nurse asked for a urine sample. Upon reflection later, I wished I had told her how serious I was about my desire to push. But in the moment I looked at that little cup as the last obstacle on my way to some sort of relief. I’m rather proud of the fact that I made it to the bathroom, filled the little cup without spilling anything and replaced the cap… all before things got really exciting.

  I stood up after using the toilet and simultaneously felt my water break and felt myself involuntarily giving a huge push. Immediately I felt the baby crowning. I called out for Andy… he and the triage nurse came running. In natural childbirth classes they teach you that one of the signs you are in the last stages of labor is a loss of modesty. That explains why it didn’t occur to me that I should pull up my pants before walking down the hall toward the birthing suites. We walked about 50 feet to the first room, which was mercifully empty. The whole walk down the hall I could tell exactly where baby was! Doctors and nurses who were walking past were pulled into the room. Andy and a nurse (I think) helped me onto the table. There was no time for checking anything. I pushed two more times (again without much control or volition on my part) and Ainsley made her appearance. . I guess the midwife on call was paged, but she said she almost immediately received a second page telling her the baby had already come.

  Andy and I looked at each other in shock. I think we said several times “did that really just happen?” He started calling friends and family right away. Many of them asked if we were in labor and he had to keep repeating that we were done with labor and baby was here.

  We got to hold our sweet girl almost right away. She was 8 pounds and 19 inches long. Although she arrived in very different fashion, she was the spitting image of her big brother. I’m not sure I’ll ever get over her arrival, but that’s how Ainsley Marie Brandt came to join our family.

 

Way too long...

Of course it's been way too long again since I've posted anything. But here are a few of our latest pictures of our boy. He has no idea that his little sister will be arriving in the early fall. Boy is he in for a shock!

Guess I'm not a blogger afterall

I guess I'm not really getting in to blogging again.  My interests are so short lived, eh?  If you pasted together all of my Twitter updates you'd get a good idea of the goings on of Avery in his first 14 months of life outside the womb... and you'd probably also hear about some amazing deal or another that I've been excited by of late. 

Well, we've seen lots of milestones... learning to feed himself (I was insistent on this right before his first birthday because I had strong fears that everyone would be watching him try to eat his cupcake and he wouldn't be able to do it!)

He started walking a couple of weeks before his first birthday.  He wouldn't crawl on all fours for the longest time... then one day he just decided it was time to walk.  

Now he's in to absolutely everything!  Look out world... we've got a toddler on the loose.

He's the cutest thing you'd ever want to meet!

Not saying too many actual words yet... but he does say "da" for Andy and "cho cho" at the frequent trains that pass our window. 

Rhonda has taken all kinds of amazing photos of him this year and I'm hopeful that some day I'll print some of them and put them in a book and even hang a few on a wall.  We'll see.

9 Months already

I really can not believe that 9 months have gone by since our precious boy entered the world.  We are so in love with this baby/bordering on toddler.  He's grown so fast.  He's pulling himself up to standing... when he does it in his crib he thinks it's hilarious.  He's army crawling and getting in to everything.  He loves to walk around the whole condo holding on to our fingers.  And yesterday I discovered a 5th tooth!  You always hear that these years go too fast.  But wow!  I think Andy will be happy when he can talk and throw a ball... and of course I will too... but I'm so going to miss this stage!  Poppy diapers and all.  I'm trying to soak in every bit of it.  Lately he's been letting me hold him again to rock him to sleep (Avery's not generally a huge cuddlier unless he's sleepy) and I sit with him and just thank the Lord again for this precious gift and these fleeting moments together.

Baby's Eating Everything

So, I'm trying my hand at making baby food.  Avery started solids a few weeks ago with rice cereal.  We've decided to hold off on anything with wheat/gluten in it for at least 6 more months before we see how he reacts to that. 

I make some peas the other day.  He loved them.

I made carrots today (perfect texture, p.s.).  He loved them.

I also made lentils today... we'll see how he reacts to them, but if experience holds true, I'm guessing he'll love them too.

I took some pictures as I was prepping... I can't find my camera cord to upload them or lots of pictures that I've taken since Christmas.  We'll get there soon.  But as I was working on the baby food and the picture taking, I was thinking about all the mama-bloggers I read who write recipes and instructions for crafts that they do and they take these beautiful pictures of it all... how the heck do they do that?  I took lots of pics, but the lentils ended up with a huge glob on the floor, and honestly, it looked like he'd already eaten them!  How do those blogger mamas do it?  Do they just not post those pics?  I was working on keeping him happy, doing the baby food (with our janky food processor), and washing diapers all at the same time. 

But I think I need to write a little more on here.  Andy and I were talking about how I'm an external processor... I think about stuff all day long and just tell it to Avery.  It would be good for me to get some of it out here.  We'll see if I actually do it.

Friends you can't live without

So, having a kid apparently makes me want to blog again.  Go figure.  But I don't want to write tonight about the cute things Avery's doing.  Believe me, of course he's doing adorable things... mostly smiling when we change him or laughing at his mobile or today cooing at a book I read him. 

Anyway, the thing I was thinking about writing about is friendships.  You know those special people who you don't have to see on a regular basis to know they still hold a piece of your heart?  My former roommate and beloved friend, Melissa, came to visit us this weekend while Andy was away from Friday till Sunday.  Melissa left her husband for the weekend and came all the way from New Orleans to "squeeze" Avery and spend time with me.  And a sweet time we had together!  Both Dave and Andy (the husbands) asked us what we were planning to do.  Surely Melissa wouldn't came all the way to a great city like Chicago and do nothing... alas, that's what we did.  Well, not really nothing.  We talked... and talked... and talked... and looked at the baby and talked more.  It was wonderful to have my friend face to face after not seeing her for more than an hour or so in a metro Detroit coffee shop or Denney's over the holidays.  It only makes me wish again that all of my friends lived close to me... like in my neighborhood perhaps.  Ah, and it reminds me that what I really long for is the community and permanence of eternity. 

           And it makes me grateful for the friends that I do have right here. 

                   And it makes me glad that we had a baby once again... this time because it was a great excuse for Melissa to make her trek to Chicago. 

Thanks for coming, Meliss! 

Roadtrip

We've had so many firsts already... first bath, first smiles (trust me- those were not simultaneous!), first giggles... we're still waiting on first sleep through the night.  But last week we had a couple of other firsts: first time daddy left for a week and first road trip. 

Grandma Cheryl came and stayed with Avery and momma... that made everything so much easier!  Grandma held the baby so much (though momma would never accuse her of being a baby hog ;) ) and that meant momma could get a few things done around the house-- mostly washing diapers and dishes-- and that I could go to campus on Tuesday to meet with my girls at Dominican and Benedictine.  Grandmas don't visit without the requisite level of spoiling... but this time grandma spoiled the whole family-- even daddy in his absence.

Daddy returned from a ministry trip to Washington, D.C. on Thursday evening.  I have it on good authority that he was appropriately forlorn throughout the trip missing both his son and wife.  I've heard that there was lamenting every time another cute baby was seen and perhaps even a little bouncing on the plane ride home in anticipation of holding little AHB again.

Grandma, momma, and Avery picked daddy up and headed straight for Michigan for Avery's introduction to the best state and to the Brandt lake house.  He was impressed with both, as he should be.  We had a wonderful time with everyone over the weekend... aunt, uncles, and grandparents passed baby back and forth most of the time so that his bottom rarely rested on something non-human.  We even got to go to an apple orchard! (something momma's been itching to do).

Then on Sunday Andy's co-directors joined us so that the three of them could get some uninterrupted (except by the total of 6 children and two wives) think-time and planning done. 

Avery was a trooper for both 4 hour car rides there and back.  We stopped at Bob Evans on the way home and he was again enthralled by the ceiling fans.

Weekend pictures to come soon!

Avery's birth story

So, here’s the story. It was quite a ride! Andy and I had been watching my niece, Shekinah, for about a week and a half and she was set to go home on Wednesday afternoon. On Tuesday evening Andy had a softball game and we went and then went to grab some food afterward. We got home and I was checking email and such when I felt something like a punch very low in my pelvis so I started to head to the bathroom and on the way felt a gush of water. We called the midwife hotline and they said not to come in until we were having contractions that were less than 5 minutes apart, but that we’d probably have the baby within 24 hours. I hadn’t had any contractions yet, but within an hour I started having them and they were about 6 minutes apart. We packed a bag and made arrangements for a friend to come stay with Shekinah should we actually need to go to the hospital before our already scheduled midwife appointment that was at 8:30 AM. So we tried to get some sleep, and Andy did get maybe an hour, but every time I’d start to dose off, I’d start to have another contraction and I just couldn’t sleep. We started timing them again at around 2:30 and they were 3.5-4 min apart. So we called the midwife hotline again and they said we could come in or we could wait, but we decided since I wasn’t getting any sleep anyway, we might as well go to the hospital. Our friend Malissa, came to stay with Shekinah and we left for the hospital at around maybe 3:30. 

 At the hospital they checked and I was only about 2 cm dilated, which was disheartening to say the least. We were very tired all morning, but my contractions were never more than 5 minutes apart from there on… Andy rubbed my feet, back, or legs through each one (sometimes as he was half asleep) and they finally checked me again at around 1 or 2 in the afternoon and I was 6 cm. They didn’t want to check too often because of the risk of infection since my water had already been broken for several hours at that point.

 

At around 5 or 6 I started having the urge to push… the midwife had wanted to give me some pitocin to increase the productivity of my contractions, but decided against it because things started to pick up again. The next time they checked I was a disappointing 7 cm dilated, but then an hour later had moved to 9, so that was good news. We started pushing in earnest at around 6:30 or 7:00 PM and then realized that Avery was posterior (sunny side up) and would have to rotate before he was to make his appearance.

 

At some point in there I took a bath which helped with the intensity of the contractions. We pushed for another hour or so and then Charity, our midwife, said again that we should start some pitocin because I’d started to spike a fever (the bacterial infection that they were concerned about when they wouldn’t check to see how dilated I was very often)… she really wanted us to have him out before 24 hours of my water breaking passed. We did the pitocin and also a catheter because I wasn’t able to pee… and Charity thought that the baby’s head couldn’t get passed this tiny lip of cervis because my bladder was so full. Charity had to move his head out of the way to actually get the catheter in… it was pretty painful. So then things really got moving. We pushed for a little while longer and he was finally crowning and I was tearing a lot! Then things got a little scary and I heard Charity ask the nurse what Avery’s heart rate was and it had dropped to 68! I was in some intense pain and I wanted to be done. I’d been alright up till that point, but I just wanted everything to be over. Then suddenly and without asking really, Charity started an episiotomy and I screamed so loudly that Andy had to look away… he just hugged my head and cried. Then suddenly Avery was out… they put him on my chest briefly (like 20 seconds) in accordance with our birth plan, but then they took him away quickly and there were like 10 people in the room instantly. There were 4 people working on my third degree tear and episiotomy and probably six more surrounding Avery working on getting him breathing right and checking him for the bacterial infection they thought he might have. We both ended up having to have an IV… but in the end, everything is good! He’s 8 lbs. 11 ounces, was born at 8:57 PM, and is 22 inches long.

Although it was an intense ending… the Lord did some really neat thing in this process. First, we’ve seen 2 midwives alternately throughout the pregnancy. They are a part of a group of 18 midwives that work at the UIC hospital. Anyone on duty in that group is who will deliver your baby when you go into labor. So we had no guarantee that it would be either Kathleen or Charity that would actually deliver the baby. Although we’ve had a positive experience with both Kathleen and Charity, Andy had warmer feelings toward Charity. When we had our miscarriage last year, she was just really caring and personable. I think that’s what endeared her to him. Anyway, when we got to the hospital on Tuesday night they said that Kathleen would be on duty in the morning, which was comforting to look forward to seeing a friendly face. But when we got to the L&D room, Charity actually greeted us. She was phenomenal! She stayed with us for good portions of the day… and it just felt like someone who really knew us and cared about us was a part of the experience with us. How sweet of the Lord!

But then something else He did… on the Sunday before we went in to labor our pastor mentioned that they year before had been his trail sermon at our church. I’d been aware that the anniversary of our miscarriage was approaching anyway, but it reminded me even more acutely because I clearly remember his trial sermon. He said something about how sometimes that tomb is actually a womb for new life… that sometimes something/someone has to die for something new to take root… he was talking about Christ. But the words got all switched around in my mind because on the way to church that morning I’d called our midwife hotline to ask them about the bleeding that had started to happen that morning. Andy was encouraged by the midwives saying that it could be nothing, but I was already loosing hope and my mind was fixated on how sometimes the womb could be a tomb. Those words haunted me in ways that I’m sure our pastor never intended... I remember sitting there and desperately praying… and then not understanding why that would be God’s will… I still can’t pretend to understand that. Well on Tuesday, August 26th of 2008 we lost our first pregnancy and on Wednesday, August 26th of 2009 we were blessed with little Avery. I think still need to process this all a little more… but here’s what happened. I think that writing this all out is helping me to do that. I just wanted to share what God did. I still kinda can’t believe it! I look at this beautiful little boy and realize that he’s ours! Wow. 


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