January 17, 2010

The Lewis' in 2009

Thought this was a cute idea!!!

2009 was a wonderful year!
January 2009- We were getting ready for our little girls arrival near the end of the months! And I was so ready to have her in our arms!!! 



Our doctor decided to induce and we would get to meet our little girl 3 days early! She ended up needing an emergency C-Section. But it was worth it! She was born January 22 at 5:22PM she was a beautiful 8lb 2oz baby girl!





The first week home my mother stayed with us and helped out so much! We would have been lost without her! I was helpless for about 2 weeks!



February- We took our first trip as a family! We ended up splitting up for the most part of it. I learned how hard it was to travel with a three week old by myself. And my dad was unable to be there for Ava's birth and he met his granddaughter for the first time February 14th! He was just smitten with her from the start!






March- I was suppose to go back to work after my maternity leave. But we decided to move down to Texas to be closer to family! We started telling people and i resigned from my job at Daniel Island Club. We started packing and figuring out our plans! 




Ava also celebrated her first Easter!



April- We arrived in San Antonio and moved into my parents mother-in-law suite till we figured out where we were going to live. We also decided to apply to be a CARES Team at a local apartment. We had to wait to find the right place for us! The weather was beautiful and Ava got to spend some time out by the pool!! She is a water baby!!!



May- We found our apartment where we would be serving at and moved in and got settled and started work as a cares team. Ava was already on the move at 4 months... she was starting to get up on her hands and knees and rock back and forth. I knew that my days of her not moving around were over... but excited for this new chapter in our life!



June- This was our big family trip month! We went over seas (Ava's first overseas trip) we went to Dominican and stayed at a beautiful condo on the ocean! it was a wonderful trip! I spent most of the time with ava out on the balcony just enjoying the sound of the waves and the beautiful place! We also got to go see the other parts of the dominican that most don't see! And it was really eye opening! I also had stopped nursing at this point.
 




July-  Ava turned 6 months old! She started crawling and pulling up on our furniture! And never slowed down from there!
We also had family pictures made! I have been horrible in placing my order but i have the sneak peek that Jamie gave us!



August- When we became a cares team we met the most wonderful couple who use to be a cares team and they helped us out! We actually had started a friendship out of that and we have become wonderful friends. At dinner one night Lindsey and I were talking and we got on the subject of birthdays and found out that we had the same birthday! our children are also 7 days apart in age! It has been such a blessing to have them in our lives!!!  Lindsey and I decided to celebrate our birthdays together! it was so much fun!!!



September- Ava really started walking well by herself. She started at 7 1/2 months but really got the hang of it a 8 months and has just started getting stronger and stronger!!!



October- Ava celebrated her first Halloween! She was the cutest lady bug! I was able to make her costume!



November- Ava celebrated her first Thanksgiving!!! She was able to eat turkey, stuffing, and everything else we ate and loved it!!! We also took a trip to Memphis to visit Dez parents and for ava to meet her Great Great Grandma!





December- Ava's first Christmas! It was so much fun! We had all of our family at my parents house and had a fun time letting ava open her presents and spending time with family!






This has been a great year and we have spent it all with our wonderful baby girl! She has blessed our lives in so many ways! We are so grateful for her and have loved watching her grow up every day! As well celebrate her 1st birthday in January 2010 i have found myself looking back more and more on when she was first given to us!!! We love her more than words could ever describe!

2010 is going to be a wonderful year!!! Can't wait to see what it hold for our family!!!

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