hip hop baby.

She got them ruffle butt pants

Boots with the fur

The whole room was looking at her

She hit the floor

Next thing we know
Baby just grow, grow, grow, grow, grow, grow, grow, grow

I feel like I've been neglecting our blog and my faithful followers! Sorry. We've been busy with eating, sleeping, and growing over here at the Eller house. And visitors too! Last weekend my dear friend Mary was in town to meet Avery and give mommy a little social relief. She brought gifts including the adorable ugly doll in the above picture and an AMAZING homemade chandelier that will be featured in the upcoming post of Avery's 'nearly' completed nursery (hopefully sometime early this coming week).

On Thursday my parents braved the biggest snow storm we've had all year and drove over from MT. Nothing was going to keep them from holding their grand daughter any longer. They visited a number of times while she was in the NICU but with a hands free visiting policy this was the first time in her 16 weeks of existence that they could hold her. (BTW *yikes* that I have a 16 week old baby already!) They have spent the weekend loving and holding her. Clearly as you'll see in the picture below, my dad and Avery have a lot in common and will get along just fine. 

Other than that we've just been hanging out. Avery is growing like a weed. Especially her hair and eyelashes.  She is becoming such a good eater and no longer takes an hour + to finish a less than 2 ounce bottle! She is such a good baby. We did go to the hospital last week for blood work and while everything is looking 'good' she has to continue all her meds including the yucky, icky, horrible sodium she takes. She hates it. We'll just keep tracking it and hope that sooner or later her alch phos levels go down and we can eliminate some of the extras she gets on a daily basis. 
Bill went back to work last week and made it through 3 days before the weather interrupted their progress. Having him gone makes me appreciate even more how much help he is when he is around. I look forward to the weekends for a whole new reason now!
I promise to be better about posting. I am really excited about sharing pictures of her nursery so hopefully I'll finish up some small projects and can get some pictures hung and then take pictures. Keep an eye out!