We wish you a Merry Christmas!!!!

We hope all of you had as good a Christmas as we did! We got to spend so much time with family and doing fun traditions.
We played in the snow...yes, that is Tanis in the back seat!!

We got presents in our stockings

This is Mommy and Daddy's favorite present!

Our Family Christmas Morning

We celebrated Tanis' 6th brithday!!!

We went on a carriage ride at Temple Square

We ate at The Old Spaghetti Factory

Ava snuggled with Grandad

We played in the snow some more

We rode in the bjorn

We met our cousin Jordyn

And napped with Tanis

And met our Aunt Tiffani and cousin Cameron

Heaven

My good friend Tiffany took pictures of Ava when she was only 6 days old! She did such a good job and I LOVE how they turned out! Thanks Tiff you are awesome!!! Here are some of my favorites....

Getting to Know You

Things we have discovered about our baby girl.....

1. She has a dimple on her right cheek, just like mommy!

2. She is VERY curious. Anytime she is awake she lifts her little head and turns it to wherever there is sound.

3. She LOVES singing songs with mommy. It can calm her down so fast!

4. Daddy says she is perfect! And can't get enough of her! His first day back to work was VERY hard :(

5. She has a really hard time waking up. Her little forehead wrinkles when she tries so hard to open her eyes!

6. She is a grazer! This is also like mommy. She cries and wants a snack and one hour later she wants another! We are in the process of trying to get out of this habit!

7. She loves to snuggle with her dad. She will sleep on his chest for hours and not budge!

8. She is such a sweet heart! She has such a soft, gentle personality! That is not like mommy or daddy!

9. She LOVES her car seat and riding in the car! I am so glad cause I don't like it when she cries!!!

10. She does NOT like bath time! But she does like when daddy gets her warm in her towel!!

11. She likes to dance. This one is not a shocker. The other day my assistant Mickelle came over so I could teach her the dances that she is teaching my girls. Ava got a little fussy so I picked her up and danced with her in my arms. She immediately calmed down and was so content!

12. She LOVES to sleep in our bed. We only let her nap in our bed and we let her sleep with us after her early morning feeding!

13. She makes Tanis VERY protective. And when we get home the first thing he does is look for her in her car seat!

14. She likes to be burritoed when she sleeps, but has to have her hands free when she is awake!

15. She smiles a TON! I love it!

16. Everyone that knows my side of the family or sees pictures of them says that Ava is defiantly an Olsen. She looks like me and my sisters.....especially Alexis when she was little! But in the last couple of days we have caught her doing some "Daddy things"!

Oh my gosh isn't she cute???


Wow, they sure look alike in this picture! Check out their matching hands!


Sleeping with Mommy.....Ava is in there somewhere!


Our little Blondie


Sleeping like a Bayles!!! They all do this! :)

Ava June Bayles

Hi! I'm Ava. I was born on November 25th. Weighing in at 7lbs. 1 oz. and 19inches. This is a look at the first 5 days of my life!



This is my mom and dad at the Hospital. The doctor decided to induce her because I was taking my time figuring out when to come. She was kinda nervous about the getting induced but she was SO ready for me to get here. She got induced at 11:00am.



This is me meeting mommy and daddy. They kinda look like deer in the headlights because I decided to come really fast! After 8 hours of my heart rate dropping, the doctor came and my mom pushed for 10 minutes and I came out! It was kinda scary cause the cord was wrapped around my neck....I didn't like it!





The Olsen family was actually at the hospital bringing Daddy some dinner....I thought it was really unfair that mommy didn't get to eat! Everything happened so fast that they ended up being in the hallway when I was born so I got to met them when I was only a few minutes old!
Uncle Jaxon

Grandma Olsen

Aunt Skylar

Grandpa Olsen

Our First Family Picture


The nurse and daddy gave me my first bath! I didn't like it too much but I was happy because no one could tell how much blonde hair I had until after!





Grammy and Grandad Bayles came soon after the news of my arrival. I was so excited to meet them. I am grandbaby #15!



My parents have been a little "picture happy" since I got here.

This is me getting ready to come home from the Hospital.


Me and daddy. The first thing he taught me was the names of the people on his STAR WARS shirt!


Me and Mommy.


Snuggling with Grandpa


Me and mommy in my ballerina pj's



I have had a lot of visitors. Mommy says everyone has been so excited to see me. I usually just sleep through the visits, but I really am excited they come!

Nate & Tiffany


The Cook Family....my future babysitters!


Erik and Shanelle's Family


Aunt Kristin


Aunt Alexis



The past 5 days have been pretty crazy around our house! We came home 24 hours after I was born (mommy didn't like being in the hospital).

Since then I went to Thanksgiving dinner at Grandma and Grandpa Olsen's.



Mommy and Daddy gave me a bath at home.


We decorated the Christmas tree!



I met my brother Tanis.....he just mostly likes to smell me!


And I snuggled with Daddy A LOT!!!

Well, that's it in a nutshell! Mommy and Daddy say thanks for all the phone calls and texts! I will keep you posted on all the exciting adventures that my parents are in for now that I'm here!!!