Dear Avery,
For your 19th week of life, we went to the hospital to visit Grandpa Dertien several times. Daddy spent pretty much every day there, but we got to visit a little bit too. Besides seeing Daddy and Grandpa there, we got to see Uncle Doug (you met him for the first time!), his friend Kim, Aunt Barb, and of course Grandma Dertien. Momma also dragged you around to finish our Christmas shopping.
Some photos from week 19:
For your 20th week of life (last week), we visited the hospital too, but thankfully, Grandpa Dertien got to go home on Wednesday. On Monday, you, Daddy and I went to visit Santa. You sat on his lap with no crying. You did, however, pull out a big clump of Santa’s beard. We had your picture taken while he was holding you and it shows you holding on to a curl of his beard. This made Daddy and Momma laugh a lot.
I will tell you more about your first Christmas in another entry. But to sum it up, we are so lucky to have such a wonderful family. Especially you! We enjoyed your first Christmas immensely!
The day after Christmas, we mostly relaxed at home. You slept a ton to make up for such action packed days. When you weren’t dozing, we spent time together playing with your new toys. (Special thank you to Daddy for his first efforts at putting together your toys! 
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You amaze us every day with what you are learning! As of last week, you were eating cereal three times a day. You also are starting to pull up onto your knees when you are in your crib. It won’t take too much more for you to crawl, it seems! You are more and more steady sitting on your own. You aren’t sitting up without something around you, but we know it won’t be long.
We feel especially blessed this Christmas season… especially to have you in our lives! We love you very much!
Love, Mommy and Daddy
Photos from week 20:
Sneezing while eating cereal is messy!
