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Levi Archie

Levi Archie Furr was born on Wednesday, April 18th to Kelly and Ryan (Larry's brother). His middle name was given in memory of Larry and Ryan's paternal grandfather.

Levi weighed 8 lbs. 13 oz. and was 21½" long, which means Christian has held onto his title of biggest Furr grand baby (but only by an ounce).

Here's Levi with his big sister Abby. Although we currently have just one niece and one nephew on the Furr side of the family, we think these two more than make up for it in cuteness alone.

Congratulations to Ryan, Kelly and Abby! We can't wait to see you all again.

James Fredrick

James Fredrick Olsen was born Friday, May 14th to Liz and Preston (Krista's older brother). He weighed 7 lbs. 3 oz. and measured 20.5" long.

James is Ava and Christian's eighth cousin on the Olsen side of the family, their ninth cousin overall. Between Zach, Abby, Zoe, Kat, and James, Christian now has five cousins that are all within a year of his age.

Speaking of Kat, we recently attended her baby blessing while she and her family were visiting from Denver.

We were so glad to have shared this beautiful event with them.

Katharine Eve

Katharine Eve Olsen was born Friday, March 19th to Elissa and Jordan (Krista's younger brother). She weighed 6 lbs. 14 oz. and measured 19.75" long.

Katharine is Ava and Christian's seventh cousin on the Olsen side of the family, their eighth cousin overall.

When we showed Ava this picture of cousin Annissa holding her new little sister, Ava told us that she wanted a new baby too. We reminded Ava that she already had a little baby brother, to which she replied "but I want a boy baby and a girl baby."

Congratulations Jordan and Elissa on your beautiful baby daughter. We can't wait to come visit you all in Denver. Although you should be aware that Ava may try to smuggle Katherine home in her suitcase.

Christian Laurence

Zoe Renee

Zoe Renee Kap was born Tuesday, April 28th.

Here's little Zoe with her brother Zach and their parents Ethan and Erika (Krista's sister).

Ava is a big admirer of her newest cousin who is peeking here to see who's watching her sleep.

Zoe is Ava's sixth cousin on the Olsen side of the family, her seventh cousin overall.

Here's Ava giving Zoe a little kiss on the head.

Granny O is very excited about having another grandchild in the family.

Maddie and Lauren are always the doting aunts, but Zoe seems bored by them as she yawns.

We're so excited to have another darling little niece. Congratulations to Erika, Ethan, and new big brother Zach!

Abigail Ruth

Abigail Ruth Furr was born Monday, January 26th to Kelly and Ryan (Larry's brother). Her middle name was given in memory of Kelly's grandmother.

She weighed 8 lbs. 4 oz. and was 21" long.

Abigail is Ava's first cousin on the Furr side of the family, her sixth cousin overall.

Here's Abigail home from the hospital fast asleep—just three days old. Check out all that hair!

And here she is all wrapped up after her first sponge bath.

Congratulations Ryan and Kelly! She is absolutely adorable. We can't wait to see you and baby Abigail in a few weeks!

Lots more pictures can be seen at Ryan and Kelly's blog, which requires a password for access (email Larry if you'd like him to send you the guest login and password).

Zachary Aidan

Erika (Krista's sister) and Ethan recently welcomed an adorable baby boy into their home. Zachary Aidan was born on October 30th. He weighed 7 lbs 6 oz and was 20 inches long.

We drove up to Erika and Ethan's house last Saturday to see our new nephew who had just come home from the hospital.

Ava was thrilled to meet her new cousin "Ack." She was very excited to see a real baby (they are much more fun than Cabbage Patch Kids).

Larry and I were reminded of just how much Ava has grown since being a newborn; and Ava thought Zach had cute ears.

Ava made sure to be very soft with her new cousin (thank goodness). Here she is patting Zach's head (he has a full head of hair).

Ava wanted to be next to whomever was currently holding Zach. Here she is next to Aunt Maddie, who is quite the pro with little babies as the aunt of six nephews and nieces.

Now that Ava has five cousins on the Olsen side of the family, she is looking forward to her first cousin on the Furr side of the family. Just ten more weeks to go!

Sophia Elizabeth

One of the fun things about having lots of siblings is that your kids will have lots of cousins. Ava's fourth cousin, Sophia Elizabeth, was born Tuesday, August 21st to Liz and Preston (Krista's brother).

Sophia weighed 7 lbs. 5 oz. and measured 19½" long.

We're glad Ava will be able to grow up with two girl cousins less than a year in age apart from her. Yes, there will be many, many pictures.

In other news, Elder Danny Furr has become senior companion. His junior comp is Elder Kruger from Wyoming. Larry's brother Ryan is back from Raleigh, NC after having finished his summer internship with Deloitte & Touche, during which he was offered a full-time job with the firm upon his graduation in April. And lastly, we finally have a furnished living room after one and a half years. Alas, Ava's echo chamber is no more; but it is nice to have a place to greet our guests. So if you're in the area, come on by and say hello!

Annissa Jane

At just eight days old, Ava gained her first girl cousin. Annissa Jane Olsen was born December 20 to proud parents Elissa and Jordan (Krista's younger brother). We think this is really great because Ava and Annissa will have each other as playmates growing up. This should make Olsen family get-togethers that much more fun for the two of them.
Krista's mom (who styles herself "Granny O") got the baby cousins matching outfits for the holidays. The girls modeled their new threads for us on New Year's Eve.

Ava also has two older cousins, also on the Olsen side of the family. Lucas and Seth, children to Liz and Preston (Krista's older brother), came to visit Krista for her birthday and posed for the camera while Ava fussed.
As for the Furr side of the family, Ava remains cousin-less for the time-being. Ryan, Kelly?

Ava Noel

Since all of our friends now have blogs, Krista and I decided that we would jump on the blog bandwagon. Plus, having a blog is an easy way to share photos, thus satisfying the barrage of requests we receive for new pictures of the baby.

For those lacking the details, Ava Noel Furr was born at 3:34 a.m. on December 12, 2006; weighing 7 lbs. 8 oz. and measuring 18.5" long (although at her two week check-up she measured 21.25" long; thus bringing into question the accuracy of the initial measurement). Both mother and baby are healthy and happy, and dad is happiest of all.

We'll try to keep this blog up-to-date with news, but for the time-being we have a feeling most of the news will be about Ava. As you can see from these pictures, Ava is rarely without a bow in her hair when there's a camera around (it's an Olsen tradition).

Wonder what she's dreaming about. A better hair style perhaps?