Ava's First Bubble Bath

Last night while Bradley was lowering Ava's crib, Ava and I took a bubble bath. I only put a little bit of bubbles in, but boy did that little squirt produce a ton of bubbles! Ava had fun splashing around and playing and loved the bubbles! As you can see in one of the pictures, she went face down into some of them.


Here are some Ava changes from this week:

• We had to lower Ava's bed because she is trying to pull up on the rails and I had awful visions of her flipping herself over the side of the bed.


• She has now had her first relaxing bubble bath.


• Every once in a while during her crawling she will pop onto her butt in a sitting position. It usually doesn't last long, but she is doing it on her own.


• She has started to enjoy some fruit and not just go mush mouth on us when we feed it to her.


• She has started wearing size 12 month and some 18 month clothes.

We have a busy weekend planned. Tomorrow if the weather is nice, Ava is going to an Easter egg hunt. I am looking forward to it! We have been practicing and I think Ava is ready! We are also having company (Nana and Pop) for dinner tomorrow night since we bought some meat to support Project Graduation. So we will be eating good. At some point we need to squeeze in an Easter Bunny visit. Man, we'll need a weekend just to rest up from this weekend! Have a great one everyone!

This is Ava's Faux-hawk tribute to American Idol's Sanjaya Malakar:

Ava's First Flower and Passed out in a Stroller

I picked a tulip the other day and let Ava smell it (she smelled it right before she tore it in pieces). You can tell by the look on her face that it wasn't very fragrant.

The other pictures are of Ava after finishing a walk with her Nana the other afternoon. You can tell the fresh air just really relaxes her.

And here's a pretty picture of the moon from between the trees in our backyard. I thought it was neat looking.

A surprise visit

This past Sunday, we got a phone call from Pop saying that Bradley's aunt and uncle wanted to come see Ava. After a mad dash of trying to get stuff a little more presentable, they showed up to visit with Ava for a few minutes. They keep up with Ava's happenings here on the blog, but hadn't seen her since Christmas so she had changed a lot. Of course everyone was getting a kick out of her crawling and chasing after Pop's watch. What can I say, my baby already is attracted to gold, diamonds, and jewelry in general!

New Pictures

Sorry it has taken me a while to update the blog. I started back to work this week and it has been so stressful. I can't wait for this semester to be over! Only 45 days left (I even have the number posted on my board to count down!). Ava has been keeping us super busy. Gone are the days of her playing on her little pallet and being content. The days are now chasing Ava's crawling little booty (usually into the dog bed or aquarium) and trying to keep her from damaging household items or herself. Here are some pics from the last few days.

Watching cars with Daddy:

Terrorizing Squiggles:
When will this March Madness ever be over with?
Our Little Cinderella (what a cute shirt!)

Kiddie Jail - The only way to keep her corralled!

Well, someone just woke up after being put down for the night. I'll post more soon!