A Visit from Peyton

Last weekend on Aunt Bethany's Birthday, Peyton and Lisa came by our house to see Bethany. Ava just loved Peyton! She is like that with other kids and it is so cute to watch! Look at these sweet pictures! By the way, I am posting several because they are just too precious! Ava's expressions are priceless. (And Peyton, I hope you don't have pink eye!)

Happy Birthday Nana!

Yesterday was Nana's (Anne's) birthday. Joe rented the skating rink for an hour for her to roller skate and invited Bradley, Ava, and me to come along. I even did the roller skating thing and I have a huge bruise on my rear end to prove it. (Turns out extra padding doesn't help!) ;)

Anyway, it was lots of fun and nice to have the place to ourselves for a little while!

Happy Birthday Nana!

Bradley the Speed Skater

Joe acting silly

Recent Pictures

Here are some recent pictures of Ava. I am a little behind on posting so I am trying to catch up!

Ava talking

Ava clapping

My First Mother's Day

My first Mother's Day was very nice. Ava actually slept until 7:00 am and then got in bed with Bradley and I and slept until 10:00. Needless to say, we didn't make it to church. We were enjoying the nap time! Ava and Bradley both got me cards and a concrete bunny statue for my garden. (I will post a pic of it later!) We made an uneventful trip to Wal-Mart, ate Taco Bell for lunch, and lazed around some. We had spent most of Saturday working in our yard, so this was a nice rest. We went to visit Nana (Anne) around 7 pm and then ordered some Papa John's pizza for supper. It was basically just a nice, lazy Sunday! Thanks Bradley!

Here are photos from Mother's Day (which was also Ava's 9 month birthday!).

9 Month old Ava

Ava turned 9 months old on Sunday. What a nice, little Mother's Day present. So here's what Ava has been up to:

• Houston, We Finally Have a Top Tooth! - Ava's top tooth finally broke through on Thursday! Hallelujah! It's just been hanging there. The other one is just under the gum and then she will have a pair!
  
• First Word - Last Wed. before I went to school, Ava waved at me and said, "Bye, Bye," now Anne swears she has been saying it for weeks, but on this particular day it was very clear. She is now starting to make the Dada and Mama sounds but not putting it together yet.
  
• Early Riser - Gone are the days of sleeping until 7! Most mornings, Ava is up around 5:30 or 6:00 it just depends on how light it is outside. Wears us out!
  
• Pink Eye- Ava had to go to the doctor for her first sickness. Pink Eye, which she caught from me!


• Big Girl - Ava now rides in her big girl car seat! (see below)


• Sippy Cup - Ava now drinks her juice from a sippy cup and just loves to gnaw on it! (see above)
• Miss Independent - Ava just has a mind of her own and wants her way all the time! But she definitely knows what "NO!" means!

Happy Mother's Day

Hope you all have a Happy Mother's Day!