Happy 4th of July

Happy Fourth of July! Just a quick share of one of the pictures that I took of Ava during our 4th of July photo shoot earlier today. They are still downloading so I just picked a quick share and I will share more later.

I have so much fun on the 4th and remembering past Fourg of July's. This is Ava's 3rd one and here are a few reminders of the first two.

4th of July - 2008

4th of July - 2007

Hard to believe how much she has changed! Hope you all have a great 4th and God Bless America and the men and women who fight for our country and freedom!

A Visit to the Zoo

While Ava and I were visiting Aunt Bo (Nona) and Nanny in Indiana, the weather was miserably hot. It was so hot we barely left the house and I did not get my camera out at all with the exception of a short trip to the zoo. Even though we arrived at opening, the temp was so hot we only lasted a little over an hour. We barely skimmed the surface of what they had, much less got to enjoy ourselves. I did manage to get a few pictures of Ava who has talked about the zoo constantly since our return. Here are some of the things she has to say:

• When asked what animals she saw, these are usually listed: peacocks, zebras, a giraffe who was eating a tree, scarlet acaws (Macaws - she learned from Diego), Hippos taking a bath, birds, toucans, bats, spiders, snakes in the window and a snake on a rock, and turtles.




• The peacocks roam free at this zoo and Ava was very intrigued, especially by one who wanted to mate with a female. Ava would say, "I saw a boy peacock being mean to a girl. He was fighting with her like this." Then she proceeds to shake her booty and do some hilarious dance.

She has such a great memory and recalls so many little tidbits that I don't remember. It is funny to hear her elaborate on the different things she has seen. You never know what story she will tell you.

Goofing Around

I am just now getting around to posting these pictures from a couple of weeks ago. Ava was supposed to be in her room taking a nap, but I started to hear the faint sounds of an Indian coming from her room. Sure enough when I snuck up to the door I found her in this newborn hat knitted for her by Nana and marching around like an Indian. Of course as soon as she noticed me she stopped, but I let her stay up a few minutes longer while I took these funny pictures of her hamming it up in a newborn toboggan.

It's a ........ Cletus!

Boy! Due date 11/26/09 right on Thanksgiving Day. The ultrasound today went fine. The little guy was still a little small to get clear pictures of, but it was confirmed by the US technician and the doctor that this is definitely a boy. His heartbeat was strong at 148 beats a minute and everything looked good. He weighs 9 and 1/2 oz. The tech said it was hard to get very clear pictures of him because he is still so small and doesn't have body fat yet. She said at this stage they are still very skeletal because of just how tiny they are.

On the yucky side, I had my blood drawn today for the screening test that shows down syndrome and a few other genetic disorders. This was what came back with a false positive for Ava. So just pray for us that this doesn't come back high on us again. I would hate to go through all that mess again!

So here he is. Baby Boy Rogers. No name decided yet.

This first picture is of his manhood. The top arrow is his goober and the bottom arrow is his other man goods.

His hand is up by his face in this one. He kept trying to suck his thumb, but he was overshooting his mouth and hitting the top of his head.