Celebrating a friend's birthday

After last year's disaster at a friend's party, I thought we may have been banished from all birthday parties in the state of TN. I don't know if I talked about it on her, but rest assured, it was bad. So I was kind of dreading this year's party and hoping that Ava behaved much better. We talked about it for days and how she wouldn't be getting presents because this wasn't her party and that hers was coming. So Ava picked out a present and away we went.

I was shocked that my child was very well behaved (you just don't realize how bad it was last year!). We only had one small incident and that was dealt with quietly and quickly and the rest of the time, she had a blast! The party was held at a little place that offers the bouncy items to its guests. Ava was very hesitant about those because the air pumps were very loud and she does not like loud songs lately (unless she is making them!). But once she finally got in, she loved bouncing and had a fantastic time. She was such a great kid and definitely did not want to leave when it was time to go!

Here she was saying, "Mommy watch me!"

Got to check out the cake!

Ava's first time in her pool

Last week we filled up Ava's pool so she could enjoy some swimming. She was so excited to get a chance to splash around and cool off. She had been asking for a yellow pool so when we brought this home she had said, "It's just the one I wanted!" Too cute. Once she got in the water she said, "I like to swim in the water. It makes me happy." Who could resist letting her lounge in the pool?

4th of July - Photoshoot Part 2

This is the rest of some of my favorite photos from the 4th of July photoshoot. Thanks for all the wonderful comments. I have really enjoyed reading those.

So here she is, the rest of my faves of my little model.

I was getting some stink eye in this one.

Love the expression in this one.

For some reason, I love pictures of feet.

4th of July Photoshoot - Part 1

Like I mentioned in the previous post, on the 4th Ava and I did a little photoshoot. Here are some more of my favorite photos from the little session. She actually enjoyed having her pictures made and we had a good time. Looking at these pictures, it is so hard to believe that she is almost 3 years old. Each day she becomes a little more independent and a little more hard-headed. She is a firecracker, that's for sure!