Night at Patti's

On Friday night, we took my family to Patti's in Grand Rivers, KY to celebrate my dad's 51st birthday. They had all the Christmas lights out and it was just beautiful! Lights everywhere and the inside was decorated just as beautifully. We had a wonderful meal and Ava wasn't too fussy. The food was fantastic and Ava loved the lights.

Ava with Grammy

Ava with Uncle Nick

Our family

Mommy and Ava

Ava and Uncle Nick

Gramps with his birthday cake (Of course they did the birthday song!)

Grammy and Gramps

More pics from Thanksgiving

Ava with Daddy
Ava with Mommy
Ava sleeping before we left
Ava and Nana

Ava's First Thanksgiving

Yesterday we celebrated Thanksgiving with Bradley's family at his Aunt Mary Neely's (she is in the photo above) house. Ava had a great day and was not fussy at all (thank God!). We ate a ton of food and took tons of pictures (of course!).

This afternoon we are on our way to KY and have dinner reservations at Patti's. If you have not eaten there, it is fantastic and well worth the trip. This dinner will be to celebrate my Dad's birthday! Let's hope Ava is not fussy there either!


Ava with Aunt Janice
Ava with Pop and Uncle Timmy
Ava with Pop
Ava with Aunt Bethany

Daddy's Idea of Fun...

is definitely not Ava's idea of fun. I heard my camera snapping away the other night and came downstairs to find that Daddy had been taking pictures of Ava. This is what I found on my camera...

What is he doing to this poor child?

But at the end she does give him a smile!

Ava's Christmas Pictures

Today we took Ava to Wal-Mart to get her Christmas portraits made. They are not as good as the ones by Kori, but I think they did a pretty good job. She was very smiley and not fussy at all, so I was very thankful! We have ordered some and they will be in closer to Christmas.

Now, they look kind of off centered, but the lady who took the pics said their new camera system makes the proofs look funny, but on your actual prints there will not be so much space at the top and you will see more picture on the bottom than what is on the proof. She says that it sounds crazy, but that's they way the proofs are. So here they are. Ava's First Christmas!

3 months old

Well, Ava is officially 3 months old. How time flies. Today I went and picked up her portraits from the photographer. We got her 1 month portraits a day after her 3 month b-day. I was so excited and man were they worth waiting for! They are just fantastic. Kori did a wonderful job and I am just so pleased with how they turned out! Great stuff! Here are some pics of Ava from last night and we did a little photo shoot. She was not Happy!


Look at that Buddha belly!

These last 2 were taken on Sunday night. Ava hung the first ornament on our Christmas tree.

Happy Birthday Gramps!

Today is not only Ava's 3 month birthday, but Ava's Gramp's (my dad) as well. Happy Birthday! We love you! Can't wait to celebrate at Patti's! Yum.

Look at her hold that head up!

Ava has gotten so good at holding her head up. When she has tummy time she spends the first little bit with her head way up. She is trying so hard to roll over and today she almost had it, but just wore herself out. I think within a week or two she will be rolling from front to back.

I tried to post this other pic yesterday of her sleeping in her car seat. If she gets into a good sleep she can last for a couple of hours in that chair!

Hope everyone had a great weekend! Love, Tiff

Getting into the Christmas Spirit!

Tonight Bradley and I drug out the Christmas decorations and started decorating. We have not put up our trees yet, but we have most of the sit around stuff out. We are both very excited about Ava's first Christmas even though we know she will have no clue what is going on. It is still going to be fun for us. She is also enthralled with lights so she will love the trees and Christmas lights.

This week was pretty uneventful. My mom did come down and take care of Ava this week. Anne had the week off, but she still came to visit Ava a lot.

Ava is just growing so much and changing everyday. It is amazing how quick time flies! Christmas will be here before you know it and I am looking forward to those 2 weeks off with Ava. Right now I have 1 week and 2 days until Thanksgiving break and I can't wait!

12 weeks old today

Boy does she hate the snot sucker!


Ava has been very busy this week. Changing I mean and discovering things. She is starting to teeth and has been pretty fussy this week. She is drooling constantly and wants to stick her hands in her mouth all the time. I don't want her sucking her thumb so I try to keep the pacifier in her mouth as much as possible. She has starting holding things in her hands (mostly if we put them there, but occasionally she grabs things on her own). And this morning when I went to her crib, she had moved herself around in the bed. She is also trying to sit up when she is in her bouncer. She gets her back off of the chair just a little bit. Man is she ever changing! I am also posting a couple of pics from trick-or-treating at Nana and Pop's the other night. She got a can of formula and even tolerated the lion costume for more than just 2 minutes. I think she liked how the head piece helped hold her pacifier in!