Christmas Eve at Nanny and Poppy's

Bradley, Ava, and I in our festive head gear

Bradley, Ava, and I spent Christmas Eve at my grandmother and grandfather's house in KY. Don't you just love the hats!

Ava with Nanny
Ava with Aunt Bo
Ava with Grammy
Ava opening her first Christmas gift
Ava with Gramps
Ava with Daddy

Ava with Uncle Nick

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays

May God bless you all this holiday season and keep you all safe during your holiday travels. Merry Christmas from the Rogers's House.

First Solid Food

Last night Ava ate rice cereal for the first time. She sat in her high chair like a big girl. It was absolutely hilarious. I don't think she completely hated it because she never just spit the whole bite out. But you can see by her face that she finds it very confusing!

What a cutie!

4 month photos

My mom and I tried to get some good shots of Ava on her 4 month birthday, but she just wasn't feeling it. She was obsessed with staring at the polka dots on these little pajamas. They were so cute on her!

The last picture is of Ava in the jumper that Bradley and I got her for Christmas. We gave it to her early and she is loving it. She loves to stand up like a big girl and watch her Veggie Tales in this!

Trip to KY

Two weekends ago, we took a trip up to KY to pick up my mom so she could babysit Ava for the week (while Anne was in the hospital). While we were there, Ava's great-grandparents came over to see her. We just stayed for a couple of hours, but of course we took some pictures.

Ava with Mammaw Freeman

Ava with Poppy Weaver

Ava with Nanny Weaver

Ava with Gramps

Ava with Uncle Nick (he came down to visit last Monday)

Rolling over...FINALLY!

Sorry, I have been such a bad blogger lately, but we have been very busy here. I have been to 3 Christmas parties over the last week and a half, Joe and Anne were both in the hospital with a bad virus so Bradley was working extra, and we have just had tons going on. We are also super excited about Christmas coming up!

The picture above is a cropped picture of Ava and Santa. The photographer gave us a cropped copy, but the CD had the whole picture and I just finally got the time to crop it down. I love the way he is looking at her in this one. I just wish she had smiled!


We finally got Ava pics framed and we have 1 out of 3 hanging right now. Isn't it beautiful! You should see it in person. It's just amazing!

A day before Ava's 4 month birthday (12/12), she finally rolled over! It really scared her because she went so fast. Her eyes got big and she stuck her lower lip out and just about cried. Needless to say since that night, she hasn't rolled over again. Here is a pic of her after it happened and I have been trying to get her to do it again on film ever since, no luck though!

The last picture is just Ava and Bradley hanging out this past weekend. She is in that phase where she wants to stand up all the time! She has also started growling. For some reason, she enjoys sounding like a doggie and she growls constantly. The other night she woke me up at 3 in the morning growling and it freaked me out! (I had just watched The exorcism of Emily Rose and 3 in the morning is the "devil's hour." Frightening! But it is pretty funny when she does it!

Meeting Santa

Christmas Season...

We took Ava on Saturday to DCHS's Breakfast with Santa. She didn't seem to mind Santa, but the picture they took was awful so we are going to take her to the mall this week to meet a different Santa. Here is a picture of Ava before we left for the breakfast.







Last night was the Newbern Christmas parade and Ava got to watch it. She was so bundled up that she looked like the kid from A Christmas Story. "I can't put my arms down!" She fell asleep about 3/4 into the parade and we took her inside and brought her back out when Santa came. He promised her that he would be back to see her.

These last 2 pictures were from tonight's photo shoot for our Christmas card. I will be working on that this week so we can get those cards into the mail.

Well, that's all for now. Hope you are all having a great holiday season! Love, Tiff

Thanksgiving in KY

Ava with Mommy and Aunt Bo
Ava with Mommy
Ava with Gramps after a long day
Ava with Grammy

On Saturday we had Thanksgiving at my Nanny and Poppy Weaver's house in KY. Ava was not a very happy baby on this day and was pretty fussy. She did have some good moments, but didn't sleep much during the day so she was a little more testy than usual. We enjoyed visiting with everyone and spending time with family we don't get to see much. Of course Ava was passed around quite a bit.

After we got home, Ava, who had slept the whole way, was wide awake and smiley. We took these pictures of her when we got back to TN.

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