Just Playing

Last week cousin Shelby came and watched Ava. They had a blast playing at the park. That's Ava's favorite place to go play. She can clearly tell us she wants to go there to see her friends and play. She's becoming quite the little climber too. I'm afraid we might have some ER visits in our future. Good thing we don't have any climbing trees in our yard.

Her yellow ladybug glasses crack me up!!

Easter Recap

Our Easter was packed full of excitement! Once again, the Easter Bunny went overboard on "A's" basket. Go figure! 

The bunny cup was a big hit. You can see she's trying to drink from the empty cup. 

"Ah, crayons, momma!"

She enjoyed Gram and Da time.

She was not cooperating for the pic with mom and dad.

Lunch at Cheesecake Factory with Poppy

She's hollering "Eat!"

Easter basket round 2 at Grammy's house

We had an egg hunt indoors since it was raining. She loved the chocolate that was hidden in the eggs.

I hope you had a wonderful Easter, Passover, or weekend with your family. Ours couldn't have been better! Every year it's more and more fun as "A" gets bigger and more into the holidays. Seeing her smile warms my heart!

Our Little Valentine {19 1/2 Months}

Valentines at our home was spent enjoying the gorgeous spring like weather. How crazy is it that Sunday night it was snowing while I was watching The Grammy's and today it was sunny and 61'! We took full advantage of the weather and ventured to the park for an impromptu photo shoot and some playing. My munchkin had a blast and was so full of life! Once again, I just can't believe how big she is getting. Such a  difference from last Valentine's Day.

She was very excited to receive a gift from Grammy and Poppy! Dora books are always a hit!

After more gifts from mom and dad, we had a nice family dinner at home. We cooked fresh halibut, asparagus, and sweet potatoes. Delicious! 

I hope your day was filled with joy and love as well!

15 Months Old

The time sure is flying by and our little munchkin is now 15 months and full of life! She's become very independent and a bit stubborn. She's walking all over the place and does not enjoy sitting, which means our eating out days have been drastically cut. It's much more enjoyable to eat at home so she can run around and play. She also enjoys being outside and exploring as you an see.

Ava Turns 1

I have been totally absent and a bad mom when it comes to keeping up with this blog. I have been spending so much time on A Lived in Home that I have neglected this one. I'm finally posting 1 year old pics of Ava.

She is getting so big and is little miss independent! Her newest likes are climbing up and down the stairs, walking around everywhere holding on to someones finger, pushing her toys around, watching Dora, and screaming when she doesn't get her way. Yes, we do not enjoy the last one. Her vocal cords are proving to work well.

Ava has her own little language these days. Her favorite word is Dada, but she has been saying an extended version of Momma. She usually only says it when she is upset and really wants me. She tends to draw it out so it's more like, "Moooooommmma!"I'll take what I can get.

Her birthday party was a blast and her monkey cake turned out so adorable thanks to Melissa. She had a fun time trying to smash/eat it.

I'm having so much fun staying home with Ava and getting to spend tons of time playing! We enjoy getting into trouble and making messes. 

Here's Ava from her 1 year photo shoot in Austin. The pics turned out amazing despite the fact that she hadn't had a nap and it was sweltering outside. 

Pulling Up and Standing

One day she was crawling and the next,......she's pulling up and standing! It just came out of the blue. I'm afraid we are going to have a walker real soon! We haven't even put the baby gates up yet. Instead, we just chase after her non-stop. It is good exercise.

Tonight she pulled up on the bath tub so I decided to take a couple cute naked photos of her adorable bootie! She will love me later in life for them! I think I'll save them for a high school graduation or wedding slide show!

Such a ham!

She's smiling cause Daddy walked in

Cute little bootie!

Easter

Ava was adorable in her Easter dress and bonnet! She actually wore her bonnet longer than any bow. Her Easter basket from Pottery Barn Kids turned out adorable and we had fun filling it with books, a Dora dvd, plastic cup, candy(for Mom and Dad to eat), a stuffed bunny, and a play cell phone. When she went through her basket every item was taken out and in a pile surrounding her.

Keeping her bonnet on!

Checking out her new cell phone

After playing with everything in the Easter basket we joined our family for lunch at Johnny Carino's. Ava didn't much care for being passed around. She was cranky and only wanted mom and dad. As soon as we left she napped away in the car. It was a great 1st Easter for our little Boogie Girl!