Whiskers

So, Ava and I were hanging out this morning and the sun was shinning through the windows....so, I laid down on the floor right where the sun was coming in to enjoy it's warmth. Ava came over and laid next to me and noticed something shimmering in the light.....

Ava: "Mommy, do you have hair right there?" (pointing to my upper lip).

Me: "Yeah, I have a little hair there."

Ava: "Mommy, you have whiskers!"

Guess it's time for a wax. :)


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Merry Christmas!!!

I hope everyone had a wonderful and super fun Christmas!! Ours was great!! We went to Bobbi's for Christmas Eve and woke up there Christmas morning. Ava got to open a trillion presents from Santa and Bobbi/Grandpa Mike!

Then we went over to Michee and Pop's for the rest of Christmas Day!! Ava had so many toys/presents to open on Christmas that she ran out of juice when only a few were left!!!

Here she is making her way through the presents....
A princess may not open her gifts without her tiara.... (thanks to Michee for that one)!
Today- Patrick and I didn't waste any time taking our tree and the other Christmas decorations down...including the Nativity scene. Well....Ava notice I had put that away and was very concerned and said, "Mommy- where did God and Baby Jesus go??" :) I mean- could she be any cuter?!! I had to explain that I'd take them out again next Christmas and she seemed to be okay with that!

I forgot my camera- so these are the only pictures I have as my dad was kind enough to take a few and email them to me!

Anyway, I hope everyone's Christmas was great!!! Enjoy the rest of the year!!

PS. Other exciting news....I got my braces off!! Yay!!!

Candy Sticks and Jingle Bells

SANTA'S COMING!

Ava's reaction when she heard Santa would be coming to her house. :)


Well...ok, not really, but isn't it cute? My mom had some Christmas pictures taken of all the kids (Ava, Keegan, and Emery) and this is just one of them. The photographer was great, her name is Amie and is the owner of Amie J Ledford Photography. She was so great...and patient!!

Coffee, anyone?!?

Ava spends her Friday's with Michee. I bring Ava to work with me on Friday morning, and Michee picks her up and they always go to "Bucky's" (Michee's abbreviation of Starbucks) for breakfast. Ava usually gets oatmeal and chocolate milk. My mom always sends a picture of Ava from her iPhone....this is the one I got today with a headline of, "We start 'em young!"

Great! A coffee drinking 2 year old. Just perfect! ;)


HAPPY FRIDAY!

Happy Thanksween

So, it's been a while since I've updated...so, since Halloween AND Thanksgiving have now passed, I wanted to wish you all a Happy Thanksween! Not very creative, I know. But I tried.

Anyways, things are great! Life, somehow, is still super busy- but I think that's just the way it is now. Patrick being in school makes it seem busier too...since he's not around nearly as much and I generally have Ava by myself. But, it's great and I'm enjoying things!!

We had the chance to head up north to Burt's Pumkin Farm about a week before Halloween. We went with Ian, Booj, the kids, Michee, and Pop!! We had a great time- here are Keegan and Ava checking out this pumpkin.
It was a great day- cold but very sunny. They had a hay ride there- that's what I liked the best. Ava kept saying, "LOOK, a pumpkin" every time we saw one- which was a LOT! It was real cute. :) Here we all are- one big happy family! :)
The kids watching the tractor hay ride go by!

Halloween was fun minus the really crappy weather. We trick or treated in Bobbi's neighborhood. Ava did great- she walked up like an ol' pro with her very over sized candy bag (since I forgot her cute little Hello Kitty one that Michee got her) and said, "Trick or Treat!" Very cute. :) Then after the 5th house, she said, "Ava all done, go open candy." So, I jumped right on that and said, "Ok, great!! All done!" (For all you people who think I deprived her of her Halloween experience, if the weather wasn't so terrible, I probably would have encouraged her a little more...but it was terrible and I was cold and wet! So, that sounded great to me)! So, we went inside and had a piece of candy then ate dinner. Never mentioned her candy again after that night! That left 4 pieces for Patrick and me!! ;) Bobbi's neighborhood had a little party before- here are some pictures!


Our very serious Little MermaidThanksgiving was great too! Both families got together at Patrick's parent's house. It was a beautiful, sunny day which made it all that much better! I don't have any Thanksgiving pictures this year. Admittedly, I've been super slack with the picture taking (which Patrick has loved!). And I've also been really bad with remembering/writing down the funny phrases that Ava has been saying these days. Every time she opens her mouth- it's either funny or cute. Well...almost every time. ;)

Ava is almost 28 months now, and she's doing great. I'll just post some pictures here today...and I'll try to remember some cute stories to add at another post. Enjoy!!

Ava imitates EVERYTHING we do and say- and here she is studying just like Daddy.

Her hair doesn't weigh quite enough to avoid looking semi-ridiculous with pigtails, but I thought it was cute anyway! I think her hair somewhat resembles Shrek here! :) What do you think?? Just hanging out at her keyboard that Uncle Pat gave her. She sure does love that thing.

LOVE this profile shot. And the ponytail is the CUTEST!!
She loves to lay all over Catcher and Salsa. Catcher is generally very tolerant of her craziness. :) A sweet shot of her on Halloween night.

Here she is zooming around on the new deck at the lakehouse!Keegan spent the weekend with us a few weeks ago, and they really had so much fun together.
This was so funny- Ava pulled her rocking chair up to the fire place (which was on), got a book, and sat there reading it. Did this all by herself- we just looked over and saw this!!!
I've got a really cute video to put up very soon...so, come back soon. I promise it wont take me another 2 months to post! Here are a few more pics of Ava during the past few months if you're interested!