Day 151

Girly was so tired after we finally came home from church... love that she couldn't even muster up enough energy to spit the binky out!

Day 150

We see so many smiles and giggles these days! ♥ it!

Day 149

Yo, wuz up?

Day 148

~Sweet summertime~

Day 147

She knows what's good!!

Day 146

Ava looks so grown up standing here at her play-n-learn table! How can she be old enough to stand here already??

Day 145

Somebody get me outta here!!!!!

Day 144

On our way home tonight we stopped to rent a movie, and I took a picture of Ava sitting in her car seat fresh from a two and a half hour nap!!

Day 143

Ok, so I was going to use today's picture to show that Ava found something new to play with. However, when I loaded it onto the computer, I noticed the hanging drool by her arm. Niiiiiiiice...

Day 142

Ava got right down to business playing this morning because it was her last day of "school" this year!

Day 141

The two things we get the most comments on about Ava: her cheeks and her eyes!

Day 140

Oh, how I love that chubby little face!

Day 139

Two pictures tonight!

Blaze'n Burrito + the Beatys = a GREAT night!!

Day 138

Sooo incredibly cute!! Ava crawled over to the back door tonight to look out the window!! I love seeing her explore and discover new things!

Day 137

Ava took a long nap after church today and when she woke up, I took her dress off and put this t-shirt on and I decided to have some fun tonight with her matching tutu!

Day 136

Congratulations Chenin (and Chuck)! You were beautiful as was your wedding! Have a wonderful time in Hawaii!!

Day 135

Ava helped me with the grocery shopping tonight!

Day 134

Ava having some fun standing at the couch tonight... She loves trying to peek over it to spot us in the kitchen!!

Day 133

I caught Ava mid-yawn this morning... Don't worry baby - we all have pictures we'd rather forget!

Day 132

The sky tonight before (another) storm rolled in

Day 131

Now that Ava has gotten her crawling down, she has moved on to pulling up and trying to take steps while holding on... She always wants to move on to the next thing...

Day 130

Happy Mother's Day Mom.

You are the best mom ever.

Love Ava

(Written for her by her Dad)

Day 129

Happy wedding day, Sandy! You were beautiful!!

Day 128

We had wedding rehearsal tonight for Sandy and Adam's wedding tomorrow!

Day 127

Looking at her toy that encourages crawling - now she can chase it all over the house!

Day 126

The scratch Ava had on her chin that I wrote about two days ago was nothing compared to the scratch she woke up with from naptime today. You can't see it from the picture but it's on her ear, and behind her ear.... seriously, how does she do it?

Day 125

She can't quite make it up on her own yet, but she has learned to balance and hold on and stand all by herself... the rest isn't far off I'm afraid..

Day 124

Ava went to sleep with nothing on her chin and woke up with a scratch on it... not like it's bad... I guess it's just one of her talents - scratching herself..

Day 123

One of Ava's newest favorite things is to climb all over whoever is sitting on the ground

Day 122

"I got myself under here but now I'm not so sure how to get myself out!"

Day 121

This was taken early this morning when Ava woke up - I love that half asleep face!