Day 273

Even though she got gobs of new toys for her birthday, Ava's favorite toy remains her stacking rings!

P.S. - Jill, I thought of you when I put her in the polkie-dot shirt!! :)

Day 272

Two fistin' it..

Do you think she has an attachment to her pacis???

Day 271

Sometimes life is just so unfair!

Day 270

Someone had spaghetti for the first time tonight and loved it!!

Day 269

No time for pictures, Mom... gotta read some instructions for one of the many new toys I have!

Day 268

Ava has lots of new push toys, but she prefers to pull them. She also likes to bite her sleeves now that she's wearing some long sleeve shirts. Nice.

Day 267

After a very busy night on her social calendar, Miss Ava was very tired when we got home!

Day 266

Ava has so many new toys to play with and she was so excited when she realized she could pull this little toy behind her!!

Day 265

Ava ventured into a new territory tonight and found her Daddy's old video games.. and she had fun playing. And since some of them were pretty old, Daddy just let her play away!

Day 264

Having fun with a new birthday toy!!!

Day 263

The party was a success!!!

Day 262

Happy 1st Birthday, Ava!!!!
We hope you had a great first birthday! You are such a sweet and sassy little girl and your daddy and I love you more than you know!

Day 261

So proud of her golf clubs - see that grin?! She loves playing with these!!

Day 260

We had a friend who was having an incredibly rough day so we took her some yummy cookies and of course Ava had to have a little taste of one. Looks like she enjoyed it, huh? :)

Day 259

It looks like she's giving me a talkin' to!

Day 258

I have had a rotten day and coming home and spending time with this precious girl (who has discovered the fireplace) is the best way to feel better!

Day 257

Look who's feeling better!!!! She decided a good way to celebrate was to climb in and out of her clean clothes - where does she get this stuff!?!

Day 256

Ava still didn't feel so great this morning but she had perked up a little by this evening. I'm hoping that tomorrow she is back to her old, into everything self.

Day 255

You can just see in this poor girl's eyes that she doesn't feel well!!!

Day 254

Ava has an ear infection which earned her a yummy (to her) antibiotic and some ear drops! Hoping she feels better in the morning!

Day 253

Green beans all over - check.
Blueberries smeared around - check.
Strawberry on face - check.

Dinnertime is much messier these days with Ava feeding herself big people food.

Day 252

Miss DIVA on a walk this evening.. she looks like a bug!

Day 251

"Raaaaar!!"

It's Ava-Monster!!

Day 250

Whenever we cook, Ava is always underfoot and is usually scouring the floor for anything she can find to eat. Nice, I know. So tonight I tried to give her some cheese and instead of just putting in her mouth, she had to put it on the floor first and then eat. So I thought we'd solve that problem by just putting it on a plate on the floor. That was going well until she proceeded to dump the cheese onto the floor. :)

Day 249

Sometimes you just need a comfy place to lay and drink some milk!

Day 248

Ava's grandparents came to visit this weekend and brought her a Razorback cheerleading uniform!

Day 247

Ava before school this morning... I look at this picture and cannot believe how grown up she is looking! Where in the world did my baby go??

Day 246

2 days until the first Razorback game of the year!

Wooooooo Pig Sooie!!!

Day 245

Ava "feeding" herself! So glad to be home. Too bad this sweet face was in bed by the time I got here! Can't wait to see her face tomorrow when she realizes Mommy's home!!

Day 244

I know I posted a picture of Ava watching tv but Zach sent me this picture of Ava watching her boyfriend, the local weather guy! I am out of town tonight and missing my family, so I was glad to see a picture of my girl!