Baby girl is FIVE months old

Disclaimer: I do not allow Boo to lick Ava
(dog germs... yuk!)
but Baylor steals kisses every chance she gets.
On this occasion Ava kissed back... YIKES!

Boo now rolls over to have Ava pet her.
Ava just laughs and laughs at her bestfriend!

Ava is laughing at Boo here.

Ava looking at Boo instead of the camera. Baylor is her shadow.

I Loooooove Food!

Ava's first meal:

Four Months Old

Out Takes:

What a difference a year can make!

I found out about baby girl on February 1st last year. I am so thankful to the Lord for our baby girl!

We love you Ava Claire!

My friend Deegan

Ava loves her buddy Deegan! They are only two weeks apart in age and he lives just a few houses down. It is fun to have another little person to play with!

Daddy's Shoe........Ava's Shoe

Today is a SPECIAL day!

Today was Ava's first trip to our church. Since she was born in the midst of flu season, we've avoided big crowds until now. She is almost four months, so I figured we were good to go!

Ava hadn't eaten or slept in the five hours preceeding service, so I expected her to have a bottle and sleep through the sermon. Not so! She LOVED big church. She looked around the entire time. She refused to lay down or snuggle, she sat up not wanting to miss a thing. She only made a few baby coos, no crying or fussing. Way to go!

Today was also extra special because we got to sit by Aunt Cass and Ben too!

What a great Sunday Morning!

My favorite time of day

Ava and I had the best time last night ( She was supposed to be asleep, we took this around 10:30) . I don't care how goofy I act, anything to get a laugh melts my heart.

She smiles for me a lot, but her favorite person to smile at is her daddy. She also cracks herself up smiling at her reflection in the mirror. So much fun!

Thank you Thank you Thank you

I've always thought that the pictures taken in order to get the PERFECT picture are so much fun. Ava and I have decided to send out postcards for our Christmas thank you notes (A little embarrassing because it is almost Feb.!) Anyways here are a few of many pictures taken.

Check the mail next week for your real thank you postcard!

Half laughing/ half "happy" screaming

Thank you Kisses MUAH!

Ava sporting the attitude:
"Girl, yeah, that's right, thank you"

Dazed and Confused.

No looking so thankful......

My little helper

Ava has been such a sweetie while I've been working today. I think she likes sitting up on the desk and watching me talk on the phone. Here's what she has to say about it:

Family Walk

It was such a beautiful day today! We had a great walk with Daddy, Boo, Ditty, Grandpa and Lilly.

Dinner Time

Ava loves sitting with us at the table. She was extra smiley last night.

Boo's Best Buddy

Baylor loves her friend Hannah. They wore each other out!

Baby girl is growing up

Three days old to Three months old

Ava's Blue Horse

Ava was having the best time in her Bumbo today. She looked like she was trying to ride a horse, so we dressed the part and had a good time.

Howdy there little Lady

Yee Haw!

She thinks she's cool... and of course we do too!

All tuckered out.

Ava's best friend

Ava LOVES her Ap

(Greg called pacifiers that when he was a kiddo)

The Ap is the best fix it :

grouchy- problem solved

tired - puts her right to sleep

hungry- tricked ya! ( I sound like a meany here, but at 3:00 in the morning it's tempting not to trick her with that instead of getting up for a bottle)

OH, but Baylor loves them even more... she steals it the second one falls out of Ava's mouth. Bad boo!The chase and trying to hide ( Baylor's favorite part of this bad behavior)

Feeling proud thinking I won't catch her

More dog germs, yikes

Finally, Boo rolls over and surrenders the Ap.

Seriously Another Picture?

I think I know what Ava is thinking here.... :-)

Long time no see

Ava and I have been having the best chats lately.

Here she is chillin' on her boppy "talking" to mommy.

Cutie Pie

Pink little lady

Ava and her cousin Hayden.

She had a great time with Hayden and big cousin Emmy over New Years.

My New Year's Kiss. Good luck for us in 2009!

First picture of the year!