What Do We Do?

Not much. Now that Micah is back at work, Ava and I get to just hang out. In the morning, we sit in the recliner. We clean the house some, do some laundry sometimes, and cook when I feel like it, which lately isn't very often. We go to the Y and workout, or just go for a walk somewhere. We've been going to the spray park, but that will be closed soon and hopefully the weather will be cool enough for us to go to the actual park. We take Micah lunch every now and then, which is always fun. Today we took him a hamburger and found that he was having his students compete in a poetry contest about meatballs. Interesting. Here are a few pictures from our days at home!

This is a dress I made for Ava. Impressive, huh? My friend Shannon made her little girl a "Crimson Tide" dress, so I just had to make Ava an Aggie one. I'm looking for pretty pillowcases now to make some more. They will be great for next summer. Oh, and I think Ava looks like Stacey in this picture.



We like to play outside a lot. Ava does pretty well staying on the back porch and playing with her abundance of toys. She has finally figured out how to make the lion go forward!


Every now and then we will venture out to the library. Ava loves it. She runs all over the place pulling books off the shelves and playing with the books and toys in the kid area.

When Mama's Away....

This summer Micah was home more than usual, so he watched Ava for me several times while I got to go do whatever I wanted!
I usually don't ask about what happened while I was gone. I figure most times it's better if I just don't know. However, there were some times that Micah took pictures of what Ava did while I was gone, and they are pretty funny.

Ava decided she needed some formula, but didn't want the water.



Watering the tomato plants



And finally, last night we decided Micah would put Ava to bed since I always do and she needs to get used to other people putting her to bed. Anyways, it went okay, she cried a little but not much and fell asleep. When I was ready to go to bed I checked on Ava first and this is what I found. She was fully clothed in her outfit she had worn yesterday, shoes and all. Somehow Micah had overlooked the whole take-her-shoes-off-put-her-pajamas-on part of getting ready for bed!


Thanks Micah for all your help!!!

Pictures

Chuck-E-Cheese

Thursday Ava and I went to Chuck-E-Cheese with Pam, Ashley, Hunter, and Eli. Ava loved it! She ate two whole pieces of pizza, plus Eli's and my crust. She enjoyed watching the games and sliding down the slide and riding the carousel. She wasn't really sure about the other rides, but I'm sure she'll come around when she gets older.

12 Months Old

Ava is now 12 months old! For those of you who read her birthday post, you already knew that. I'm just a little late with the 12 month post. She is definitely growing up into a big girl. She is no longer on formula or bottles, and we are contemplating getting rid of the pacifier (she only uses it when she sleeps) but haven't reallly tried it yet. She loves to play, and has also learned to throw fits. Fun stuff! She copies so much that we do. She can brush her hair, her teeth, talk on the phone, and say lots of stuff including hi, bye, kitty, daddy, meow (what the kitty says), uh oh, wow, and tons of random things. She doesn't say mama yet, but I think it's because I'm always there and she really doesn't have a need to. She weighs right at 23 pounds (70th%) and is 30 1/2 inches tall (90th%). We are looking forward to another year!!

Spray Park

This summer we've had lots of fun going to the spray park with Colton and Elliette. I finally had my camera with me and was able to take a few pictures. Ava usually likes the spray park, but this day she was feeling a little out of sorts. She did have some fun, though!

Grandmama's Birthday

Last Sunday was my grandmother's birthday and we went to Garland to celebrate. We had lots of fun and Ava even got a few more birthday presents!


Excited about her cute outfit Stacey got


Playing with her uncles, Jake and Jeff