My new obsession

SO I keep seeing these cute scrapbook pages online and decided I should give it a try. It's been my new obsession the last few days! I tried to learn as much as I could on the web and I still probably have alot to learn. It's not as easy as I want it to be. You have to put each thing in one at a time and move them around. Shabby princess has alot of cute ideas too! I know there are some sites that you just stick your pictures in but I felt like that was cheating somehow. I wanted to actually put the pages together myself. I don't know what I'm going to do with them now but it was really fun to put them together! I took some pictures of Ava outside the other day so I just used them. I was pretty proud of myself for actually figuring out photoshop.

Swimming!

On Saturday the boys were studying pretty much all day long so us wife's decided to keep ourselves busy. In the morning Camille and I went to Kohl's to check out their sales. I got a new frying pan! Doesn't that sound exciting! I got a great deal and it's a really nice big one. Later we(Camille, Karrissa, and McKinley) decided to go swimming. It was so nice earlier in the day but by about 5 it was so cold, so we went to the indoor pool at the YMCA. Ava hasn't been swimming in a while because she grew out of her suit and the stores didn't have any cute ones. We got this one when we were in Utah, I love it! I think it's time to get her some sort of floaters so she can play better. She had so much fun. The water was really warm too.
After we were done the boys were STILL studying so we made them dinner at Camille's house so they would take a break. It was so nice to just hang out with friends!

Ava slowly getting in


Ava and McKinley

Look at those cute chubby thighs! She was so happy to be walking AROUND the pool!

White Coat Ceremony!

On Friday Eric had his white coat ceremony. It's where all the first year students get their white dental coats to welcome them into the dental profession. It was fun to watch them all get their coats, i'm sure they all felt pretty cool! It made me(and I'm sure Eric) excited for his graduation, which isn't for 3 more years! Congrats babe! We went to dinner after with Dane and Camille at the Cheesecake Factory in the forum shops at Caesars Palace! It was of course delicious!

Ava at one

So this post is mostly just for me AND to document the things Ava is doing at the sweet age of one! These are the things I want to remember. I hope to make this blog into a book in the near future so it can be my sort of scrapbook/journal!

Ava had her one year check up today and she did pretty good considering it was smack in the middle of her nap time! Poor thing was soooo tired. It's still so hard to watch her get her shots, I HATE it. Eric was in school so it was just me and Ava this time. She weighs 22lbs(60%) and is 30 inches tall(75%)! She is just getting too big too fast! I feel like she's my little buddy now. She understands so much and just jabbers all day long. She has changed so much in the last couple of months. She is SO independant too!She is a pro walker now and can side step, walk backwards(so funny-I'll have to get it on video), bend her knees when she dances, and run a little! She is even starting to get a little mad when she doesn't get what she wants! For the most part she is a really happy girl though! When we are out and people talk to her, one of the first things they comment about is that she is a happy baby(the other thing they notice are her beautiful blue eyes). I feel like now when I look at her and we're playing she just isn't a baby any more she's a big girl! :(

Ava enjoys: making a mess of anything I am trying to put away, carrying her babies everywhere, pushing her hippo, walking around outside for as long as I will let her, dancing to music(especially doodlebops or Mickey Mouse Clubhouse), being chased by me or daddy, getting piggy-back rides, smacking the laptop whenever it's open, puzzles, eating things right out of the bag or box, flipping through books, playing in the shower, singing songs(or watching me sing songs), putting things on her head, and her new favorite thing is climbing on the couch and then sliding off head first or backwards so I can catch her.

She is really getting better at signing as well. She can sign: more, all done, please(so cute), thank- you, milk, and food.

And the words she says are: mama, mom, dada, dad, bye bye, baby, and ball. She loves the "b" words. I'm sure she thinks she saying alot more but thats all we can unserstand at this point.

Well thats what's going on with my baby Ava! I love her so much! She is a really good baby. I love her wet open-mouth kisses and her big fat squeezes! She has a sweet, fun personality and I look forward to waking up and playing with her every day! These are just some cute pictures!

She loves messing with the buttons on the VCR- And this is where she stands to watch mickey mouse and the doodlebops! I swear she can see but she walks up there every time!

She pulls everything over her head like this?

So happy outside! We love waiting outside for daddy to come home!

feeding herself- she is getting pretty good!

The day after her birthday the balloons were right at her height! She loved it!

I LOVE this video of her dancing! She is even better than this now(this was a couple weeks ago)

Apparently she thinks me saying "no" is hillarious! How cute is she?!

Ava's 1 year pics

While we were up in Utah we also had Ava's one year pictures taken. It was not as easy as her newborn or 6 months pictures that's for sure! She could not hold still very long and we(my mom and sister came with me) were so tired at the end from jumping around and trying to get her to smile. All she wanted to do was walk around and stand everywhere she wasn't suppose to. I think they turned out great though and I was happy we got as many good ones as we did. I am putting a whole slide show on the side but here are some of my favorites! I know I'm a little biased but I think she is pretty darn cute!
** I've been asked a few times who took the pictures so here ya go- Brittany G Photography! She is so sweet and does a really good job. She just in Lehi too! She did Ava's newborn, 6 month, and now her year pics. Her web site is www.brittanygphotography.com

Happy 1st Birthday Ava!!

Wow I seriously can not believe that my baby turned ONE yesterday! It's crazy! It really does go by way to fast! I love this age, she is so fun. I can't imagine life with out her. I love her so much! I'm going to post some more about her new milestones later! And just a warning this is a really long post! Believe me there were even more pictures than this!

We came up to Utah to celebrate her 1st birthday with our families! It has been so much fun. I wanted to make the day really fun for her. Birthdays are the best and everyone should be treated special on their birthdays! We started the day off with some Mickey Mouse pancakes! She really enjoyed them!

After a fantastic breakfast we got her in the tub and she had two great naps! Then it was time for her party!! I was so excited to make everything cute and fun for her. Which meant we had to have lots of balloons, cupcakes, and kids! My sister made the cute cupcake cake!

Ava with some of her cousins!

First we let all the kids frost and decorate their own cupcakes! They did such a good job and the cupcakes had plenty of candy on them! The kids were cute, they really spent time on them. These are the finished products! We even let Ava and Drake(Ava's cousin that is almost 3 weeks younger than her) taste a little cupcake!

Then we opened presents! Ava sorta helped me but she just wanted to play with everything as we opened it. Thanks everyone for all the great gifts! Ava got spoiled for sure!

Then we got her naked to eat cake and ice cream! We sang happy birthday and Ava kind of blew out the candles, I helped a little!:) She thought it was so fun to sit on the table and have everyone watching her! We gave her her own cupcake to eat all by herself! She sure loves frosting! It was so fun to watch her. She just kept looking at me like "is this ok"! She was so happy and that was all I wanted!

We put Ava and Drake on the table with a cupcake to see what they would do! It was so funny! Ava was loving it and Drake wanted to crawl all over. They got so messy we put them in the tub together to get clean. The tub was so gross, it was just full of cake crumbs! But they were too cute with their little naked bums!

If you were listening to that last part, this is what happened! :) oops! That's my sister-in-law Angi! I love her, she is so funny!

Well it was a great night and so much fun to spend time with family! Ava was such a good girl and was very happy with her presents! These are some pictures from the end of the night! Happy Birthday sweet baby! I love you!!

Ava with all her new toys and clothes!

My mom got her the cutest little vacuum stuff!