Tag... 8 things about my cute little Ava

I know I just posted but I was tagged by my cousin Natalie to write 8 things about AVA! I thought it would be a fun one! Like I already don't post enough pictures of her as it is!:)


1. She asks to go outside(she says "bub bye" and waves her hand) about 10 times a day. She loves to run around and climb up on the curb. She also loves to climb the neighbors stairs outside. We blow bubbles and draw with chalk. She mostly puts it all in her mouth but she occasionally will draw with it. It's a good thing we have such good weather here!

2. She gives "loves" to say yes. Whenever she signs something and I guess it right she gets a huge smile on her face and runs to give me squeezes. Especially when it's going outside. Which is probably alot of the reason we go out as often as we do. Who can resist squeezes?! Not me!

3. She is the most beautiful baby ever! I love her pretty blue eyes and her big smile. She does have some teeth it's just hard to see them sometimes.

4. She loves to dance! When ANY music comes on she starts moving her feet! She used to just swing her arms but now she just moves her feet. I just took this video today. She was watching some St. Patricks day dancers on Ellen and she was so excited! She just started doing that little kick thing lately! So funny!

5. She loves books! Especially books that have pictures of balloons, balls, or bubbles. She can say those words, sort of, and she loves to point to them and say the word over and over! She will flip through pages longer than any other activity.(She has a short attention span). She also loves to point to something and look at me, waiting for me to tell her what it is.

6.She has to feed herself lately. She takes the spoon from me and sticks it in whatever I'm feeding her. Then she looks and me...smiles...and sticks her fingers in it. After she is done eating off her fingers she waits til I look a way for one second and dumps it on her tray. This has not happened just once either! Sometimes it's the only way she will eat so I just let her make a mess and stick her directly in the tub when she is done! She sure is a cute messy baby!
7. She has been doing the funniest fake laugh lately! It's seriously so cute. And then when we or someone laughs at it it just makes her keep going! Notice at the end she has given herself the hiccups!

8. She Loves her babies! She is so sweet with them, always giving them "loves" and "kisses". I love watching her carry them around and push them in the stroller! She loves the one she got for her birthday because it's eyes open and close! She just sits and pokes them!

Well there ya have it! I tag Annie, Karrissa, Afton, Lindsey, and April!

Easter cupcakes!

On Friday we had a little play group over at our house to decorate Easter cupcakes! It was so much fun. The kids played together...the moms got to talk..and the cupcakes were everywhere! I think Ava actually made the biggest mess! She ate a whole cupcake before we even started decorating! She is the youngest one but she still has fun playing with the kids. I think she thinks SHE is two!!

Ava eating some marshmallow and jelly beans!

the finished product!

Everyone decorating their bunny cupcake

Ava being silly
I finished decorating the rest of the cupcakes just for fun!

Coolest Park Ever

Yesterday we went to a really fun park! We were just out running errands because Eric got out of school early and were close to it so we decided to check it out. I drove past in once and thought it looked really fun and it totally is! It was such a nice day too, 80 degrees! I know that soon it is going to be ridiculously hot but right now I'm really enjoying it! There were ducks and birds in this huge pond and even some turtles. Ava was so excited to be that close to them. She didn't really know what to do, she was just squealing with excitement. I wish we would have had bread, it would have been interesting to see if she would get close enough to feed them. The park also has a big dinosaur sand box. SO much fun! I think all my cute little nephews would love that part! Ava was so sad when we started walking away, and by sad I mean really mad! I was carrying her out and she pushed me away to get down and ran back to the gate. Need less to say we ended up going back in for a little longer but I am sure we will be going back again soon! We have been to lots of parks and she has never done that before. It's not super close to our house but it's so fun that it's worth the drive!

Ava enjoying herself on the swing

How cool is that!




checking out the turtles


The ducks and birds were her favorite!
It's a really nice park

Ava and the duck

Just because

I took these last week! She is always happy when she is outside, especially when daddy is home!

I love this face!
She loves stepping up onto the curb. It's so fun watching her accomplish things. She worked on it for a couple days and now she is a pro at it!


My two favorite people!

FiRsT pAiNtEd ToEs

I can not believe that Ava is one and this is the first time I have painted her toes! She has the tiniest little toe nails so I figured I would just make a huge mess anyway. I thought the best time would be when she was asleep but I never remembered until she was already in her crib and she is the lightest sleeper ever. All I have to do is touch her back when she is sleeping and she will wake up for a minute and roll over. So the other day when I was clipping her finger nails and toe nails(which I feel like I do alot lately) I decided it was time! I put on Tiger and Pooh so she would hold still. I try not to abuse the favorite shows thing but it comes in handy sometimes, like when I'm doing her hair! She was still wiggly but better than she would be had that not been on. I of course used pink polish and was surprised at how little I acually used! But I think they are the cutest little painted toes ever! It makes me so excited for the dress up years! She really likes them too, she bends down and points to them when I ask where her pink toes are. I painted mine too so she also finds my toes and points to them as well.

Ava's latest trick

She has been doing this almost every time she stands up! She thinks she is pretty cool. She even puts her arms out sometimes! So funny!
Look at that cute little booty! :)

Making cookies

The other night I decided to let Ava help me make cookies. It's becoming hard to think of things to do throughout the day so I'm including her in all the fun things I can think of. She loves to get messy and help me so I thought this would be great! I love watching her do new things and her face is so intense. I don't think she actually believed I was letting her do this. She loved eating the dough more than the actual cookies! I didn't let her have too much because I wasn't sure if she was even suppose to have it. But she was just fine and we had a greattime!

Her favorite thing was sticking the spoon in the bowl

Having a taste

I was actually going to take a bite but she beat me to it!

She is so good at sharing and she really wanted me to have that cookie! :)

Me and my sweet baby