Blog Break!

We are taking a "blog break". We have so much going on and with Christmas and Ava's 1st birthday just around the corner... WE ARE BUSY! I am trying to do a scrapbook for Ava's 1st year so that's where I am spending my "free time"... So long for now!! :)

Happy Halloween!

Here are some pictures from Ava's first Halloween! She was not that into it but she looked so cute as Piglet!!

Ava and her buddy, David, all snuggly in their costumes!

And here is my sad attempt at carving a princess pumpkin for Ava...(Brian you were really missed this year at the pumpkin carving!)

Welcome Baby Mattox!!

Abbie and Chris welcomed baby Mattox Carson on Thursday at 3:57 pm! He weighed in at 5 pounds 10 ounces. I wish I had a picture to post but I rushed from work to get to the hospital and didn't have time to get my camera. But trust me, he is adorable!! We love you, Mattox and Ava can't wait to meet you!!!

Happy Birthday, Daddy!

Today my hubby is the big 2-6! David already had the day off because it's Columbus Day (must be nice...) and I took the day off too so we could all celebrate his day! We ended up having lunch at the most romantic place in the world..Red Robin! Yummmmm! We had big plans to go somewhere really nice for lunch but since Ava was coming along we decided on somewhere baby friendly. We had a yummy lunch and Ava was on her best behavior!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE BESTEST DADDY IN THE WHOLE WORLD! LOVE, AVA

The Great Pumpkin

Saturday we took Ava to the park and to the pumpkin patch. Ava liked the park but she really loved the hayride at the pumpkin patch! We each got to get a pumpkin and Ava was very excited!
If you are wondering why my child is never wearing shoes (or why she is only wearing one shoe..) that's because she insists on taking them off as soon as we put them on! Please don't think we are bad parents, she has TONS of shoes she just doesn't like them yet! ;)

Pumpkin Festival

Saturday was the annual Spring Hope Pumpkin Festival! Yippee! Sorry if you can "hear" the sarcasm in that! :)

The highlight was the parade, well just the part with Ava...

She was fast asleep by the end of the parade route! Some more pictures from before her big parade debut...

Ava asked to wear her Princess of the Parade shirt to school today because she was still so excited from the big weekend.
We had a fun weekend and I am soooo looking forward to making the Spring Hope Pumpkin Festival a Pitts' family tradition. (No sarcasm I promise....)

Just Ava

It's been a long time since I have posted any new pictures of Ava...

I love these new pajamas. I just had to try on the matching hat. I love it!

She still loves bath time..

Sadly she is outgrowing her beloved bouncer! This was the ONLY place she would sleep when she was first born!

Naptime is over...

Helping with the laundry..

Eating her first "cookie"...while still wearing her church outfit....

New things about Ava: She has 2 teeth on the bottom, she is sitting up alone very well, she is starting to crawl, she LOVES Baby Einstein!!, she says "da da" all day and night, and she is still the spitting image of her daddy! She's amazing!!

Radiate 08

This weekend we had our women's conference and it was soooo amazing! I wish that every woman I know could have attended this conference! It was life changing! I was so glad that my sister got to come and spend the weekend with us! We had such a great time. God always knows exactly what we need!
The theme of the weekend was "Couture" and they asked Ava and I to be in the fashion show Friday night. I agreed but didn't realize how awesome the other girls were going to be! Ava is definitely a super model, but I am only 5' 0 and far from a couture fashion model! Anyway we had fun and Ava was adorable!

Jon and Kate Plus...Pam and Gray

David and I traveled to Philly this weekend for a couple of reasons. First of all, we have not seen our dear friends Pam and Gray in way too long, and because another of my favorite couples were speaking at their church. When Pam told me in January that Jon and Kate (minus their 8 kids) were going to be at their church I told her to sign me up! We had thought about taking Ava along for the trip but decided she would have more fun at home with Nana J, Papa, and Aunt Shannon. I was a nervous wreck on Friday thinking about leaving her, but she did great and we had a GREAT time!!

On Saturday we did the "air-conditioned tour of Philly" as Pam called it. Then we had lunch downtown...Philly cheesesteaks of course. This was our first cheesesteaks ever.. (that's so crazy because I worked at Andy's for 2 years in high school and had never had one!) Let me tell you these cheesesteaks alone were worth getting up at 2:30 am and driving 7 hours! After lunch we did a lot of shopping and a lot of catching up!

Then the big day finally came!! We helped Pam and Gray and their church family set up for the big event. Everyone was very excited! I appointed myself to be Pam's assitant for the day so I could be on the inside of things. David and Gray were part of the stage crew and I think I may have even converted David to a Jon and Kate fan...(okay that may be a little of a stretch)

They have such an inspiring story and a heart for God! They said that TLC edits their faith out of the show a lot but they fell like their testimony alone shows just how faithful our God is!

Here are some pictures from our Philly weekend...

David, Gray, and the pastor doing important backstage stuff! :)

I made David break the rules and take just one picture for me! There was no way I was waiting in line and paying $20 (yes 20 bucks) for a signed picture plus I was dying to get home to Ava!! I have to say that Kate is beautiful in person!

Thanks Pam and Gray for such a great weekend! We love you guys!!

Family Time

We have had a wonderful long weekend together! We had no plans for this weekend so we just kind of hung out. We discovered Red Box recently (I'm sure we are the only ones in the world who didn't know about this but in case not...you can rent dvds for $1 a night) It's great for us because I have never been a good movie watcher and hated spending 5 bucks to rent a movie that I knew I would fall asleep half way into! Anyway we watched 2 movies this weekend. I won't say what they were because we have awful movie selection skills!
No new pictures to post yet, but hopefully any day now we will be posting a picture of Ava's first tooth!! She has been a little miserable the past few days so we are looking forward to this first teething episode to be over for awhile!

Beach Week

Sadly we are back from our vacation! We had a great time! We got some sun, ate way too much, did some shopping, and just enjoyed being together! Here are some pictures from the week:

Beach Bound

It's finally time for our vacation!!! We are busy packing up the entire house because we are heading to the beach tomorrow for a week!

4 Years Ago...

Four years and going strong!!

(Don't we look so young here?)

Happy Birthday, Jay!!

Happy 5th Birthday, Jay!!!

We love you so much and can't wait to see you

very soon!!!

This Week at the Pitts' House

Let's see...this week David has started training for a triathlon. He's been talking about it for awhile now and is starting to get focused. He's got 2 months to get in to shape!

On Thursday night the ladies at our church started a Beth Moore bible study. If you have never read anything by her, she is awesome! She is real and very inspirational! The study is called "Stepping Up" and it studies 15 chapters of Psalms. I'm really excited about it! This morning the devotion was about God being our protector. Does anyone else watch the news lately and just get so scared?? I worry about Ava growing up in this crazy world all the time. So this study came at the perfect time for me! Just like our pastor said this morning, God is not just "winging it". He is not up in heaven biting his nails and worrying about the economy and about gas prices! He has a plan and if we will just put all of our trust in Him, he will take care of EVERYTHING!

Ava is still fascinating us with new tricks everyday! She is so close to crawling! Here she is all dressed up for church this morning...

I love that little face!! And here she is trying to get her shoes off as soon as I put them on...David decided this afternoon that she was ready for her 1st sippy cup drink. She did pretty good with it! Our baby is growing up TOO FAST!