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
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! ;)
Saturday was the annual Spring Hope Pumpkin Festival! Yippee! Sorry if you can "hear" the sarcasm in that! :)
She was fast asleep by the end of the parade route! Some more pictures from before her big parade debut...
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!!
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!
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!!
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!!
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!
