Visit With The Bolin's

This past weekend David and his friends took their annual trip to the All Star Race. Ava and I decided to join my parents and head to Georgia for Jay's preschool graduation and Caroline's dance recital. Ava is the best traveler!! She loved the fact that I let her have the whole bag of fruit loops. Notice how dark it is out??? We left my house at 3 am!!??!! Anyway, so allowing my child to hold the ziplock bag was the least I could do to make up for waking her up at that hour!Ava had the best time playing with her cousins! I can't believe Jay will start school next year! He is greatest cousin and told me that he would be Ava's big brother until she gets one! (Might be kind of hard to have a "big" brother for her, uh?)

Caroline did great at her first dance recital! I got a little teary during her dance because I know that Ava will be up on that stage soon doing her little ballet dance. Whew..time is going by too fast! Gigi taught Ava a new trick..."Ava, raise your hand if..." You can say just about anything here and Ava will still raise her hand! Guess she's ready for school too!

Grandman made us pancakes every morning! Ava has joined in the tradition of LOVING Grandman's pancakes!

Sadly on Sunday we had to head home! Actually, Ava wasn't too sad because she knew she would have lots of snacks on the way home! :)

Thank you Bolin's for having us and Gigi and Grandman for letting us tag along! We love u!

Happy Mother's Day!

Ava gave me a big "Happy Mother's Day" kiss this morning! I feel so honored that God chose me to be Ava's mommy!

I thought this was so cute:

A REAL MOM IS ONE WHO…
Counts the number of sprinkles on each kid's cupcake to make sure they are equal.
Wants to take out a contract on the kid who broke her child's favorite toy and made him/her cry. Has time to shave just one leg at a time.
Hides in the bathroom whenever she feels to be alone
Her child throws up and she catches the same.
Sees someone else's kid throwing up at a party and she keeps eating.
Considers finger paint to be a controlled substance.
Mastered the art of placing food on a plate without anything touching.
Her child insists her to read "Once upon a Potty" out loud in the lobby of the doctor's office and she does it.
She hires a baby sitter because she hasn't been out with her husband in ages, then she spends half the night talking about and checking on the kids.
Hopes ketchup is a vegetable because it's the only one her child likes eating.
Finds herself cutting her husband's sandwiches into unusual shapes.
Fast-forwards through the scene when the hunter shoots Bambi's mother.
Obsesses when her child clings to her upon parting during his first month at school, then she obsesses when he skips in without looking back.
Cannot bear to give away baby clothes--it's so final.
Hears her mother's voice coming out of her mouth when she says "Not in your good clothes."
Stops criticizing the way her mother raised her.
Reads that the average-five-year old asks 437 questions a day and feels proud that her kid is "above average."
As she clings to the high moral ground on toy weapons, her child chews his toast into the shape of a gun.
Donates to charities in the hope that her child would not get that disease.
Uses her own saliva to clean her child's face.
Says at least once a day, "I'm not cut out for this job", but she knows she would not trade it for anything.

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!

1st Pool Day!

Last weekend the weather was beautiful so we took full advantage of it at the pool! It was a little too cold to get in the real pool but Ava loved her baby pool!

She also loves the new swing my parents got her for Easter!I am looking forward to many pool days this summer!

Messy Dinner!

We just got done eating dinner and I wanted to share Ava's newest milestone...We have been giving her a spoon for awhile and tonight she finally figured out how to use it! Well, sort of! :)

Sunny Day!

We finally had a "spring-like" day this weekend so we met Abbie, Joy, and Baby Mattox to ride the train at the park. Ava and Mattox seemed to really love the train ride and playing in the park! I am so glad we finally got to hang out with them! Ava and Mattox are future Disney buddies! :)

Easter Weekend

Friday, Ava and I spent the day with my mom, Gigi. We had a great time shopping, swinging, and riding the golf cart (the bump-bump as Jay calls it). Then on Saturday we had a day of marathon birthday parties. David and Olivia were both celebrating their first birthday! Ava had a great time at the parties. She especially loved Olivia's ball pit and spent most of the party playing in it...

Ava giving Olivia a birthday kiss...

Ava and her teacher, Libba, who is also Olivia's aunt. She is such a blessing to us! We love her!


Saturday night we headed to David's parents house to celebrate Paul and Shannon's birthdays. Ava had a great time looking at the funny chickens with Aunt Shannon and Nana.
While we were there David took Ava for a ride on the tractor.

Sunday morning we woke up early to see what the Easter Bunny brought...

Must be one smart bunny because he brought Ava her very own ball pit! She loves it!! Then we headed to church to celebrate Resurrection Sunday! We had an amazing service! After church we headed to my Nana's for a yummy lunch and our annual Easter egg hunt!

The most exciting news of the weekend...Ava took her first steps at my Nana's house! We will post pictures soon...Right now we can't hold the camera while Ava is walking because we have to be ready to catch!

CONGRATULATIONS!!

David and I got some very exciting news last night from our dear, dear friends Pam and Gray! I don't want to ruin the surprise for anyone so visit www.pamandgray.blogspot.com.
We love you guys and can't wait to see you soon!!!