Welcome Judah!

Our dear, dear friends welcomed baby Judah to the world last night! Congratulations Pam and Gray! He is soooo handsome!! We can't wait to meet him!

Trick or Treat

Ava had a great time trick or treating last night! Thank goodness it was cooler than the last time she wore her Jojo costume! I had worked 12 hours Friday night so by the time "trick or treating" rolled around on Saturday night I was exhausted!! We took Ava to my Nana and Pops' house and also to my Aunt Lori's. Then David and Ava went over to his parent's house to trick or treat. Nana J gave Ava a huge princess bag full of treats! When they got back home I was still awake and heard Ava throwing a fit in the living room. I went in to see what was wrong and David told me that she wanted a lollipop but he wouldn't give it to her because it was so late. Now anyone who knows me would probably think I would be the stricter parent who would never feed my child candy at 8:30 at night...but they would be wrong! I sat on the couch with my little Jojo in my lap and we shared the biggest lollipop we could find! :) I told David that there would be very few Halloweens when she would WANT to sit in my lap sharing a lollipop and watching the halloween episode of the Backyardigans! Thank God for daylight savings time kicking in last night though because that extra hour of sleep was desperately needed! My theory right now is I'll sleep when my babies are grown...right now I plan on soaking in every second I can get!! :)

First Haircut

I have been putting off Ava's first haircut for months now. I had said we would get it cut in Disney World but that trip came and went and still no haircut! I just couldn't bring myself to let her get her baby hair cut off! Well last week after noticing that Ava was having a hard time seeing through her bangs that almost touched her nose I decided it was time! I made an appointment at a cute place in Rocky Mount that has airplanes and little cars for the kids to sit in while they are getting their haircuts. David met us there for support and boy did we need him!! I didn't even get a picture of the process because Ava was having a serious meltdown!! She was terrified!!! David, being the wonderful daddy he is, gave Ava his I phone (his other baby!) to entertain her while the lady cut her bangs. That did the trick and Ava ended up with an adorable new 'do! Thank God for the I phone....toddler freaking out getting her hair cut? There's an app for that! :)

It's A Boy!

Yesterday David's sister and her husband, Paul, found out that they are expecting a little BOY!! Baby Luke is due in March and Ava can't wait to meet her new cousin! Congratulations!!

Mommy Brain??

It's rare that I post anything that is not completely focused on Ava but I had to share this. I think it is true that when you give birth you lose about 95% of your brain cells. I make a running grocery list and whenever we run out of things I add it to the growing list. The other day I was reviewing the list before Ava and I went grocery shopping and on my list it said "Crystal Palace". Now for those of you who don't know, Crystal Palace is a restaurant at Disney World that we always eat at but what on earth was it doing on my shopping list?? When I read it I laughed at loud when I finally realized that I meant to write Crystal Light, you know the powder stuff you put in water so it tastes better?? Anyway I showed David the list when he got home and he got a kick out of my stupidity! Seriously, I used to be a smart girl...well at least smarter! I've always heard of pregnacy brain but I don't think mine went away!

Happy Birthday, David!!

Last week we celebrated David's 27th birthday! He had to work on his actual birthday (me and Ava took a field trip to Spring Hope to take him some goodies) so we had to celebrate on Monday. David was off for Columbus Day so we went to Raleigh and ate at Kanki! It was delicious!!! Then on Tuesday night we had our families over for cake and icecream...

Trip to the Pumpkin Patch

On Saturday we went to Hillridge Farm in Youngsville. We had heard great things about this farm and it didn't disappoint! We rode a train, went down a huge slide, took a hayride to pick out pumpkins, and ate some yummy deep fried oreos!

I love fall!! What a fun day!