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!

What We're Up To

Ava is in a very fun stage right now and she seems to learn a new trick daily! While we were in Disney I would constantly be asking "what time is it?" David would always look at his watch and Ava caught on to this very quickly! Every time we ask her "Ava what time is it?", she holds her little wrist up and looks at it! It's so funny!!

She has also taken a love to coloring! Everyday after her nap she says "yor", I guess she is trying to say color, but she will sit in her highchair for the longest time coloring! Her favorite color is purple and everything she sees is "pu-ple"!

I am learning how to adjust to very little sleep some nights when I work. We discovered a place called Play Date here in Wilson and it is such a blessing! It is a drop in day care but every morning they have some kind of class. Ava has been to "Rock and Roll Preschool" twice and LOVES it!! My old dance teacher actually teaches this class and I guess they dance, sing, and jump on the little trampolines. Ava is always worn out when I pick her up and that makes for a long nap for both me and her! :)

We have had 2 successful potty trips in the last 2 days so that is very exciting!! I made a huge deal out of it yesterday (her first success) and we celebrated with Ava's 1st lollipop and candy corn!!

Here is a picture of Ava coloring...

She really loves getting in to my jewelry box. Most days I don't allow her to pull everything out but I guess this was one of my "lack of sleep moments" and I just said who cares? My mom always taught me to "pick your battles"!

She's stylin! :)

Potty Time!

I started asking Ava about a month ago if she wanted to start using the potty when we got back from Disney World and she always nodded her head "yes". So the day we got home we went to Target, a daily trip for us it seems, and got a potty! She likes the idea of sitting on the potty but hasn't gotten the whole concept. On Monday before her nap I sat her on the potty and she sat there for the longest time...and nothing. So I walked out of the bathroom long enough to grab a diaper and found her in the living room peeing on the carpet. Oops!! We are still working on it! Her favorite part of the whole process is washing her hands!! I guess that's a good start??
Here she is on the potty with her buddy, Jojo! She has a new love for her stuffed animals, her babies as we call them! She LOVES putting them all on the couch with her (the bed as she calls it...more like "beeeed") and snuggling up to them with her blankie!

Disney 2009...again!

We are sadly home from Ava's second Disney trip. Boy, what a difference 6 months made!! Here is Ava back in March meeting Donald Duck...And here is how she greeted the characters this time...



She LOVED them!! Especially Jojo and "Mimi" (aka Minnie Mouse) She couldn't get enough hugs and kisses from them!



On Tuesday night we went to Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party. Here's where my Disney Expertise kind of failed me...I had the cutest Jojo costume for Ava. Unfortunately it was 300 degrees in Orlando and poor little Jojo was way too hot in her costume. She humored me and wore it long enough to get a quick picture!

Thank you Gigi and Grandman for a wonderful trip!!! We are booked for next year same time so... if you're up for it....???? Haha!! :)