Has it been a while!

Okay so quick update....Life here is crazy, but thank goodness it has slowed for the moment. I will just tell the story by all my pics since that is why most of yall check the blog out to begin with.

Okay so Ava has now had her first black eye. She ran into the corner of the kitchen table since she is at the right height.


She also now has this thing with bath time that after it is over she wraps herself in the towle and runs out to show Mike what character she is now.



O and she loves to color. Too bad it is not always on papter.


Then there was the time we were rocking out in the car waiting for Mike to come out and she pushed the onstar button. Yes they are really that nice and understanding when you stay on the line and let them know it was a mistake by your 19 month old daughter. Sorry onstar guy.
I even caught her in the act with the camera.

Later that same day we tried a new place in Lewisville called Going Bonkers. It is the best. Kids can climb and go wild all indoors. Mike and I climbed with Ava just to make sure no big kids bullied her.





The next weekend we went to Tulsa for Easter. Mom and I took Ava to the park just for fun and happened to take a few great picutres.






And lastly Grandma (GJ) taught Ava to throw rocks into the pond!



O also POPPA caught a large fish and Ava actually petted it.

2009 Here we come.

Okay so a quick update for 2009. Mike is now working away from the house as a training officer for a security company!!! He really seems to love it and like being able to interact with adults instead of just Ava. I am still with Travelers and love it most of the time. I spend about one week a month out of town in my remote territory, but the rest of the time in town. Ava is in daycare full time. It is not my favorite, but she is interacting with others and building up her immune system. Our hairy babies are still well and kicking. Ava challenges them daily and chases them around the house. Other than that we are just blowing through the new year just like any other crazy family of three. Pictures below are from Ava and Mike playing with the blocks Lynn and Rob got her for Christmas, a tea party birthday party Ava attend and the petting zoo at the rodeo. O and the mishap of Mike adding dish soap to the dishwasher. Enjoy.

Long overdue Christmas Pics

So as you can see we hit Tulsa and Missouri for Christmas. It was a long fun trip.

Thanksgiving

Okay so this year Thanksgiving was much smaller than usual. We only had six adults and one Ava. We did however have five dogs if that counts. Not much to say other than it was a blast. Enjoy the pics.

Pumpkin Patch

So today was a pretty good day. I had the brilliant idea of going to the pumpkin patch to take cute pics with Ava and maybe even get a pumpkin. My friend Jennifer and her three kids from work tagged along. We even drug Uncle Pat out too. Once we go there we were able to do the hay ride, take a few family photos and even walk around the patch. There were so many people there, but it was worth it. I think we will make this a yearly event.

Enjoy the pics.

Zoo trip #2

Okay so many of you remember me blogging about the OKC zoo and how it suck. Well Ava, Aunt Kay and I went to the FTW zoo. It was freaking awesome. Ava called a brown bear kitty....it was too cute. She didn't call the big cat's kitty, even though I tried and she stayed awake until the very end. We tried to do a train ride, but that is just about the time she conked out. Oh at the FTW zoo they have the Texas area and it has a petting zoo part. Ava got to pet a goat, a cow and a pig. We of course washed our hands before going any further.

Enjoy the pics.

Where to begin....

Okay I am going to start small and try to add a new post every day this week. Don't hold your breath, but I have a lot to update and didn't think a super long post was a good place to start. That and I really don't have time for that. So here we go.

Okay so Ava is now 13 months old. We had her 1st birthday blow out the first of September. Everyone one came down and it was a blast. Lynn made the best and cutest monkey cake. I thought it was going to be way to big since she had two layers, but I was wrong. We had just enough left over to enjoy the following days.