Ava's 2!

May 14th my baby girl turned 2.  This has been the fastest two years of my life and yet it's hard to remember our life without her.  She is a spunky little thing and full of tons of energy.  She is funny, sassy, joyful, has a temper, strong willed, independent, and so full of life.  She loves to dance, play with her babies, look at books, make food in her kitchen, LOVES Ariel and all princesses and always wants to wear jewelry.  She always wants a flower in her hair too.  She is a girly girl!  She loves her brother and wants to do everything that he does and follows him all over the place.  She still calls him "baba" but sometimes tries to say his name and it come out like "anoo."  She loves to be outside and calls it "side" which is what Andrew used to call it. She still loves her pacifier and blankets. She talks more and more each day and is now calling me mommy and Nate daddy.  She loves apple juice and calls it apple-da and will sometimes drink chocolate milk.  She calls Sophie "poofie" and calls her jewelry "ga."  She still doesn't like meat but will eat processed meats: hot dogs, pepperoni, sausage...stuff like that.  She doesn't like veggies but loves fruit.  If you ask her a question she will answer "yeah" or "no" but she never says "yes."  She likes to say no a lot!  He favorite cartoon is Bubble Guppies, probably because it's mermaids and she also likes Curious George.  She loves to dance and is starting to sing which is very adorable.

A few days after her birthday we had her 2 year pictures.  She didn't want to smile her usual smile for the camera but she definitely showed her personality and spunk!  We love you baby girl.  

5.17.2012

Ava's Birthday

On Ava's birthday it was in the high 80s....I think 88 degrees actually which was a record breaking temperature.  Anyway, since it was so nice we headed to the zoo for the morning with my parents.  It was our first trip to the zoo this year and the kids had a blast!  Lots of the animals were out and the kids loved seeing all of them.  Such a fun morning with my kids!  

The kids were in awe of the fish tank.

Checking out the ducks.

 

That night we went to California Pizza Kitchen for dinner and sat outside.  My parents came along too.  (Nate's parents were back in Palm Springs.)  After dinner we went back to our house for some cupcakes and presents.  Andrew opened all of Ava's presents while she just watched.  She really didn't mind watching him open her gifts.  It was very cute.

A few pictures before dinner.

Making silly faces.

Telling us she's 2 with her two fingers :)

Watching her brother open her presents!

She finally got to open her own present.

She loved her Ariel towel and thought it was a blanket.

Looking good in her sunglasses from Papa & Pama.

She loved when we sang to her.

And of course she loved her cupcake!

Happy Birthday to my sweet little girl!  We love you so much.

Mother's Day

I had a wonderful mother's day.  We started out by going to Starbucks and then church.  Andrew sang at church and it was the cutest thing.  In the past he's been very shy about it, but he was so excited this time and quite the ham!

We were sitting in the front row and when they sang, "Happy Mother's day to you," he pointed right at me.  He was so cute!

After church just the 4 of us had brunch at the Stock Pot which sits on a golf course.  We had a nice lunch and enjoyed our time together as a family.

After lunch Ava went down for a nap and I opened my gifts.  I then sat outside and read my book without any interruptions...it was so nice!

That evening our families came over for a BBQ.  It was such a wonderful day!  I'm so blessed to be the mommy of 2 amazing kiddos and to have my mom and my mother in law as great examples of how to be a mom.  I'm truly blessed!