Apple Picking Time!

Ava's first apple she picked on her own

We went apple picking last weekend at Royal Oak.  Scott and I had been there before and really liked it, so we wanted Ava to experience it too.  She had a great time.  It was a beautiful day, not too warm.  The only negative part of the whole day were all the bees that were feasting off of the apples on the ground.  We steered clear and had a wonderful day though!  Ava's apple was not the prettiest or ripest but she was proud of it.  :)

No trip anywhere would be complete without her rocks

Her new game was put them in Dada's pocket and then get them out

 Ava, of course, is happy anywhere that she can find rocks.  (And there were a ton waiting in line to get in!)  Getting her to forget about them when we had apple picking ahead of us was a bit of a challenge.  I finally was able to pacify her by showing her how to put them in her own pockets.  They stayed there for the remainder of the day.

She wasn't so sure about the tractor

"All done!"

Getting Ava to actually pick the apples was more difficult than we thought.  She would reach for them and then say "Push" while we were saying "Pull", it took a bit for her to get the hang of it.

Finding a good one

Ava's favorite part of the apple picking - throwing them in the bag

Once she learned that we don't take the ones off the ground she seemed to like going into the trees.  She went after her first apple and it took her a bit to actually get it.  It was adorable, she pulled and pulled.

Success!

We even got her to take a couple of "tastes" of the apple.  By tastes I mean she would lick the inside and then push it towards our mouths for us to eat it.

The highlight of the day definitely came when we went to visit the petting zoo.  The goats were the best and Ava loved them!  We must've fed them at least 6 handfuls of food and we could have easily done more.  Ava was thrilled each time and we loved watching her giggle with delight.

She started trying to pet it like she does Scooter - she leaned in for a kiss too!

Fed the alpacas too

Feeding the sheep

Ava loves saying animal sounds and knows them pretty well.  Sheep is one that she does often however upon seeing the sheep in real life she kept mooing at it.  Haha!  It was cracking us up!

When we were finally done with all of the feeding Ava was so confused as to why the goats didn't want anything to do with her anymore.  That's where her calling them started.  Then the sheep in the background baaaaa-ed and she stopped in her tracks...and then mooed at it again.  

My favorites

In Dada's arms is the best place to be

"Goooooaaaat!"

We had such a fabulous day.  I love all that fall brings with it, especially experiencing it with Ava now.  We are so blessed!   

A Few Pictures :)

I've totally slacked on the blog posts so I figured I'd get some pictures up.  We have been enjoying the little things and the regular moments in our day to day lives, always looking forward to the times we can have as a family. Ava is almost 20 months old!  She is growing like a weed and is tall and skinny mini.  She is talking non-stop and loves to sing her ABCs.  She is fascinated with letters and numbers.  She consistently knows all of her letters with the exception of J.  :)  That one is hit or miss.  She likes to count and does really well with 1-5 all the time, she forgets numbers 7 and 12 in her random counting bursts.  We think her favorite color is "boo" (blue) but my favorite for her to say is "ellwo" (yellow) and Scott's is "purrpoe" (purple).  She has one speed, non-stop trot.  She cracks herself up with her fake "ah, ah, ah choos" and then says "neeze" (she cracks me up, too!)  Her favorite food is still "cheee" (mac n' chs) and she has a recent fondness for Ba-ga (bagels).  She loves all things Sesame Street, especially Elmo (sometimes Momo, allmo, , "Ah-bee" (Abby), "Ro-ray" (Grover) and "Coo Coo Monga" (Cookie Monster)

Loves swings

The first pic I have that looks IDENTICAL to me at that age :)

Baseball with Dada

My sunshine

Her face cracks me up every time "Whoa!"

She loves her swings

Ava shared her pretties with "Goo"

She loves showing off her belly button (Bae-Bae)

Loves making faces at herself

...and she gets sick of the camera too.  

She has an obsession with rocks

Baking

Her first lolli

Sitting pretty

Cheeeeee

Ava's "Momo" hat

This girl loves chalk...

...and letters!

She got excited because she saw an "aeee-pee" (airplane)

Making her Christmas list early :)

Quite fond of "lollis" (lollipops)

Always on the move

We are excited for all that Fall has to bring.  Looking forward to apples, pumpkins and cute little ones in costumes.  Until I get around to posting again...love to you all!