My family

My family

Sunday, April 20, 2014

Easter Weekend

Egg-scited for Coloring Eggs!
We had a fun weekend with family with all kinds of Easter celebration!  We started off coloring eggs and Ava loved it.  Her colors of choice were blue and pink.  She kept picking up the egg dippers and yelling, "Blackhawks!"  She thought they were hockey sticks, haha.  At one point we tried the crayon on the eggs and she was confused because it didn't show up.  She liked watching the eggs while they were sitting in the color cups.



"Eggs, Mama!"


"It don't work, Mama."


One of my favorites…so excited for the eggs!

With her hockey sticks


Counting while we wait for the last batch

"Ooooh!"



Success!

We were able to spend time with family celebrating as well.  The bunny was definitely good to Ava this year!  We are so blessed with our families!

Finding Easter surprises

Aunt Christy

Grandpa

Grandma


Ready for Lamb Cake!

We made Peep-Mobiles

Easter morning Ava found her basket from the Easter Bunny.  The bunny used to bring Scott baseball cards and he continued the tradition with Ava.  In her words, "It's my favorite."  She enjoyed opening the packs with Daddy, although I'm sure that he enjoyed it even more!

Looking through the cards

Easter afternoon brought us more family and an egg hunt!  Ava was a pro!  "Oh here's one! Here's 'annudder' one!"  She didn't care much for what was inside and was more concerned with finding more.   We went and played outside again later on and she kept asking, "Where's Ava's eggs?"  I think we will be having multiple egg hunts in our house in the coming days, haha.


On the hunt!




We got a family picture!


With Uncle Kevin and Nate

Popping bubbles with Uncle Steve


This picture cracks me up, they had ben running and just collided - this is post collision.  Look at their faces!




Getting' grumpy - not wanting to come inside



We had such a great weekend!  So thankful the weather was nice!

Love them!









Wednesday, April 16, 2014

This girl...

Shy little girl
I know that most people have seen Ava's 2 year pictures, but I had to just add a little commentary.  I love this girl…this is her shy, "I'm not so sure about this" look.  She greets most new situations and people with this look, small little smirk and fidgety hands.

"It's my hockey, Mama!"
We had to do a picture in her hockey jersey.  Any time she sees the Blackhawks emblem she shouts out, "Hockey!"  We have a super fan in the making!



It was SO hard getting her to stand in this position :)

This real grin and dimples…love it!



Saturday, April 12, 2014

Ready for Spring!


We spent the end of winter months finding some fun things to do, (even though the weather still feels wintery at times!)  Ava is such a little person…it blows my mind.  She is full of conversation, opinions and sass.  It's fabulous.  Her 2 year appointment had her at 35 inches tall (we are certain that she's grown at least 2 - 3 inches since that time). She is tall and skinny with a mini buddah belly.  She is constantly on the go and likes things to be done her way.  


We were all hit pretty hard with the flu at the end of March and that compounded with lots of new teeth and separation anxiety has made for a needy little girl.  She has just now stopped saying "I not spilling cheese lunch" (her version of saying she threw up) and bursting into tears.  Poor girl was traumatized by being sick.  :(  Definitely looking forward to the summer and getting to spend each day with my girl.  

Helping Daddy vacuum


1st Popsicle - Happy until a chunk broke off - wouldn't have anymore

Yoga with Mama



Ready for Sesame Street


"Peeky-boo, Mama.  I see you"


"Oh, Mama, you silly"


We went Easter Egg hunting today!  We had to wait out the rain for a bit but had a wonderful time!

Love this girl!




We visited the Easter bunny last week.  Ava is still not a fan of any holiday-type figures.  This poor girl...



"I done, Mama."

Remove. Those. Paws
The warmer temps this afternoon let our resident artist get some work in.  We also busted out the bubbles for a bit of fun.

Working Hard


Poised for the pounce




This summer is going to be the best.  I can't wait!