The computer hasn't let me put up any pictures for awhile...and I was finally able to get some up. As a result, there are lots of pictures! Enjoy!

Enjoying the weather!

The weather has been FINALLY warming up, and we couldn't be happier. Ava is truly an outdoor kid! On Sunday we decided to eat dinner outside since it was so nice. Ava was SO excited. She sat at the table saying "mere momma...mere dadda...sit" (come here mom and dad) way before dinner was ready! Who needs a jungle gym when there's Daddy!


Ava waiting for dinner!

lovin the shoes

First of all, thanks to Grandma and Grandpa Moyes for buying these shoes for Ava. Ever since Grandma got them for her 2 weeks ago, they are all she wants to wear! We had her try them on in the store, and when I went to take them off she bent down and grabbed her feet and said NOOOOOOO! The next night she wanted to wear them with her in the tub. Now, when we are out and about she will tell random people "Mama...Dora....shoes" (interpretation...Grandma got me these fabulous dora shoes!) Anyways, on Sunday I put her church shoes on and she got so mad. I couldn't figure out why until I asked her if she wanted to wear her Dora shoes...which she did. Well I have learned to pick your battles so she went to church wearing her Dora clogs and her Sunday dress!

Big Girl Bed!

Since Brooklyn is on her way in 10 weeks, we decided to try moving Ava over to a big girl bed to free up the crib! Ava LOVES her bed. The transistion went so smoothly too! The first couple of nights/naptimes she would call "momma" a few times, but stayed in her bed and fell asleep. We got her a little step stool to get in and out of bed, which she will do all day long. But when she wakes up in the morning or at naptime, she stays in her bed until we come get her! So that means so far no 5:30 wake up calls. Cross our fingers it stays this way! I told her to pretend she was asleep in this picture! If you look closely you can see a huge smile on her face!

The zoo

The Sacramento zoo was lots of fun. I thought Ava would be so excited about all the new animals, but she was more interested in all the free space to RUN! She would stop and look at an animal for 2-3 seconds, say WOW, and take off RUNNING. She seriously ran non stop for 2 hours. Rob and I were so exhausted from running after her! Her favorite animals were the tigers, and she got to pet a snake (which she thought was pretty neat!) Daddy and Ava having a heart to heart! We packed a picnic and Ava decided to eat her lunch in this truck.
Looking cute!

Flying Kites

We had some crazy winds yesterday and decided to take Ava out to fly our dragon kite. It took Rob a few minutes to put it together, and by then Ava had lost all interest in it! So while Rob tried to get the kite to stay in the air, Ava and I went over to the playground to play. Eventually Rob gave up (it wouldn't fly) and joined us! Lately Ava loves to push her bears and dolls around in the stroller. So the last pictures are of her pushing the stroller around the park.