So destructive lately!

Ava doesn't like things inside of, or on top of anything!  If it is... it must come down or off as soon as possible!  My sister gave Ava a little wagon that holds rubber blocks.  If you put anything in it she will crawl over as fast as she can and quickly unload it!  Same goes for the toys on her highchair.  She seems quite pleased with herself afterward.  She's so funny!

Rafael stayed home sick from work today.  As fun as it was for Ava and I to have him home, he was miserable!  I am hoping he has the bug that Ava just got over and not a new bug!

                                                                     Throwing toys

                                                                       Now what?






















                                She is smiling because she knows what she's about to do....

                                                                      Oh noooo!

                                       
                                        Ava is so lucky to have a Daddy like Rafael. I don't
                                   know anyone that's as pleased with their Daddy as Ava is!

                        Ava started climbing the stairs (with me close behind) a few weeks back.
             She's pretty good at it now! I just have to be there for moral support... the rest is all her!

Happy Easter!

I had to work today! Ugh! I wish Comcast would recognize Easter as a holiday!
Tonight we gave Ava her Easter basket. It was pretty simple for her first Easter since she can't have chocolate yet! We got her a little stuffed horse that plays music. She was more interested in the paper confetti inside the basket than the toy! When I was little my parents used to hide our Easter baskets on Easter morning and we would have to search the house to find them. We put Ava's basket near her toys when she wasn't looking. We sat her down and she noticed it right away!

As you can see from this picture, Ava still has NO teeth!

Grandma's visit, the tub, and Guitar hero!

Today Ava had a bath with water in the tub! We have a shower hose and before today, we would just soap her up in the tub and rinse her off. She had so much fun in the water! She was splashing like crazy! Thank you Aunt Na for the new bath toys!
Last night our neighbors came over to play guitar hero. We had a great time and Ava was so good! She just watched us most of the time. A little later on she wanted in on some of the action! Grandma came over to visit today. We had fun! We picked up Raf from work and went to lunch. Ava loves her Grandma!








Little rock star!

A video from tonight. I don't know why Ava thought this was so funny. She's so silly!

Visiting North Bend

Yesterday Ava and I went to North Bend to visit Aunt Na, Uncle Todd and Ava's cousins. Afterward my sister and I met my friend Lindsey and her boy at the outlet mall for some shopping! We had a really good time! Ava's little cousins were so cute with her. My sister gave Ava some more toys! Most of the toys that Ava has came from my sister. She kept a lot of the toys her kids had when they were little. Ava is so lucky to have an Aunt that spoils her so much! They have a BIG dog named Jake. I wasn't sure how Ava would react to him, but as soon as she saw him she was all squeals and smiles! Jake was a good sport and let Ava crawl all over him. I couldn't figure out which pictures to post, so I posted a ton! We took so many.

We started making our own baby food! Baby food is so expensive!! This way we know exactly what she is getting too, so that makes it worth it.




New pants

Update!

Ava turned 8 months yesterday!  I took her to the doctor last Friday.  She was still just as sick as she had been all along!  The doctor said her ears and lungs sounded fine and just told us again....to wait it out, it will pass.  Today is the first day I haven't heard or seen a runny nose from her! It has been two weeks today.  It's about time!!  It seems like she has been sick forever.  She is back to getting up two times a night again.  I think she just got back into that groove from being sick.  She was so uncomfortable being stuffed up.  It was the saddest thing!  I can't even imagine having a cold and not being able to blow my nose!  How awful!  Hopefully over the next few days we can go back to our sleeping through the night routine!

Ava has been having so much fun with her walking toy!  She is so funny...when she hits the wall she shakes it to try and make it start moving again!  She is pretty fast with it now.  Tonight she stood on her own for the first time.  I don't think she realized she was doing it.  She stood there for a good 5 seconds or so.  I was so proud!

My friend just got back from Hawaii and brought this cute swimsuit cover for me.  We put it around Ava tonight and she looked like a little Hindu girl!  We had to add the dot for the effect. "Oh the things we do to this poor girl!"

                                                  I had just woken Ava up in this photo.
                                               She is so funny when she first wakes up!

                                                         Trying to be like Uncle Cade.

Walking!

Fun video! She is still a little rickety at it, but it's coming along!!

I'm starting to think Ava will never get over this cold! :( Rafael and I are starting to feel a little under the weather tonight so I think we are catching it!

Sick!

Ava has been sick with a nasty cold!  Poor little girl.  She has had a few colds in the past, but nothing like this one.  She has been waking up every hour or two at night because she can't breathe!  Last night we took her to bed with us instead and she seemed to do a little better.  Rafael took her to the doctor today.  They said her ears looked good and her lungs sounded ok, so we just have to let it do it's thing.  She hasn't been feeling great for almost a week now.  It is so sad to see her so sick.  She smiles in spite of it all though, so that makes me happy!

Ouch!

Ava bonked her head on the fan tonight while trying to stand up. The first of many, I'm sure. It was so sad!

Playing with friends!

My friend Lyndsey is here visiting from Utah. Her son Max is almost 1 year old! We got together with our other friend Lindsey from high school. Her son is 2. It was a lot of fun! It has made me realize more than ever that I really need to get Ava into a playgroup so she can play with other babies!! She is always stuck playing with Mom and Dad! She had a good time. As soon as she saw Max she starting patting him on the head.... it was so funny! I brought Ava's favorite play table and it was quite a hit with Max too. They had fun. My friend Avery's boy is 2 and was having a hard time sharing his toys. He is at that age where he is learning about sharing. It was cute to watch my friend try to teach him to share. Rafael and I will be in the same position soon, I'm sure!

This is a picture I took of Ava tonight. It totally looks like my baby pictures! I was so happy to see her looking a little like Mommy because everyone always says she looks just like Daddy!

I love this picture! It looks like Max is saying "listen....let me tell you something"

"Hey, look over there"!



Avery,Ava and Max