Friday, November 28, 2008

It's been a long time

 

 

 

It has been a long time since my last post, and so much has happened.  First, my computer has been messed up. Someone hacked into my facebook account and gave me a virus which Bert finally was able to fix.  Second, Ava had her one year check up, and she is doing wonderful.  She is 30 inches and weighs 23 lbs.  Ava's new thing is to blow everybody kisses, and she loves to give our dog Bella her treats.  Ava is in to everything and very active to say the least.  She is becoming a very curious toddler.  Recently, Ava has been teething.  I can feel lots of teeth coming in and she has been a litle cranky because of it.  We also celebrated Thanksgiving yesterday and it all went well!  I must say Bert and I make a good team, we fight in the beginning of a project but we always pull through and make it a huge success.  It was our first year doing Thanksgiving at our house.  It was stressful, but like I said I think a huge success.  Bert deep fried the Turkey and made the sweet potatoes(both were amazing.)  I made the candy apples, stuffing, green beans, rolls, and cranberries.  My mom was kind enough to due the mashed potatoes and macaroni and cheese.  Sarah brought the apple pie.  I also worked hard on my table settings.  Everyone had their own mini bouquet of flowers.  Overall, I was very happy with the way things turned out. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Today, we have started decorating our house for Christmas!  I love Christmas and I am so excited for Ava to celebrate Christmas this year.  She loves looking at all the Christmas decorations especially the ones that make noise.  It's going to be a great Christmas. I forgot to mention I had an ultra sound last week and baby #2 is doing great!  The heartbeat was 167, and all the other stats look great as well.  I am so thrilled about having another baby, however morning sickness is a  B****!  It comes and it goes.  Some days are better than others, and usually the worst happens in the evenings.  I can't complain too much because some people have it way worse, and the end result is a beautiful new addtion to our family.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Monday, November 10, 2008

Ava's First Day At School

 

 

Today Ava had her first experience being away from anyone she was normally use to.  No Grammy, Grandaddy, Grandma, Grandpa, Mommy, Daddy, Uncle Mitchell, Aunt Sarah, you get the idea. Ava had a great day she never ceases to amaze me.  She didn't cry when we left she was so happy to be around other kids her age, she practically ran into the room! I was so proud of her.  She started her day reading some books and talking with a few friends.  I saw her playing with two girls Gabriella and Lilly Grace.  I forgot to mention Ava's little room is right next door to my classroom, so I can peek in on her anytime I want.  Next on Ava's agenda was Music with Ms. Laura, she got her hands on some cool instruments!  She finished the day with a buggy ride and lunch.  I picked her up while she was finishing her lunch and Ava passed out right away during the car ride home.  Ava is still use to a morning nap, but she won't be getting one anymore.  I couldn't be more pleased with her first day.  I am so excited for her.  She is getting so big.  I was worried about her starting so early but she proved me wrong.  She sat at the little table just fine and ate her snack when she has never done that before.  Ava has always eaten in a high chair.  Ava is at school for about 3 1/2 hours so I think that definately helps matters.  Here are a few pictures of how the day went.  I had my co-teacher take most of them because I thought she might get upset if she saw me.  Who knows she probably would have been just fine if she had.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Friday, November 7, 2008

Happy First Birthday Ava

 

 

Ava turned one year old today at approximately 12:30 this afternoon.  Bert and I had fun thinking about what is was like this time last year.  We thought about what we did the night before she was born.  We went out to dinner and kept saying to one another we are going to have a baby in the morning.  At this time now I was trying to figure out how to nurse, and trying to get some rest, it was kind of crazy to deal with the first couple of days.  We feel so blessed to have such a happy healthy little girl.  I can't believe we are going to experience having another little baby come June.  I am so excited to say the least.  I'm looking forward to meeting our next son or daughter.  Bert and I both had to work today.  I was going to take the day off, but it was conference day at school.  I don't think the parents would have appreciated me taking off the day I was supposed to tell them all the wonderful things about their children.  Anyway, it was a pretty good birthday for Ava.  I stopped on my way home to get her a cookie that said Happy Birthday!  We went out to dinner with my parents because they are leaving for Vermont in the morning and will not be able to make it to her big party tomorrow.  I will be continuing this blog post tomorrow when Ava really celebrates her Birthday at her princess party!  We made a stop at Toys R Us before dinner to use a gift card that Bert's friends Jason and Jen had gotten for us.  Ava picked out lots of toys.  We ended up leaving with two baby dolls, a princess chair, a pair of jeans,and two shirts!  We even have some money left on the card, how exciting.  As I said before I will post again tomorrow after her big party.