The County Fair

We decided to go to the County Fair on the spur of the moment last night. It's right by my parents house, so we didn't have to go very far. It was a great idea..... and a bad idea. We had a blast watching Ava enjoy the rides, but it was major windy! When we were leaving the wind was blowing so hard that the dirt (it's at an equestrian ground) was literally pelting us. I think my legs have sand imbeded in them. I still have sand everywhere! But, Ava loved it, so I guess it was worth it. Here's a few pics... sorry I forgot my camera (nice) so I had to take them with my phone, so they're not the best.

First Camping Trip...

So this weekend we decided that we would take Ava on her first camping trip. It was the last long weekend Rhett would have before his long journey of begining school again, so we decided to take advantage of it! We went with Rhett's brother's family. It was a good time for all. Ava did surprisingly well. Evidently she takes after her Dad, at least when it comes to being in the wild outdoors. Nights weren't exactly the best of times, but that was to be expected. She actually did better than I had anticipated.... for the most part. She had a pretty good time! Here are some pics of our adventures.

Huh??? Me?..... I wasn't getting into the candy.

She decided that she needed to help cook the dinner. Too bad she got the utinsils dirty in the process.
Swinging on the fun little swing daddy made.

CHEESE!!

So I originally took this video because she was just sitting there swinging her feet... it was really cute. But, of course because I got the camera out she stopped. I decided to put it on here anyway because you have to check out how fast she downs the chip! She has the biggest chipmunk cheeks!


Chilling just having a little snack. She LOVES pringles.
Riding on the 4wheeler with her cousins Madi & Ellie.

Best buds hanging out.

Catch up

So obviously... once again I have neglected my blogging duties as head blogger of the family. We have just been doing our thing, keeping busy. Here's some activities that have been going on the past month. Ava still weighs 18 lbs, wihch means no forward facing car seat... STILL. However, she did grow about 3 inches since her last check up. So, that's a plus considering who her parents are. Today she discovered that she could climb out of her crib. However, I don't know that she'll be doing is again anytime soon. She fell and scared the crap out of herself! Here's the pics....

First trip to Lagoon!!!

Shaelynn & Ava... I have no idea what's with Shaelynn's Face. Ava's just kickin it. Shaelynn & Rylee on Puff the magic dragon. They didn't like it so much. It may have just scared the poop right out of them!

Shaelynn & Ava....(she thought she was pretty big stuff.)

So this is Ava.... but, she's so little you can't even see her!

Shaelynn and Rylee on the "big kid" rides.

Taking a snooze with dad.

Ava playing with the hose......

First boating trip of the season!! Thanks to Les and Misty for bringing us along!

Gardner Village

ok... sorry it's been so long since I've posted anything. I have no excuses.... just haven't However, today I am! A fewweeks ago Talia and I took the kiddies to Gardner Village for a little photo shoot. Here are the adoreable pics! Thanks Talia!! She really does an amazing job. I will be posting some tomorrow of our trip to the zoo.

Birthday Cake

I seriously have the funniest friends in the whole world!!! We went bowling with some of them on Friday and then went to Talia's house for cake and ice cream after. I knew something hysterical was about to happen when Talia and Heidi were dying laughing at my cake and wouldn't let me see it. The big moment came..... they put the candles on, light them and then showed me the cake. I was dying laughing!! It says "happy birthday smalls" and there is a picture on it that Talia took of me posing behind some random bush. She said do a serious face and this is what my serious face looks like:

Happy Birthday Mommy!!

Ok, so I know this will be rather lengthy, but TOTALLY WORTH READING!! So, this year was a rather interesting birthday for me. Not everything went exactly according to plan. I'll spare you ALL the details, but here's the absolute highlight of the day. I spent the morning with my best buds in the whole wide world (Heidi & Talia). We went for a lovely 4 mile walk to get some lunch.... babies in tow of course! I have to back up for a minute.... my birthday story actually starts the night before my birthday when I found out some rather interesting details about my birthday festivities that I wasn't exactly thrilled about. Ok,,, now back to the story.... we had gotten back from our walk and I decided to let Ava feed herself her lunch (which was really messy) so I stripped her down to her diaper and threw her in her high chair. When she got done I cleaned up her amazing mess and decided to lay her down for her nap in just her diaper, as it was a rather warm day and we haven't turned on the central air yet. Talia went home and Heidi had to leave, so I proceeded to go outside to mow the lawn. I had gone in a few times to check on Ava.... sure enough sleeping soundly. I got finished just as Heidi got back from running her errand. We both went inside when not too long after, all of the sudden we hear this horrible SCREAMING coming from Ava's bedroom! I started toward her bedroom wondering what on earth was going on because she usually wakes up really happy. I start to crack open the door and this wall of indescribable stench hits me!! I didn't even have to see it! I KNEW what had happened!!! So I opened up the door the rest of the way to see Ava's little eyes poking up above the crib swelled with tears. But, in front of her eyes.... on the crib was POO SMEARED EVERYWHERE!!!! I exclaimed "Ava why'd you do that?!?!?!" When hearing this response Heidi of course had to come check out what had happened. I'm pretty sure Heidi found it hysterical, I however did not. I just kind of sat there and stared at it for a second not sure whether to tackle the crib or her poopey butt first. This decision was made quickly once I saw that she had poo all over her face and hands and was gnawing on her fingers!!! YUCK!!!! So I grabbed her and proceeded to wipe her down. I got her in the tub and cleaned her up. Heidi was kind enough to clean up the poo on the crib and throw the sheets in the washer. HERE'S THE KICKER..... the diaper that she had ripped off didn't have a spec of poo in it!! She had taken her diaper off, peed everywhere, and pooed in the corner. Then picked up the poo and proceeded to play with it. EEEEEWWWWW!!!!! Gross! The day just gets worse from there, but again... I'll spare you all the other details. Here's the pic that Heidi snapped with her phone.

Happy Easter!

Easter was great! Ava is a pro at it now that this is her 2nd time around! (nevermind she wan't even a week old for the last one...) Here's pics of some of the weekend's activities. She's so into everything! It cracks me up.

Coloring eggs with Dad

Practice egg hunt at home.... have to be prepared for Grandma's to have a chance at beating the other kids to some eggs.

Just taking a stroll outside before festivities begin

WAIT!!! Is that Grandpa over by the swings?!?! I had better go check that out!

It was Grandpa by the swings.... of course she suckered him into pushing her. She LOVES to be outside & swing!

And we're off!! The egg hunt has offically began!

Taking a rest after searching so hard. I think Dad is stealing some of her candy.