Our little social butterfly

This weekend we had a very full schedule. Saturday we had two birthday parties to go to. Ava's little friends Maddy turned 3 and Kate turned 1. Maddy's birthday party was first and was at the children's museum. What a great place to have a party and Ava had a blast. She ran around all over the place and had no fear. We had to literally run after her and be on top of her every move, and she moves fast! She loved every minute of it. Here are some pictures of her playing at the party.

Just before she grabbed another kids milk and tried to drink it

Then it was back home for her afternoon nap. She woke up just in time to eat a snack and leave for her 2nd party for little miss Kate. As soon as we got there she immediately wanted down and ran to the play area with the other little kids. It was like "mommy and daddy who?" The theme of Kate's party was poodles in paris so they got all of the little girs their own sippy cups in the shape of the eiffel tower. Ava loves hers! She loves anything with a straw in it. So she played and played and ran around like she owned the place. We left just in time to get home and get her to bed.

Then this morning Ava's little friends Brianna and Sophia had their christening at church. So we figured we would finally be brave and put her in the nursery at church and see how she did. Well we got there 30 minutes early just in case we needed to reassure her or make sure she'd be okay. As soon as we got to the door of nursery and she saw the other kids, she squirmed to get down. I set her down and she was off! She left us in the dust and didn't turn back. They gave us a pager in case she got fussy and it never went off. After the service we went to go get her and she had started to get fussy. She was so excited to see us! Afterwards we went to a small gathering for the twins to celebrate their christening and then she came home and took a very long nap.

We were happy to be able to get Ava out and about and doing fun social activities. Steve has gotten the biggest kick out her love for her Biscuit books. She runs off to her room and in a few seconds she returns with her biscuit book. She hands it to you and then puts her arms up like "okay now put me in your lap" Then when you sit her in your lap she gets the biggest smile on her face and squeals. She LOVES these books.