Yay Blog!

Steve and I have spent some of our evening going back in the blog and reading some of our old posts about Ava.  We were laughing at all of her little antics and so thankful that we decided to start and keep up with this blog!!  I can't tell you how many times since Brynn has been born that I've gone back to Ava's age to see if they are doing the same things, or when Ava did what.  It's crazy how fast you can forget the little things that they said or did.  It's hard to remember a time when Ava didn't talk!  It makes us want to go and break out all of the video's we took of her :)

11-12 weeks

Brynn is really starting to hold her head up and notice her surroundings a little more.  We sit outside in the evenings and she watches Ava and the dogs run around the yard.  A few times she's even let out a little chuckle.  All you have to do is look at this child and she smiles big.  She is a very sweet happy baby. She'll be in her bouncy seat and lift her head like "I want to sit up straight get me outta this thing!"  She kicks her legs constantly, especially in her bouncy when it gets the music and lights going.  She can sit in that thing forever just kicking away and cooing.  She loves it.

Ava is in her princess phase and enjoys dressing up, playing mommy to her babies and playing with Barbies.  I went and found all of my old barbies in the attic and brought them out for her.  It's so funny seeing all of the 80's barbie clothes and hair dos I had for them.  haha!  We are in the process of planning her 3rd birthday party which we are having at her gymnastics academy.  She told Melissa yesterday that she was having a minnie mouse party and all of her cousins were coming.  She is very excited.  She's also in her very whiney temper tantrum stage of life.  She really puts on her best act for daddy when he gets home.

Princess Ava enjoying her crumpet and tea

 

Hey who is that good looking baby!  She makes me so happy!

In other news my sister was offered a nursing job in San Antonio and her hubby interviews with his current employer in San Antonio tomorrow.  We are all praying it works out so that they can move back to Texas!  Steve's mom and sister are coming to visit us in August and we are so excited!  Stacey will finally get to meet Brynn and see Ava again.  yay!!

Ava's 1st haircut

Yesterday after gymnastics Ava had her very first haircut. Erin came over to our house to give her a little trim to even it up.  It was a pretty easy cut as Ava doesn't have much hair.  tee hee

Still in her gymnastics leotard and standing on the table...that's the way we do it

Doesn't she look precious?

9 -10weeks

I don't know what to think of this.  My 10 week old likes to go to bed at 8 pm almost on the nose.  As soon as 7:30 rolls around she starts getting grumpy and we have to go get ready for bed.  Since that is also Ava's bed time we have the bedtime shuffle going on around here and we have to tag team to get them both down.  She is still such an easy going baby!  Her two favorite things in the world are ceiling fans (he's apparently a very friendly funny guy) and the iron work above our bed.  Those two things get the biggest grins and coo's out of her. 

She knows my voice and will turn to find me when she hears me talking.  The other day she was in her co-sleeper and when she saw me walk in she threw her arms up and squealed with a big grin on her face.  Melted my heart.

Chillin with my daddy

Ava is loving her summer camp and now begins all books with "Once Upon a time there was a story about Jesus"  She's already been invited to a birthday party of one of her classmates.  At night time we always say our night night prayer and then when it's over Ava says "thank you Jesus" and "what we thank Jesus for?"  Then we go through a list of what we are thankful for.  Ava always says mommy and daddy, Magnum and Biscuit, goes through the list of grandparents and then will throw in something funny like "for my rug" or "for my toddler bed".  This week she thanked Jesus for her teachers at her old school, Jocelyn and Tameka.  She doesn't forget a thing and asked me if I could invite them to her birthday party.  She really misses them so we are going to stop by and visit soon.

She also enjoys the "who loves Ava" game.  We go through all the grandparents, cousins, and friends.  It's one of her favorite games.  She loves to cuddle and often calls me in to my room to lay down and cuddle with her and watch cartoons.  She'll cuddle up real close and say "mommy I lovin on you"  What mom can resist a request like that?

A couple of weeks ago she had her first sleepover at Nana's house with cousin Trent.  We went over to visit and when it was time to go she asked to stay and spend the night.  She did great, didn't ask about us once, and then came home and all she would tell me about her visit was that she tooted in Nana's face and Nana laughed.  Typical.  I know my dad would have gotten a kick out of that one considering his penchant for "fart" humor.  When we were all little he would give us kids an empty box at Christmas and when we would open it and ask where the present was, he would say in this funny voice "I tooted in your box" and everyone would laugh their fool heads off.  We still talk about that to this day.  So imagine my amusement now that Ava thinks tooting is the funniest thing ever.

So cute I can't look away

I took this picture of Brynn in the bath tub tonight.  Not only is it so cute I can hardly stand it, but the kid is showing some true Mungovan traits I must say (that would be my dad's ear on the left and my mom's dimple on the right). Mungovan's don't you agree?  With Ava I was clearly just the oven, but I think this one might have a little bit of my DNA.  tee hee... (and yes, she really is this happy all of the time)





Look at that little milk belly :)



Riding in the car with boys...

We have great neighbors, part of the reason we moved to the burbs.  Ava's best friend is Emma who lives across the street.  Will, her little brother gets so excited when Ava comes over and they all scream really loud that they get to play.  The neighbors now have a fleet of power wheels so we had to pull out Ava's Barbie VW beetle, although she prefers to drive Emma's offroading jeep and not her pint sized economy car. They have so much fun and Will loves being in the passenger seat while Ava or Emma drive.

 Fast forward 13 years and this could be trouble!

Happy, Smiley Girl