NO NO NO not ho ho ho!

Today we took Ava to see santa hoping for a better reaction than last year. Well it was horrible she hated him even more and was TERRIFIED of the red bearded man! Maybe next year.... We have put up our Christmas tree and are waiting for Daddy to get home so we can have an amazing 2nd birthday party and Christmas! Done with all the shopping! We are upset because Ava is sick and we will be missing thanksgiving to stay home so no one else gets sick! Ava is growing up so fast it makes me cry I want her to stay the age she is because she is hillarious and saying new words every day! The things she undunderstands amazes me every day! Last weekend we also got a chance to meet up with good friends in Greune to eat and play! Katherine and Nava from Savannah moved to Austin and we are looking forward to many more playdates! Here are a few pics of her from santa, Greune, and from around the house!

Ava is getting to be such a big girl. Today she started her first day of Mothers Day Out and she didn't cry one tear when i left! She enjoys chapel bc she likes to sing and she enjoys learning shapes and colors and playing with the wood kitchen that they have in her classroom! She is only going one day a week as of now but so far she loves it! Here is a pictures of her first day at school!

Ava has also learned her name which is hillarious to ask her "who is this" and point to her because she says it like ava (sounds like vowels) haha! Cute!

Todder uh ooo's!

A lot of things have been going on around this household!! We have decided to put the house up for sale (but not of course until we fix a few things here and there)! Oct. 1st is the hopeful date! Trying to get things fixed with Ava running around and Anthony gone is well.. very complicated!

   Ava has turned into a little monster throwing tempur tantrums over not getting "ice" (ice cream) and she is very OCD with only eating it if  Iput it in a bowl not out of the container!!! haha! Yesterday Ava decided to throw the portable house phone and it shattered into a million pieces~! Ava loves to eat so she likes to snack on fruit loops(without milk) she was eating them while walking around the house and playing in the play room when she dropped them they went EVERYWHERE and then she says "uh oooooo" hearing this is never a good thing.. she then walks into the living room and says "uh oooo momma" and comes over and says "hug"?? So I know this cannot be good..  good thing we have dogs to help clean up the mess!!!  This age is super cute but also super funny I pretty much laugh histerically at her at least once a day but I do love the "free" hugs and kisses I get when something goes her way or she is sorry!

Long time no blog!

  So I know I have been horrible about keeping up with this but i am going to keep up with it at least once a month!!! Ray has been home the month of July and we have gotten to do lots of things with Ava! 

  Ava's new favorite thing is playing dress up with mommies shoes and purses and jewelry!

Here are a couple pics! More of his trip home to come this month!!

Last of March

Im trying to get a little better about blogging... hopefully now that I have gotten back into the swing of things I will be better!  Ava started walking the week her dad left! Now she is practically running a marathon!

  Today our playdate got cancelled so I decided to meet another mom friend at the mall for the first day o the easter bunny! Grayson (Stacy's baby) smiled and loved it... and  Ava did a little better than with santa no crying but she held a fat lip the entire time!

  We have found a couple of moms groups here in San antonio that are great! So far we have gone to the children's museum, park, this indoor play place dynamoze and to someone's house! Hopefully Ava can meet more kids her age to play and learn with!

Visiting down memory lane. Savannah, Georgia

    Since my husband has been home I have been a little slack as far as the internet goes and blogging! I tend to try and stay away from the phone and internet when he is home because that is ALL i do for 3 months at a time when he is not is rely on the computer and phone soely for communication. 

    He leaves in less than a week man the time flies! Since he has been home we have gone to dinner for valentines day which was amazing and then went to Savannah, Ga. We have also gone to an amazing new brazillian steakhouse with some great friends! Every day we have taken ava to the park and zoo! We have just enjoyed some quality time as Ava is much more adventurous because she is getting older! To top it all off Ava now has a big girl car seat!!! 

   

Its finally here!!!

  For Christmas I asked for a new camera that wasn't out yet and there was a VERY long waiting list! I have felt like I did when i was waiting for Ava to arrive waiting for this amazing new camera! Finally yesterday the doorbell rang and BAM it is in my hands.. after taking it out of the box and not even reading a thing i decided to take little Ava outside and take some pics just to try it out before reading instructions. Here are a few of the pics! I cannot wait till i actually know how to do everything on it for the photoshoots to come!

Christmas... a little late

   Well I have been super busy.. with the baby and other things! However here is finally a few christmas pictures. We have always done Christmas on christmas eve, so this year we kept the tradition up and did it all at my moms.. we decided to change it up a little with some mexican food and margaritas instead of the traditional!  

  On Christmas day we had a turkey but decided to make it just a small casual thing. Ava was pretty much exhausted after all the present opening and box and paper playing and then she discovered her toys and well.. took very long naps for a bout 3-4 days! 

Ava's Birthday

 Ava turned one year old on Dec 18th, we had a small family party. It started out a little scary because neither grill that we had planned on using worked!! Thanks to my brother and sisters boyfriend we had hotdogs, and hamburgers, soda, wine ,beer, and water! Wow I didnt expect so many toys or people to come!! We are blessed to have so many friends and family that care about us! Elmo was the theme of the party and well lets just say Ava made out with WAY too many elmo toys!! At this point I have learned to block out that squeeling noise of a red monsters voice! Thank you all who came and contributed to such a fun day!!