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!!