Goobalicious!

Daddy Showing Ava how to write her name with Shells Getting as much of the beach as we can

Pilots Hockey Game with Kirk and Kim She loves her sports!

Goob in our new recliner Our little Ham Her and Daddy having a conversation

We had another wonderfully relaxing week with Greg home. We had an enormous "To Do" list that we basically ignored because we goofed off all week. The week was filled with golf, shopping, an Ice Pilots game, and a beach trip. We are excited for all the visitors we are having this upcoming week for Greg's winging ceremony. We are still uncertain for an exact moving date and are hoping the Navy will gave us orders sometime this upcoming week. Ava seems to be growing at lightening speed. Her 3-6 month clothes are already getting tight on her. She now smiles the majority of the time she is awake. She is precious.

Brrrrrr January

She loves sticking her tongue out

(This is from the view of me doing sit ups with her)

Getting Tummy Time on Momma's Yoga Ball She loves it when we roll her around on it Look at that strong neck! Daddy is so fun already recruiting her as his partner in crime She is giving Garrett pointers on his website

First hockey game

She has her game face on Go Ice Pilots! fight fight fight Go team!

Connect Four tournament (Daddy put his name tag on her to let me know she was on his team)

I know we have no right to complain about 45 degree weather here in Pensacola when it is negative temperatures in places like Green Bay...... but we are FREEZING! The winter spontaneously arrived and we have had to adjust our outside play schedule. We spent the weekend relaxing indoors. We played lots of connect four (which I am the champion of) this weekend. Greg has become a much better competitor now that he has recruited Ava to his team. We went to the Pensacola Ice Pilots game on Saturday night and loved rooting for our team with the crowd. Ava stayed awake and watched the game the whole time- I think we have another sports fan on our hands. We plan on going to another home game next weekend. We also spent all weekend cooking and experimenting with new recipes. The results were mixed. We discovered a delicious new apricot chicken recipe but made some potatoes that resembled vomit. In Ava news, she has now discovered how to stick out her tongue. She does it constantly when we are playing. She is almost at the point of laughing. Her Daddy always makes her smile by making farting noises. She also loves it when we say anything that has the "ooo" sound in a high pitch voice. We have also officially given her the nickname of "Goob". She is our big Goob of love. Happy Martin Luther King Day.

Greg finishes flight school!

Greg landing his last flight!

His buddies waiting to celebrate with himTaking his gear off Getting his soft wings from the instructor (he is making that face b/c this instructor has a reputation for punching very hard when he gives you wings) Tada!Let the celebrating begin! Nope you don't just get doused in water- you get Champange too! Walking around with 2 bottles of Champange at 10 AM

all the instructors congratulating him He did a great job

Ava is a bit too young for Champange I get in on the ritual too One happy guy

Kirk came to congratulate him

Hi babe! People stopped me at the doctor's office to find out where she got this outfit (from Jen & Matt) Ready to go out on the town The super baby!

Greg accomplished a huge milestone this week- he finished flight school! His hard work has paid off and he is extremely happy. We get to just hang out and celebrate for the next two weeks before his winging ceremony while we wait for the rest of his class to finish up their flights. I was fortunate enough to be able to watch him land his last flight on the runway today. His friends were waiting to pounce on him and congratulate him. Ava even woke up from her nap to cheer on her Daddy. His official winging is January 31st. His parents, Justin, Jessica, and my mom are all coming into town to celebrate. The other great news of this week was that we got to take advantage of a moving sale in our apartment complex. An older couple were moving out of their vacation apartment here and were selling all their furniture. We were able to get a recliner and computer desk that look brand new for a total of $75! Shwing!

More Christmas Pictures

Another Great Collage by John Meo

Nixie's Mask Uncle Greg reading to his neice Heidi and nephew Logan with Ava The Christmas Craziness In the corner with Bdad and my barf bucket Grandma Dukes giving Ava a bath to wash off the flu germs in the house!

Grandma Dukes sent me some more Christmas pictures that I wanted to add to the blog. We will post another update on the blog this weekend :) Hope everyone is having a Happy New Year!